Lost in this haze, I swim in the mist for days at a time You come to a point where one must act on his words A broken resolve, a path carved into the mountain's heart One last escape, the only light in this darkness Into the unknown, my spirit has flown It's time now to follow The wraith of my dreams tears apart at the seams With the sight of my captor No escape In the sapphire starlight It's my trial of fears Come with me to the shadows As hell appears And so I'm discovered My father's rage inflamed and provoked They call me a traitor It's not betrayal to run from your pain, but certainly shameful And so I sit and await my trial They've taken my friends away Extinguished their chances of happy lives I'm dead on my feet; they Sit in their seats and pierce me with dead eyes They question my pride, they threaten my life My future is uncertain Austria's plans will soon come to light A happenstance benefit now that is ripe You've offered your future as king of this realm Reverse what you plea as the moon turns to stone -Where are you taking him? Leave him alone Dear friedrich, I must say goodbye It's time for my star now to fade in the night Be strong and don't break your own will -A brave man who kneels there with tears in his eyes The sword in the sun wants to fall My head to the bars so I can't look away By God I will make you all pay! No escape In the sapphire sunbeams Piercing through to my cell Come with me to the shadows As hell appears I am swimming in anger I will make them all burn Not for this flash in the pan, but the whole damn situation