Heavens Gate - Open The Gate And Watch! (1990)

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Thomas Rettke - Lead Vocals
Sascha Paeth - Guitars
Bonny B. - Guitars
Manni Jordan - Bass
Thorsten Muller - Drums
Produced by Frank Bornemann and Ralf Krause.
Recorded and Mixed at Horus Sound Studio, Hannover, February - March 1990.
Engineered and Mixed by Ralf Krause. Additional Engineering by Miro.
Cover Design by Edda and Uwe Karczewski, Hamburg.
Logo Concept by Matthias Lemcke. Photos by Jens Kollmorgen, Braunschweig.

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Track Listing

1) Open The Gate And Watch! (Rettke, Paeth, Bilski) 1:22
2) Touch The Light (Rettke, Paeth, Bilski) 3:44
3) Dancin' On A Rope (Rettke, Paeth, Bilski) 4:31
4) Rock On (David Essex) 3:52
5) Pictures In The Mirror (Rettke, Paeth, Bilski) 3:09
6) Cry It Out (Rettke) 4:16 - Remixed version

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1) Open The Gate And Watch! (Rettke, Paeth, Bilski) 1:22

Instrumental

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2) Touch The Light (Rettke, Paeth, Bilski) 3:44

In my dreams there's a fire
And a man tells me to beware
Face to face, I'm leaving to take care
If I get a desire
And I run like a devil's dare
Face to face, he takes me to his place

Say if it's real
Or is it a tale, so what should I feel
He gives me his advice
I have to realize

Don't ever touch the light
If you don't stand on the edge of time
Touch the light
If you're ablazed by the neverending rising power

In my dreams I feel passion
And a man tells me to be strong
Face to face, he tells me right from wrong
Ooh, life could be an aggression
If you don't know where you belong
Face to face, he takes me to his place

Now I know that it's real
It's not been a tale, I know what I feel
I've failed to his advice
I have to realize

Don't ever touch the light
If you don't stand on the edge of time
Touch the light
And if you fail you will never dream again

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3) Dancin' On A Rope (Rettke, Paeth, Bilski) 4:31

Who is playing with the fire
Who is climbing high and higher
Who is dealing with his senses
Who dances

Who can drive at breakneck speed
Sits on the ejector seat
Who is diving to deep places
Who faces

Who is dancin' on a rope
Who is sliding on the soap
Who fights with all his power
Each hour

And they sit all alone
They wanna hold their own
I hear their voices again and again
Searching for another land

Who can sleep on pointed nails
Always wins and never fails
Who can beat the highest fever
Deciever

Who is burning like a flame
Who is always still the same
Who is playing with your senses
Who dances

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4) Rock On (David Essex) 3:52


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5) Pictures In The Mirror (Rettke, Paeth, Bilski) 3:09

Sound of breaking glass again
He's on the run and another fightin' stand
No way out there in the night
He's got no choice if he wants to win the fight

And he's waitin' for a view
But they set his heart on fire

Pictures in the mirror
He is on the loose again
His wasted life is burning in his head
Pictures in the mirror
Watch his face, it turns to stone
Those empty ways he always walked alone
Pictures in the mirror

Now his back's against the wall
In the air a painfull call
Another broken heart and soul
If no one helps it's loosin' role

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