Beneath The Star

Walking down a dark road Tired and trembling from the cold Alone in this world Without faith nor hope At the side of the road there laid a man Still as a stone, his clothing torn His hood stained by blood Beneath a star so bright Greetings my friend, are you alive? Speak to me and grant me stay The stranger raised his head His eyes pierced my soul My legs failed me I grasped for breath With the sweetest voice he spoke Brother, where am I? Where are my friends? I am so cold and my memory is gray Come take my hand, let us take this road to a warmer place Tell me your tale along the way And the star burned bright Beneath The Star A World Of Shadows And Light The Stranger And I Walking An Endless Night We entered a village Two strangers stalking their dawn Careful eyes watching us Greeted by a scream A young woman in pain A broken arm but by his touch The girls tears turned to laugh She was healed Stunned we stared at his hands A pale golden light He just smiled He raved the tavern with stories of heroes Deeds of love and every legend known to man Here seemed to be a king among us Not this beggar but more than anyone could know Then another cry for help A desperate man, his son lying at the end The stranger stayed with the boy for hours By his whispers the boy did rise Words eluded me With a broken voice I managed Stranger, who are you? His smile vanished I am The stranger cast off his worn hood We all fell silent to our knees But how? My friend, I do not know He seemed so old I cannot remember the way Only the past and price this world paid Will you come with me? I need to find my friends We walked into a world less grey Beneath The Star The Strangers Face So Bright This World Will Know The End To This Endless Night We traveled far To where every pain could be stilled His healing hands shone bright The star seemed so fierce There were so many in need My mind was stunned I just could not believe It seemed own eyes lied to me Beneath a cold nights caress By the warm fires embrace A dark thought formed A question piercing my mind My friend, only you can answer Please tell me, tell this world Why all the pain? All the despair? The wars and death? Why all the hurt? His eyes drew a shadow His voice the whisper of grief I cannot know I am just man But your name has killed millions Your love has become hate All this suffering was it only in vain? Your sacrifice? What did it bring? Are we here just to die as you once did? I was never the answer It had to come from within you I was just a picture A mirror to your doom Why do you speak of this? Follow me I will show you We traveled east to the suffering To where all creed is the offering Where there is no end to the fighting A city fiercely burning This is your name This is hate We are children Still born of war We are death Stillborn pawns There must be more to this life His eyes grew darker I saw his soul scream But I kept on So much senseless butchery War after war Cities wrecked by man I pressed on questioning the all There he laid Just one last whisper My friend I forgive And then there was a stone Now that beautiful star is gone And I wonder from what darkness My mind spoke Why did I bring him suffering? Every night I´m damned To scream at this dream I took him from us I´m cursed with eternity Now I search for peace Beneath The Empty Dark A World Of Shadows And Light An Endless Life I Walk An Endless Night I'm So Tired I Want To Sleep I've Lived Beyond All My Friends It's Been 200 Years Sometimes I pass by the stone Hoping to sense his warmth Perhaps to see my friend And find my peace and an end