Helloween - Walls Of Jericho (1985)+ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Kai Hansen - Lead Vocals, Guitars Michael Weikath - Guitars Markus Grosskopf - Bass Ingo Schwichtenberg - Drums Produced by Harris Johns and Helloween. Engineered and Mixed by Harris Johns. Recorded and Mixed at Musician Studio, Berlin, September - October 1985. Frontcover Concept by Weikath. Cover Design by Edda and Uwe Karczewski, Hamburg. Layout & Typo by Peter Vahlefeld. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ "Guardians" is dedicated to Krumel! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Track Listing 1) Walls Of Jericho (Weikath, Arr. by Hansen) 0:47 2) Ride The Sky (Hansen) 5:55 3) Reptile (Weikath) 3:44 4) Guardians (Weikath) 4:19 5) Phantoms Of Death (Hansen) 6:34 6) Metal Invaders (Hansen, Weikath / Hansen) 4:10 7) Gorgar (Hansen / Hansen, Weikath) 3:55 8) Heavy Metal (Is The Law) (Hansen, Weikath) 4:00 - Live version 9) How Many Tears (Weikath) 7:15 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1) Walls Of Jericho (Weikath, Arr. by Hansen) 0:47 Instrumental ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2) Ride The Sky (Hansen) 5:55 Much too long I've been a prisoner here The hour has come to break out Shackled and chained almost goin' insane It's better to live on the run Set me free Set me free Send me a sign, wanna leave it all behind I'll be leaving the hands of doom Rearrange the master plan, take the future in my hands To be free and not trapped anymore Chorus: Ride the sky Ride the sky Give me wings to fly, ride the sky I have to think for myself And then act in comfornity of my own thoughts No one should tell me what's wrong and what's right Why don't you leave me alone Set me free Set me free Chorus Solo: both / Kai / both / Michael Chorus ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 3) Reptile (Weikath) 3:44 Coming from the sewerage creepin' thru the pipes Born from modern chemistry a thing that is alive Growing in this rotten crap at places no one wipes Eating rats and stinking shit and all it needs to thrive The scientists got no way to fight For they can't find any weak points to get rid of it right You live your life and you don't know what's goin' on You just can't stop a-thinking that the officials do you wrong You sometimes wondering what the hell bit your baby's arm And the nuns at the holy mission can't keep the tramps from harm Even thieves around dark corners too scared to leave the door Frustrated businessmen needing a wank can't find themselves a whore You won't believe 'till you know that it's real From the pain in your stomach and the horror you feel You need a shit so you head off to the loo You're coming to the bog, now what you're gonna do! There's a reptile (reptile) Just see his eyes Reptile (reptile) Can you see the beast arise Reptile (reptile) Creeping on to you Reptile (reptile) There's nothing left that you can do Solo: Kai / Michael And there's a reptile (reptile) Hidden till now Reptile (reptile) But now it's there you don't know how Reptile (reptile) Just watch it grow Reptile (reptile) And there's no more human being left but you Oerrrps! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 4) Guardians (Weikath) 4:19 We're living in our units And one thing we can do is Work for a life without a fate We don't pay any taxes But the state is the axis Of our minds without love without hate We have a higher order No one needs to be a hoarder Our society is just a glorious thing In our centers we can dream of Anything you never think of You can't say we're puppets on a string Our minds are kept so clean Checked up on a screen They're holy men, they're saints Without them we might all fail We don't know war and crime Things of ancient times We just see it if we put on video The blue pass is for my life And the red one's for my wife It's the only thing we really need to show There are still some without rules But I tell you, they're fools The Guardians will find them as we've seen We got banks where we freeze them They get new brains screwed in then And act contrarily to what they have been With new minds made so clean Checked up on a screen They will be the saints Without them we might all fail Chorus: Guardians of our lives protect security They turn the key and they step in Controlling you and me Guardians of our lives take care eternally Solo: both / Kai / Michael Chorus Puppets on a string Puppets on a string ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 5) Phantoms Of Death (Hansen) 6:34 There are phantoms here on earth who take away our lives They kill your kids and they rape your wives They rip your flesh tear your heart take you down to hell They don't give a damn on any kind of life Phantoms bring evil, destruction and death Night after night the same old game They all look so harmless but deep in their hearts Satan is lurking, and he will break out Always somewhere at your back only waiting to attack Chorus: Phantoms of death (2) The empire of deceivers is built upon your fear You'll have to lose it 'cause the end is near Warheads, armies stand to strike I know it isn't right I wanna get out of here I don't wanna die Infernal destruction in fire you'll burn Then you'll be helpless but it's not too late Step up right now and you'll be the winner Or Satan will get you, take you forever Genocide everywhere, where's the saviour of this world Chorus Solo: Michael / Kai / Michael / Kai / both Where is he the promised saviour who'll save the earth Perhaps he'll come to bury us but then it'll be too late Who are they who are the phantoms who will end our lives It's you and me, you and me open up your eyes Phantoms bring evil, destruction and death Night after night the same old game They all look so harmless but deep in their hearts Satan is lurking, and he will break out We are all parasites of this world we shall die Chorus ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 6) Metal Invaders (Hansen, Weikath / Hansen) 4:10 Fool moon standing in the streets I know the time is near Incarnate power roaring from the sky Unrelenting forces blasting through the air Roaring thunder lift your hands and pray Running through the empty streets they're looking for the fight Swords gleam in the light of moon the gods prepare to strike Chorus: Metal invaders, ready to strike A warning from hell, be careful tonight Dark night overwhelming bright light See the demons fly Can't trust your senses fear you'll have to die Super mighty shadows casting amplitudes to ears Sounds you've never heard that take you high Time has come for them to rise, invasion is their doom Riding high on iron horses in the light of moon Chorus: Metal invaders, the gods on their ride Sworn to bring metal, mayhem tonight Solo: both Chorus Tonight? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 7) Gorgar (Hansen / Hansen, Weikath) 3:55 You're runnin' around in the gamblin' hall Every night it's the same You're lookin' for something new to play To win and have fun is your aim A pinball speaks to you His metal voice is knockin' in your head You can't resist you'll have to play You're just another victim caught in the trap Chorus: Gorgar will eat you, Gorgar - man you'll never win - hey Gorgar will eat you, Gorgar - but you keep on playin' - hey Your blood is boilin' your eyes grow wide Advance - too late Gamblin' fever has taken your mind - this fuckin' machine of hate You spend all your money but you'll never win You're always the loser and the robot's voice keeps hammering Chorus Wastin' money for fun every night Livin' for today no thoughts for tomorrow Man you are dead don't you realize Wake up and live before it's too late Solo: MIchael / Kai Chorus: Gorgar will eat you, Gorgar - man you'll never win - hey Gorgar will eat you, Gorgar - but you keep on playin' - hey (Spoken): TILT ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 8) Heavy Metal (Is The Law) (Hansen, Weikath) 4:00 - Live version Fight hard Live fast Play loud Step out of the crowd Iron Rulin' Steel bent Forever the faith will live on in our hearts There's nothing else in all the world that will bring it down We will play our wildest step to all around We need it as a liquid in our veins instead of blood Power Burnin' Brains out United metallians ready to strike White heat Red hot Mayhem If you don't feel it you won't understand There's nothing else in all the world that will bring it down We will play our wildest step to all around We need it as a liquid in our veins instead of blood Chorus: Heavy metal is the law that keeps us all united free The law that shatters earth and hell Heavy metal can't be bitten by any dynasty We're all wizards fightin' with our spell Solo: Michael / both Chorus ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 9) How Many Tears (Weikath) 7:15 A lot of things occur each day We've got to live with on our way There's so much misery on the screen With commercials in between And the Russians won't be so late Uncle Sam don't wanna wait No matter if you're black or white You never ever had a right And look up to the eternal skies See warfare even there What once has been a paradise Now destruction and despair In other worlds the children die Lacking food ill from a fly Oppressed by troops to tame their land It's all the same again If any man is free on earth Then tormentors steal his birth They slam gun butts in his face And leave his woman choked in mace So stand up for our human rights Push back this pest of hate Raise you voice pass on the light Unite! it's not too late Chorus: How many tears flow away To become a sea of fears How many hearts are torn apart Till another torment starts But before the world Turns into a sun All cruelty and violence On earth will be dead and gone Solo: both / both / Michael / both So stand up for our human rights Push back this pest of hate Raise you voice pass on the light Unite! It's not too late Chorus ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Studio Phanxx to: Chris "Brruargh" Boltendahl for dying on "Reptile" and for 'Oerrrps', Babsi for 'Tonight?' on "Metal Invaders", ... . Hail to: Grave Digger, Mania, Running Wild, Celtic Frost, ... . To Guardians: Piet Sielck for the original "Phantoms Of Death", ... . ------------------------------------------------------------------------ WARNING: If you still did not bought our mini album or this album and don't want to buy our further albums you can be sure that you will be the "Walls Of Jericho" one day.