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    May 24

    Love


    [Me] Friday night, I had a few
    There she was, out of the blue
    Thunderstruck, nailed to the floor
    I couldn't move, couldn't talk...anymore

    [Love] Of all these guys it's you she desires
    Secretly her heart is on fire
    Waiting for you to ask her to dance
    Go ahead, make your move...now's your chance

    [Passion] Do it right, do it right, we ain't got all night
    Do it now, do it now, I think you know how
    [Pride] Let it out, let it out, now don't mess about
    Let her in, let her in, let the party begin!

    [Me] There I was, nervous and shy
    Struck with awe as I caught her eye
    I mustered up courage and walked her way
    Figuring out what to do...what to say

    [Love] Her heart sings as she sees you come near
    The music fades, the crowd disappears
    She weeps in silence as you pass her by
    And she's wondering why...oh why

    [Passion] Do it right, do it right, we ain't got all night
    Do it now, do it now, I think you know how
    [Pride] Let it out, let it out, now don't mess about
    Let her in, let her in, let the party begin!

    [Agony] Remember your father, well you're just like him
    Nothing but violence and fury within
    Remember your mother, so lonely and sad
    This will be her fate if you treat her as bad

    [Fear] You're afraid she might turn you down
    All your hopes dashed to the ground
    Nobody loved you, nobody will
    Why should you even try...but still...

    [Me] Friday night, I had a few
    [Wife] There was no need to talk
    [Me] There she was, out of the blue
    [Wife] We just started to walk
    [Me] Hand in hand, we took the floor
    [Wife] And we danced, and we danced, and we danced
    [Me] I could move, I could talk...even more...

    [Passion] Do it right, do it right, we ain't got all night
    Do it now, do it now, I think you know how
    [Pride] Let it out, let it out, now don't mess about
    Let her in, let her in, let the party begin!

    [Agony] Remember your father, well you're just like him
    Nothing but violence and fury within
    Remember your mother, so lonely and sad
    This will be her fate if you treat her as bad

    [Passion] Do it right, do it right, we ain't got all night
    Do it now, do it now, I think you know how
    [Pride] Let it out, let it out, now don't mess about
    Let her in, let her in, let the party begin!

    [Agony] Remember your father, well you're just like him
    Nothing but violence and fury within
    Remember your mother, so lonely and sad
    This will be her fate if you treat her as bad

    [Passion] Do it right, do it right, we ain't got all night
    Do it now, do it now, I think you know how
    [Pride] Let it out, let it out, now don't mess about
    Let her in, let her in, let the party begin!
     
    Ayreon, the Human Equation. Day Eleven: LOVE
    May 14

    Mothers Day

    The One I love to hate
     
    I stare at the face looking back at me
    A cold hatred shining in deep brown eyes
    I don’t recognize, but I know its origin
     
    The child, locked away in a closet
    Afraid to make a sound and awaken the fury once more
     
    Once again I look at the body reflecting in the mirror
    No longer a child, still not a free man
     
    Pale skin decorated with scars
    Eyes ruined by hate
    Heart corrupted by your so-called love 
     
    The child, alone in his room
    Hiding in a world of fairytales
    Pretending to be strong
    Keeping safe what he holds dear
     
    I’ve never said a word
    I’ve always wept my tears in silence
    Unwilling to give you the satisfaction of my pain, caused by you
    April 12

    Goodbye

    Farewell my friends,
     
    As some of you might know things haven’t been great for a while. For some time now I’ve been feeling tired. Not just from working too hard, but emotionally drained. Best way to describe it would be calling it a great big storm raging inside my head, picking up speed and rubble, crashing the walls I so carefully constructed to keep me safe and to keep the world away, far away. Tearing me apart with nightmares and flashbacks of a past I wish to forget.
    Things got out of control and out of hand when I was no longer able to keep myself together. I’ve found myself crying, curled up in a corner of the shower, shaking, unable to stand or speak. The memories were too overwhelming. I had to seek help, I knew that. But I couldn’t do it. Not by myself.
    I forgot there is someone in my life who is strong enough to get trough to me and my demons of the past. She stepped in and took over when I wasn't able to help myself. She’s gotten me help. Thanks to her I went to see a shrink. Also thanks to her I am able to take a long and desperately needed break from work.
    For the next few months, probably until the end of the year I’ll be going up to Finland. Soul-searching, re-discovering myself, slaying the past for once and for all … or just building a house.
     
    The “she” I keep talking about is the most amazing woman in the world. My girlfriend Jade. There are no words to express what she means to me.
    We’ve spent the last couple of weeks on vacation and I could feel all the stress just melt away. It’s been wonderful just being able to relax and not having to worry about anything. But vacations end and I was getting ready to say goodbye and go off to the high North by myself, to be alone again. The thought of being that far apart just turns my stomach into a tight knot. But..... Jade had been keeping a secret. She has giving up her job and will leave behind her family and friends in Amsterdam to be with me…..
     
    The storm is no longer raging, instead there is a soft breeze filling my heart with a warm love deeper then the debts of the oceans. The demons are not defeated yet, this I know. I still have a long road to travel, but I’m not walking alone. We will both turn our backs on our old lives and start over again, together. Building not a house but a home, our home.
    Our new life
     
     
     
    Lieve Jade,
     ik hou van je. Naast jou in slaap vallen en de volgende morgen wakker worden is het mooiste wat me ooit overkomen is, elke dag weer. Ik zal de rest van mijn leven proberen je net zo gelukkig te maken als jij mij maakt.
    Minä rakastan sinua
    February 26

    Release me

    I love you in ways I can not say
    So much deeper then I can tell you
    So much more then words can say
    Even more then I can possibly show you
    If only I could let you feel my heart, my soul, my love
     
    You are my strength
    You fight to keep me sane
    You hold me, dry the tears
    Kiss away the cold dark memories
    Bring me back to here and now within your embrace
     
    It is because of this I can no longer allow myself to drain you
    Each time can I see the pain wounding your heart
    Every scream or tear slashes you,
    like a knife across your virgin soul
    I can not bare to be the one that scars you for life,
    with the demons of my past
     
    Let me go when I close my eyes
    I don’t want to wake up
    Not another day
    Not another hour
    I’m so tired… let me sleep and never wake up
     
    My love, I beg you
    Let me go
    I will only drag you down with me, if you stay
    Release me
    Be free of the burden I have become
    No longer will you have to worry
    For I will be safe in the arms of death
     
     
     
    T.
    January 24

    Lower the Flags

    He's gone, he is dead
    His remains upon the hearse ahead
    As silently we wander though the mist
    He's free

    This is the end
    Your journey's over, night descends
    Below... Into the abyss
    Farewell, my friend, you will be missed

    Lower the flags
    A good man has passed
    He has reached the last of frontiers
    Lower the flags
    Down to half-mast
    For again the world has taken a turn for the worse

    He's done, he is dead
    Six feet of earth upon his head
    Now lay your wreaths
    Upon the one who lies beneath

    Although you're gone
    In memories you shall live on
    Asleep... In peace now rest
    The weight of the world is off your chest

    Lower the flags
    A good man has passed
    He has reached the last of frontiers
    Lower the flags
    Down to half-mast
    For again the world has taken a turn for the worse

    That morning light I'll always remember
    And these August nights: cold as December.

     

    (lyrics by S. Lopakka)
    January 04

    Why do I love her

    Why do I love her as much as I do?
     
    She doesn’t feel sorry for me or the past
    She doesn’t pity me
    She understands that this is a part of who I am,
    It’s my burden to carry
    She helps me when I struggle
    She’s there when I need her
    She comforts me
    She holds me close and keeps me safe
    She lets the tears fall from my eyes, lets me cry
    She doesn’t cry my tears, suffer my pain or choke on the anger
    She doesn’t hate
    She never judges
    She just kisses away to cold pale loneliness and make me whole
    She loves me……….
    December 30

    Happy New Year

    To all my friends, spread out in almost every continent on this globe
    I wish you all the very best of what it is that you are longing for 
    No more feeling bad, no longer find ways of self-destruction
    No more drinking just to get drunk and be numb
    No more hurting yourself or the ones around you, so you won't feel the pain deep inside
     
    May 2007 be the year in which you'll find peace at mind, heart and soul
    I hope the new year will bring you health, strength and happiness
    I wish for all of you that you'll find or feel the same blissful warm love that I found and burns deep in the depths of my heart.
    Let this be the year where all your secret, even childhood dreams find a way to come true
    Take control over your life, love and lust and make 2007 the best time, you more then deserve it my friend
     
    These are my deepest wishes for those I call my friends
    If I could I would tell each of you in person, share a drink or hug
    But seeing we all life so far apart, this is the best I can do
    So what I'm trying to say is:
    HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE
    December 27

    Fairytale

    “Daddy, Daddy… look !!!!”

    I’m standing behind my two little angels and gaze outside the window. Our garden has been transformed into a winter wonder fairytale. Everything is covered in a thick soft white blanket of snow. One of the girls is pulling on my arm. “Can we go outside? Please, daddy, can we?”

    “You haven’t even had breakfast yet girls”

    “I’m not hungry”

    “Me neither. Can we play in the snow, just for a little while?

    I turn to look at them both and help them to get dressed. “You can’t go out playing in the snow without at least 2 thick sweaters… and a scarf…. and a warm hat.. and mittens…” I help them to zip up their coats and put their boots on, then watch them run out the door. I follow behind them and see how their breaths become little clouds as they run around trying to get the dog the pull the sledge. I can’t help smiling and laughing all morning. We win the snow ball fight with the neighbors kids and build a large snowman. When the girls lay down to make snow angels I see you standing in the doorway. You look so beautiful, your hair is tied back in a lose braid. You try to sound a little angry when you tell me off for letting the girls play before they had anything to eat, but your bright blue eyes sparkle with joy and love. And when I come near I can see you set the table with the girls favorite foods. You let me kiss you and pull you into my arms. We dance and kiss while the snow falls down around us. Then you pull away and tell the girls to go inside and take off their wet cloths. “That goes for you as well sweetie. Your jeans are soaked, you must be freezing. Go help the girls and tell them to put on they yammies so we can have breakfast”

     

    When I look around our bedroom, something is different… You lay beside me, fast asleep. I search the house but no trace off the girls, I can’t find they rooms. The garden is not there either, no white winter wonder land. Our family home has turned into the tiny apartment we live in….Was it only a dream?

    You sit up and look at me. “What’s wrong sweetie? You look cold” You touch me, hug me. “Baby even your lips are blue and your hands are freezing”

     

    It can’t have been just dream. Can it?

    November 24

    D'amore, d'amour

    Per voi, amore della mia vita.

    Prendete il mio alito.

    Mi annego nei vostri occhi.

    La vostra rottura di bellezza il mio cuore.

    Il mio amore appartiene a voi.

    Sogno di voi, ogni sera

     

    Voor jou, liefde van mijn leven.

    Je neemt mijn adem.

    Ik verdrink me in je ogen.

    Jouw schoonheid breekt mijn hart.

    Mijn liefde behoort aan jou.

    Ik droom van je, iedere avond.

     

    Pour vous, l’amour de ma vie

    Vous prenez mon haleine

    Je me noie dans vos yeux

    Votre beauté brise mon coeur

    Mon amour appartient vous

    Je rêve de vous, chaque soirée

     

    For you, love of my life.

    You take my breath away

    I drown myself in your eyes

    Your beauty break my heart

    My love belong to you

    I dream of you, every night

    November 12

    A Perfect World

     
    In a perfect world I would not exist
    I'd never been born
    In a perfect world I would not hurt the one dear to me
    I'd tell her all my deep dark secrets
    In a perfect world our lives would not be torn apart
    We'd be together, not letting anyone or anything come between us
    In a perfect world.........
     
    But the world isn't perfect
    My life's been corruped since the day I was born
    Taught how to keep secrets
    Raised without trust
    Learned to fear love
    Better spend my days alone
     
    I will try to make our world perfect
    I will try to become the man you deserve me to be
    If only there is still time.......
     
     
     
    October 09

    The Truth

    I’ve tried so many times to put my feelings into words. But nothing I write is good enough. Nothing comes even close to what happens to me every time I look at you.

     

    You hair are waves of gold or the deepest red or warmest brown. Soft as silk and satin sheets

    Your eyes take my breath away. Deep pools I can feel myself drowning in, each time

    Your smile warms even the darkest corners of my heart

    Your lips… the way you kiss me…

    Your touch leaves my skin burning, longing, almost aching for more

    When we talk your sense of humor and your intelligence always amaze me

    Your compassion and kindness leave me humble

    When we are together you make me feel stronger, secure. I am safe because you are there beside me.

    And when we make love…. the world no longer exits, past and present lay to rest. Only you and I are there. Our bodies one, our souls united

    Ik hou van je

    September 28

    Gratitude

    You have saved me once again

    Battled the fear,

    defeated it with your overwhelming power and the faith you have in me

     

    If only my believe was as strong as yours

    I could protect what I hold dear

    and not weaken by the fear of losing it all again

     

    My compassion has always been envied by those without a heart

    yet  it is my heart that is the weak spot in my defenses,

    making the walls crumble before my very eyes

     

    Today your faith has saved me,

    your love has given me back the strength I had lost

    Showing me the power is still there

    For this I own you my eternal gratitude
    September 25

    Beauty

    “She’s beautiful”, the young woman sighed.

    “Yes she is”

    “I can understand that you would like her”

    “That’s only lust. The feelings I have for you run so much deeper then that”. He softly ran his fingers though her hair.

    “But you want her” Her voice was filled with pain and despair.

    He lifted her chin and forced her to look into his eyes “Her personality sucks and her looks will fade with the passing of years. But you…” he came closer and stared deep into her soul, “…you will always be truly beautiful. You are my Love”.
     
    August 17

    a new life

     

      Your life can change within seconds

      A single sentence can shift you entire future

      Just one word can seal your faith

     

      “Can I stay with you?”

      “Yes”

      And that was it….

      The end of my life

      The beginning of ours
     

     

    June 17

    The Fortress

    My heart is a fortress

    I have dug a moat around it

    And buried it deep in ice and stone

    The medieval stronghold is filled with the ghosts of the past

    And none dares to enter

     

    Yet there have been those who have walked in

    Pure and beautiful

    Warm and loving

    Delicate like a flower

    Strong like an ancient tree

     

    I was startled

    Did not know what had happened

    What was I to do

    Run and hide

    Or welcome it with open arms

     

    Minutes turned into hours

    Hours into days

    Days into weeks

    Weeks into months

    Months into years

     

    Then it was gone

    As sudden as it came

    It had left

    Once again I was alone

    Incomplete

     

    My heart is fortress

    Darker then ever before

    The locks are made of the strongest steel

    The windows are blocked up

    No one is allowed to enter
    June 14

    Knowledge - Kennis

    Throughout the ages knowledge was something that was feared. It was disrespectful if you were smarter than your father or the cities leaders.

    During the Inquisition, knowledge was an awful sin. Being smart made you a heretic and could get you killed.

    That knowledge is power is only true when you knowledge was something others could use to gain profit or benefit from.

    An intelligent mind has been something people envied and fear. For it is a gift and a curse. No one wants to appear dumb or unwise, so cast out the scholars, the philosophers, anyone who is brave enough to think for himself or herself.

    You think those times have changed with the passing of centuries?

     

    Why do you feel attacked by my words? Why do you call me names and do you accuse me off lecturing you? When I all do is tell you my thoughts, my believes. I’m not trying to convince you. I’m not always right. God knows I don’t want to be right, let me be wrong, please, so that my point isn’t proven each time.

    My knowledge and intelligence scares you, you may even hate or despite me for it. And why? Because I’m smarter than you?

     

    Every human-being is blessed with an intelligent brain, each of us can learn, gain wisdom and knowledge. Use it the read, form your own opinion and believes. Discuss you thoughts with others and learn form each other. You don’t need to have attended the best schools or universities. You don’t need a degree to feed your own knowledge and mind. Don’t cut yourself short, you can be ever as smart as I may be.

     

    There can be so much pleasure in nourishing your soul with knowledge……..

     

    ~

     

    Door de eeuwen heen was kennis iets dat angst in joeg. Slimmer zijn dan je vader of de leiders van de stad, getuigde van een gebrek aan respect.

    Tijdens de Inquisitie was kennis een doodzonde. Als je slim was betekende het dat je een ketter was en dat kon je dood betekenen.

    Dat kennis macht is, gaat alleen op als een ander beter kan worden van die kennis. Als het geld of iets anders kan opleveren.

    Een intelligent verstand is iets dat men vreest en verafschuwd. Het is een gave en een vloek. Niemand wil dom overkomen, dus verban de leraren, de filosofen, een ieder die dapper genoeg is om voor zichzelf te denken.

    Je geloof dat dit soort dingen veranderd zijn met het verstrijken van de eeuwen?

     

    Waarom voel je je aangevallen door mijn woorden. Waarom schelt je op me en verwijt je me tegen je te preken? Terwijl ik je alleen mijn gedachtes, mijn overtuigingen vertel. Ik probeer je niet te bekeren of te overtuigen. Ik heb niet altijd gelijk. Ik wil helemaal geen gelijk hebben, laat het me alsjeblieft een keer fout hebben, zodat mijn punt niet keer op keer bewezen wordt.

    Mijn kennis en intelligentie jagen je misschien angst aan, je haat me of veracht me er misschien zelfs om. En waarom? Omdat ik slimmer ben dan jij?

     

    Elk mens is gezegend met een intelligent brein, een ieder van ons kan leren, kennis vergaren, zichzelf verrijken. Gebruik om te lezen, om je eigen mening en opvattingen te ontwikkelen en te vormen. Wissel met anderen van gedachten, discussieer over je mening en leer van elkaar. Je hoeft niet naar de beste scholen en universiteiten te zijn geweest. Je hebt geen hoge diploma’s nodig om kennis te vergaren en je verstand te ontwikkelen. Doe jezelf niet te kort, je bent net zo slim als ik misschien.

     

    Er schuilt zoveel plezier in het verrijken van je ziel met kennis……..

    March 14

    One Child


    One child stood before the altar
    One child stood out in the rain
    One child spent his time imagining
    And I don't believe he's coming home again, home again, home again


    Right there in the earth, I've been drawing a line
    I'm digging it deep, don't know if I'll find
    A tunnel out so we all can be saved
    If not, just take this earth and bury me, for this will be my grave

    One child hid inside the darkness
    One child never said a thing
    One child closed his eyes and disappeared
    But at night I still can hear him whispering, whispering, whisper...


    Right there in the earth, I've been drawing a line
    I'm digging it deep, don't know if I'll find
    A tunnel out so we all can be saved
    If not, just take this earth and bury me, for this will be my grave


    I will believe in you
    If you still want me to
    Or tell me I'm on my own
    There on the other side
    Tell me the Pilate's died
    And we're no longer alone

    Take your answers and your promises, believe me I don't care
    I have held on to your words until I found them only air
    What good are your promises if you can always take them back?
    Still, I hang on every word till my hands are bleeding


    I will believe in you
    If you still want me to
    Or tell me I'm on my own
    There on the other side
    Tell me the Pilate's died
    And we're no longer alone



    I will believe in you
    We had no choice but to stay and follow
    If you still want me to
    We have nothing left except tomorrow
    Or tell me I'm on my own
    We have nothing left except what will be
    There on the other side
    What we need here are some real decisions
    Tell me the Pilate's died
    While you only offer mindless visions
    And we're no longer alone
    Visions that nobody else here can see

    We're on our own
    We're on our own
    We're on our own
    We're on our own


    I will believe in you
    If you still want me to
    Or tell me I'm on my own
    There on the other side
    Tell me the Pilate's died
    And we're no longer alone


    We had no choice but to stay and follow
    We have nothing left except tomorrow
    We have nothing left except what will be
    What we need here are some real decisions
    While you only offer mindless visions
    Visions that nobody else here can see


    I will believe in you
    If you still want me to
    Or tell me I'm on my own
    There on the other side
    Tell me the Pilate's died
    And we're no longer a...


    Right there in the earth, I've been drawing a line
    I'm digging it deep, don't know if I'll find
    A tunnel out so we all can be saved
    If not, just take this earth and bury me, for this will be my grave

     

    [Music & Words: Jon Oliva, Paul O'Neill SAVATAGE]


    March 02

    ...

    “Do you have a girlfriend?”

    “Well…” he sighed: “It complicated. The one I think of as my girlfriend has a boyfriend… and it’s not me. So, I guess technically I don’t have a girlfriend”

    “She’s having a affair with you?”

    “No, it’s nothing like that. Not physically anyway”

    She looked deep into his eyes “Hmm that is complicated” and she kissed him.
    He looked back at the young woman standing only a few inches away from him.
    “Officially you’re single.” She saw the look in his eyes and gave him a deep warm smile. “Don’t worry, you’re not doing anything wrong” Once again her lips toughed his and this time he replied….
     
     
    February 28

    she hates me

    She hates me.... I know she does

    I've hurt her, wounded her heart deeper then anyone has ever done before

    I betrayed her and yet I was the one who leached out at her

    The pain of her betrayal runs deeper in me then I thought

    The Silk rope that once gave me her love, now takes my breath

    Silk can be sharper then a steel sword piecing my heart

    Slowly killing me... for I betrayed her

     

    Why did I do it? I make no excesses

    Why did I tell it? I have promised her to always tell her the truth

    And that truth is... I love her, only her

    But she doesn't love me, not only me...

    My options are clear

    I can accept it

    Or I have to move on

    Either way.... I can never have her or hold her in my arms

    Her heart will never truly belong to me

     

    I don't disserve her love
     
    Forgive me...................
    February 03

    alleen jij

     

    mijn aller liefste, mijn meisje van zijde.... je bent de mooiste vrouw die ik ken

    mijn handen willen alleen jou huid aanraken,

    mijn lippen willen alleen jou proeven,

    mijn lichaam verlangt alleen naar jou

    ik hou van je