Firewind - Allegiance (2006)

1. Allegiance
2. Insanity
3. Falling To Pieces
4. Ready To Strike
5. Breaking The Silence
6. Deliverance
7. Till The End Of Time
8. Dreamchaser
9. Before The Storm
10. The Essence
11. Where Do We Go From Here?

1. Allegiance

They feed you lies, they bring you pain
Your life, sucked from your veins
Clever disguise, falling from grace
And now the sinners marching on

Inside my mind
Warlike thoughts are taking over me

See our generation torn, our burning hearts
No more praises in the hall
We're all about to fall
Empty memories are shattering our dreams
Can you recall?

Pledge your allegiance!
Pledge your allegiance!

You hate them – yet you won't betray
The wars you fight ain't yours!
The path of no return you take
Until you lose control

Inside my mind
Warlike thoughts are taking over me

See our generation torn, our burning hearts
No more praises in the hall
We're all about to fall
Empty memories are shattering our dreams
Can you recall?


2. Insanity

Inside of me – there are no feelings
Can't you see – that it's killing me?
You've built a shield – you've burned your bridges
Marking me – as your enemy

Now release me – beware the beast
Desire is my way of life

I will follow you wherever you go from here
Don't save me...

One... I am the one
Watching your secret dreams turn to insanity
One... one ancient life
Will make you fall from grace into eternity

Please release me – from these chains
I feel trapped in a mysterious sin
Things within me – gonna blind you out
I'm heading out for blood

I will follow you wherever you go from here
Don't save me...

One... I am the one
Watching your secret dreams turn to insanity
One... one ancient life
Will make you fall from grace into eternity


3. Falling To Pieces

Be yourself tonight don't stress yourself to death
Don't try to fight the time
Synchronize your health
Don't think you'll lose it all
It all comes back to you
So get your soul alive
Things will go on through

Don't hide behind a dark and empty soul
Don't lie to yourself no more

Everything is you
But you're falling to pieces
Let me get you through
I'm falling down with you
Everything is lost
I help you through the darkness
Let me lead you to a place that's calm for you

Like stormy weather
You're moving with no goal
Feeling kind of strange
Feel you want to growl

Don't hide behind a dark and empty soul
Don't lie to yourself no more

Everything is you
But you're falling to pieces
Let me get you through
I'm falling down with you
Everything is lost
I help you through the darkness
Let me lead you to a place that's calm for you


4. Ready To Strike

Tell me the story about last night
Tell me that you won't give up the fight
Tell me that you believe
Do the thing you want to do
Tell me you'll keep these wings up high
Tell me what you won't stay there and cry
Tell me that all hell will break loose
Tell me there is no good excuse

No one can stop this time machine
It keeps on rollin' till the dawn
If you want to join this dark engine

We're ready to strike
We're ready to strike across the oceans
In the dead of the night

Tell me you'll keep this faith alive
Tell me that you won't stay there and sigh
Tell me you'll turn this place upside down
I tell you that no one messes me around
Tell me the story about last night
Tell me that you won't give up the fight
Tell me that you believe
Do the thing you want to do

No one can stop this time machine
It keeps on rollin' till the dawn
If you want to join this dark engine

We're ready to strike
We're ready to strike across the oceans
In the dead of the night

Just like a fragile weather you're trembling in the wind
Your fear is closing in you stay there till you bleed
With no tear you will sail across the oceans
Like a storm coming out through the darkness

We're ready to strike
We're ready to strike across the oceans
In the dead of the night


5. Breaking The Silence

I hear voices screaming, haunted by demons
This willful crime has done it's last crime

I see my dirty face smiling through the tears
Silent voices telling me to treason

All my tears, all my tears turn into rage, into rage
Now all that's tuned my fears
All my fears turned into strength
It built my strength

Breaking – breaking the silence
Hiding – I'm tired of hiding
I know – I'll make my way out of this mess

Breaking – breaking the silence
Fighting – I will die fighting
I know – my courage will last forever

My heart is aching, my love is fading
So tired of living in fear

Oh, there's nowhere to run
My shade has taken all my pride
Need to step out, can't rely on other prayers

All my tears, all my tears turn into rage, into rage
Now all that's tuned my fears
All my fears turned into strength
I don't want to fall

Breaking – breaking the silence
Hiding – I'm tired of hiding
I know – I'll make my way out of this mess

Breaking – breaking the silence
Fighting – I will die fighting
I know – my courage will last forever


6. Deliverance

Streets full of madness
And I don't know where to turn
Driving me insane I have to get away
The one-eyed leads the blind to decay

Can't keep away...

A moment seems an eternity
A lifetime lived in a dream
Over and again but you know the end
Do you have the same dream like me?

And my spirit is free
I'm more than what you can see
I will make you believe

Can't keep away...

Through endless fields of fire
I've walked among the dead
Forced of greed, taking the lead
Our souls are hanging by a thread

And my spirit is free
I'm more than what you can see
I will make you believe

And my spirit, rides the breeze...


7. Till The End Of Time

How do you think we can survive?
No angels by your side
This is no dream, it's here and now

How can we make it through the night?
This demon we must fight
Visions of hell within my mind

But we must carry on
Carry on...

Till the end of time – we will stand
Till the end of time – oh, we lost the spark
Till the end of time – searching in the dark
Spirits of the wind – my death command

Time is not a friend of mine
Today the sun won't shine
Just a boundless grey fills the sky

Why? No matter how I try
The beast just won't die
Is it worth fighting for?

But we must carry on
Carry on...

Till the end of time – we will stand
Till the end of time – oh, we lost the spark
Till the end of time – searching in the dark
Spirits of the wind – my death command


8. Dreamchaser

There comes the time
When the past is forgotten
Times have changed and it's all for real
Mind your anger
A lesson taught here
Just take a look around and do what you feel

Sense your mind
Can you name it as a color
Red for danger
White for sight
It could be true
You're looking for another
Where you're at boy
It just ain't right

Sigh
Feel the temptation
High
No aggravation, no lie
Take the path
Walk the line

Be a
Dream chaser
Sheer racer
Steam raiser
Be a dream chaser

Head out to fly...

Hey, are you just another face in the crowd
With nothing to give
All you do is hang around?
Don't you want a new toy
A new sensation?
Just give in the play
The price you have to pay

Be a
Dream chaser
Sheer racer
Steam raiser
Dream chaser


9. Before The Storm

[Instrumental]


10. The Essence

The more I know, the more I hear
It only makes me think
Uncertain is our time, and dear
And what is to remain?

You walked through fire
You carried your own cross
And you can't deny it
The sickness has no cause
In my darkest and sleepless nights
I want you to stand by my side
In the coldest of all times
I want you to be the light

The essence of it all
It's to live your life
Cause right before the storm
A new hope will arise

You have to face it
The battle for you life has just begun
Oh, there's no denying
Still fighting through the shadows of your soul
So I'm starting to lose my own faith
Feels like no one's around
Confusion is dazing my life
I have to conquer my fears

The essence of it all
It's to live your life
Cause right before the storm
A new hope will arise


11. Where Do We Go From Here?

I didn't know that I could feel this way
Now that you are gone
Not even in my wildest dreams
Imagine that a part of me was gone

Everywhere that I go
I only think of you
No matter how I try to concentrate
I can't forget you
Where do we go?
How could we fly?
What are we searching for in dreams?

Where do we go from here now
The beginning is the end?
Where do we go from here now
When nothing feels the same?

My needs for you are hard to leave behind
I know that I swore
You broke the rules, said you'd never leave
My heart stopped beating when you closed the door

Where do we go?
How could we fly?
What are we searching for?

Where do we go from here now
The beginning is the end?
Where do we go from here now
When nothing feels the same?
Where do we go from here now
The beginning is the end?
Where do we go from here now
My broken heart you could only mend?