Helloween - The Dark Ride (2000) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Andi Deris - Lead Vocals Michael Weikath - Guitars Roland Grapow - Guitars Markus Großkopf - Bass Uli Kusch - Drums Produced by Helloween. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Track Listing 1) Beyond The Portal (Deris) 0:45 2) All Over The Nations (Weikath) 3:28 3) Mr. Torture (Kusch) 4:55 4) Escalation 666 (Grapow) 4:24 5) Mirror, Mirror (Deris) 3:55 6) If I Could Fly (Deris) 4:09 7) Salvation (Weikath) 5:43 8) The Departed (Sun Is Going Down) (Kusch) 4:37 9) I Live For Your Pain (Deris) 3:59 10) We Damn The Night (Deris) 4:07 11) Immortal (Stars) (Deris) 4:04 12) The Dark Ride (Grapow) 8:52 13) The Madness Of The Crowds (Deris) 4:12 - Japanese bonus track ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1) Beyond The Portal (Deris) 0:45 Instrumental ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2) All Over The Nations (Weikath) 3:28 I keep wondering all these days How to thrive the way we stray A year, a life time - parted, together Will be all the same Many things do make me sad Some can even drive me mad Just fear forever, no more endeavours Leave me where I stand You are here And make me feel so high Day by day Something one can't deny Let's give each other certainty All over the nations the tunes come alive Winners and loosers, we're all alike No matter as truth ain't some great mystery We all fade into one Don't you feel too hypnitized Or keep your future jeopardized So what's accomplished crying for nothing Skip depression now Come, arise and take me higher No more lies, and every soul can see We're incarnate sincerity All over the nations the tunes come alive Winners and loosers, We're all alike No motter as truth ain't some great mystery We all fade into one ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 3) Mr. Torture (Kusch) 4:55 Welcome to the torture chamber Said the sign above the entrance Laughing as he takes you by the hand looking like a manic savage Inside you can sense the anguish Theatre of pain has just begun Mr. Torture gives pain With his whips and his chains He knows just what you crave - Mr. Torutre If you're feeling alone Then just pick up the phone Dial 18 double 0 - Mr. Torture sells pain Only sizty cents a minute For his special brand of sinning Phoner guaranteed to blow your mind You can catch him on his website Has a live-chat every week-night Cyber-Torture soon coming your way Mr. Torutere sells pain To the time housewives in Spain He knows just what they crave - Mr. Torture If you're feeling alone Then just pick up the phone Dial 18 double 0 - Mr. Torture sells pain Handcuffed, bound, chained and blinded Body, soul and mind iginted Every sense is turn and ripped apart He's been banned in twenty countries Though he does it for the money He gets pleasure form hearing you screem Mr. Torutre gives pain With his whips and his chains He knows just what you crave - Mr. Torture If you're feelign alone Then just pick up the phone Dial 18 double 0 - Mr. Torture Mr. Torture Mr.Torture sells pain ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 4) Escalation 666 (Grapow) 4:24 Black, you stripped me Reveal to me the secrets of your pain - painful lies? Life itself that feeds your wisdome Almost every day you put yourself high on a shelf Whatever you do, wherever you go Never turn my back on you Shadows on the wall - darkness is spreading I warm my hands on the flames of lies In vain I scream - against the wind They don't understand my last testament Escalation 666 Deceit and malice Every smile hides betrayal and greed, hypocrisy We've been like brothers Now I hold out my hands ot a bllodless soul Shadows on the wall Darkness is spreading I warm my hands on the flames of lies In vain I scream - against the wind They don't understand My last testament Escalation 666 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 5) Mirror, Mirror (Deris) 3:55 My age you keep uncertain This sepll cannot be broken Visions of eternal youth We share one face together Associates forever Only you know my truth Mirror, mirror on the wall Who's the master of them all? Mirror, mirror spilit in two Look at me - who are you? I swim in my reflection Mirror, answer my question Tell me what I want to hear I see a perfect creature My evil I can teach you I'll drown you with your vanity Nirror, mirror on the wall Who's the master of them all? Mirror, mirror split in two Look at me- who are you? No, my life ain't beautiful No, my life is beautiful Mirror, mirror on the wall Who's the sickest one of all Mirror, mirror split in two Look at me - who are you? Mirror, mirror on the wall Who's the master of them all Mirror, mirror split in two Look at me - who are you? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 6) If I Could Fly (Deris) 4:09 No fear, no pain Nobody left to blame I'll try alone Make destiny my own I learn to free my mind Myself I now must find Once more, once more If I could fly Like the king of the sky Could not tumble nor fall I would picture it all If I could fly See the world through my eyes Would not stumble nor fail To the heavens I sail So here I am In solitude I stand I've got dreams inside I need to realize My faith has grown No fear of the unknown No more, no more If I could fly Like the king of the sky Could not tumble nor fall I would picture it all If I could fly See the world through my eyes Would not stumble nor fail I could ravage my jail If I could , If I could fly... If I could Fly Like the king of the sky Could not tumble nor fall I would picture it all If I could fly See the world through my eyes Would not stumble nor fail To the heavens I sail If I could fly Like the king of the sky Could not tumble nor fall I would picture it all If I could fly See the world through my eyes Would not stumble nor fail I could ravage my jail ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 7) Salvation (Weikath) 5:43 Sent to a world cold as steel Don't know where else I have been Where will I go? - I can't tell Who would save us if we fell? Can you feel what I see In blind faith, would you believe? Don't share my point of view But it may mean a lot to you Tell me will we remember How it used to be? Will it be the same? In a time in the future Will there be a different way? Can one ever say? Anthem for a distant world We'll be all alike Be there till eternity One will see When salvation comes our way All my life I was sure Kept my thoughts real, clean and pure Just as I will always know We're own here to learn and grow I am my own enity And this world is there for free Keeps me alive till that day When my soul will find the way In another dimension You may find paradise We'll be safe and warm I've been told there'll be everyone I held so close and dear There will be nowfear Anthem for a distant world We'll be all alike Be there till eternity One will see When salvation comes our way ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 8) The Departed (Sun Is Going Down) (Kusch) 4:37 There I stood with the sun in my eyes Dust on my face My mouth parched and dry Memories are racing Flashing scenes through my mind I know what's ahead Today would be a good day to die Once I thought I had a golden heart Once I thought my dreams would never shatter Now I stand here Jaded and cold Epitaph - being carved on my tombstone I would die for you - would you die with me? No, you can't deny Would you catch the bullet that was meant for me? Blaze across the sky Sun is going down And there's no tomorrow Sun is going down Going down down on me Sun is going down No more time to borrow Dance with devil Sun is going down For the lonely hearted Sun is going down In a blink of an eye Sun is going down On the departed Laugh at the devil I would die for you- would you die with me? Caught in a fight I was drawn again I never thought I'd be betrayed By my best friend He lost his life as he went for mine If this is the end I want to die with you Would you catch the bullet that was meant for me? Blaze across the sky Sun is going down And there's no tomorrow Sun is going down Going down on me Sun is going down No more time to borrow Dance with the devil Sun is going down For the lonely heared Sun is going down In a blink of an eye Sun is going down On the dearted Laugh at the devil ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 9) I Live For Your Pain (Deris) 3:59 Unchain your obscenity Desirable enemy Await my enlightening Allow what your fate an bring Now you're caught inside my cage You the object of my rage Sin I wash you clean again I'm your redeemer 'Cause I I live for your pain I live for your pain I'm dying My victim you're meant to be No, you cannot hide nor flee You know what I'm looking for Pleasure, your torture I will endure Now you're caught inside my cage You the object of my rage Sin I wash you clean again I'm your redeemer 'Cause I I live for your pain I live for your pain I'm dying I'll burn your flame I live for your pain I'm dying Now you're rust inside my cage You the object of my rage Blood I wash you clean again I'm your redeemer Be my believer 'Cause I I live for your pain I live for your pain I'm dyging I'll burn in your flame I live your pain I'm dying ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 10) We Damn The Night (Deris) 4:07 Blood on my pillow Blood on my skin Am I goin' mad Or was this a dream? There in the depth The hollow souls wait Voices surround me Tempting my fate Then out of nowhere Figures in white Guarding my soul in the fight We are strong, we're alive We have faith in his might We believe in the everlasting light Anytime, anywhere We will always be there We will fight for what's just and what's right We damn the night Our in the blackness Shivering cold Doubt takes on shape Fear the unknown Eyes of the fallen Piercing their glance Whispers of doom Left without chance Then out of nowhere Figures in white Shild my soul in the fight We're are strong, we're alive We have faith in his might We believe in the everlasting light Anytime, anywhere We will always be there We will fight for what's just and what's right We damn the night ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 11) Immortal (Stars) (Deris) 4:04 Two lives, one fate I have to leave So you will follow me That's how it's meant to be I reigned as god I'm monumental Soon I will arise With you by my side And we will rardiate the skies He who will gaze our lights Will kill his mind, his vision blind Tonight we are stars Stars that shine on bright Tonight we are stars Stars- immortal light Tonight we are stars All treasures, all goods We bury where we lay down to die And pay for paradise Await the highest throne of all And who will gaze our lights Will kill his mind, is going blind Tonight we are stars Stars that shine on bright Tonight we are stars Stars inside the nights of ache Love and fate Hope and shade I take you aways I will take you away I'm gonna take you away Tonight we are stars Stars taht shine on bright Tonight we are stars Stars- immortal light of ache Light of fate Hope and shape Part of the fate Tonight we are stars ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 12) The Dark Ride (Grapow) 8:52 All aboard, step right this way The dark ride is leaving soon Just sign your name on the dotted line All I want is just your soul Tighten your belt and let's go Standing in line to get into the fairground Heading to the wicked side One way ticket, there is no returning Leave your soul at the gates Out of doubt - no hope Satan feeds our madness Insanity confirms where we stand Spit the red vile breathe and Wrath is our gift that Leads direct to armageddon Take a place - on the dark ride Slowly creeping up, quickly coming down Take a spin - on the dark ride May too far from the other side Step inside and take this final journey Your fantasies will come true Inclination without liberation Lifes carousel is catching you Even through the darkest pahase Be in thick or thin I'm your pain when you can't feel Driven to our final fate Jump out of this game Can we ever stop this ride to hell Take a place - on the dark ride Slowly creeping up, quickly coming down Take a spin - on the dark ride May too far from the other side Is there any wonder? Why we came about Was it for love? Or to let sin abound Isn't it a wonder, awake from blood thick dreams Remove all the stones from our hearts, we just all believe Ohh,will we find a way, - to the other side, heading for a light Ohh, who is holding the key, why we can't see - the dark ride I force the engine of your deadly sins Even through the darkest phase, be it thick or thin I'm your pain when you can't feel I know too well you'll follow me, follow me Down ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 13) The Madness Of The Crowds (Deris) 4:12 - Japanese bonus track Sightless the one who relys on promise Blind he who follows the path of vows Deaf he who tolerates words of deception But they who fathom the truth bellow Shout! Shout!The madness of the crowds hail insane The madness of the game Guilty the one with his silent knowledge Exploiting innocence for himself Dangerous he whom our faith was given Broad is the road leading straight to hell Shout! Shout!The madness of the crowds hail insane The madness of the game ------------------------------------------------------------------------