CD1

1. TEARS OF A MANDRAKE

Gaze at the leaving clairvoyant
Predicting invasions and pain
A child cansee through the stranger...
The Watcher's eye, the noble liar

It's time for the merchant and his help for sale...
Blades to cut wicked flesh
On a merchantman he counts his money
Then he sails away
The sea he'll cruise is blood and fire

Oh father I can't see a lane
They make you a pawn in the game
For we all are deaf, dumb and blind

After the storm when the magic has gone
Drown in the tears of a mandrake
Pawn in the game, invisible chains
Try to move, you'll feel as they graze

[Refrain]
After the storm when the magic has gone
Drown in the tears of a mandrake
Fading away, the final decay
Try to move, break out from your chains

When you're off to the hall of the serpent
See the cynic who's counting his gold
While gun runners, priests and clairvoyants
Are dancing around the rising demon

You are taught to eat up all the crap they shit
Parading your nuts on a silver plate
Kill your brother by the blade they sell
For you don't unite
They reap your bondage sowing evil

There's no use to tell what I've seen
They know how to make you believe
Just what they want you to know

[Refrain x2 / Solo]

Tears of a mandrake, yeah !

[Solo / Refrain x2]

Drown in the tears of the mandrake
Pawn in the game
Drown in the tears of a mandrake


2. JERUSALEM

Cold in the wind, starless the night
Rain pouring down when the last one arrives
So many stories telling of pain
Are told by the freaks they've been throwing away

Ride out, set off to the sea
Odd fellows, you and me
Sail on to a world far away
That might not exist, we must be insane

Torn and feathered
Put in the pillory my friend
Accused as a fool marching on
In quest for a place they don't know

To Jerusalem
The piper inside, can't you feel him calling
You don't be afraid of the horizon
To Jerusalem
Don't you give in to their fingers pointing
So don't be afraid, you won't crash at the horizon
The dwarf and the giant, children who stray
The dreamer who's walking far off their way
A jester cast out, he can't laugh anymore
Here comes the freakshow... Welcome on aboard

Torn and feathered
They'll never get what you say
Kill what they don't understand
Don't know and don't even try

[Refrain x2 / Solo / Refrain x2]


3. OUT OF CONTROL

Into a place of darkness. He was born to live alone
He got one big desire. One day he`d get the crown
Hey devil come on help me now
Let me be your slave to serve you
To let me be the king
Just give me a sign
Take on my mind and let me stay blind
A victim of life too weak to be king

Out of control - My life is a chamber of tears, fear and hate
Out of control - Help me to gain the crown, here is my fate

Wherever I may roam there will be hate and pain
Eye for eye, tooth for tooth. respect is what I gain
I look up to Mr Crowley. evil powers now unite!
I will be your darkest nightmare
My life is a fatal fight

Just give me a sign
Take on my mind and let me stay blind
A victim of life too weak to be king

"listen up my friend you just cry for a hand
but you only pretend that you`re bad. Now!"

We`ll take on my mind


4. THE HEADLESS GAME

Longing for silence...
"Always faster" is the way that we go.
Not a little patience...
Higher, farer, better we grow.
The beast is rising, it's tantalizing
Those who are taking the time.
Alienation... A revelation...
Straight to the end of the line...

The cold chill you feel
Is no dream it's for real
We don't follow

Fly! Riding away... Rising today...
No we don't play your headless game!
We are alive, don't say goodbye.
Fly! Riding away... Rising today...
No we don't play your headless game!
We are alive, don't say goodbye.

Cast out from Eden...
You don't like what we are in your eyes.
We're leading the treason on the race you run,
The way of your life.

I am danger, I'm a stranger
Cause I don't give in to your call.
And not until she is satisfied
We can come and explode and we fall!!!

We're blowing the flame of your headless game:
We don't follow!

Fly! Riding away... Rising today...
No we don't play your headless game!
We are alive, don't say goodbye.
Fly! Riding away... Rising today...
No we don't play your headless game!
We are alive, don't say goodbye.

Longing for silence...
"Always faster" is the way that we go.
Not a little patience...
Higher, farer, better we grow

Fly! Riding away... Rising today...
No we don't play your headless game!
We are alive, don't say goodbye.
Fly! Riding away... Rising today...
No we don't play your headless game!
We are alive, don't say goodbye.


5. SCARLET ROSE

He moment when you held me tight
Won't come back any more
And at the end of that night
You slammed the door
My dream it died away
Just when I saw red
And nothing but a memory
Is left inside my head

Nothing is forever in life
But a memory believe it`s true
And when I gaze in the rain
I'm crying just for you

The scarlet rose has died
Lost inside the night
Left in my mind like a dream and full of pride
The scarlet rose has died

The one and only way to catch the
beauty of a dawn
Is to take a picture
Of the growing sun

I got that experience
No one could steal away
One moment of your life is mine
I remember day by day

Nothing is forever in life
But a memory believe it`s true
And when I gaze in the rain
I'm crying just for you


6. NAILED TO THE WHEEL

Good intentions pave the way of the human child
Heading for the fork as you walk the path of life
A spell cast from the hiding woods, don't you close your eyes
The snake is waiting anytime to penetrate your mind
Don't you hear voices whispering, incline to walk down

Don't you see the shadow on the wall, angel eyes... the one cast out to fall
Calling me to look up to the sky we follow but we never know oh why

A vision revealing a child down where I've sure never been
An angel who's touching the flame, oh the angel is me

Nailed, nailed to the wheel - Nailed, let the cut run deep
Nailed, nailed to the wheel - Nailed, I said go - let bleed! - Go, - let bleed!

[solo]

Feel it crawl, feel the magic coming over like a daze
Welcome as the poison for the cornered snake
Taste of sin, bitter sweet, never, never let us go
But never, never, never is a price we'd pay to grow

They call it original sin, some call it divine
The moment the evil appeared... the chance to decide

[Refrain x2]

From children in cradles to hangmen who smile
Lick up the blood from the blade of your knife
Walk the stairway, leading down, ride on fire, take the crown

Your mind could be strong but your flesh will be mine
He's offering those kingdoms, they all could be thine
Rising powers, tempting gold, but at what price would it be sold?
It's all up to you...

[solo / Refrain x2]


7. VAIN GLORY OPERA

The prayers have been spoken
May the gods be on my side
May they join my way to bring me victory
Seven at one stroke
My triumph and my pride
They will be history
But behind my enemies eyes
A soul in disguise
Not only lies

We live to fight the hand of doom
We got the pride to strike a fool
Vain glory be my wicked guide

What`s hell without a paradise
What`s the night without a day
We would think it`s bright
What`s a fall if we can`t rise
What`s a hero at a play
Without a fool to fight

But behind my enemies eyes
A soul in disguise
Not only lies

But behind my enemies eyes
A soul in disguise
Not only lies


8. THEATER OF SALVATION

"I've heard voices in my dream,
made me stand up, helped me see". aaah

Visions called him to awake his mind,
to find his horizon
and find out what may be behind.

"take what you need,
you can find in the back of your soul!
Wake up the king in yourself
to be mighty and bold!"

Seasons of doubt,
fear and silent desires of life have gone by.
Visions have called back my longing
for freedom tonight, made me sigh...
Wasting my life till the day
that the voice as appeard... made me see:
"I am the one that can make it
through times of despair: I am free!"

They built up a symbol of warning,
to give me fear.
To keep me away from paradise
although it's so near.
Expecting I don't take a look
at what is behind: freedom calling...

Take a look at the open gate!
Walk on and don't be afraid!
Free your mind in what they call,
it's the heart of temptation!

...Oh... go the way!

Take a look at the open gate!
Walk on and don't be afraid!
Free your mind in what they call,
it's the heart of temptation!

Night after night
I remember the words of the priest:
"thou shalt not! never give in to the promises made
by the beast, so help me god!
Never give in to the temptation or you'll burn in hell a
long, long time! Forever-eternal-salvation is what I
can sell if you stay blind!!!"

But I wanna know what lies behind the gate of their
hell, and I won't believe all the stories that they
always tell. I got the mind to find out what is right
and what's wrong, freedom calling...

Queen of mine I long for you,
tell me why to wait to find our joy!
It's your wait for heaven's door.
Your fear that makes them grow
and let you forget today.

I'll never go and I'll stay on your side,
they'll never know what I give to you
is a piece of paradise.

Heaven can wait! now I'm living!
Heaven can wait forevermore.
Heaven can wait!
I am to live like I want to also before I'll die.
Heaven can wait! you can't thrill me!
Heaven can wait, we dance till we die!
Heaven can wait! welcome to the
Theater Of Salvation!

"Hallelujah, hallelujah"
I hear the man in black, his
"hallelujah, hallelujah"
He tries t okeep me back, no!
"hallelujah, hallelujah"
Lock up the gates to wisdom
"hallelujah, hallelujah"
too late! I've found the kingdom...

Hallelujah, hallelujah!
I see a band of angels.
Hallelujah, hallelujah!
Freedom calling...
Hallelujah, hallelujah!
I do not fear the stories.
Hallelujah, hallelujah!
freedom calling me...

Don't you see it? Don't you feel it?
Freedom calling...


9. KEY TO MY FATE

Am I totally blind this time when I'm dreamin'
The dreams that I fear, some call it nightmare
And some call it life, what is the sense of
Existing in here
And I think of the sadness when I'm dreamin' of
Leavin' the pain I don't get all that madness
And it drives me insane

Now hear me cry, I'm in quest
Of the key to my fate
I might be nigh to the key
In the abyss of hate

Annihilation in my brain
What is the price that we will be to pay
When will you lift our little poor souls
When will you take us oh lord away

Oh when will we die
Why to suffer to stand up right
We are victims of time
We have to fight till the end is in sight

What's the reason to carry on
What's the reason to fall
After days of living hall
After we had to crawl,

Are we totally blind this time
Can't you tell me the nexus of freedom
And pain and desires and hate
And even the holy ones


10. DEADMAKER

I can't feel, and I can't see
I'm falling down what's going on with me
Lord in heaven why am I here
Do I live to rise or rise to fall to shed another tear

One more time I fell that I'm alone
I can't describe it cause it's better to be shown
Feel the darkness covering the spite
Hear me screaming when it's pounding deep inside

Forever I'll be a poisoned thorn
I'll be haunting among your lives
The moment I was born it was time for him to rise

[Refrain]

Deadmaker, deadmaker
Why don't you realize
That he can paralyze you all

My sorrow created by you
And even me cause I'm a self-destroying fool
I feel the spirit growing deep inside
I don't expect your comprehension
Cause even I don't know why

[Solo x2]


11. LAND OF THE MIRACLE

Blinded by the fire and the sorrow of the day,
I come knocking at your door
to dry the tears away.
The eventide is calling me to take a look into your eyes.
Pull me on and make me mesmerized
Riding on the wings of light,
dreaming dreams and holding tight;
leaving all my sorrow far behind.
Your eyes are the gate

to the land of the miracle where our love can make us fly, make us fly.
In the land of the miracle
we can find a reason why and how we can fly.

Open up the book of madness,
read the page of life!
Who's the one to tell you what to do
and how to rise?
And if the stars would fall one day
I`d climb up to the sky
to put them back for you to save your smile.

...Take a look into the book of fantasy and poetry and you will see:
What you can feel is everything you need to heal your crying mind,
the soul behind and everything that you may find inside your head...

...A million years have passed away to make us head for the decay and to unlearn just
what we yearn for all day long: right to be strong and stick to our ideals,
are they for real and do we just have lost the thread?...

...I believe in miracles they happen every day.
In your arms a dream comes true for me...


12. UNTIL WE RISE AGAIN

Blinded by the fire and the sorrow of the day,
I come knocking at your door
to dry the tears away.
The eventide is calling me to take a look into your eyes.
Pull me on and make me mesmerized
Riding on the wings of light,
dreaming dreams and holding tight;
leaving all my sorrow far behind.
Your eyes are the gate

to the land of the miracle where our love can make us fly, make us fly.
In the land of the miracle
we can find a reason why and how we can fly.

Open up the book of madness,
read the page of life!
Who's the one to tell you what to do
and how to rise?
And if the stars would fall one day
I`d climb up to the sky
to put them back for you to save your smile.

...Take a look into the book of fantasy and poetry and you will see:
What you can feel is everything you need to heal your crying mind,
the soul behind and everything that you may find inside your head...

...A million years have passed away to make us head for the decay and to unlearn just
what we yearn for all day long: right to be strong and stick to our ideals,
are they for real and do we just have lost the thread?...

...I believe in miracles they happen every day.
In your arms a dream comes true for me...


13. THE UNBELIEVER

I am the madness carrying the torch
Lighting the wheat in your fields
I am the eyes staring out of the dark
I am the war of your yields
When you give response away I grow
I am more of you than you might know

Burning down, burning down
It's a story of deceivers
Burning down, burning down
Put the blame on the unbeliever

I am the vision that comes to your mind
When you denounce without regret
"God" is the word in the bible you say
I am the word that you spread

When you give response away I grow
I am more of you than you might know

Burning down, burning down
It's a story of deceivers
Burning down, burning down
Put the blame on the unbeliever

I'm born and I lead the weak into the fire
"No more pain" is what you claim
While you have found your wicked desire
Hahaha...

Burning down, burning down
Put the blame on the unbeliever
Burning down, burning down
It's a story of deceivers

Burning down, burning down
Put the blame on the unbeliever
Burning down, burning down
It's a story of deceivers


CD 2

1. THE DEVIL AND THE SAVANT

When you cross the edge inside
reach out for the stranger
As you sign the deal tonight
Icarus's your only guide
See the haggard child of sun
To the tempting fires you run
Pass the gate and realize
Casting evil eyes

Down at your dark lab
you threw some tarot cards
Reading the fiery truth
alchemist you were right
the vision's alive

The devil and the savant
Gaze away
Far away
Alchemist you're free
inside of your prison
The devil and the savant
Take a light,
Getting sight of a revelation forced:
the chemical wedding day...

He appears at your desire
Does your bidding - always
Lights the candle in the dark
See the blood - oh - of us all
Think you force him to expose
All above and all below
You're never able to unveil
what you had to feel...

Taming your seraph but who is in control
You or the demon called curiosity, Mephistopheles...


2. WINGS OF A DREAM (2001 Version)

This is my day - soldiers are coming to take me away
May justice be done
I hold on to pray but no god seems to hear me
The pain I will face is my price for disgrace
For things that I've never done

The toll of the bell and the flight of the raven
They open my cell and I feel it's too late
There's no need to yell they don't want to hear me
The morning has come
It seems like my work's been done.
Today I'll be the one

Sometimes it's good to be schizophrene
Cause when I'm close to the end I've got always a friend
On my lonesome way to the final decay
I listen to a voice telling me

Now dream away - follow me astray
To a world that we can reach on wings of a dream

I've got the key to the end of the nightmare
To leave all the dreams of bane and despair
The life I redeem has got the price of insanity
That you just can't get cause you're not even mad
You only trust in your eyes

Once upon a time there was a noble man like me
He only cared about the things he saw
One dark night without a moon he loved
The dog of his queen
Thinking it was her he enjoyed the life in the raw


3. FOR A TRACE OF LIFE

Don't know where I come from
Don't know where to go
Don't know if I know
What is good to be known

I wonder if madness
Is just a child of my urge to know
The more that I ask
The more I get down

A million times my quest for life is pain
But still it has not made me going insane

And I long for more
For a trace of life
Tearing down all doors
For a trace of life

You tell me you wonder
If wondering is heaven or hell
You say that you've got the view
On the dark side of life

You can't see the shadows the others can see
But you can see it's well:
The sun and the day
The light in the sky

A million times your quest for life has been pain
But still it is the key to make you sain


4. BUT HERE I AM

Always listen to what they tell - Dreamer
Crazy habits are a work of hell - Dreamer
Dressed in black and ordinary suits - Dreamer
All my life I have paid my dues - Goodbye

But here I am
To go my way
But here I am
I am sick of being here to pay

Never try to understand - Dreamer
What I do and what I can - Dreamer
Making love in the middle of a street - Dramer
Let them talk about how we treat ourselves - That's right

But here I am
To go my way
But here I am
I am sick of being here to stay


5. LA MARCHE DES GENDARMES

(Instrumental)


6. AVANTASIA (Live)

Open my eyes
and see my bleeding wounded hands...
Feeling the pain too hard to stand. To stand...
Caught in the 'now and here'
while they are on the way.
Hiding imagination, leading us astray...

Use your mind!
You will leave the flesh dimensions behind.
Sanity can be the toll -
leading to the core of your soul.


We are the power inside, we bring you fantasy.
We are the kingdom of light and dreams,
gnosis and life: Avantasia!
We are the power inside, we bring you fantasy.
We are the kingdom of light and dreams,
gnosis and life: Avantasia! - Avantasia...

Walking along the icy gallery of pain.
Tell me now: What can keep the flame alive?
Lack of imagination - raising up the tower
where they hold our souls
to take away the tower.

Use your mind!
You will leave the flesh dimensions behind.
Sanity can be the toll
leading to the core of your soul.


We are the power inside, we bring you fantasy.
We are the kingdom of light and dreams,
gnosis and life: Avantasia!
We are the power inside, we bring you fantasy.
We are the kingdom of light and dreams,
gnosis and life: Avantasia!

We are the power inside, we bring you fantasy.
We are the kingdom of light and dreams,
gnosis and life: Avantasia!

Oh - Avantasia - oh
Oh - I hear the voices -oh - yeah...
Oh - into the light - into the light...
Oh - Avantasia... oh...


7. WALK ON FIGHTING (Live)

The ivory is cold. Where is my desire
In a cage of gold, not a trace of fire
Eyes cold as ice. I`m heading for tomorrow
I am tired of waiting. I'll beg and steal and borrow
Life is to short to be wasted
So why do I sit around
Dance on the edge of a razor
Get off the ground and I`ll never return



Walk on fighting
Don`t look ever back
Walk on fighting
Don`t you look back to your cries

The phone it waits in silence. No message left by you
There is no use in crying. I know I`ve been a fool
Now it is too late. No words left to say
I gotta call it fate, forget and look away

Life is to short to be wasted
So why do I sit around
Dance on the edge of a razor
Get off the ground and I`ll never return

Walk on fighting
Don`t look ever back
Walk on fighting
Don`t you look back to your cries

Walk on fighting...


8. WAKE UP THE KING (Live)

Soldier of sunlight
Welcome to the kingdom of ignorance
Where all the tears of ages tell their tales
No one dares to break the spell
No one dares to fly
Time is running out you can't deny

How many times have you found yourself under the influence?
How many times has a mirror made you cry?
Now it's time to stand upright
Tear down your inner door!
The birth of yourself can´t wait no more...

In your mind there's a battle raging on
Try to find what your fighting for!

Wake up the king
From his sleep in your fantasy!
Wake up the king
Let him be all your exctasy!

Tears flow to rivers and rivers to oceans of broken dreams
Have you ever heard of tears of joy?
Show yourself a sense of life, open up your eyes:
Let your heartbeat be your best advice!

In your eyes I can see the fire burn
Realize: now it is your turn!

Look at the mountain, look at the sun
Feel of the pure energy!
Birds fly and wisper, call out yor name!
They belong to you and you're the
King of the kingdom, light in your hand
Look at what you have never seen!
Walk on a rainbow, look to the stars
Cry it out and make your dream come true!

Can't you see your crown?