CIRCLE OF STONE (2024)

 

Blood And Belief

01. Mind Reader
02. Tears In Rain
03. Rage
04. The Year beyond This Year
05. Ghost In The Bottle
06. The Broken Man
07. The Call Of The Ancestors
08. Circle Of Stone
09. Absence
10. A Day Of Reckoning

11. The Path Of The Righteous Man

12. Until We Meet Again

LYRICS

 

01. Mind Reader nach oben

We are to blame that’s what they say
We see their greed it caused all the pain
They think they know us that’s their mistake
They think that we will easily break

 

They can knock me down
But I won’t stay down
If they read my mind

They will find

 

I am ferocious
I am resolved to become unbeatable
It’s never hopeless

I’m positive we can become unbeatable

 

If I believe what they believe
My life will be a catastrophe 
Future is now this is the truth
They say it’s over for me and you

 

They can knock me down
But I won’t stay down
If they read my mind
They will find

 

I am ferocious
I am resolved to become unbeatable
It’s never hopeless
I’m positive we can become unbeatable

 

The problems of this world we can work through
We can be strong we can be gentle too
We are not ruthless we are not cruel
We are not selfish we are not fools



02. Tears In Rain
nach oben

Making every second count
I want to keep myself in this fight
It is not an easy thing
To meet your maker and to change your life

 

The end of my life is near
My memories are so clear
We are the ones they made to fight and die
So hard to kill but not worthy of life
All of these moments will just disappear 
Lost in time just like tears in rain

 

Undeniable a fact
Impossible to now extend my life
We are burning twice as bright
We are perfect but designed to die we must die

 

The end of my life is near
My memories are so clear
We are the ones they made to fight and die
So hard to kill but not worthy of life
All of these moments will just disappear 
Lost in time just like tears in rain



03. Rage nach oben

I wait for dawn to come 
Before me Gelert’s ghost
My dear loyal friend 
He saved my babe my son
Tormenting me each night
Shadows of the truth again
Trembling and filled with hate
Red mist blinded me 
Blinded me with rage

 

When I came home I saw 
The crib was over-turned
Blood on the nursery walls 
Blood on dear Gelert’s face

 

I thought the very worst  
Into his heart I plunged my sword
I heard the babe cry out
There lay the wolf Gelert killed

 

Blinded by rage
Rage and anger
Fire inside me

 

My son faced certain death
A lone hungry wolf attack
Shadows and deep regrets
Are darker than before
Tormenting me each night 
Shadows of the truth again
Trembling and filled with hate
Red mist blinded me

 

Blinded by rage
Rage and anger
Fire inside me



04. The Year Beyond This Year nach oben

I won’t dwell on the past and what I lost and all the times
That my trust was betrayed those were hard lessons to learn
I will let go of the pain I won’t make the same mistakes
There is a chance for us to start again

 

The year beyond this year 
I close my eyes and see 
The possibilities out there for you and me

 

I will make myself stand up I will take a single step
Away from this self-loathing mess that my old self chose for me
There’s a future I can change for myself if I just try
There’s a chance for us to start again

 

The year beyond this year
I close my eyes and see 
The possibilities out there for you and me
My truth I will not hide
This change I will not fear 
What can we all become in the year beyond this year

 

They won’t break me 
They won’t stop me
They don’t know me
I’m not scared at all  
                
The year beyond this year
I close my eyes and see 
The possibilities out there for you and me
My truth I will not hide
This change I will not fear 
What can we all become in the year beyond this year



05. Ghost In The Bottle nach oben

A ghost in the bottle
The mind storm has cleared the path
The secret of my future is hidden here in this day
Uncertain times ahead don’t let them into your head
We need our mental strength to face every one of them

 

Wish it dream it be it 
We will find a way     
Think it see it do it 
We will find a way
We can live our dream
The time to start is now

 

Those fortune tellers reliably predicting doom
Convincing everyone it’s hopeless that’s just a lie
Lines on your hand don’t show
Who you are what you can do
Accept that life is hard
But good times could be on the cards

Wish it dream it be it
We will find a way     
Think it see it do it
We will find a way
We can live our dream
The time to start is now

How ever long we have together we have to try
Try to make the best out of each day we are alive
Sometimes you feel it too overwhelmed anxious confused
Hold on tighten your grip we can make it through all this


Wish it dream it be it 
We will find a way    
Think it see it do it 
We will find a way
We can live our dream
The time to start is now
We can live our dream


06. Broken Man nach oben

I learned my lessons and you know I still am
Learning how to make every day count
When I look back I see an angry young man
Chasing things that are all useless now
All of the simple things that are so important to me now
Meant nothing to me back then I was too selfish and too proud

 

I look back now I see that I had a lot of help
But then I like a fool thought it all was good luck
You all walked with me through the storm
You gave me a home and showed me a place that I could belong

 

I had a lot of love that I did not deserve
Good people with me when things were tough
You all stood by me when I found it hard to stand
You got me back on my feet

 

I hope that all of the good things in this life will come your way
I’m grateful to you cause no one can get this far on their own

 

I look back now I see that I had a lot of help
But then I like a fool thought it all was good luck
You all walked with me through the storm
You gave me a home and showed a place that I could belong

Thank you from the broken man
The man that you put together again

You all walked with me through the storm
You gave me a home and showed me a place that I could belong



07. The Call Of The Ancestors nach oben

The spirit of the ancestors call from the dreamland.

They call to you.
On your left, hear the voice of the ancestors.

Hear their pipes of bloody war tell you of the journey you must take.

You must become the righteous man.

Unite your forgotten tribe.

Lead them back to the homeland that was taken from your forefathers by the nine tribes of oblivion. On your right the spirit of your future becoming awakes.

That spirit joins the ancestors in the song of forever hope.

They sing together until you are left alone with hope and courage and hate.

Your search must begin.

In your mind’s eye can you see our homeland?



08. Circle Of Stone nach oben

The Circles of stone and the high mountain peaks
As I wander this great land
I see them all and I wonder if I belong
A portal that connects the dreamworld to me
The circle of tall stones
Give me a sign and I will know where I belong

 

In your mind’s eye can you see our homeland

 

(The voice of the ancestors calls from the dreamworld)

 

An illusion a shadow a spirit a dream 
I exist I am real
My unspoken name
The sorrows of all that are lost 

 

In your mind’s eye can you see our homeland

 

Is it really me or my forefathers’ dream
What power makes me search on
For the truth in the heart of the circle of stone
             
Here I am surviving
I still stand in spite of all that they’ve done
They won’t take away dreams of freedom and hope

 

Is it really me or my forefathers’ dream
What power makes me search on
For the truth in the heart of the circle of stone



09. Absence nach oben

Sky of blue and emerald sea
They took you away from me
Because you are the air I breathe
Your absence is suffocating to me
When will you come back to me

With me is where you belong
To live without you is wrong
I can’t stand on my own feet
You are the earth the world to me
When will you come back to me

 

From my chest my heart is torn
From my eyes the light has gone
I can’t speak I can’t breathe
You are the whole world to me

 

No joy no comfort no sleep
Without you lay here next to me
Tell me when the day will be
When will you come back home to me

From my chest my heart is torn 
From my eyes the light has gone
I can’t speak I can’t breathe 
You are the whole world to me
When will you come back           



10. A Day Of Reckoning nach oben

My ancestors are come alive
In this vision I see through their eyes
The last survivors their darkest day
And the story of my tribe

 

Facing the future facing the unknown
They carry on they survive
All they had was courage and hope
And the hate that burned inside

 

Madness takes many forms
And you think you have seen them all before
Until you are face to face with the evil of nine tribes
The murdering and merciless
Forced into the sea all those who were still alive

 

Hope courage and hate
They will not break they will return

 

Mutilating every mother boy and babe left them to bleed
To bleed to death as daughters are taken for slaves
All our warriors hanging from 
The trees where the children played in the summer sun

Hope courage and hate
They will not break they will return

 

Carry on 
We will see justice done
I swear I will return and take back what is mine forever

 

Carry on

A reckoning will come
I swear I will return and take back what is mine

 

Sunlight dancing on the water
Wind whispering their names to me
They are calling me I hear them
In the dreamworld they all wait for me

 

A reckoning our day will come
I swear I will return justice will be done
It’s not the end of the story of my tribe
I feel my ancestors in me they are alive

 

Carry on 
We will see justice done
I swear I will return and take back what is mine forever

 

Carry on

A reckoning will come
I swear I will return and take back what is mine

 

 

11. The Path Of The Righteous Man nach oben

 

With lies and excuses 
I convinced myself not to try
I just did what was easy 
I know it’s not right
I did not fight I just tried to hide

 

The truth I ignored and denied and despised
I turned my back to the light
Now I see the death that I had to die
Before I could follow the path
The path of the righteous man

The righteous man

 

The mistakes that I made they were always the same
Now I know that was just insane 
There is no passion 
Inside this lie
Cowards always run

 

They run from the fight and the challenge of life
Fall and don’t get up again
Scared of the truth and the pain they must face
Before they can follow the path
The path of the righteous man
The righteous man

 

I resented everyone else and I blamed
Them for the problems I had
I did not see that I did this to myself
Now I will follow the path
The path of the righteous man
The righteous man

 

 

12. Until We Meet Again nach oben

 

Take my hand here and now make with me this vow
We will find our way back here find our way somehow
How can I live this life if you're not with me 
I will fight to my last breath to get back to you

 

We will remember those long summer days they were gold 
Think of me on long winter nights when stories are told 

 

That day of broken hearts the last day I saw you
It was so cold we cried so hard how could this be true


We will remember those long summer days they were gold
Think of me on long winter nights when stories are told

 

Until we meet again I’ll think of you my friend
Until the bitter end until I see your face again
Then my broken heart will mend until we meet again 
I’ll think of you my friend until we meet again

 

Until we meet again I’ll think of you my friend
Until the bitter end until I see your face again
My broken heart will mend when we meet again
I’ll think of you my friend until we meet again