1. |
Riptor
05:02
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RIPTOR
ONE BAD DAY I'D PUT
MY COMPUTER ON
IT TOOK A WHILE BEFORE
I NOTICED THERE WAS SOMETHING WRONG
A NASTY LITTLE CREATURE
STARED AT ME FROM THE SCREEN
AFTER A WHILE HE STARTED
AN AWFUL SCREAM
CONTINUE………CONTINUE…..CONTINUE…..
RIPTOR……….RIPTOR……….RIPTOR…….
IT'S NICE TO BE RIPTOR!
IT TOOK A WHILE BEFORE
I STARTED TO FEEL STRANGER
AND STILL I WAS NOT AWARE
OF THE DANGER
SUDDENLY WE STARTED
TO CHANGE FACES
MOREOVER WE STARTED
TO CHANGE PLACES
IN THIS STRANGE DIGITAL WORLD
I MEET A LOT OF STRANGE THINGS
HEADS & TAILS, PAWS & CLAWS,
STRINGS & WINGS & STINGS
WILL I EVER AGAIN BE
MYSELF ??????
WILL SOMEBODY PLEASE, THROW
THE COMPUTER FROM THE SHELF?
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2. |
As The World Burns
04:44
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As the world burns
Imagine an old man
Sittin’ in the shade
Sittin’ in front of his house
Sittin’ and watchin’ the world
From under his hat
While he is watchin’ her
While she is dancin’
Dancin’ in a black veil
Barefoot dancin’
In a black veil
See that old man
Sittin’in the shade
Sittin’ and chewin’ coka leaves
Sittin’ and starin’ into the dessert
From under his hat
While he is watchin’ her
While she is dancin’
Dancin’ in a black veil
Barefoot dancin’
In a black veil
Yo woman of evil
Why did yo do all that to me
While I was livin’ my live.
Yo evil woman
Why did you have to do that to me,
Mindin’ my own bussiness.
I doin’ my own thing
Never sittin’ on someone else’s chair.
Doin’ my own thing
Not treatin’ anybody unfair.
Meanwhile you was spreadin’
Yo evil ways and hurt
Me and my people
Until there was no one left
To talk to while yo
Was dancin’
And still do………….
As the world burns
As the world burns
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3. |
Overthere
04:13
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OVERTHERE
LIFE IS BETTER OVERTHERE
ALWAYS BETTER OVERTHERE
SO MUCH BETTER OVERTHERE
OVERTHERE
SOMEONE WAS SAYIN'
GRASS IS GREENER OVERTHERE.
BUT I KNOW WHEN YOU GET THERE,
AND OVERTHERE IS HERE
THEN HERE WILL BE OVERTHERE.
SOMEONE ONCE SAID
YOU BETTER TAKE THE BEST
OF BOTH WORLDS ANYWHERE.
BUT HOW CAN YOU BE HERE
AND AT THE SAME TIME OVERTHERE?
SOMEONE SANG A SONG
ABOUT A CERTAIN FERRYBOAT
THAT CROSSED A BROAD STREAM.
HE HAD HIS DOUBTS, HIS PAIN
AND THEN THE BOAT SANK AS HE SCREAMED.
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4. |
Follow Your Bliss
05:10
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Follow Your Bliss
Death Takes a lifetime
Lifelight’s goin’ out
This is the right time
But what’s it all about
Candle’s still burning
The fire makes no sound
Olanets keep on turning
Slowly going round
Birds stop singing
They’re falling from the trees
Deathbringer’s killing
Murders everything it sees
Follow your bliss
Follow your bliss
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5. |
Hammer Of The North
05:51
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HAMMER OF THE NORTH
WE FOLLOW THE HEAD OF THE DRAGON
AS IT TELLS US WHERE TO GO.
WE ARE THE HAMMER
WE ARE THE HAMMER
WE ARE THE HAMMER OF THE NORTH.
LIKE IN THAT VISION
THEY SHOWED US HOW TO TRAVEL.
ALL THE LANDS AS FAR
AS YOU CAN SEE.
LIKE IN THE MYTHS
GIVEN BY THE GODS AND THE DRAGON
WE HAVE TO TRAVEL
THE SEVEN SEAS.
LIKE IN OLD DAYS' STORIES
TOLD BY OUR ELDERS
WE SHOULD GO AND LEAVE
ALL THE PLACES BURNED.
LIKE IN THE MESSAGE
FROM THE OTHER SIDE, FROM WALHALLAH
WE WILL LEAVE NOT
A STONE UNTURNED.
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6. |
Rise, Shine & Fall
04:08
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Rise and shine and fall
Cinderella
Very talented
Great looks
Bright aura
Lovely girl
Enters downfall
Disappointentment
No succes at all
Gettin’old
Rock ‘n’ roll
Ramboninho
Very strong
Handsome and bright
Clever and straight
Doin’it all
Enters downfall
Accidents will happen
No future at all
Gettin’ fat and lazy
Finally gettin’ crazy
Metal Madonna
Made it in het world
Always number one
Sings a better song
Gettin’along
Enters downfall
Evil attacks livin’
No beauty at all
Nothing will remain
Again ‘n’ again
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7. |
Wheres My Gun
04:41
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Where’s my gun ?
Chapter 1
They came in here
Filled me with fear
Dark shades and strange shadows on the ceiling.
They started to sweat
Everything got wet
I’d like to have another kinda feeling.
Chapter 2
They’re not what it seems
Like it always is in dreams
All these terrible threatenin’ eyes starin’ at my face
They will never leave no more
And they glued me to the floor
Who the hell wants to be in my place ?
Chorus:
Where’s my gun
I’ll pull the trigger
Where’s my gun
I’ll pull the trigger on you.
Chapter 3
So they glued me to the floor
They won’t do that no more
Now it is my time to have some good old fun
And everything they said
I know I’ll soon forget
Just wait till I find my gun.
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8. |
Bitin'
03:36
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BITIN'
I LIKE TO USE MY MIGHTY TEETH
AND YES I'M PROUD OF THEM INDEED.
I PUT EVERYHTING I SEE IN MY MOUTH
WHEN IT GETS STUCK FULL I SPIT IT OUT.
MY DENTIST WANTS TO BE A FRIEND
ATTACKS BAD TEETH WITH FASTER HAND.
THIS IS WHAT I LIKE TO DO
OH, I NEED A BITE OR TWO
AND I NEED SOMEHTING TO CHEW
BABE, I LIKE TO CHEW ON YOU.
I WANT TO BITE YOU BABY
I NEED TO BITE YOU BABY
I'M CRAVIN' TOBITE YOU BABY
I'M DYIN' TO BITE YOU BABY.
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9. |
Gotta Get Away (Live)
04:23
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Bonustrack
Gotta get away – 1985 (Live)
This machine's a pretty but a nasty one
't feels that it strength lies in your weakness
When you come closer it, tears your body apart
When you come to close it tears your limb from limb
You gotta save yourself you gotta get away
You gotta save yourself now
It's a personal hell you be locked in
You won't get out before you're burned by that fire
It is just like being caught in a spiders web
It won't let loose never let's you go
You gotta save yourself you gotta get away
You gotta save yourself now
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10. |
Soulkiller (Live)
05:12
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Bonustrack
Soul Killer – 1986 (live)
You can see these people gather
They're coming from far
They've heard a new leader has come
To teach and help them
To save their souls
From sins and evil
From sickness and death
You see these people
Want to get out of their trouble
See the light and live on free
So know they listen to new leaders
They teach and help them
And save their souls
Soul savior is a soul killer
Salvation is a fate
These people want some
Of these new religions
To tell them what is good
And exactly what is bad
'Cause they themselves
Are much to stupid
To appreciate things they have
Now here you see these are new messiahs
Who want to tell
'Bout a thing called truth
They're new priests
Of new earth and new heaven
Tellin' about your life
But especially about your death
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11. |
Oubliette
04:13
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Bonustracks The Mill – (2000)
OUBLIETTE
This ain’t exactly paradise
In fact this place is rather small
It is of a ridiculous size
I’m used to play in the biggest halls.
This ain’t exactly the Hilton
There ain’t no shower here at all
No room to turn, no room to move
Not even big enough to fall.
This is too much
It’s too much kinky business.
I never thought Hell was some kind of suitcase
Where you can’t even hear yourself shout
I always pictured it to be a big fire place
Where you could still wander about.
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12. |
I Got Mucho More
04:42
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I GOT MUCHO MORE
I got mucho, I got mucho, I got mucho more.
I know that when I’m walking through that door
It’ll all end laying stone dead on the floor
I wonna show you something señor, por favor
I got mucho, I got mucho, I got mucho more.
I know you think I’m nothing more than some extravaganza
And that I’m the local hombre loco
I know you don’t see me as the super jeffe de restoranta
And that I’m not the jeffe de mafia.
Yes of course I’m nothing more than some extravaganza
And I’m no estrella de futbol
I know they say I’m not much of an estrella de cantara
And that I’m not the jeffe de cantina
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13. |
The Mill
04:26
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THE MILL
It’s a flesh findin’ , It’s a fresh meat grindin’ Mill.
It’s a flesh findin’, It’s a fresh meat grindin’ Mill.
It looks quite normal on the outside.
No one can tell what it is, that’s goin’ on inside.
It’s part of the famous Dutch landscape.
This four arms are like a pair of sharp double blades.
It’s on postcards that are goin’ all over the world.
No one knows what’s in there, twistin’ and twirlin’.
NOTE FROM THE WRITER:
But when you are coming closer and hear the screams.
And lookin’ through the windows, is like in your worst dreams.
With flesh and bones on the wall and blood comin’ under the door.
I feel, I think, I know …………..I just can’t take anymore.!!!!!!!!
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14. |
A Lovely day
03:15
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A LOVELY DAY
Walking in the park is such a bore
Lying in the sun is such a drag
Me myself I prefer some action
Got my machine inside my bag
And while they are lying in the sun
I’ll have some fun with my gun.
And it’s a lovely, a lovely day, such a lovely day.
No one has a faster hand
My blade shines in the midday sun
I won’t hide behind some bushes
They got the terror and I got the fun.
Such a lovely day
They might say this is not right
But I don’t care what they might say
I do have such pleasant times
And besides, it’s a lovely day,
It’s such a lovely day.
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Vortex Netherlands
Since 1979 Heavy Metal band Vortex is working its way up in this world, playing in a traditional old-school style, known as NWOBHM. After all these years it showed everyone that Vortex is more popular than ever. 2019 Vortex celebrate it's 40th Anniversary with a lot of old and new material. And finally at last we will share all our releases here on Bandcamp. Beware, The Bats are still Flying... ... more
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