Gamma Ray - Heading For Tomorrow (1990)+ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ralf Sheepers - Lead Vocals Kai Hansen - Guitars, some Lead Vocals on "Money" Uwe Wessel - Bass Mathias Burchardt - Drums Tammo Vollmers - Drums on "Heaven Can Wait" Dirk Schlachter - Bass on "Money", Additional Bass on "The Silence" Micha Gerlach - Keyboards, Piano Tommy Newton - Lead Guitar on "Free Time", Backing Vocals Joal - Backing Vocals Fernando Garcia - Backing Vocals Piet Sieck - Backing Vocals, Additional Keyboards Petr. Chrastina - Backing Vocals on "The Silence" Produced by Kai Hansen. Executive Producer: Karl-U. Walterbach. Recorded and Mixed at Horus Sound Studio, Hannover from September 1989 to January 1990. Engineered by Ralf Krause except 11 by Ralf Krause and Piet Sielck. Second Engineer: Piet Silck. Mixed by Tommy Newton except 10 by Ralf Krause and 11 by Tommy Newton and Piet Sielck for "Strunck-Productions". Photography and Album Cover Artwork by Jorg Blank / Hot Shot. Original Logo Concept by Helge Birkelbach / Hype Graphics. Art Direction: Birgit Nielsen, Jor Jenka, Karl Walterbach. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Track Listing 1) Welcome (Hansen) 0:57 2) Lust For Life (Hansen) 5:18 3) Heaven Can Wait (Hansen) 4:26 4) Spaceeater (Hansen) 4:31 5) Money (Hansen) 3:37 6) The Silence (Hansen) 6:22 7) Hold Your Ground (Hansen) 4:48 8) Free Time (Sheepers) 4:53 9) Heading For Tomorrow (Hansen) 14:29 10) Look At Yourself (Ken Hensley) 4:43 - CD bonus track 11) Mr. Outlaw (Scheepers) 5:09 - Japanese bonus track ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1) Welcome (Hansen) 0:57 Instrumental ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2) Lust For Life (Hansen) 5:18 Comin' out of misery, back to the old energy, takin' part in our daily show Think of what has been before, made a move and slammed the door Future can remain in the unknown Face the face of the race, try to understand Why are we here and what do we want The answer is easy, let's spread it along Chorus: Loud and proud, we're gonna say it now Live - life - easy (2) We're back Many things to think about, bring me up or bring me down A lot of things I hardly understand What is good and what is fair, problems solved, but I don't care Sometimes it's just getting out of hand Face the face of the race, try to understand I know that you know that we can be strong If we pull together we can get along Chorus Ooh Let us fly away Let us praise the days When the lust for life is stronger than the fear Though we shiver and shake And we sometimes need a break It's the lust for life that never disappears Chorus Live - life - easy ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 3) Heaven Can Wait (Hansen) 4:26 Too many people, too much trouble, too many problems in the morn Another sunrise in the rubble, another ship sunk by the storm Some little angel tries to tell me that it's over It's just a bad reflection from above The load upon my shoulder makes me stronger, even bolder Oh no no, I haven't had enough Chorus: Heaven can wait 'til another day Cause there ain't no reason to leave The world is a stage where we all can play Another fine reason to live And heaven can wait, heaven can wait Each day a new reason to give up, each day another reson to sigh A hundred thousand ways to live up, a hundred thousand ways to try Hey, little angel, don't you tell me that it's over It's just a bad reflection from above The load upon my shoulder gives me reasons to get older Tell the boss I haven't had enough Chorus Let it wait (4) Our eyes are closed by they should be open wide Let's listen to the voice that's calling from inside Let's stay alive and move on, on our way And heaven can wait Heaven can wait Heaven (heaven, heaven) - can wait (2) 'Til another day Heaven (heaven, heaven) - can wait (2) Heaven - can wait 'Til another day ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 4) Spaceeater (Hansen) 4:31 You know who I am, I show you a land Where you can be free and can get your relief Space is all yours, desires come true Love of your life waitin' for you I got no time for wasting all my day Come on and follow, follow me away Chorus 1: Spaceeater - you're losing control Speceeater - and I own your soul I'll make you happy, ain't no lie Come eat my space, you're gonna fly Let me control your senses And lose your mind, your worries inside Chorus 2: I got no time to stand and waste my day Come on and follow, follow me away Chorus 1 A little bit, a little bit, a little sip, a little hit You're drowning in a lusty whirl, be superman or wondergirl Oh, we fly away on supersonic dreams, we ride on universal starshine Through space, space, space, space, space... Chorus 2 Speceeater (4) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 5) Money (Hansen) 3:37 Ralf: I don't need no money, I will stick to my ideals Kai: You better get some money, you better get yourself a deal Ralf: I won't change my habits and I throw it all away Kai: No, no, you better keep it all together for another day Money - up, yeah Ralf: It only makes me sick and makes the people turn to fools Kai: It only gives you power and power makes the rules Ralf: Don't wanna be an asshole that sits on dollar bills Kai: Ha, ha, ha, I know you'll take it, no matter how you feel Money - up, yeah Ralf: Nothing you will get for free, illusion or reality The mirror of your dreams is made of cash It drives me wild and drives me crazy Makes me fat, and makes me lazy Anything you want, anything you need (2) If I had a little money I would feel okay Chorus: It is money that rules the world, it is money that lights the day It is money that makes it work, it is money that makes you live! Money (4) Give me money - everybody wants some Everybody needs some I want more, you want more, we want more, they want more (2) Nothing you will get for free, illusion or reality Anything you want, anything you need (2) You can have a little more but still won't feel okay Chorus Hey, hey Money - yeah (3) Money ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 6) The Silence (Hansen) 6:22 When you're drowning, when you're freezin', when you're feeling cold There's a light in the darkness as the elder always told When the winter's coming closer and the autumn's passing by Then the world will sink in silence and I think we all should try Oh, I wanna live my life in a fairy tale Where the end is always good and never sad Show me a way to another world Where the sun is always shining in the end And we fight back the tears, and we lose our fears Let the world remain in silence for a while Sun in our minds in a world full of ice Let the silence remain for a little while Somebody came and slammed the door, took the feelin' away from our hearts And horror took hold of a place in our hearts filled with love What is left behind the ice, behind the make up and the lies Tell we what goes on inside our minds There is a hole in our sky, getting bigger growing wide No more answer but we hold the line, line, line... Uh, yeah See and hear what we have done to us all We wanna be free more than anything Do you hear what I say to you? We will make it through, the sun shall shine Hear the words we say and see the light of day We never will be free until the sun is shining for us all Carry on, carry on and make our dreams come true And for a little while we stay together... Carry on, carry on, may all our lovin' stay And for a little while we stay together, forever, together Forever, together, forever, together, forever... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 7) Hold Your Ground (Hansen) 4:48 Come to plague me, rape and take me Freeze me up (2) Politician, inquisition Freeze 'em up (3) There's closing in, the iron round They hold the snare in hand To strangulate your way to live The norm always wins in the end Law and order, wall and border Freeze me up (2) Automatic, democratics Freeze 'em up (3) No parole on your housewall So nice and clean our land And though they crash the hammer down Resistance lives on in the end Chorus: Hold your ground, or tomorrow it will be taken (2) Tomorrow it will be taken They sneak around, they spy your mind Your unborn child's a number in their way Into the grey Insanity, they steal your dreams They promise everything but they betray Day after day Chorus Tomorrow ... it will be taken ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 8) Free Time (Sheepers) 4:53 The weekend comes, I'm gonna see my baby I close the door and leave everything behind I hit the road, the sun is shining up so brightly Five more miles and I'm lying in her arms Now her motions turn me on And I'm gonna sing my song Chorus: Free time - is one of the things that I love Free time - is one of the things I enjoy Chorus Yeah The sun goes down, we're gonna see a movie How happy life could be without any work There ain't no doubt we're gonna have a party 'Til Monday morning, no one can disturb Now your motions turn me on And we're gonna sing our song Chorus (2) Oh yeah Free time - we want more (4) More more, more more more more Chorus (2) Yeah ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 9) Heading For Tomorrow (Hansen) 14:29 We are heading for tomorrow but we don't know if we're near Well we beg or steal or borrow, will we ever use the fear Time has passed in a modern world Where the madmen live and speak their word Life in hand they deal with god Put a trademark sign up to everyone God bless the children, freedom is their name Freedom (2) - 'til they learn to obey Don't trust the liars, reason is their name Reason (2) - play a silly game Where will the children go tomorrow? Is anybody there to claim That he understands our human game? We can make a prophecy Oh we can't say what is going to be Where are we going, and what is our aim? Freedom (2) - locked inside our brains So many answers, reason is their name Reason (2) - the question will remain Where will the children go tomorrow? Hey you, where do you go? - Heading for tomorrow Hey you, where do you go? - Heading for my life Hey you, where do you go? - Heading for tomorrow Hey you, where do you go? When we are born, tell me what is our aim? And what will be when society fails? We are heading for tomorrow, we don't know ... if we are near, near, near... When we are gone, tell me what will remain? And what will be when society fails? We are heading for tomorrow but ... we ... don't know if we are near! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 10) Look At Yourself (Ken Hensley) 4:43 - CD bonus track (from Uriah Heep "Look At Yourself" (1971)) I see you running, don't know what you're running from Nobody's comin', what'd you do that was so wrong Chorus: Look back and turn back, look at yourself Don't be afraid, just look at yourself If you need assistance, or if all you need is love There's no point in hidin', tell me what you're frightened of You got a friend, just look at yourself Don't be afraid, just look at yourself Chorus Look at (2) Look at yourself (2) Look at Look at yourself ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 11) Mr. Outlaw (Scheepers) 5:09 - Japanese bonus track Innocent imprisoned, the guilty get away Got no chance to prove that I'm the wrong one Got a bad position justice seems to fail I don't even know what I have done Chorus 1: It was a case of the wrong time and place The camera was pointing at me Somebody else was just hiding his face And they started searching for me Chorus 2: How does it feel Mr. Outlaw? I never believed this could be I have to walk through the outdoor, and search for my right to be free I believed that justice never could go astray Never thought the system could go wrong I have done my duty every single day There's nothing left for me to rely on It was at dawn that they came to my house takin' me under arrest They wouldn't listen I tried to explain an error got me in this mess Chorus 2 Chorus 1 & 2 Chorus 2 Yeah ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Gamma Ray use Gibson Guitars, Warwick Basses, Reno Drums and Meinl Cymbals. A big Hello and Cheers to Ingo, Markus, Michi and Weiki (there's still no softa toilet paper at Hotel Bastardos).