I keep sitting on the floor
Throwing away pages of my songs
Every single one seems to be wrong
Not even one comes close to the ending that I want

Every song that comes to mind
Another crack inside my life
And if I die tonight
Will there be even one song that will survive
That will live on after I am gone

And If you tell me that I am wrong
Tell me just one word from my last song
And if you do not know
That answers it all
That answers it all

I keep sitting on the floor
Writing my life as it goes
Hoping it will outlast us all
Hoping that I will not be just another dot in this world
Another dot in this world

Hey there stranger
Hey there traveler
Why won't you buy me a drink or two
Buy me a drink or two
And I will tell you what I do

I have a book of stories
And they are all for you
Just buy me a drink or two
I will open up my soul to you

Hey there stranger
Hey there friend
Why won't you buy me a drink or two
And I will tell you how I sold my soul
I sold my soul for a drink
And a story book

I heard her voice
I heard the promises she made
And I sold my soul
I sold my soul for a penny
And a drink or two

Hey there stranger
Hey there wanderer
Why won't you buy me a drink or two
Buy me a drink or two
And run before they get you too
Run before they get you too

From the gutter to the power
From the child to the man
Placed a gun in my hand
Now aim
Bang bang
Don't even know your name

Growing up in the leftovers of the life
Knowing only death
Nothing ever came easy around
Knowing that the only way out was six feet underground
This was my life
Only death was around

From dusk till dawn
From the bottom to the top
Aim
Bang bang
Here comes the pain
Don't even know your name
Don't even know your name

It takes only a second to ruin a life
And a life time to make things right
I wanna get out
I wanna get out

When I close my eyes
I hear only one song inside
It's from Kansas, "Carry On Wayward Son"

Living in the desert
In the land that time forgot
Waiting here to find a sign
Sign of what was lost

Should I stay or should I go
In this place that I used to call my home
Where happiness only lasted for a moment
Before reality took over

Broken dreams turned hearts into stone
And I feel all of them inside my soul
If broken words could heal the world
There would be no pain at all

Should I stay or should I go
Running is the only thing that I have ever known
If there is hope inside this place
I do not feel it anymore

I am lost, and I have fallen
Like this place I am broken
My heart was damaged more than once
And my body has been split inside out

Should I stay or should I go
So much pain inside this world
Broken promises that twist the souls
Shattered dreams turn hearts to stone
Hearts into stone
Hearts into stone
hearts into stone

And I am ripped between two worlds
Broken and unknown
Which one do I call my home
My home, my home

I started from the ground
Perfect was my law
Never broke a word
Never told a lie
Soon started to become dead inside
Believing in the best
Thinking that there was something more precious - than the gold inside the chest
What a fool I was
Thinking that it was all for a greater good
When it was just another lie to chain my soul
And to fill their pockets full of gold

You can break my heart
I will recover
You can break my soul
I will come back stronger than before
Pretty words to hide the truth
Shiny rocks to hide the darkness in their hearts
I must have been a fool
To believe that it was all for a greater good
For a greater good, for a greater good

I saw a monster in it's true form
She looked like me and you
I saw an angel thrown out of heaven
And it broke my heart
For we are closer to the dark

I often wonder if the saint is more a sinner
And a sinner more a saint
If the lies bring only comfort
And the truth brings only pain

You can break my heart
I will recover
You can break my soul
I will come back stronger than before
Pretty words to hide the truth
Shiny rocks to hide the darkness in their hearts
I must have been a fool
To believe that it was all for a greater good
For a greater good, for a greater good

At nights I am sitting on the floor
Writing my story as it goes
Knowing that I might be wrong
But I am no fool, no more
I know the world is circling all broken
And I wish it was just open
I know that hearts are often filed with pain
But I wish there was only happiness inside their will
I wish that we did not have to cry at all
And that there was only joy inside the soul
There was only joy inside my soul
Only joy inside the soul

They say that time heals all wounds
But I know that it's just not true
They say that life is not a game
But I am losing yet again

Happiness is a dream that I forgot
It's the hope that slips away
It's a light that I have inside
But the darkness covers it away

They say that in time I will forget
But I think that pain is all we ever get
I can try to push the memories away
But the pain just finds a way to stay

If the time supposed to heal all wounds
Why don't my cuts just fade away
If I am supposed to smile every day
Why do I keep praying for the night to come again

If the time keeps passing by
And I do not see the hope inside
Will you really make me stay
Sometimes there is nothing left to say
It's just time to fade away
It's time to fade away

Smile in the morning
And say hello
The same old thing
Life is a repeating game

Bright and early rushing out the house
Going nowhere, going nowhere
Bright and early rushing out the house
Knowing that we are going nowhere

We are living in a mad world
In it only the mad are sane!
We are living in a mad world
In it only the mad are sane!

Bright and early we play this game
When we wake up, and we dress up
We go to work and then come home again
Bright and early we play this game
Where we find a spouse, and get a house
When we have a kid or two, and that's about it
Bright and early we play this game
When every week is just the same
Soon those weeks turn into a year
And a year into another year
Your life is slowly passing by
And before you know it it's almost time to say goodbye

We are living in a mad world
In it only the mad are sane!
We are living in a mad world
In it only the mad are sane!

Does anyone know what it's like to be the strange man
To be the sad man
To be the mad man
To be found
But feel like you are lost again

We are living in a mad world
In it only the mad are sane!
We are living in a mad world
In it only the mad are sane!

Only when you swim against the current
You know what it takes to be free
The days are collected in a long chain
Breath in, breath out
Move forward, feel the push back
Here behind bars illusion is life
My freedom is a radio station

I am free like a bird in the sky
I am free, I am alive

Being different - is always alone
Chose what you are: hammer or a board
Freedom doesn't come cheep
It takes everything you have
And often it's still isn't enough
At least I have a receiver in my hand

I'm free like a bird in the sky
I am free, I am alive
I am alive, I am alive, I am alive

Pen, paper, answers to questions
Interrogations, again questions
My receiver - one way communication
I cannot say, but I hear
I saw rich become poor
Poor become free
Some things you can not be erased
No matter how hard you scrub
Freedom is something that I have inside

I'm free like a bird in the sky
I am free, I am alive

I close my eyes and hear the screams outside
They are coming for my crown
Let them try to take me down
But I am not going out without a fight
I stated from the ground
Did everything I could to get myself to the top

I was an underdog
I was like a god inside their eyes
They held me up
Up so high
But once I got the world inside my hand
They turned their backs on me
And placed spotlight right in front of me
One mistake and they want to tear me down
But I am not going to be pushed around
They can try to take away my throne
But I got here in my own
They can try to take away my crown
But I will protect it with all I got

I close my eyes and take a breath
I lay down my crown and make a stand
All I ever did was for the best
To protect my kingdom I took no rest
No crown I asked for when I was growing up
But once I got it I embraced it with my life

Take me down to the edge of the world
Show me that if I fall, there will be someone there
Take me down to the fires of hell
Show me that the damned man can still pray
Take me down to the heavens gate
Wash the poison off my skin
Make me whole again
Take me down to the mountains
And see If I still breath
Take me down to the ocean
And ask me what I see
What I see, what I see
Ask me what I see

I see the world that is falling around me
A man that is begging on the side of the street
No second look does he get from you and me
I see a mother crying on the floor
Her son just died in war
He is one of many on the wall
I see a child jumping from the bridge
She was forsaken by her kin
For never fitting in
I see, I see
The things that I see
They can fill a book of misery

If we only open our hearts
Put the gold on the side
If we only open our minds
And see that being different is being alive
Being kind In this world
It will not cost you a dime
But It might save someones life
It might save someones life

Take me down to the edge of the world
Show me that it is not over for all
Take me down to the fires of hell
Show me there is hope inside a damned man
Take me down to the heavens gate
Wash away the pain I am in
Take me down to the heavens gate
Make me whole again