A Sinner's Confession      [DAWN:]      I was born in a time when the world was still free   I know not really when, where or why   Born a king child, but on the same day   It is told you could hear the land cry      Blood boiling like the core of this world   With which I was one   Before I turned into ice   And my back to the sun   Yes before I turned my back to the sun      [THE CHILD IN THE SUN:]      Growing up I lived and learned   With wings like the bird I flew   Crownprince of paradise   Soon to claim the throne      Then at last as a grown man I stood   So fiercely proud, an electrified semi-god   Ready to reign, greedy to gain      [THE MAN IN THE MOON:]      Staring at the moon I felt a shiver   No longer just a beast   But the man in the moon came down too soon   Chaos from the West to the East      Although knowing I was not prepared   I never questioned the use of my lore   Leaving behind the days of yore   Forever wanting more      I defy my gods – I don't need them   Holy science – take me to heaven (and hell)   With sacred right I shall conquer and rule   Slay the heathen questioning fools   Be thou foreign or kin thou shalt never be safe   Nothing shall stand in my concrete way   Upon myself I bestow the crown, I am the master      [DUSK:]      Decadence, decline, degeneracy   Broken and aged I now stand   Awaiting the revenge of the land   Looking at paradise destroyed   On my way into the void      Crying out to the gods   As my heart and pride breaks   Would take a thousand Floods   To wash off my mistakes   Turn back the clock that never runs late   Grant me thy knowledge   My free will has failed      Thief! Murderer! Rapist! Blasphemer!   Not so fiercely proud   Not so fiercely proud      Can I hope for forgiveness   Do you recall your darkest son   My name is Mankind