DISC 1

1. THE IMPERIAL HANGOVER OVERTURE OPUS 7

(Instrumental)


2. INNER RAGE

We’re in for the kill
Now the time has arrived
To open the cage
Where our pride stood enraged
It’s been such a long time
But still we remember
We’ll never be the same

In the darkness of my damp cell
I felt like a beast
Like a beast
So many times I’ve tried to forgive them
But I can’t
No I can’t

The screams in the night
When they unlocked a door
And that fear so vivid
To be the next victim

The past is back
And here we are
Now time has come
For justice to be done
Don’t you hide
Pay the price
At the rage we feel inside

My innocence and my pride
You stole them - I was a child
Just a child
Now the only way for me to break free
Is to avenge
Take revenge

Humiliations of the guards
Will forever haunt my mind
Haunt my mind
I will be here when you die
No wonder - It’s just an eye
For an eye


3. QUEEN OF HEARTS

She was a gambler
A fireball burning my heart
Cunning double-dealer
She bought my brain with her butt

High-heeled shoes
Fishnet stockings
I tell you she raised all hell with her hips
But beware
Hear my warning
That chick, she’s gonna play you a trick

Hey ! I believe that you’re worse
Than the Ace of Spades !
Bitch ! Can’t you stop
Your sensuous masquerade ?
Hey ! How long will it take
For your curse to be lifted ?
Bitch ! No mercy :
Another victim to deceive !

Love’s a dangerous game - Queen of hearts
I’ve drawn the wrong card - Queen of hearts

The sword of Damocles
I live with it upon my head
‘Cos you trade nights of bliss
For one-way tickets to the dead

Innocence
In her eyes
She enticed me with a pack of lies
Hot with lust
Burning desire
Play with her and you’ll play with fire

Hey ! I believe that you’re worse
Than the Ace of Spades !
Bitch ! Can’t you stop
Your sensuous masquerade ?
Hey ! How long will it take
For your curse to be lifted ?
Bitch ! No mercy :
Another victim to deceive !

Love’s a dangerous game - Queen of hearts
I’ve drawn the wrong card - Queen of hearts


4. THE TAVERN

(Instrumental)


5. PROMISED LAND

In the year 1620, a handful of Puritans
Left their country for a new place to live
They were followers of Calvin and they believed
In the founding of New England

They set sail on a day in September
On the old and crowded Mayflower
Watching the shores of England slip away
They were ready for a long journey

In your eyes I see that flame I know so well
Deep within your hearts, a strong hope dwells
Excitement’s in the air, your fate is in your hands
You’re sailing to the promised land

Under full sails, proudly breaking the waves
Keeping its course day by day
The Mayflower was rising high on the tide
The weather was on their side

Flashing lights on the stormy horizon
They could hear the roaring thunder
But no storm, no flood could make them abandon
Their journey across the ocean

In your eyes I see that flame I know so well
Deep within your hearts, a strong hope dwells
Excitement’s in the air, your fate is in your hands
You’re sailing to the promised land

They landed on a day in November
Thanks to God who had heard their prayers
They founded Plymouth, it was a fine harbour
A small town in the heart of winter

They grew new cities and a society
They gave a new world to their heirs
Those brave men knew there’s always a reward
For the faithful ones who try hard

In your eyes I see that flame I know so well
Deep within your hearts, a strong hope dwells
Excitement’s in the air, your fate is in your hands
You’re living in the promised land


6. SEEDS OF HATE

From the highest mountains to the deepest seas
We’ve been travelling for years to solve the world’s mysteries
Cursed be the day we met You and were deceived
Tempted by your promises

You took us under your wing
Then said you would bring us the Eternal Truth
Now we’re just lost souls
Bound to walk in the prints left by your cloven hooves

Faces without names
Just an evil aim
Serving your pride
There’s no way to break the spell
Fearless and reckless
Lawless, merciless
Roaming in the shadows of a new born Hell

You taught us Sin, showed us how to win
Man’s trust to spread the seeds of Hate in his mind
To fill his pure heart with Corruption and Lies
Under a blackened sky


DISC 2

1. (WE ARE) THE KEEPERS OF THE ANCIENT ART

Somewhere in the depths of your mind
There dwells a force that a few can find
They call it Animal Instinct
The Call of the Wild if you know what I’m in

Power is ours (so) we will be strong
The fire has been put out too long
But we have kept its ashes warm
And the old flame burns in our hearts

You seek your path
(and) Wait for your destiny
Look no further
Join us - Let you be free

I say : Oh oh oh oh - oh oh oh
We are the keepers of the Ancient Art
Oh oh oh oh - oh oh oh
These forgotten tunes make us carry on
Oh oh oh oh - oh oh oh
We are the keepers of the Ancient Art
Oh oh oh oh - oh oh oh
We’ll make them last for eternity


2. THE SECRET OF LIFE

"I’ve watched thy shadow,
And the darkness of thy steps,
And my heart ever gazes
On thy steps of thy deep mysteries.
I have made my bed
In charnels and on coffins,
Where Black Death keeps record
Of thy trophies won from thee;
Hoping to still
These obstinate questionings
Of thee and thine,
By forcing some lone ghost,
Thy messenger
To render up the tale
Of what we are...
Of what we are..."

"To Mother Nature", Mary SHELLEY (1797-1851)

Two years of hard work and isolation
Love I’ve sacrificed without hesitation
Days and nights I’ve spent in charnels and vaults
Gathering all my precious materials

It was already one in the morning
Against the panes rain was pattering
When by the glimmer of the candlelight
I saw my creature open a dull eye

It came to life with a convulsive motion
Its horrid aspect filled me with deception
Should I be proud of my creation ?
Or was my ambition a misconception ?
A misconception...?

Mother Nature, I have sinned
In the fountains of Knowledge I’ve drunk deep
The Secret of Life I’ve stolen
But no man can be God I have learnt

Its eyes fixed on me - I was going crazy
How was I to know it’d lead me to ruin
I really wished that I could flee
From that cursed demon no one shall ever see

Walking in the streets - had nowhere to go
Rain was falling hard on my shoulders
Afraid to meet it at every corner
That devilish corpse, the source of my woe...
The source of my woe...

Mother Nature, I have sinned
In the fountains of Knowledge I’ve drunk deep
The Secret of Life I’ve stolen
But no man can be God I have learnt

"Like one
On a lonesome road
Who, doth walk
In fear and dread,
And, having once turned around,
Walks on, and turns no more his head;
Because he knows a frightful fiend
Doth close behind him tread."

Samuel T. COLERIDGE (1772-1834)

Mother Nature, I have sinned
In the fountains of Knowledge I’ve drunk deep
The Secret of Life I’ve stolen
But no man can be God I have learnt

We all bear a hell within us
Now I know I have found mine
I feel like a modern Prometheus
For I am damned for all time


3. SLAM THE DOOR

When happiness and bliss have both run away
When memories fill your head, when you’re left all alone
When each colour you see fade to a shade of grey
When you’re scared to death of what might bring the dawn

Onto the hard shoulder – you’re bound to pull over
Still there’s this chance to take : this is now or never!

Slam the door to your sorrows!
Find a reason to hold on
Rush, Fire, Action!
Release the clutch
And let the engine roar!

At the end of the road, I believe there’s a turn
Like I’m sure there’s no wall so high that you can’t jump
The only way to check, man, is to put on a spurt
Now stop pitying yourself cos we’re on our way up.

Onto the hard shoulder – you’re bound to pull over
Still there’s this chance to take : this is now or never!

Slam the door to your sorrows!
Find a reason to hold on
Rush, Fire, Action!
Release the clutch
And let the engine roar!


4. REALMS OF DESPAIR

So deeply wounded, I cannot feel if I’m alive
So disappointed, I can’t believe you took away my pride
The walls of loneliness are tumbling down on me
Your face in the darkness is still staring at me

I gave you all my love, my blood, my energy
My trust in you was the strongest it could be

Pain - I can feel it in my flesh
Don’t you see that I’m depressed ?
Living in seclusion, losing my reason
Like a prisoner of the realms of despair

I’ve lost the taste for life, but you don’t seem to care
You scornfully turned your back on me, do you think it’s fair ?
My life is fading away, filling your little black heart
You take a malicious pleasure in seeing me falling apart

I gave you all my love, my blood, my energy
My trust in you was the strongest it could be

Pain - Those four letters square my mind
The light of day seen through a thick sky
Living in seclusion, losing my reason
Like a prisoner of the realms of despair

I sit counting the hours day by day
‘Till you come back to me
All those good times now so far away
Are all the company I keep
I’m just the shadow of the man I used to be
Don’t you know you hold the key that could set me free ?

Pain - I can feel it in my flesh
Don’t you see that I’m depressed ?
Living in seclusion, losing my reason
Like a prisoner of the realms of despair

Pain - Those four letters square my mind
The light of day seen through a thick sky
Living in seclusion, losing my reason
Like a prisoner of the realms of despair


5. ROADKILL

Driving the car at full speed in town
Tyres roaring - fire down to the ground
Music too loud and your spirits too high
You’re flying blind - just like every night

You accelerate - there’s no time to waste
Life in the fast lane : it burns in your veins
A killing machine - riding uncontrolled
The dice are cast - fate will unfold

Ooh... Lights turn red - Never mind !
Ooh... Heads or tails - Will you live or die ?
Ooh... Pay the price - Crash and burn !
Ooh... Can’t you see - There will be no return

Feeling something is slipping away
It’s too late now :
Nothing more to say
Crossing the path - to a new life unknown
He turns to God
But the damage is done

Time now stands still as you’re stuck in bed
Life in a wheelchair - and you wish you were dead
Lost in your dreams - living in the past
The future’s a void for the wrecked outcast

A hundred bottles amassed on the floor
Just can’t find the key to unlock the door
What have you become and who is to blame ?
An alcoholic - terminal stage

Ooh... Lord I need - Medicine !
Ooh... I can feel - But it’s so unreal ...
Ooh... Pay the price - Crash and burn !
Ooh... I can see - There is no return

Waiting for Death to take me away
Too hard to make it
To the end of the day
Crossing the path - to a new life unknown
Farewell my friend
This is my last dawn