LYRICS

KISS OF ASHES
(music and lyrics by Sascha Blach)

you've left this world behind without a sound
at winter's dawn where silent dramas pained
a dismal silence everywhere around
these memories were all that have remained

now i calm down inside myself
and let the notions speak to you
in inner worlds i search for wealth
to you my dear let me break through

with a kiss of ashes hast thou kissed my lips
before you disappeared into the sun
to follow you i'll go on darkest trips
until the day when once again we're one

and still the rain keeps pouring sadness down
while I seek shelter at your place of rest
out of thorns I create myself a crown
to get the gleaming aches off my chest

disburden me and nail me
at the cross that i can die
like a martyr of love
disburden me, let me forget
all the loss that i can fly
to the heavens above

A LOVELORN REQUIEM
(music and lyrics by Sascha Blach)

wayfaring in the dead of night
where I once lost precious things
once it seemed for a while
now it's forever

this is a song for the lovelorn generation
please think of me when you read these lines
this is song for the lovelorn generation
a farewell letter for the ones i've left behind

your celestial flowers seared on my window sill
now as you are gone these cold days break my will
wayfaring through the city streets
that once swallowed precious things
i try so hard to disappear
where the most precious things vanished once

i carry the ruin away
tonight they bury the love with me
and carry the sorrows away
what a lovelorn requiem

they were the tear drop on my frozen field
now the winter seems eternal

THE ONE WHO CEASED TO BREATHE
(music and lyrics by Sascha Blach)

i hear the mute ones speak of passion
without emotions they tell love is true
creeping in circles, dreamlike fashion
in nightly fantasies estrangement grew

on the run a lifetime long
escape from everybody else and me
only once have to be strong
the moment when I cease to be

their voices seem to be confused
when someone else begs me to breathe
unhappy mood, pretend, being amused
and one day certainly i'll leave

suffocating in a world of my own
that's where the farewell dreams have grown
she waits for me the morning sun
when it's over, it's over, it's over and gone

on the run a lifetime long
escape from everybody else and me
only once have to be strong
the moment when I cease to breathe

MUSIQUE DE LA DECADENCE
(music and lyrics by Sascha Blach)

they sing along with dumb and empty words
and smile to sweetest melodies
enjoy the catchy sound that never hurts
nor challenges our fantasies

she is the breath of my soul when i'm weak
she is the love, the magic i seek
but they have stolen the only language i speak

hedonism praised with open arms
just following the trends in trance
with happy handclaps, without harm
they dance the dance of décadence

so come here and hush with me
to mourn the music's sad decay
so join in and let us be
with silence on a better way

music is the tongue of god
a tongue nobody speaks no more
music is the saviour - once i thought
now there is nothing to sing for

FAREWELL IN BLUE
(music and lyrics by Sascha Blach)

now as everything is done
we're sitting close together
up here where it all begun
where it was meant to stay forever

conflagrant nights in sterling blue
we have to go, that's how it seems
so one last time i embrace you
will hold your hand still in my dreams

even sadness goes away
precious memories are left behind
the times are changing every day
peace of mind somewhere we'll find

nothing seems real anymore
as we depart in nightly shades
the rain has drenched us to the core
here where our lifelight gently fades

say, will our pale hearts meet again
sometime, somewhere at a distant place?
we can't say if and can't say when
and what will be beyond the maze

THE SHALLOW SEA
(music and lyrics by Sascha Blach)

inhaling the light in a breeze
its warm touch on my cheek of tears
watching black clouds passing by
they symbolize our inner fears

oh don't look back, all ways are barred
it turns to grief the path of light
watching the stars, the scars of night
spoken words just can't express
it turns to hope, conceit is clear
watching the dawn, the light is near

the old man still is waiting for
he understands what he can't see
the years pass by outside the door
memories are all that remains to be

a place where is silence all around
in bloom flowers cry for rain
sweet waters give pleasant answers
a lake apart from human pain

faces look so weird on the lake
once a paradise, far from the outside world
faces became a part of this
the sea turned black like everything around

LETTERS FROM A COFFIN
(music and lyrics by Sascha Blach)

see, i pour stardust on your bed
to stimulate the sweet thoughts in your head
and take you on a trip with me
to distant places in the galaxy

in the silence i'm the sound
where you are i am around
in dreams we communicate
from secret spheres i guard your fate
it's just another way to write
these letters from the other side

look, you can feel me everywhere
my loving soul's just reached another stair
because in all these hours of grief
my spirit is the fragrant air you breathe

letters from a coffin
to show you i still care
letters from a coffin
to show you i'm still there

oh listen dear, my sweetest love
you can detect me in the stars above
and when you think of me, please smile
we'll meet again, it just will take a while...

CATHARTIC REVELATION
(music by Martin F. Jungkunz - lyrics by Sascha Blach)

shivering with your skinny hand in mine
with the sounds of love we persevere
sweat of anguish creeping down my spine
with watery eyes i speak your name, oh dear

the ecstasy of speed in words
purification in the weakest form
somebody smiles, the other hurts
everything is torn up by a storm

once strong, now it's cold out in the rain
remembrance returns, now and then
still i walk through streets of strange disdain
now as you're gone i care again

alone with your image deep inside
as these cold days break our fragile shells
just one thought remains, a little light
may our infinite ways meet somewhere else

HUMANITY AS A CHILD
(music and lyrics by Sascha Blach)

in many wars we died
and screamed for liberty
if all refused to fight
say, wouldn't we be free?
nothing will be a sin
cause all your gods are blind
the answer lies within
each individual mind

his origin slays man
by poisoning mother earth
as fast as mankind can
to death is giving birth
eat flesh with no remorse
for hunger's sake you say
with lust man eats the horse
that guided him the way

humanity as a child
that still has to learn so much
humanity a breed so wild
with their origin not in touch
humanity as a gun
that points at its own health
the final shooting has begun
a mass suicide of the self

an enemy at night
at sunrise he brings wealth
and every war you fight
you fight against yourself
all mirrors speak the truth
if you just dare to see
nothing will ever move
if blind we decide to be

LUCID LULLABY
(music by Martin F. Jungkunz - lyrics by Sascha Blach)

elevators take me to the clouds
celestial journey into nothingness
oh bleeding blue, in crimson shrouds
i finally should sleep, i guess

circling evermore round the place
where once the lights have been subdued
in sacred dreams following your trace
tonight all roads lead up to you

a lucid lullaby please sing
that i can sleep forevermore
and return home with broken wings
to my sweetheart whom i adore

elevators fly, hilarious mood
my fantasy's a marvellous realm
under these lanterns once we stood
celebrated views that overwhelm

they fascinate and terrify
these roads that gleam in nightly hue
under starlit skies the spirits fly
tonight all roads lead up to you

gently impressed i'll fall asleep
in a paradise of thoughts to roam
with a smile up to the clouds i'll creep
time is running out, i return home

INNER PEACE
(music by Martin F. Jungkunz - lyrics by Sascha Blach)

somewhere lies my treasure
beyond the moods of daily blue
where silent dreams come true
a realm of fervent inner pleasure

i'm digging deep in psyche's depth
to reach the promised paradise
but i'm not pure, nor am i wise
so i search on with every breath

a lifetime long it takes for everyone
to find the ardent inner peace
but once the longest quest will cease

and when i'm close to reach pure wealth
for once a while i ask myself
has my search for wisdom yet begun?