Johnny Cash - 'Hurt"

I hurt myself today
to see if I still feel
I focus on the pain
the only thing that's real
the needle tears a hole
the old familiar sting
try to kill it all away
but I remember everything
what have I become?
my sweetest friend
everyone I know
goes away in the end
and you could have it all
my empire of dirt

I will let you down
I will make you hurt

I wear this crown of thorns
upon my liar's chair
full of broken thoughts
I cannot repair
beneath the stains of time
the feelings disappear
you are someone else
I am still right here

what have I become?
my sweetest friend
everyone I know
goes away in the end
and you could have it all
my empire of dirt

I will let you down
I will make you hurt

if I could start again
a million miles away
I would keep myself
I would find a way 

Green Carnation Light Of Day, Day Of Darkness

A vision, a call
In times before my fall
In life before I became
I dreamed I was insane

I saw the unseen
I heard the unheard
I rode the sky above the earth
I felt the breeze of the world
What was lost
I should have retrieved
What was real
Was long gone within of me

Crimson tide
A wave of lost time
Scenario of a velvet blue sky
I dreamed about day
But I lived in the night
I looked and I saw
That in my dream I was so free
Red turned blue
White became black
The daylight erased my shadow
Insanity reached me its hand
Whispering velvet voice
The sky above the stars
The wind below the moon
The light that create shadows
The dark beyond the eyes:

I sat before myself
I looked above below
I embraced my living self
Doves and birds, gras and trees
Where was all I used to see?
Why am I not what I used to be?
That's the beauty of the mind

Night divide day, day erase night
Light of day, day of Darkness

They are inside my head
Climbing the walls
Falling of the sealing
Jumping on the floor
Voices and calls
On the edge of sanity
I stumble and fall
Through the gates of the endless halls

Come walk with me
through the valley of eternity
In passion I see the light
Am I the one only the mirror sees?

A distant calling
Lost in memories
Lost in the maze of the mind
The secret place that none have seen
Silent cries of despair
What sanity remains

Within this fragile mind
I am alone again
Me, myself and I
Echoes pounds my head
Shapeless forms everywhere

I think, therefore I am
You are a fantasy made by me
I dream this world
When I end, the world will end with me,
I am everything,You are me

"Sleep my child" to never be awakened again:

I fell asleep, to sweet lullaby
A sleep in which I had a dream
And in this dream
I conceived a perfect plan
That would change the face of man

For it was my dream
To create a perfect world
From this cold imperfect world
And all the answers were inside my mind

And I was unafraid
The dream was so enticing
But now I see it fade
And I am here alone, all alone
Once again
The soul of an angel
Lives forever
The love of the innocent
Lasts forever
A moments passion
I hear a desperate cry

I weep for the weak
I pray for the strong
Through Crimson eye
And Shattered lie,
I behold the sacrifice
Of the innocent life

There`s blood on the bended knee
The light paint a shadow on me
Will I forsake you
Or will I the forsaken be?

I left my body
Come meet me in my dreams
It`s been so long
Would you know me?

Time stands still, but I wonder
Who`s watching over you
Who`s watching over me

As a traveller
I seek hospitality
As a wanderer
I seek immortality
As a journey in insanity
I seek divine comparity

I sit here alone, so cold
Left in the dark, to feel
Pitty my soul
What is left to say?
What is left to see?
Where did I fail?
Where did I go wrong?

I am so lost
Still I am so free
But my heart just
Won't stop to bleed

In Twilight atmosphere
Sirens seductive call
Is summoning me
To my New World
A brave new world
Where right is wrong
Where justice is gone

Funeral Symphony
Behind me, a dark shaping mass
I turn and face the face of deception
A face without the warmth
Of dignity and grace

I see the unseen,
I hear the unheard
I learned the secret
That none before me had learned

Watch me and my new desire
I am emptier than ever
But I feel complete
Take my hand and watch me as:

I conceal myself in shadows
Until night falls
I am who I am
I just want to be
And once again the night
Seems to outlast me

I hear a voice
Who could it be?
Is there anybody else here with me?
Why do you torture me?
Wont you leave me be?

Am I whom I should be?
For all that you are lies wholly within of me

Out of reach, out of sight
I feel strange and lost,
can you lead me right?
It's too dark for me to see
Capture of soul,
won`t you please forgive me?

I heard the tales
I learned the secret way
That tears are replacements
For what has been taken away
From us and what we`ve lost
Still, all I see is burning fields
Still, all I hear is dying screams

I am the future
I am the past

I am what you wish for
The god you wish to be

I am the voice
Behind the silent scream

I am the dark
I am the light you never see

I am the blood
That makes your soul free

I am pure
I am unclean

It takes one to be a god
It takes one to feel lonely

It takes two to outlast me
It takes two to feel complete

It takes a moon to light the stars
It takes a light to see the dark

If what I wrote was real
Could I then a God be?
Would what I see
Then be part of reality?
Would I then reach divine entity?

On the coldest winter night - kamelot

I am breathless
Need I say
How could you find me here
You, of all have crossed my way
Unexpectedly... from where
I feel like I am dreaming
Hold me close
Tomorrow may be gone

This is a moment
Of belief
This is a moment
Made of dreams
You found me here today
On the coldest winter night
This moment is our right

Now, Helena tell me all
For years we've been apart
Did you hear the mountain fall
...my broken heart
Don't wake me if I'm dreaming
Hush my dear
Because tomorrow may be gone

Lost in the present
I assure
This is the moment
Say no more
You found me here today
On the coldest winter night
This moment is our right

This is a moment
Of belief
This is a moment
Made of dreams
You found me here today
On the coldest winter night
This moment is our right

Ayreon - Computer Eyes

Lost in a world created by Man
I can't recall how it all began
Tell me who am I?

Fictional stars in lost Galaxies
Synthetic dreams and false Memories
Is it all a lie?

There is no escape
There is no way out of here
I'm locked in this universe
The real world will disappear
Where fantasy dies
You will see our dreams
Material lies
Materialize
Computer eyes
Computerize

Virtual reality - computer Override
Actual fantasy locked away Inside
Am I no more than a Program
An artificial dream
A river of electrons flowing With the stream
A parallel dimension battle Simulations

Mind over matter brain Stimulation
I don't know if I exist I think Therefore I am
Without emotions I'm but a Hologram
There's no escape I'm locked In this universe
Where fantasy dies material Lies
Computer eyes

There is no escape
There is no way out of here
I'm locked in this universe
The real world will disappear
Where fantasy dies
You will see our dreams
Material lies
Materialize
Computer eyes
Computerize

Hotel California - Eagles

On a dark desert highway, cool wind in my hair
Warm smell of colitas rising up through the air
Up ahead in the distance I saw a shimmering light
My head grew heavy and my sight grew dim
I had to stop for the night
There she stood in the doorway, I heard the mission bell
Then I was thinking to myself this could be Heaven or this could be Hell
Then she lit up a candle and she showed me the way
There were voices down the corridor I thought I heard them say
"Welcome to the Hotel California
Such a lovely place
(Such a lovely place)
Such a lovely face
Plenty of room at the Hotel California
Any time of year
(Any time of year)
You can find it here"
Her mind is Tiffany twisted, she got the Mercedes Benz
She got a lot of pretty, pretty boys that she calls friends
How they dance in the courtyard, sweet summer sweat
Some dance to remember, some dance to forget
So I called up the captain, "Please bring me my wine"

He said, "We haven't had that spirit here since 1969"
And still those voices are calling from far away
Wake you up in the middle of the night just to hear them say
"Welcome to the Hotel California
Such a lovely place
(Such a lovely place)
Such a lovely face
They're living it up at the Hotel California
What a nice surprise
(What a nice surprise)
Bring your alibis"
Mirrors on the ceiling, the pink champagne on ice
And she said, "We are all just prisoners here of our own device"
And in the master's chambers they gathered for the feast
They stab it with their steely knives but they just can't kill the beast
Last thing I remember I was running for the door
I had to find the passage back to the place I was before
"Relax," said the night man, "We are programmed to receive
You can check out any time you like but you can never leave"

FM - That Girl

When the words she says turn out lies
And desperation fills your eyes
Hold her in your arms and don't let go
Can you taste defeat will you lose the game
Fight 'til you win don't give in
Hold her in your arms and tell her so

That girl
Always takes the best of you
That girl
Will you ever let her go

When you hear her calling out your name
Thinks about you, cries without you
Hold her in your arms and don't let go
You've tried so many times before
Smell the fear, as she closed the door
Just to hold her in your arms once more

That girl
Always takes the best of you
That girl
Will you ever let her go
That girl
Can't you see she's using you
That girl
Will you ever let her go

When the words she says turn out lies
And desperation fills your eyes
Hold her in your arms and don't let go
That girl
Always takes the best of you
That girl
Will you ever let her go
That girl
Don't you kow she's gonna break your heart
That girl
That girl, that girl
That girl, that girl
Don't let her go
That girl, that girl

Ο ΉΛΙΟΣ ΜΟΥ

Μου πήραν τον ήλιο μου, αλλά εγώ θα τον βρω.

Κανόνισα μια μυστική συνάντηση μαζί του

όπως εκείνος που πηγαίνει για παράνομο τύπο

ή για παράνομο υλικό. Θα γιομίσω τον κόρφο μου

μεγάλα φύλλα χρυσαφιού και λάμπες για την κρύπτη μου,

πριν μου αφανίσουν την ψυχή να τη κυκλοφορήσω

χέρι με χέρι μες τη νύχτα.

                                           Νικηφόρος Βρεττάκος

Whitesnake - Is This Love

I should have known better
Than to let you go alone
It's times like these
I can't make it on my own
Wasted days, and sleepless nights
An' I can't wait to see you again

I find I spend my rime
Waiting on your call
How can I tell you, babe
My back's against the wall
I need you by my side
To tell me it's alright
Cos I don't think I can take anymore

Is this love that I'm feeling
Is this the love that I've been searching for
Is this love or am I dreaming
This must be love
Cos it's really go a hold on me
A hold on me

I can't stop the feeling
I've been this way before
But, with you I've found the key
To open any door
I can feel my love for you
Growing stronger day by day
An' I can't wait too see you again
So I can hold you in my arms


Is this love that I'm feeling
Is this the love that I've been searching for
Is this love or am I dreaming
This must be love
Cos it's really got a hold on me
A hold on me

Is this love that I'm feeling
Is this the love that I've been searching for

Is this love or am I dreaming 

Κι αν έσβησε σαν ίσκιος

Κι αν έσβησε σαν ίσκιος τ' όνειρό μου,

κι αν έχασα για πάντα τη χαρά,
κι αν σέρνομαι στ' ακάθαρτα του δρόμου,
πουλάκι με σπασμένα τα φτερά·

κι αν έχει, πριν ανοίξει, το λουλούδι
στον κήπο της καρδιά μου μαραθεί,
το λεύτερο που εσκέφτηκα τραγούδι
κι αν ξέρω πως ποτέ δε θα ειπωθεί·

κι αν έθαψα την ίδια τη ζωή μου
βαθιά μέσα στον πόνο που πονώ --
καθάρια πώς ταράζεται η ψυχή μου
σα βλέπω το μεγάλο ουρανό,

η θάλασσα σαν έρχεται μεγάλη,
και ογραίνοντας την άμμο το πρωί,
μου λέει για κάποιο γνώριμο ακρογιάλι,
μου λέει για κάποια που 'ζησα ζωή!

 Κώστα Καρυωτάκη

Saxon - Rainbow Theme - Frozen Rainbow

Far below the valleys
Hidden deep beneath the snow
There's a man who guards the secret
Of the frozen rainbow

First of all the ages
Lies hidden 'neath the ice
The man who finds the secret
Holds the power of life

Far below the valleys
Hidden deep beneath the snow
There's a man who's got a secret
Waiting to be told

I've searched through all the ages
To find the hidden truth
The secret of the rainbow
Will never be revealed

I'll find the rainbow, frozen rainbow
I'll find the rainbow, frozen rainbow

Hardline - Love leads the way

I need to reach out and make you understand
I`m not just a lonely heart in the palm of your hand
Can you feel it baby you take my breath away
Each night I hold you girl the world has no time
Is love a chance of fate is my heart on the line ?
I was a blind man and now you`re all that I see
[Bridge]
Well, I`ve been waiting for you
All of my life
This feeling inside is too strong to fight
One look in your eyes and I know it`s a fact
This time it`s forever there`s no turning back
[Refrain]
When love leads the way two hearts never stray
We`re one night and day
When love baby when love leads the way
I feel you tremble with every touch of your hand
You want to run away well run if you can
From this feeling but you won`t get very far
[Bridge]
`Cause baby tonight
This love that we found
Will take us to heaven
We`ll never come down
[Refrain]
When love leads the way two hearts never stray
We`re one night and day
When love baby when love leads the way
[Bridge]
Ooh if we follow our hearts day after day
Our love will know the way
[Refrain]
Ooh woo when love leads the way
When love leads the way
Two hearts never stray
Two hearts never stray
We`re one night and day
We`re one night and day
When love leads the way
When love leads the way two hearts never stray
We`re one night and day
When love baby when love leads the way
When love leads the way two hearts never stray
We`re one night and day
When love baby when love leads the way

Celia

I

And no more tears; this transparent woman,
who today is sealed away,
this woman who now is walled
in a niche grave
like a madwoman chained
to a cruel bedstead in an airless room
with neither boat nor boatman, among faceless strangers,
this woman who, alone, is
The One,
who held us all in the heaven
of her body.
Blessed
be her womb.

II

And nothing nothing else; that she bore me and made me
a man with her seventh birth
her figure of fire
and of ivory
in the trials of poverty and sadness
and she knew
how to hear through the silence of my childhood the sign
the Secret
Sign
without ever
breathing
a word.
Blessed
be the fruit of her womb.

III

Let others go instead of me
I can't go now to put
the red carnations there
the carnations of the Rojases ‚— mine and yours ‚—
today
on the painful thirteenth day of your martyrdom
those family members who are born at dawn
and who are reborn ‚— let them go to that wall for us for Rodrigo
for Tomás for young Gonzalo for Alonso; let them go
or not as they wish
or let them leave you in the dark
alone
alone with the ashes
of your beauty
which are your resurrection Celia
Pizarro
daughter and granddaughter of Pizarros
of late Pizarros Mother;
and may you come with us
into exile dwelling as always in grace
and mutual delight.
Blessed
be thy name.

Gonzalo Rojas

Ten - The Name Of The Rose

Man is born to understand
Destiny is in his hands
Life becomes the gift that
Guides the dream
All around you everywhere
Time erodes, it rips and tears
Cloaks the thread and hides
Away the key

From the dawning of creation
To the twilight of the world
When you hear it ring
It tolls for thee
Every face of every nation
Waits to watch the flag unfold
You alone know what
Her name will be

Every man must fight to know
The name of the rose
Then you'll hold her close eternally
Each one has the right to know
The name of the rose
Deep inside you know
The name of the rose

Cross the lands of ice and snow
Follow where the four winds blow
Search the skies and all
That lies beneath
Walk the sun burnt desert plains
Beaten by it's anvil rays
One crusade to justify belief



Every man must fight to know
The name of the rose
Then you'll hold her close eternally
Each one has the right to know
The name of the rose
Then you'll know how much
Her name can mean

Only then your heart will show
The key

Only when you seek, you find her
Like a summer breeze reminder
Slowly something stirs the soul
To breathe
Then if you believe you'll find her
Like a memory but kinder
The lovers timeless reach returns
The key
Happy to disclose
The name of the rose

You call my name don't wonder why
You fan the flames that never dies
You trust my ways you never die
You call my name it's justified
You're in my veins you sacrifice
I'm not afraid to give you life

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Και τώρα ακόμα σαν ακουμπάς
στις φαρδιές ωμοπλάτες του ύπνου
ακόμη κι όταν σε ποντίζουν
στο ναρκωμένο στήθος του πελάγου
ψάχνεις γωνιές όπου το μαύρο
έχει τριφτεί και δεν αντέχει
αναζητάς ψηλαφητά τη λόγχη
την ορισμένη να τρυπήσει την καρδιά σου
για να την ανοίξει στο φως.

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