The first track of the album, "Tales from Heaven or Hell", talks about the narrator's daughter, who, after her father's death, decides to fulfill his last will: to read his secret diary to "discover the truth about her origin", and to shed his ashes over a small unknown town.

The song describes the older brother as a man that "everyone follows and listens to" due to his leadership skills.

Finally, it talks about an "eternal vow" that both brothers made in front of their mother's tomb, swearing that they would be together forever, and that they would follow her steps no matter what happened then.

The next part of the story includes a non-album track, featured only on the "Show Me the Way" MCD: "Salvation".

He wants to stop his older brother before something terrible happens, and he starts planning how to do that, and to remind him the promise they both made to her mother; this part is told in "Seit dem Anbeginn der Zeit".

Meanwhile, the older brother's wife discovers the truth about her husband's mistakes and what could happen if he does not stop pretending to save everyone.

However, she still doubts about what she chose, and she hopes that her husband remembers how their lives together used to be before the turned into a sect leader, when everything was beauty and pureness.

He spends his time at his favorite place on the hills, while he thinks about his lost love, and wondering how the situation is on the town.

All songs written by Sabine Dünser, except "Heaven and Hell" by Ronnie James Dio.