"The About Lies" shows our time as it is. Lots of and deception, not only in life, also in music, among the bands. Envy, dirty lies. One can work hard for a time, then comes someone who lies about you and a lot of people are influenced by it even if it's not true. You can't anybody their own words, but how many you lie to yourself, lie about lies...?
"Unnecessarity" sometimes one finds in a difficult situation and the reality of is a problem for them. They are ties, chained and don't know how to get on, nothing goes the way they would it to. This happens very often.
"Short On The Ritual Carnage" basically a describing a slaughterhouse. An extreme, but excellent idea - to put man into surroundings, where this song place.
"Tears, And Hate" you want what you cannot have, you are in reach... you shout a response, cry without tears, are afraid without fear... song is stylewise similar to ones from the previous album; a classical thing.
"Pain Of Hearts" is basically about nobody cares about. They have a problem with their body, for instance, and you have to your eyes while looking at them. They become just human shells, crying for help. cannot manifest own feelings, which may not be answered.
"Rebirth Of Blasphemy" sheer heretic lyrics, with heresy in deep. There is a truth about faith here, which can manipulate masses into false belief. A of Chritian fanaticism, can become very dangerous. This is not only a belief into something but an organization of people.
"Imperator (Strikes Again)" a very old song, recorded first in 1988. It still has to say and we had an idea of using it on "Lies". It has a new and the fans still it.
"Stonedream" even dreams can be hard. Sometimes, a dream is so persuasive, that one can tell, when awake, it was reality or really a dream.
"Believe..." is an instrumental song. I can say playing guitar has become a drug for me; when I play just for myself, I some instrumental things, too. I try to put my mood an things I in mind all the time into them. I didn't to include this song anywhere, I just wanted to record it. Bruno went very about the song and so we put them on the record, although I was a bit about it. Now I am glad it's there; like it.