Knights of La Mancha

Come look around you: darkness cold surrounds you
A world full of evil and greed
To gray turns once bright light, thoughts cold as the night
Of hope has been crushed every seed.
Will you let this plague spread? Will you bow down your head?
Surrender your dignity?
No, stand by my side, believe and have pride
Fight back: break the chains and be free!

So spoke the old man, with sword in his frail hand
Against the grim world a lone knight
Not for fortune or fame, but for justice the flame
For the downtrodden to fight
A questing knight to be, his dream and destiny
Defender for the oppressed and weak
But what can a lone man win against the might of sin
To deaf ears it seems he did speak

I too as that old knight in the end fought alone
Trying to change this world, bring warmth to hearts of stone
But no one needs this fool’s quest, windmills I feel I fight
So die must my dreams now as I blow out my soul’s light
And so alone I’m standing, in this soulless wasteland
Abandoning all hope, my heart held in my hand
No choice but to tear it out, and bow down: I had lost
Could not turn to a kind world this cruel realm of frost

The hard way I learned that evil must win
Good deeds are worthless to all
To succeed you must bow down and embrace sin
Compassion’s for fools bound to fall

Lost all I had, compassion and love
The last knight of a losing side
So for a heart of steel, the weak to rise above
I traded blinded by pride

I saw you but saw through you, emptiness I had found
You stopped beside me as my heart fell to the ground
On its last beat, then would die compassion’s spark
A hand you put on my hand as I slipped towards the dark
But when I looked into your eyes, all I could see was fear
You should not have stopped: demons are drawing near

No knight to fight for your cause
And no sword for you to wield
Evil of man in demon form
And no one you from it to shield

And I looked in your eyes, I could not leave you there
To fight all alone, not when for me you care
So let me defend you now, this is my last stand
Run, escape the demons, as I fall with sword in hand
But you stood unmoving still, and so this is our fight
To face the demons of this world, defend the shard of light
That shines from your eyes into mine, and makes it worth to try
Don’t care if it’s impossible, I will live free or die

Solo:
Igor Jakobsen
Anna Loppacher
Igor Jakobsen
Anna Loppacher
Igor Jakobsen

I look in your eyes, the first ones without lies
In a world that turned its back on me
Can this really be real, or should I choose the steel
And cold as the rest choose to be
Can I my soul you show? Can I trust you somehow?
My broken heart you still hold.
I won’t trade it for steel, endure the pain I feel
Come – save me from this world cold!