VNV Nation

Solitary
Set me aflame and cast me free Away, you wretched world of tethers Through the endless night and day I have never wanted more Always thought that I would stand Before the faceless name of justice Like some law unto myself Like a child of God again And if rain brings winds of change Let it rain on us forever I have no doubt from what I've seen That I have never wanted more With this line I'll mark the past As a symbol of beginning I have no doubt from what I've seen I have never wanted more In this picture stands a man Far away, alone and distant Like a solitary field In some nameless foreign land All around him points of light Start to dim and cease transmitting Shadows fell on futile games And then there was nothing more SongtexteThrough the screams of falling steel By the light of flares and wisdom All the doubts I could not face All this time I wanted more With a line I mark the past As a symbol of beginning To the Gods whose names we've lost And the names who gave in vain And if rain brings winds of change Let it rain on us forever I have no doubt from what I've seen I have never wanted more With this line I'll mark the past As a symbol of beginning I have no doubt from what I've seen I have never wanted more Set me aflame and cast me free Away, you wretched world of tethers Through the endless night and day I have never wanted more Always thought that I would stand Before the faceless name of justice Like some law unto myself Like a child of God again And if rain brings winds of change Let it rain on us forever I have no doubt from what I've seen I have never wanted more With this line I'll mark the past As a symbol of beginning I have no doubt from what I've seen I have never wanted more Sever the line to the guilty past To the ones who brought us nothing Spoke of futures brave and proud And brought only hate and war Line the roads with hollow praise Mark the land with paper statues Shadows fell on their futile ways And then there was nothing more Aus Songtexte Mania