[Martin: step by step i added the parts together and had] [amazing results, cool, huh? A vagabond tells a story] [About friendship and unity which is much more ...

[Martin: the basic riff was picked up by Tim with the idea] [of a subtle electronic sound a Tribute to technique] [which is fascinating and scary] [vers:] we h...

[No comment!] There I was completely wasting, Out of work and down All inside it's so frustrating As I drift from town to town Feel as though nobody cares If I...

[Tim: just a straight, fast and melodic song,] [About Lovers torn by death but are still in spiritual communication] [vers:] walking through the darkness again...

[Sometimes you lose sight of what's important and then it takes good friends to get you on the right track again] One lonely day in the city One lonely day in ...

[Tim: actually a song from 1992 With new lyrics] [Inspired by my distinctive Feeling for equity] [vers:] you can't beat the rhythm of my heart you can't declar...

[Believe, no matter what we believe in, to some extend helps us understand supernatural things] Far over the hills and far over the ocean There is a place of a...

[Tim: I had a pumping riff which reminded me a bit of DIO] [and i tried for months to get the right hook:] [An individual person can not change the world] [ver...

[Due to generalisation and the media we're being swamped with bad news, which causes us to become impassive] Look me in the eyes there's something to regret We...

[Virtual war games in the kids' rooms belittle realtity ?!?] We all thought that we're rebells We all thought that we're fine Convinced that we can live foreve...

[Martin: The basic riff was inspired by the music of an] [old video game i played in my childhood] [The first song we wrote after our debut album] [it was reall...

[Martin: a heavy riff expressing an even heavier message: child abuse] [vers:] Mama would you listen to your son would you listen to what I say can't you see t...

Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens Bright copper kettles and warm woollen mittens Brown paper packages tied up with string, These are a few of my favori...

Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens Bright copper kettles and warm woollen mittens Brown paper packages tied up with string, These are a few of my favori...

[The meaning is close to 'The Game': help yourself] When you're in trouble And when you feel pain You hear it over And over again That demon inside you He trie...

[Love in all of its many facettes takes both giving and taking] Don't want it, don't need it, Be pissed off, or cheated I never hurt my friends I tell you my d...

[Martin: This song just arose very spontaneously in the] [rehearsal room while we were preparing for studio] [cause we needed another headbanger song] [vers:] ...

[Tim: the first song i wanted since years to be straight, fast and melodic] [it's About my belief in eternal love and friendship] [vers:] you are alone and so ...

[Everyone of us, at one time or another, has surely wondered where we come from, where we are going and what is the sense of it all] I know we've always been a...

[Tim: i was looking for a riff that was classic speed metal] [The song's About people WHO hypnotize you with their searing eyes] [and how impossible it is to se...

[I don't understand people that drown in self pity instead of looking at life as a game in which you can come up as a winner as well] I know there's a part of ...

[Sometimes we lose sight of a friend and aren't in touch for ages, just to meet once more and be really close again for a long time] Here we are again It's tim...

[Some people and/or nations look at wars or manoeuvers during peaceful times as being a great adventure or game] There's a haze upon the water And the smoke, i...

[Tim: inspired by a psychEdelic moment where] [i tried to create a ballad that wasn't to classic] [Lovers afflicted with doubts] [vers:] will I follow words I'...

[Martin: The song came About during a jam session with Jurgen,] [We wanted to create a power hymn then Frankie] [and i had some more ideas and one night we fini...