1. CITY OF DARKNESS (Downtown-Mix)

All the wildlife has disappeared
And earthquakes are always feared
Everywhere one sees explosions
But the ground is still frozen
Some people here have all the power
The rulers in an ivory tower
Constructing a new kind of life
But these creatures are not alive

[Chorus]
It's the city of darkness
It's the city of hate
A system without emotion
It's the city of darkness
It's the city of hate
It's just a cruel police-state

The language in the streets is strange
From day to day their meanings change
Everywhere beggars can be found
Collecting things from filthy ground
Useless things dumped in the streets
All this stuff which no one needs
What a contrast between rich and poor
So much poverty, there is no cure

[Chorus]
It's the city of darkness
It's the city of hate
A system without emotion
It's the city of darkness
It's the city of hate
It's just a cruel police-state


2. CHILD SOLDIER (Kopfschuss-Mix)

His parents died, shot in the head
Killed by his unit alone at night
They took the kid and gave him drugs
They gave him guns, taught him to kill

[Bridge]
He's still a child
But now a soldier
Can't comprehend
What's going on

[Chorus]
The gun's weight`s almost too heavy for his tiny little hands
All he learned has no more value and he has lost all his friends
Only soldiers now surround him, kids who used to be his pals
But the past is now forgotten, he just went straight to hell

His mind is drugged, no feelings left
A perfect killer, who obeys?
Now he's killing the innocent
To get more orphans for recruitment

[Bridge]
He's still a child
But now a soldier
Can't comprehend
What's going on

[Chorus]
The gun's weight's almost too heavy for his tiny little hands
All he learned has no more value and he has lost all his friends
Only soldiers now surround him, kids who used to be his pals
But the past is now forgotten, he just went straight to hell


3. CITY OF DARKNESS (2nd-Hookline-Mix)

(see track #1)