Lyrics - The Tunnel

Stone cold walls outside the window
Train is gaining speed along the way
I'm walking in the dark, and I don't know where we're travelling to
No one seems to care

We're never gonna get out of this tunnel alive
We're never gonna get out alive
We're never gonna get out of this tunnel alive
We're never gonna get out alive

I can see it in their eyes, I can see it in their faces
They start to realize that there is something wrong
Children start to cry, parents start to ask themselves why
They are afraid to die, and so am I

We're never gonna get out of this tunnel alive
We're never gonna get out alive
Are we all gonna die... you and she and I?
We're never gonna get out alive

How are we gonna get out
Out of this tunnel
How are we gonna get out
Of this tunnel alive?
Help me to survive
And stay alive, I wanna
Jump of this train
And stay sane.

We're caught in this train, like in a rolling prison
Bound for destruction in the depths of this mountain ... I imagine
Shattering glass and screeching metal
Crushing flesh and bones underneath ...

How are we gonna get out
Out of this tunnel
How are we gonna get out
Of this tunnel alive?
Help me to survive
And stay alive, I wanna
Jump of this train
And stay sane.

It's never been like this before
I've never seen this place before
What am I to do?

My train is somewhere I don't even know
With hundreds of people that have places to go
Will I be made responsible?

This train is going down
Going down into the ground
And I don't know where we're driving to
This train is going down
Going down into the ground
And I don't know where we're driving to

This train is moving too fast in its tracks
It's going down and we can't go back
And I'm afraid to die
I need to find the emergency brake
'coz hundreds of lives are maybe here at stake
I gotta go but I'm afraid to move

This train is going down
Going down into the ground
And I don't know where we're driving to
This train is going down
Going down into the ground
And I don't know where we're driving to

There is no way we are gonna survive
Everyone in this train's gonna pay with their life.
There is no way we are gonna survive
Everyone in this train's gonna pay with their life.

This train is going down
Going down into the ground
And I don't know where we're driving to

"Excuse me sir, isn't there something wrong?
Shouldn't we be out of this ... tunnel ... by now?"

Lights are flashing in the tunnel
flickering and glowing
along a pitch black shaft they're running
and there is no end in sight.
The train is gaining speed along the way
and they don't see the light

The walls are getting kind of blurry
Accelerating mile by mile
The sights and sounds are getting crazy
But there's nowhere we're heading to
This tunnel seems to go on without end
But no one really cares

Stop this train, stop it now, stop this train
somebody please stop this train
Stop this train, stop it now, stop this train
Stop.this.train.

Lights are flashing in the tunnel
flickering and glowing
along a pitch black shaft they're running
and there is no end in sight.
The train is gaining speed along the way
and they don't see the light

Stop this train, stop it now, stop this train
somebody please stop this train
Stop this train, stop it now, stop this train

STOP. THIS. TRAIN.

(Instrumental)

Running through the train trying to get out
Baggage is sliding on the floor
A baby cries in a pram
An old man clutches his heart
I need to find the door

Somewhere in this train is the conductor and his team
Driving this train into a black hole
We have to kill the engine or
We'll certainly die a slow and painful death

This train I going down
Down into the underground
This tunnel's never gonna end
We're all going down my friends

In the luggage coach the lights have gone out
Bicycles are rolling about
Nets are bulging with tattered valises
And bags are flopping around

This train is going down
Down into the underground
This tunnel's never gonna end
We're all going down my friends

They open the door to the engine
And find the cabin deserted
The driver must have jumped out
When he noticed they were lost
The engine is speeding on the steel tracks
Dragging them down into oblivion...

Why are we here?
Why are we forced to stay in this train?
With all these people here.
Who'd like to go on with their normal lives...

Why are we here?
We're captured here like lambs for slaughter.
Noone here to stop this train
Is this the end of all our joy and pain? Aaaaaargh

Why are we here
Why is this the path we've chosen
Or was it chosen for us
And noone here to help dry our tears

Why are we here
In this tunnel of the darkening shadows
This metal coffin all around us
Is this the destiny that finally found us

Many people have sought the answers
To life's eternal questions
Philosophy is trying to explain
Something we cannot really understand

Where is the escape
Somewhere safe to go
Tell me why are we...
Tell me why we're heeeeeeeere

Why are we here?
Why are we forced to stay in this train?
With all these people here.
Who'd like to go on with their normal lives...

Why are we here?
Why are we left in this confusion?
Of noise and wind and fire?
Where could I inquire

Many people have sought the answers
To life's eternal questions
Philosophy is trying to explain
Something we cannot really understand

Tell me why we're here
In this train

Somewhere in dark

What have we done to deserve this
we are falling from the grace of God
into this dark abyss

The air is getting hotter
I'm losing faith oh can't you see
it's an emergency

Someone help us get out of here
the engineer is nowhere near
he left us here to fry

where is the emergency brake, I can't find it
I need to stop this train with the
emergency brake I must find it
or we won't see the light of day

where is the emergency brake, I can't find it
I need to stop this runaway train
Where's the brake
or we won't see the light of day

What have we done to deserve this
we are falling from the grace of God
into this dark abyss

the train's accelerating
the slope is getting steeper still
I don't wanna die

Screaming
Shouting
Crying
Wailing

Deep down in the tunnel
Where there's no way out
Into the hole we're falling
swallowed up by darkness

Screaming. Shouting.
Crying. Wailing
Everybody in this goddamn train
Has lost their mind

Deep down in the tunnel
Where there's no way out
Into the hole we're falling
swallowed up by darkness

Deep down in the tunnel
Where there's no way out
Into the hole we're falling
swallowed up by darkness

The train is moving faster than ever
We're going down into the dark

I gotta try to reach the engine
To stop this madness from killing us all
I gotta try to reach the engine
To stop this madness from killing us all

What can we do to get out of this train
We're falling into something unknown

Deep down in the tunnel
Where there's no way out
All I can hear is
a scream and a shout

Accelerating
Mile by mile
The wind is hissing like a diabolical smile

he jumps down the gap
he lands on his face
I hear his bones breaking
Blood all over the place

I cannot reach out
for fear I will fall
He's crying for help
But I can't help him at all

Stopp this train from moving faster
We have gone way out of control

I gotta try to reach the engine
To stop this madness from killing us all
I gotta try to reach the engine
To stop this madness from killing us all

Deep down in the tunnel
Where there's no way out
All i can hear is
a scream and a shout

Accelerating
Mile by mile
The wind is hissing like a diabolical smile

he jumps down the gap
he lands on his face
I hear his bones breaking
blood all over the place

I cannot reach out
for fear I will fall
He's crying for help
But I can't help him at all

God has left us here with nothing at all
But pain and fear and suffering
I can see tears on the faces of everyone in this train
And they're crying out in fear and in pain

He's not a handsome man, age of 23
Small and overweight, nothing much to see
He stumbles through the train in confusion
Trying to find his way out of there
I can see it in their eyes and their faces: the painful shadow of doubt and despair

Lights are flashing in this tunnel of despair
And there's nowhere safe for anyone to go
Stone walls surround me and destiny's found me
And we're never gonna get out alive

Suspended in animation, floating through a cloud of air
Crying out in fear of dying, Silenced by so much despair
God has left us here in limbo, on this purgatory train
Hell is opening its jaws, what are we supposed to do

Nothing will shake me
Nothing will break me
Nothing will make me afraid, although we've been misled
Nothing to dream of
...to make believe of
Death will set me free
Finally I can see

What shall we do to get out of this runaway train
We're falling into something unknown
Looking around all I see is panic and fear
The train is drowning in tears

God has left us here with nothing at all
But pain and fear and suffering
What are we gonna do
Against this all devouring void?
What are we gonna do...?

Nothing!