Helloween - Keeper Of The Seven Keys (Part II) (1988)+ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Michael Kiske - Lead Vocals Kai Hansen - Guitars Michael Weikath - Guitars Markus Grosskopf - Bass Ingo Schwichtenberg - Drums Produced and Engineered by Tommy Hansen and Tommy Newton. Mixed by Tommy Newton for I Got Confised Productions except "Invitation" by Tommy Hansen. Recorded and Mixed at Horus Sound Studio, Hannover from May to June'88. Cover Design by Edda & Uwe Karczewski, Hamburg. Frontcover Concept by Michael Weikath. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Track Listing 1) Invitation (Weikath, Arr. by Tommy Hansen) 1:06 2) Eagle Fly Free (Weikath) 5:08 3) You Always Walk Alone (Kiske) 5:08 4) Rise And Fall (Weikath) 4:22 5) Dr. Stein (Weikath) 5:03 6) We Got The Right (Kiske) 5:08 7) March Of Time (Hansen) 5:14 8) I Want Out (Hansen) 4:39 9) Keeper Of The Seven Keys (Weikath) 13:38 10) Save Us (Hansen) 5:12 - CD bonus track ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1) Invitation (Weikath, Arr. by Tommy Hansen) 1:06 Instrumental ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2) Eagle Fly Free (Weikath) 5:08 People are in big confusion they don't like their constitutions Everyday they draw conclusions And they're still prepared for war Some can say what's ineffective Some make up themselves attractive Build up things they call protective Well your life seems quite bizarre Bridge: In the sky a mighty eagle Doesn't care 'bout what's illegal On its wings the rainbow's light It's flying to eternity Chorus: Eagle fly free Let people see Just make it your own way Leave time behind Follow the sign Together we'll fly someday Hey, we think so supersonic And we make our bombs atomic Or the better quite neutronic But the poor don't see a dime Nowadays the air's polluted Ancient people persecuted That's what mankind contributed To create a better time Bridge Chorus Solos: Kai / both / Markus / Michael / Ingo Bridge Chorus Together we'll fly someday Forever we'll fly, together we'll fly Forever we'll fly someday Fly ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 3) You Always Walk Alone (Kiske) 5:08 Solo: both When I hold the key to open heaven's door I will never make the mistake and give it back When I hold the key to open my mind before it's too late I will never give it back Bridge: There's just one way I see The way I think it's right for me You say to me I will repent what I do If it's right I'll stop before When I see the light of sun will fade away And I reveal what I have loved before It's too late when I can't see the hours I pay And I reveal what I have loved before Bridge Chorus: The life I try to give is All I have inside of me It's one kind of life for me This music you hear The strength we have inside is So much more than you will know But if you can't see the life around You'll always walk alone Solo: Kai / Michael Look at the drunk man, look into his eyes See his strong hands But tomorrow they will tremble cold as ice See the drunk man, try to ask him why He will laugh, and tomorrow he will tell you another lie There's a fight in his head he cannot win Getting stronger, makes him mad, burning sin You, you cannot hide You cannot describe ... your feelings inside Solo: Michael / Kai Chorus ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 4) Rise And Fall (Weikath) 4:22 A singer... Once a singer sang 'bout bullshit Everyone could see him fall And be sure it's been his last hit He's never been seen at all Some dictator felt progressive And lay down in the sun But his people were aggressive They killed him with a gun Bridge: Sometimes you're wrong by some things you have done You see fate is too strong, nothing's won No use for a fight if you're not acting right You'll be cut down to size like a lie It's the rise and fall The prize for all That ain't nice at all Luck is like a ball You can't recall or care at all So better use your brain A little dragon could spit fire But never so for something bad He didn't know the knight's desire To throw a lance into his head Romeo loved his Juliet Their parents told them "Stop!" Then it all turned out peculiar He couldn't get it up And it's all in vain when you're living with pain Reap not goods you have grown by your own Feelings you like disappear overnight You sip up every grin, free to win It's the rise and fall The prize for all That ain't nice at all Luck is like a ball You can't recall or care at all You nearly go insane Solo: both / Kai / Michael A spaceman flies the rocket That takes him to the stars Thinks his wife is in his pocket But she's strolling 'round in bars The king of Los Angeles Bought himself a teddy bear And the queen became shameless She did it with a chair Bridge It's the rise and fall - the rise and fall The prize for all - the prize for all That ain't nice at all - that ain't nice at all Luck is like a ball - luck is like a ball You can't recall - you can't recall - or care at all So better use your brain It's the rise and fall The prize for all That ain't nice at all Luck is like a ball You can't recall or care at all You better use your brain So better use your brain Rise ... fall ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 5) Dr. Stein (Weikath) 5:03 Once they killed his monster when it went into a trap Now he's making better ones on a higher step On a warm summer day the doctor went away To a place where he could make it real His assistant's hips were nice So he cloned her once or twice Now his hips are aching what a deal Dr. Stein grows funny creatures Lets them run into the night They become great rock musicians And their time is right Their time is right Sometimes when he's feeling bored he's calling it a day He's got his computers and they do it their own way They mix some DNA, some skin and a certain spray You can watch it on a laser screen And the fellow's blue and gray Or sometimes pink and green Just check it out on Halloween Dr. Stein grows funny creatures Lets them run into the night They become great politicians And their time is right Solo: Michael / Kai / Michael / Kai One night he cloned himself Put his brother on a shelf But when he fell asleep that night It crept up from behind and thought, 'Well never mind' Took a syringe and blew out his life Dr. Stein grows funny creatures Lets them run into the night They become a great possession And their time is right Dr. Stein grows funny creatures Lets them run into the night They become a great oppression And their time is right Their time is right (3) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 6) We Got The Right (Kiske) 5:08 Don't turn your head Back to the wall Don't close your eyes And wait for your fall If you believe that you know in this time You've got anything to win If you believe that you know Then I say, 'You'll lose all again' In this time there's nothing to get for you You cannot really do what you want You're a child, a prisoner in your mind You are a victim of this hopeless time You better believe all you do has a sense It's not for nothing You better believe all the troubles you have Will play you someday Why don't you help yourself and do the best Put all the bombs back up their builders' ass Why don't you stand up to say who you are To show the people that paradise is not far Oh, can't you see we got the right To look into the future without no need to hide No, we won't accept what you do We stand up 'cause we're not the people you can abuse Oh, can't you see we got the right To say we are here to see the light No, we don't wanna lose all again Stand up, you people, to save the world as good as you can Solo: both We are credulous idiots And won't understand what they plan We march with the times It's what they expect and we do Why don't you open your eyes To undercover all of these lies I think you won't accept this Go oppose with your fist Fight ... for your rights Oh, can't you see we got the right To say we are here to see the light (to see the...) No, we don't wanna lose all again Stand up, you people, to save the world as good as you can, yeah yeah No, we don't wanna lose all again Stand up, you people, to save the world as good as you can ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 7) March Of Time (Hansen) 5:14 Solo: Kai Hours of lust and hours of tears passing by before my eyes Today, tomorrow, yesterday ... one life Days of joy, day of sadness come and go to pass me by A month, a year, one hundred years, they fly Ohh, one day I will be gone to lead another life Ohh, and this world will stop to turn around with me 'Cause Chorus: Time ... marches Time ... marches on without us all Never stops, yes time ... marches Time ... marches on and on and on Flies eternally Times of peace, times of fights, constant movement is our life Can't stop no more, not until we die We long for more eternity, and maybe there's another life This one is short, no matter how you try Ohh, but never give up all the hope to lead a good life No, don't waste your given time to make things worse Chorus Solo: Kai / Michael / both Please, please help me see, the best way to be Make a change and we, live eternally No more wasted years, no more wasted tears Life's too short to cry, long enough to try Chorus ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 8) I Want Out (Hansen) 4:39 From our lives' beginning on we are pushed in little forms No one asks us how we like to be In school they teach you what to think But everyone says different things But they're all convinced that they're the ones to see So they keep talking and they never stop And at a certain point you give it up So the only thing that's left to think is this Chorus: I want out - to live my life alone I want out - leave me be I want out - to do things on my own I want out - to live my life and to be free People tell me A and B They tell me how I have to see things that I have seen already clear So they push me then from side to side They're pushing me from black to white They're pushing 'til there's nothing more to hear But don't push me to the maximum Shut your mouth and take it home 'Cause I decide the way things gonna be Chorus There's a million ways to see the things in life A million ways to be the fool In the end of it, none of us is right Sometimes we need to be alone Solo: Kai / both No no no no no, leave me alone To live my life alone I want out - leave me be I want out - to do things on my own I want out - to live my life and to be free I want out ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 9) Keeper Of The Seven Keys (Weikath) 13:38 Make the people hold each other's hands And fill their hearts with truth You made up your mind, so do as divined Put on your armour Ragged after fights Hold up your sword You're leaving the light Make yourself ready For the lords of the dark They'll watch your way So be cautious, quiet and hark You hear them whispering In the crowns of the trees You're whirling 'round But your eyes don't agree Will'o'the wisps Misguiding your path You can't throw a curse Without takin' their wrath Watch out for the seas of hatred and sin Or all us people forget what we've been Our only hope's your victory Kill that Satan who won't let us be Our only hope's your victory Kill that Satan who won't let us be, kill! Chorus: You're the Keeper of the Seven Keys That lock up the seven seas And the Seer of Visions said before he went blind Hide them from demons and rescue mankind Or the world we're all in will soon be sold To the throne of the evil paid with Lucifer's gold (2) You can feel cold sweat ... running down your neck And the dwarfs of falseness ... throw mud at your back Guided by spells ... from the old Seer's hands You're suffering pain, only steel can stand Stay well on your way and follow the sign Fulfill your own promise and do what's divined The seven seas are far away Placed in the valley of dust heat and sway The seven seas are far away Placed in the valley of dust heat and sway Chorus Throw the first key into the sea of hate Solo: Michael / Kai Throw the second key into the sea of fear Throw the third key into the sea of senselessness And make the people hold each other's hands The fourth key belongs into the sea of greed And the fifth into the sea of ignorance Disease, disease, disease my friend For this whole world's in devil's hand Disease, disease, disease my friend Throw the key or you may die Disease, disease, disease my friend For this whole world's in devil's hand Disease, disease, disease my friend Throw the key or you may die Solo: Kai / Michael / Kai / Michael On a mound at the shore of the last sea he is sitting, fixing your sight With his high iron voice causing sickness he is playing you out with delight "Man who do you just think you are? A silly bum with seven stars Don't throw the key or you will see dimensions cruel as they can be" Don't let him suck off your power Throw the key! (3) Solo: both / Kai / Michael / Kai / Mike An earthquake, squirting fire, bursting ground Satan's screaming, and earth swallowing him away! You're the Keeper of the Seven Keys You locked up the seven seas And the Seer of Visions can now rest in peace There ain't no more demons and no more disease And, mankind, live up, you're free again Yes the tyrant is dead, he is gone, overthrown You have given our souls back to light Ooh ooh ooh ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 10) Save Us (Hansen) 5:12 - CD bonus track Too late to call for the priest He is not here anymore We look at the age of the beast And we've seen its vast armies form Hear our call Please, save us (4) In permanent madness we live No time for life and for love To take is the rule, not to give Insanity comes from below To take us all Please, save us (4) (Spoken): We believe that the phenomena of nature Are the expression of infinitive intelligence We express our belief that all forms of life Are manifestations of spirit And thus, all men are children of God Far from down below one comes prepared to take us all Waiting for his future and the final call Solo: both / Kai / Michael / both We stand on the edge of the world Just one step more and we fall Guide us and please take our hands Without you we're weak and alone Hear our call Please, save us (4) Now! Solo Licks: Kai Save us - from the gods of thunder Save us - from the dogs of war Save us - from the creeping nightmares Save us - from the evil's course Save us - from our own ignorance Save us - from the man in black Save us - from the desolation Save us - from the hate attack Save us - oh please Save us - oh please save us Save us - oh please Save us now! ------------------------------------------------------------------------