Convictions to the back burner Gather all your possessions, and smile because you've got it all Smile because you've got it all Still that empty feeling won't go away (Go away) Slip on the ice again When did you become so cold? Lucky for you rock bottom

In my convictions I've found my own grave But amongst the dead we all fade away Fading back into an anodyne sea For once I have stood no one will know But alone I was born and alone we must go Stand on conviction and you'll walk alone None of this

Belief will always save me Conviction made aware What if the rest of the world

These models inspired him To write some of the greatest music Of the romantic era Johannes Brahms is often mentioned In the same breath as Bach and Beethoven Once during a rehearsal Brahms said with great conviction:

Haunted nights for haleyon days Can't sleep to the scraping of his voice Nature's way struck grief in me And I became a ghost in sickness Willingly guided into heresy Beneath the surface, stark emptiness And you'd pity my conviction Whereas I thought of

Qui me sucent le sang, Old Lady Wolf can live under the water, Old Lady Wolf can breathe under the water, Ô humains, vous me laissez sans voix, Ô humains, ô humains trois fois, Le ciel, la terre, le paradis, l’enfer, Convictions, j’ai-tu des convictions,

Don't cross that line Hopin' that you don't cross that line Don't cross that line, Baby don't cross that line Convict

Where are the dreams that we once had? This is the time to bring them back. What were the promises caught On the tips of our tongues? Do we forget or forgive? There's a whole other life waiting to be lived when One day we're brave enough To talk with

(to) give me truth to my conviction Reality or fiction Am I out of my mind? And just for one day I wish I could disappear There's no solution Is my own confusion Maybe nothing else will ever be so clear Well maybe that's only my fear Just take me far

Have not the strongest And closest ties been bound so long I've called upon them They remind me where I'm from With deep conviction I am connected cross the miles With out them nothing worth relying on It's been so long since I could say I've needed