Paradise-Stromkern

A reference to denial brings the construct down Dissolving in defiance of what I have found Searching for today Evading all the memories The voice of time defines... Open the system to me And I'll show you what I mean The persistence of resistance Is something so serene And as the paradigm breaks I'm still trying to escape From a heaven that is burning Leaving beauty in its wake Why can't I ever believe In the paradise I've seen? Dissolution of illusion Is something so serene And as the paradigm breaks I'm still trying to escape From a nightmare that is burning Leaving nothing in its wake I've dreamt of dreaming Too many times Fractured and wasted Too many lives I've never been so wrong And with my chances gone I find I'm drowing once again This endless network Of blood and wires Connects the city Of blood and spires The dream of memory It's just a dream for me I trusted everything And now I'm burning up inside... Tonight, making up for lost time All the failings forgiven Just come on inside This journey You will never arrive... And while I know What we must have called upon All the illusions, my confusions Have been idolized... To live and dream forever In the cracks between the networks Watching constellations rise and fall away A synthesized perfection High-speed connection Where I can disappear for days Well I doubt now And I'm praying for a time Where conditions of existence Can be forever mine In perfect simulation Some hallucination Of a silent Paradise And we invade tonight And I'm just waiting to fall And we're searching for something To convince us all Of reality's persistence Dreaming the existence Of a virtual Babylon...