Heavens Gate - In Control (1989) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thomas Rettke - Lead Vocals Sascha Paeth - Guitars Bonny B. - Guitars Manni Jordan - Bass Thorsten Muller - Drums Produced by Tommy Hansen. Executive Producer: Frank Bornemann. Recorded and Mixed by Tommy Hansen at Horus Sound Studio, Hannover, October - November 1988. Photos by Harald Hoffmann. Artwork by Axel Becker / Cover Media Art. All Painted by Nolle. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Track Listing 1) The Gate (Hansen, Rettke, Paeth) 1:20 2) In Control (Rettke) 5:09 3) Turn It Down (Rettke, Bilski) 5:14 4) Surrender (Rettke, Bilski) 4:01 5) Hot Fever (Rettke, Bilski) 3:56 6) Tyrants (Rettke) 4:36 7) Path Of Glory (Rettke, Bilski, Muller, Jordan) 4:15 8) Shadows (Rettke) 6:58 9) This Flight Tonight (Johi Mitchell) 3:58 10) Cry It Out (Rettke) 4:16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1) The Gate (Hansen, Rettke, Paeth) 1:20 Instrumental ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2) In Control (Rettke) 5:09 You think you have the right suspicion Each move you make is in control You won't believe it's like a vision What do you feel? Is this the price you'll pay? Some say they heal, they guide your steps In other ways In control See that it's real In control It's a dirty nightmare In control The world is changing face and body Corrupted minds are gaining ground If you won't change, they'll have the glory Try to beware from now to eternity Wake up and watch those cold blue eyes and died blond hair You're waiting for the last command To destroy your promised land The mighty will be satisfied When you've killed your fellows right Don't make no stranger of body and soul Feel all the danger, you're under control Breakin' the grip, makes no difference at all Fight for the rights of all colors you call ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 3) Turn It Down (Rettke, Bilski) 5:14 We're gonna rock you if your metal hunger brains Drive into your heads with a 100,000 turns If you are made for metal, so raise your fist and yell Can't you hear it sounds so clear In my ear there's a voice We'll never give it up! Come here and stay, we'll blow the night away There's magic in the air You're strong enough, you've got it, don't be tough And you scream Turn it down Bang your head Turn it down Straight ahead You love that power and you know it's no disgrace Metal is the best we've invented for the human race You're rising up to heaven and never come back to the ground We wanna hear you calling When our sounds fill the air And when the night is falling We are together, forever We are together and we turn it down ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 4) Surrender (Rettke, Bilski) 4:01 Face to face, an eye for an eye Guess I'm leaving this town forever Want to break free from those old lies We're living too long together Just can't stand it or face more of the same I've got the choice to stay or to leave Watching our dreams go down the drain Saying goodbye to what I believed Defences where down, you're willing to go anywhere But now that the future is over, say that you've never cared I surrender Never coming back I surrender Never looking back I'm not down, I'm breaking these chains Taking some time to watch the sunrise Life will never be the same again Now I know it's been a matter of lies It's taking me high I'm leaving this town, yes I'm free now I'm leaving, I'm watching the sky ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 5) Hot Fever (Rettke, Bilski) 3:56 Drivin' down the avenue And you hear that downtown melody Standing in that city heat And you know that's your destiny Feel the sound, watch the blood red lights Now your veins feel power, and you're hypnotized Hot fever You've got that downtown love Hot fever It's burning inside out Hot fever Sound is firing up your blood And your body makes a powerdive You believe in metal gods If you feel that mental overdrive For your mind it's a losing game And your eyes are hot like a burning flame ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 6) Tyrants (Rettke) 4:36 When the fire is over And you're down on the ground You are searching the daylight But it just can't be found What's the sense of this madness You don't know those rules War is only a game for the ruling fools Come on and fight it, you've got to feel Hard as a rock, cold as the steel Don't kill this world, it's the only place To live in harmony for the human race Hunting the tyrants (4) We need no sirens Again and again we have to fight for our love We don't need no protection For the future at all No atomic reaction For our lives to fall Just believe in tomorrow Put your love in the air Please don't drive us to sorrow If you wanna be fair ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 7) Path Of Glory (Rettke, Bilski, Muller, Jordan) 4:15 I tell a story of a man, his name is Iron Sword He wants to safe the ruined land, he's a courageous soul He's on his way, when he will lose his life he cannot say He's escorted by a crowd of men, ten warriors of steel They're breaking through the ice and wind, like a burning wheel They wanna fight, ride on a flesh of light They sit all alone and they can watch the iron tower They all strive for fame and they are riding on the path of glory Now they attack the fortress and they're looking 'round in fright No king is sitting on the throne, a beast they have to fight They wanna go, knowing that they're standing all alone The evil force is on attack, they hear the devil's bell There is no way to turn it back, it's coming out of hell Taking their minds, hell and fire makes them blind They sit all alone and they can feel the flash and thunder No way to escape, they have to cry From the back there comes a light The holy sword is entering the fight Iron fist breaks the evil's soul Iron Sword is leading on the path of glory ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 8) Shadows (Rettke) 6:58 As you were down again, you told me all those lies And I know I've to pray Your life was still a game, I waited for the price And I know I've to pay You've been a runaway, feeling as cold as ice Asked me if you could stay, I felt like been hypnotized Heaven will know, know the reason why You never showed that sorrow in your eyes You told me those lies that you'd make a turn But I could see in your eyes that you never would learn In the shadow, shadow of your life In the shadow, you could not deny When you're drunk you were lost, and you're having no way Something is even to say In the shadow of your life Now that you're gone away I look at the morning sun All night long I move and stray thinking of things we've done Heaven will know, know the reason why You had to go on broken wings up the sky ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 9) This Flight Tonight (Johi Mitchell) 3:58 (from Nazareth "Loud'n'Proud" (1977)) Look out the left. the captain said The lights down there that's where you'll land Saw a falling star burnin' High above the Las Vegas sand It wasn't the one that you gave to me That night down south between the trailer Not the early one that you wish upon Not the northern one that guides in the sailors You've got that touch so gentle and sweet But you've got that look so critical Can't talk to you babe, you know I get so weak Sometimes I think that ... love is just mythical Up there's a heaven - down there's a town Blackness everywhere and little lights shine Blackness, blackness dragging me down Come on light a candle in this heart of mine Starbright, starbright You've got the loving that I like Turn this crazy bird around Should not have got on this flight tonight I'm drinking sweet champange Got the headphones up high Can't numb you- can't drum you Out of my mind They're singing "Goodbye baby, baby bye bye Uhhh, love is blind!" Up go the flaps - down go the wheels Hope you got your heat turned on baby Hope they finaly fixed your atomobile Hope it's better When we meet again babe ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 10) Cry It Out (Rettke) 4:16 Frontpage news again and you're thinking of your deeds D'you have all the things that a real good man needs? They don't like your hair, they couldn't realize You're a dreamer too, what a big surprise Cry it out Listen to your dreams Cry it out Live without a fear You don't understand and your head is turning round They don't wear a crown and you don't have to bow down You haven't been at home for such a long, long time To stand one's ground for all these years, is it a crime? Don't be a fool at all if you're waiting for a call Oh, breaking the rules and saving the day I believe in you going your way ------------------------------------------------------------------------