Golden Age Lyrics

even the stars are too close
our enemies of the sun

heroes in daily games
never tired to revel in fantasies
silent just like gilden idols
transparent like mirror images of their aspirations
glaring digitally into the void
mysteries swallow them
through silver gates to leaden chains
but still, none dare to contest them
in the freedoms of their dreary imaginary rule

this is the day of disintegration
in my song of no protest

I hate this spring turned winter
the voice of autumn in the westernmost chill
you make me shiver
I lost my laughter in a shopping mall
are you there?
where if not here?
I see you and hear someone else

a terrible world in which to grow older
and here I still am
I spy on God, watch him betray us
frightening

are you there?
where if not here?
I see you and hear someone else
no elves linger here in forests burning
just flies among pale trees
no wolves in beds of kings
lost in silk and velvet
rags to hide beneath
the right to breathe
the right to command
the right to trust
the right to force
Gods among the ordinary

we are all trying to keep storms at bay