1. |
Nobody's Fool
03:19
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Nobody’s Fool
Rockdreams will get me through the night
When I look out my window I can see the city-lights
I finally got myself out of the world of hard work
At least you can say I got me out of the dirt
You know I ain’t nobody’s fool
I make my own life
Ain’t gonna die before I did it all
Since I was born they tried to screw me up
When I tried to survive in the backstreets
They tried to fuck me up
Then again at school they tried to put me down by locking me up
Now I’m supposed to be a free man I gotta get myself started up
Rockdreams will get me through the night
I feel this heavy metal music is just like dynamite
I just discovered I got a little motor inside
So rest of my life I gonna fight for my rights
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2. |
White
03:43
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White
Yes it’s often been said
You need the red, white and blues
So no one will ever hurt you no more
And no one will do no harm to you.
Yes that’s true
Yeah that’s right
But why is white so white
And why is wrong so right.
Yes it’s often been told
You need to stay on your own
And no one will leave you no more
Because so no one will stick to you.
Yes we know he ain’t dead
He just awakened from life
We all know that life’s just a dream
And we’re all just sleeping our time.
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3. |
I Had Enough
04:02
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I Had Enough
Somebody put on the red light, another one turned it off
Somebody put on the black light, someone else turned it off
Some girl started to dance while another one tried to get away
I walked confused, wanted to dance, but didn’t know what to say
Blood on my chin, blood on my chest
Got all my fingers all in a knot
Just looking forward for another shot
I had enough
Somebody switched on the flashlight, it turned out to be green
The red light chanced into black, a light that couldn’t be seen
Some blook started to dance while another one started to fight
I was confused, wanted to leave, didn’t feel really right
Evil is some kinda bad light, somebody turned it on
Somebody smashes the black light, someone else could have done
Somewhere else starts a daylight, in here the light is out
Souls are burning in hell now, no one will ever get out
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4. |
Lady Speedway
02:32
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Lady Speedway
You should have given me some more time for thinking
You should have given me some more time to try
I would have given you some more chance for loving
An’ I would ‘ve given you some more time to try
But now that you have gone, there’s nothing but this song
All we did seems wrong and there’s nothing but this song
Cause you…
You like the whole world to see you takin’ over
You don’t see no one, no one cares a damn
You sure want someone to hold on to your shoulder
But no one really dares to take the chance
But now that you have gone there’s nothing but this song
All we did seems wrong and there’s nothing but this song
Cause you…
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5. |
Je Suis Paranoide
03:12
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Je Suis Paranoide
Je suis un enfant de la nuit
Je sais que tu sais mon interieur
Je suis un homme paranoide
Les autres c’est l’infer
I know that you know what I know
I know that you know what I want
It’s no secret, it’s no secret
I know that you know what I’ve planned
It’s obvious what goes on in my mind
That’s no secret, that’s no secret
I know you can see what I’m here for
It’s plain to see what’s in my head
It’s no secret, it’s no secret
It’s clear that you want to follow me
It’s no secret, it’s no secret
I see your after my plans now
It’s a fact that you wanna kill me soon
That’s no secret, that’s no secret
I can see that your eyes are following me, so…
I’m sure that you wonna put me down
No more secrets, no more secrets
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6. |
Toedeloe
03:14
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TOEDELOE
While we were often together
A lot still keeps us apart
The subjects that you talk about
Show that you ain’t got no heart.|
And are fond of useless machines
The italics in the letters you write
Show that you’re so damn mean.
Toedeloe What to do?
While we’re often together
There’s still a lot between us
The language that you talk in
Has too many foreign words.
And while we both read Penthouse
You for the stories and me for advice
You are so warm for others
Why are you to me like ice?
While I’m back here in Holland
You walk on Zambian grounds
And I’m just here a waiting
You’re out there in the sun.
Of all the things that I want
I want you for me to come back
Because always on this Lusaka blues
Just will make me feel bad.
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7. |
The Beat
02:07
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THE BEAT
Sometimes the magic gets too strong
Something inside of me starts to boil
When the blood starts racing through my veins
I guess I’ll have another evening to spoil.
The rhythm gets me up
The rhythm turns me on
The rhythm is a rock steady beat.
Feels like I got a fire inside of me
It can’t be put out by just making love
Think I better go out now once again
Before the dawn I can’t get enough
It started when I was a kid
First just slowly and not so strong
But I’m far more crazy then that now
Getting pretty sure that it’ll last for long
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8. |
Cruel Duel
03:23
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Cruel Duel
One of the giants stood there big and tall
The other one stood there high like a tree
I stood by watchin’ and feeling small
Two giants looking at each other not at me
One of the giants used a weapon of fire
The other had a shield and sword of flames
He too held up over his head a sharp pointed spear
To get it right through the heart right through the core
One of the giants finally fell to the ground
The other one got up and stood tall and high
He walk round his victim while laughing proud
Not a merciful victor letting him die
Oh what a cruel duel
One of the giants must die
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Midnight Ridin' Kid catchin'
Watch out we’ll come around midnite
Hey oldies you better get the youngsters inside
We walk around they say with cold eyes
But when you look better you can see that there’s a fire inside
Midnite riding, kid catching
When we’re tried and weary and just skin and bones
When we’re with ten thousands, we’re still alone
We’re roaming and raving and alleys
We’re looking so innocent but you’re better watch out
Eyes? Not like diamonds but just like tombstones
Eyes? No eyes but just dark holes
Looking in it can be fatal for you looking in it may well be
The very last thing that you will ever do
Will we ever find the rest for body and soul
Or do we have to run around here like this till eternity
Oh we need a day to get born, there sure is a death before life
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10. |
Do It Some More
03:27
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Do it some more
Whenever I get home, I try to get some sleep
If it don’t work out, I start counting sheep
I can see these creatures running around my house
And I ask myself, how do I get into this deep?
Do it some more, like you always did before
Do it some more, I know you can do it, that’s for sure
Do it some more, I’ve seen you doing it before
Do it some more, just like a 10.000 times before
Before I get into this sleep, I hear a screaming in the night
The little odd creatures gave me a deadly fright
I can hear riders and hunters approaching my little house
And I ask my woman, what can I do to make them feel right?
Always when I get into a thick dream, I hear crying in the night
Can feel creatures climbing up my body, grab and hold me tight
Dirty black and white beasties, running around my house
When will this be over, when will it leave me alone with my dead bride?
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11. |
Heavy Metal Pussy
03:13
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Heavy Metal Pussy
She’s the heavy lady that’s got all you need
If she wants you she’ll let you bleed
She knows no ‘maybe’
Bends over to spread them, to get what she needs
She’s gotta heavy metal pussy
She’s gotta heavy metal pussy for me
She’s gotta rock it
She really got it
She wait for no man for no thing
You know she knows she got a heavy thing
No not ‘everything’, a heavy thing
Bends over and spreads them, to get everything
She’s so heavy a lady and she’s so bad
Do what she’s got in mind in her pretty head
She knows no ‘maybe’, lads!
To get what she needs, bends over and spreads
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12. |
H.M. Is King
03:28
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H.M. Is King
There is a thing that gets you going on
There is a thing that will make you strong
This thing that drive you wild
and provokes the feelings of a child
H.M. is a King
His Majesty the King
There was once a King of old
a King who reigned with iron hand
He used to wear a beard and axe
and was called the King of saxe
And ages later there’s still the songs
that tell of feat of arms so strong
and of the heroes of the saxe
Medieval metal men with axes
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13. |
Land Of The Late
03:56
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Land Of The Late
I’m flying, I’m speeding out through the sky
I’m winnin’, I’m loosin’ and I don’t know why
They said it would be a nice trip to the end of time
I’m racin’, I’m rushin’ along an endless line
The land of the late, the land of the late
I’m lookin’, I’m seein’, insects of rare shape
Thery’re flyin’, they’re turnin’ and comin’ my way
With wings like blades and million eye-sights
I’m flyin’, I’m fleedin’, vanishin’ in the night
To the land of the late, the late of the land
I’m listenin’, I’m hearin’ noises of strange sound
Its frightenin’, though familiar, like a heartbeat pound
It is repeated and amplified by odd-looking machines
I’m movin’, I’m goin’, producin’ weird-lookin’ scenes
In the land of the late, the late of the land
I’m flying, I’m speeding out through the sky
I’m loosin’, I’m winnin’ and I don’t know why
It’s all whirlin’ so fast I’m loosin’ contact
My goal is a land from which you never come back
It’s the land of the late, late of the land
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14. |
Mountain
03:57
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Mountain
A cold wind’s blown away my folks
These empty days and silent fields have left
A scorching fire took the feelings I once had
A singe of heat went through the land
Could I be feeling like a mountain big and strong
Could I be feeling like a mountain all day long
There’s nothing left but emptiness and pain
How can I live and continue this life
I’m not a lunatic but silence is my name
How can this kid grow big and strong
A cold storm took my people long ago
These empty days and silent fields have left
A burning fire took away feelings I once had
A crack of heat went through this land of ours
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15. |
Nightmares I Have Not
02:56
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Nightmares I have Not
You see that there is not much left
When they’ve been sensory-de-prived for so long
And they’re no more then just skin and bones
After they’ve been hunger-striking for weeks
It’s nice to do a useful thing
It’s fine to do a good job
It’s nice to do a useful thing
And nightmares I have not
Sometimes I do awake at night
Cold sweat is running down my back, oh lord
But a real nightmare I have not
cause I think what I do is for the best
I don’t mind if they’re kidnappers or such
Or commies or just ordinary thieves
I don’t like hate and I really hate revenge
And I think I do a decent job
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16. |
Mercenary
04:43
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Mercenary
I’m living for the killing
I gotta kill to live a life
If not now and if you don’t see me later
I know I’ll never die
I always come in time
I’m a faultless ever working man
I got time in my side
I’m a rocker, I’m a roller
I’m a fighter, I’m a soldier
I’m here now to full fill your wishes
So what’s in your dirty minds
I’m a warrior, I’m a war beast
I never loose in fights
You can phone me you just call me
I like to kill the time
I’m the perfect mercenary man
I got time on my side
I’m living for the killing
I gotta kill to live a life
If not now and if you don’t see me later
I know I’ll never die
You can hire me to full fill your wishes
So what’s in your dirty mind
I’m not working for the luxury or fame
I’m just living for to die
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17. |
Land Of The Late
03:43
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Land Of The Late
I’m flying, I’m speeding out through the sky
I’m winnin’, I’m loosin’ and I don’t know why
They said it would be a nice trip to the end of time
I’m racin’, I’m rushin’ along an endless line
The land of the late, the land of the late
I’m lookin’, I’m seein’, insects of rare shape
Thery’re flyin’, they’re turnin’ and comin’ my way
With wings like blades and million eye-sights
I’m flyin’, I’m fleedin’, vanishin’ in the night
To the land of the late, the late of the land
I’m listenin’, I’m hearin’ noises of strange sound
Its frightenin’, though familiar, like a heartbeat pound
It is repeated and amplified by odd-looking machines
I’m movin’, I’m goin’, producin’ weird-lookin’ scenes
In the land of the late, the late of the land
I’m flying, I’m speeding out through the sky
I’m loosin’, I’m winnin’ and I don’t know why
It’s all whirlin’ so fast I’m loosin’ contact
My goal is a land from which you never come back
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18. |
Mercenary
05:05
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Mercenary
I’m living for the killing
I gotta kill to live a life
If not now and if you don’t see me later
I know I’ll never die
I always come in time
I’m a faultless ever working man
I got time in my side
I’m a rocker, I’m a roller
I’m a fighter, I’m a soldier
I’m here now to full fill your wishes
So what’s in your dirty minds
I’m a warrior, I’m a war beast
I never loose in fights
You can phone me you just call me
I like to kill the time
I’m the perfect mercenary man
I got time on my side
I’m living for the killing
I gotta kill to live a life
If not now and if you don’t see me later
I know I’ll never die
You can hire me to full fill your wishes
So what’s in your dirty mind
I’m not working for the luxury or fame
I’m just living for to die
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19. |
When You Go
04:40
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When You Go
These fuckin’ people think I’m crazy
But I don’t give a damn for that
It’s goz I’m like ridin’
These highways the best
And you can ride with me only
If you got the same kind of speed
I’m as fast as lightning
And I’m headin’ for the west
When you go with me
It all serves a good time and
I don’t mind if I end in Hell
Bottle of booz is filled and
company ain’t necessary for me
But if you want to come along
You may always follow this guy
There’s just one condition
You gotta have the same speed as me
Well they like to think I’m crazy
But why should I give a damn about that
Coz I like to ride these highways for the best
But you may always ride with me
If you can speed up with me
This lightning is goin’ now
And the motor’s headin’ west
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20. |
King
04:02
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King
There is a thing that gets you going on
There is a thing that will make you strong
This thing that drive you wild
and provokes the feelings of a child
H.M. is a King
His Majesty the King
There was once a King of old
a King who reigned with iron hand
He used to wear a beard and axe
and was called the King of saxe
And ages later there’s still the songs
that tell of feat of arms so strong
and of the heroes of the saxe
Medieval metal men with axes
There is a thing that gets me going
That song that rages like a storm
From times before we were born
Can’t tell a kiss from a bomb
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21. |
Revert
05:11
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Revert
Somebody called him a revert
Because he acted very strange
And then they wanted some answer
But answers always are the same
Somebody called him an insane
They couldn’t judge his deeds at all
And then they cried for an answer
But answers can’t prevent the fall
Please drive away this night, give me light
Please drive away my night, bring me light
Somebody called him a pervert
‘Çause his behaviour was so rude
And then they screamed for an answer
But answers are never what they should
And still they called him a revert and didn’t understand at all
And now they pay an answer but answers can’t prevent the fall
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22. |
Metallic dawning
04:03
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Metallic Dawning
We gotta get it high
‘Cause low is much to low
We gotta have it long
‘Cause short is much too short
We wanna have it fast
‘Cause slow is much too slow
We gonna live in a frenzy
‘Cause that’s the message of the dark lord
Now we live in the dark
But it is a time for a change
We gonna get to the top
But only with your support
We live in dawning days
And it is the time to re-arrange
We wanna live in a frenzy
‘Cause that’s the will of the dark lord
We gonna move you all
Everywhere, everywhere
We gonna prove you all
What we’re worth
We get it hight
Low is much too low
We have it long
Short is too short
We want it fast
Slow is too slow
We want the frenzy
A gift from the dark lord
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23. |
Open The Gate
03:30
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1. Open the Gate
Here comes a war and we are sailing through the night
We are the beggars of the sea
We got a task, a plan, a duty to fulfill
Something to conquer, you will see
We reach the land and all brave men get off the boats
It is our voyage to The Brill
We know no fear, or something silly of that kind
All men inside, them them slay we will
Open The Gate!
It's rather cold, but soon it will be much too hot
Especially for the ones inside
We'll hit the gate and metal cracks the massive wood
Inside we will, we'll get inside
We're called the beggars and we are proud of such a name
We're under orange command
All that we ask for, is to open up that gate
So we can get inside The Brill
Open The Gate!
It's rather cold, but soon it will be much too hot
Not only for the ones inside
We'll have to get ourselves inside these heavy walls
And sure we'll conquer all The Brill
We're called the beggars and we're proud of such a name
We're under Orange's command
All that we ask for is to open up that gate
Inside we will, inside we will
Open The Gate!
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24. |
Soulkiller
04:14
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. Soul killer
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 what it's worth
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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25. |
Bastards
03:33
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. Bastards
The son of the mob
Will never listen to advice
He goes his own way anyhow
It is the one who sucks the blood
From under your nails
It is the one who hits you twice
Bastards, Now we know what we are
The daughter of mob
Will make you feel that you're a fool
She makes her own decisions now
It is the one who makes the blood
Boil in your veins
It is the one neglecting all the rules
The kids of the mob
Will take this world all by themselves
They know they're bastards anyway
And bastards is another word
For you and me
It is the title for us all
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26. |
Horrible Dolls
04:37
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Horrible dolls
There is a night I wonna tell you about
I laid down in a mercyfull sleep
Sudden I wake up from this peacefull sleep
Because of a frightening cry
My head was not clear enough, by that time
To realize what it had been
A sudden movement in a corner of the room
I couldn't see things at first sight
Horrible Dolls get closer
Horrible Dolls are near
Horrible Dolls get to close
Horrible Dolls, Horrible Dolls
Here in my new house in a corner of the room
Which is filled with devilish air
There is a staring of many evil eyes
The staring is at me for sure
Then at that moment I should have realized
That living things there
Were my dolls
So now I know what a frightmare can be
It came to me out of the dark
Since there's a black doom
Hanging in my room
The house is filled with rotten smell
I feel a cold strong hand caressing in my back
A whisper turnes into a yell
Even now I write this to you
A dark shade is over my desk
While the room now smells
Of so much fresh blood
I feel they are twisting my neck.
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27. |
Growing Power
05:26
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Growing Power
Being made is being born
Don't underestimate these works
Electricity the main source
That makes that it works well
Hard iron cold steel
Its body's made of metal parts
Inside a billion chips buzz
Although its heart is cruel and cold
It's an unknown power
It's an ongoing power
It's growing by the hour
It's a power
And it's growing by the hour
Heard was a class
Seen was a flash
And only few could tell still
Is it a friend or is it a foe?
While future kills or it will be killed
This metal menace grows
So alien so active
Future's cold and past is old
And fire is sperm from hell
Somewhere in the darkest
Deepest part of this machine
An unknown power 's growing
A creature no one's seen
It will grow out to be a bunch of
Some kinda hungry metal beasts
It will turn out to be a bunch of
Hungry beasts of destruction.
No one born of men will survive.
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28. |
Massgrave
03:50
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Mass Grave
There's no way back
These lives would have ended anyway
They're still together
But there's no talking anymore
The deed is done
And they're finally on there last way
They will be together eternally
But will they silence forever?
Massgrave Masters of massgrave day
Massgrave masters of war
The act is completed
The deed is completely done
There's nothing wrong
We're going strong, we're going on
The slaughter's here, it's massgrave day
The end of the path shows a light
But there's no mercy in it
Just like the fire's from heaven
It's like the signals up from hell
They're living their last lives
The masters will massacre these pour souls
They live their final days
The slaughter
Will reach them soon
The end of the path shows a light
Pity there's no mercy in it
It's like a fire from heaven
It's like a signal up from hell
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29. |
Beauty & The Teeth
05:31
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Beauty and the teeth
The rather slow and grey days of my childhood
Were enlighted by here presence of my illness
Was enlightned by her laughter
She was so fine, she was so warm
Her beauty was so majestic and great
She had the face of an angel of hope to me
It was so heavenly and pale
Berenice give me your teeth
Berenice, please
Then she got ill and faded fast
Her beauty turned into sickening ugliness
While her state of mind got worse and worse
I was in the worst of states myself
All that remained of her heavenly beauty was
A set of teeth in her glorious mouth
32 gorgious, precious little tombstones
laughed at me in a horny horror
How obsessed I was, by what she possessed
But what caused awful state of shock?
What was it that frightened me so much?
Was it the voice of my dear conscience?
The smell of wet clothes covered with mud?
The feel of wet hands covered with blood?
Or is it the sight of that precious little box
That just fell from the table to the floor???
(Berenice appears courtesy of Mr. Edgar Allen Poe)
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30. |
Glory Gone
05:49
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Glory gone
It seems so, it's so long ago now
Once there was a time, a day, I remember well
The olden, golden days of new life
It's something I must and I can and I'll never forget
The people were proud
The tribe was a mighty one
Though I was young, very young, I remember well
There was a truth, a one truth a mighty truth
And we were many, so many, so many I'll never forget
I'll never forget Bitter wind
Howling now over the desserted plains
The scorching fire
Burning out all of the starving eyes
Glory's gone and I know it will never return
Bitter wind killing fog.
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31. |
Get Out
06:19
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Get out
He used to be so lively and free
So full of feelings for the living and growing
But all you can say now is:
It's all over now
Since he was lost and found back again and people said he was
In a terrible state
Meanwhile no one knew
What had happened at all
The few ones who were related to him
Had him taken to a fine hospital room
And gave permission to examine the case
All could see there was more
Then one change
He didn't look like
He looked before
To be honest
He seemed not the same at all
Don't give up yourself get out
Don't give up yourself
You bette r get out
The colour on his face
Used to be more bright
His lively eyes used to see more light
What's more
He seemed more dead than alive
The loud tones he didn't hear
A pale smile from ear to ear
Why he was in silence
Wasn't quite clear
Came the time of his first angry attack
Killed several nurses and he strangled his doc
It was clear that something had to be done
Now he lays in his hospital bed
His clenched fists tied and a cap on his head
He don't look alive
But more just like a living dead
Here he lays in his hospital bed
His clenched fists tied and a cap on his head
He don't look alive
But just more than a living dead
With his face
Much more white than before
His eyes filled with more hate than before
He strengthened
And clenched his fists a bit more
His body was kept in bondage and tied
Broke the chains in a terrible fight
He finally got up and got out in the night
His evil spirit materialized
His evil mind fully materialized
His body metal-materialized
Don't give up yourself get out
Don't give up yourself
You better get out.
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32. |
Breath Down In His Neck
03:17
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The Breath down in his Neck
There was a rider who loved to live and ride
On mean black horse’s back
He wanted night skies and liked to get high
While riding his heavy track
All his life he met the strange black night
Who said he was a saint
All the time he felt his breath
He felt the breath down in his neck
He was a driver who loved to live and drive
A very long lonesome road
He made no progress and had no idea
Of the direction that he rode
He became a fighter who loved an evil goal
And the wars in which he fought
He led the wild hordes and served the black saint
With all his evil thoughts
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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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