Axel Rudi Pell - Magic (1997)++ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Jeff Scott Soto - Lead Vocals Axel Rudi Pell - Guitars Volker Krawczak - Bass Christian Wolff - Keyboards Jorg Michael - Drums Roland Grapow - Guitars on "Total Eclipse". Produced and Arranged by Axel Rudi Pell. Engineered, Co-produced and Mixed by Ulrich Po:sselt. Recorded and Mixed at Ra.Sh. Studio Gelsenkirchen, Germany, January - March 1997. Some Vocals Recorded at Ocean Blue Recorders, Los Angeles. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Track Listing 1) Swamp Castle Overture (Pell) 2:15 2) Nightmare (Pell) 5:18 3) Playing With Fire (Pell) 4:23 4) Magic (Pell) 9:22 5) Turned To Stone (Pell) 5:13 6) The Clown Is Dead (Pell) 12:10 7) Prisoners Of The Sea (Pell) 5:13 8) Light In The Sky (Pell) 4:56 9) The Eyes Of The Lost (Pell) 7:03 10) Total Eclipse (Pell) 4:40 - Japanese bonus track ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1) Swamp Castle Overture (Pell) 2:15 Instrumental ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2) Nightmare (Pell) 5:18 Lights out, the time is late Another night on your own Welcome the dark, extinguish the spark Will it happen again? You're screaming in the night and there's no place to hide You're losing your mind and your soul They will not let you go Chorus 1: The devil, all evil you know and you hate Are coming together again, the creatures are lying in wait Chorus 2: Oh ho ho hoh hoh hohh - Running through the nightmare Oh ho ho hoh hoh hohh - Getting out of hell Oh ho ho hoh hoh hohh - Running through the nightmare Oh ho ho hoh hoh hohh - Laying down a spell Lucifer's demons will torture your brain Will the sun ever shine The slaughter the fear, "No escaping from here" In an endless time Your sleep is full of fright, the lords of darkness returned Now you think that it's too late But you cannot awake... Chorus 1 & 2 Chorus 2 We're running through We're running through the night The sun's shining bright No dreams will come true In the night We're running through We're running through We're running through the night A nightmare In the nightmare ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 3) Playing With Fire (Pell) 4:23 Run through the night and find no place to hide Cold sweat's running over your face You're living for your sword and your gun Leaving the world in disgrace You're dancing on the edge of a knife Escaping from the wrong side of life Trying to break all the rules Playing with fire, you're touching the flame Playing with fire, but life's not a game Playing with fire, you're losing control Playing with fire, don't let yourself go You're playing with fire... You're playing with fire... All of your life you have been mistreated Caught in a black masquerade You look into the mirror of sin Facing that it's not too late You're dancing on the edge of a knife Escaping from the wrong side of life Trying to break all the rules Playing with fire, you're touching the flame Playing with fire, but life's not a game Playing with fire, you're losing control Playing with fire, don't let yourself go You're playing with fire... You're playing with fire... Don't let yourself go You're playing with fire Playing with fire, you're touching the flame Playing with fire, but life's not a game Playing with fire, you're losing control Playing with fire, don't let yourself go You're playing with fire... Don't let yourself go You're playing with fire... You're losing control Playing with fire You're touching the flame, playing with fire You're lost in the game Fire... You're losing control in the fire You nearly burnt... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 4) Magic (Pell) 9:22 Somewhere in the distance was a place you can't describe All the people lived in anger, they thought it wasn't right They called it tragedy All fools, they disappeared They were lost and never seen Sometimes you hear the screams ... of the souls of the undead in the midnight hour Yeah Chorus 1: Don't walk alone Hide your skin and your bones Beware of all dark in the night Chorus 2: It's magic It's magic Burning symbols on the wall It's magic They search for you, they search for all Living for today 'cause tomorrow never comes Oh lord, they have to pray That no evil's coming out of the rotten swamp At the houses of the holy they tried to break the walls Their whispered dream to turn the key, an evil laugh and they knew They will be restrained... Chorus 1 & 2 Chorus 1 & 2 Chorus 2 It's magic ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 5) Turned To Stone (Pell) 5:13 They're called the fools of the sixteenth century They lived in fear and were lost in a misery Deep in the night there was something going on Rats ran away and the specters came along Chorus: They're locked in chains, the innocent victims Dreaming of turning to dust They're prisoners in time, bewitched by the wizard The evil will not come to rest They turned to stone - There was no coin in the wishing well They turned to stone - Caught by a spell They turned to stone - There was no coin in the wishing well They turned to stone - Caught by a spell The King told the crowd, not to touch the mystic stone But they lit the candles in the misty danger zone They had no chance to escape from the rising force of the oath Caught in the light of death Chorus They turned to stone - There was no coin in the wishing well They turned to stone - Caught by a spell They turned to stone - There was no coin in the wishing well They turned to stone - Caught by a spell They turned to stone They turned to stone - There was no coin in the wishing well They turned to stone - Caught by a spell They turned to stone - There was no coin in the wishing well They turned to stone - Caught by a spell They turned to stone They turned to stone They turned to stone - They lived in fear and misery They turned to stone - They were the fools of the century They turned to stone - There was no coin in the wishing well They turned to stone - Cause they were caught by a spell They turned to stone They turned to stone They turned to stone - Caught by a spell They turned to stone ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 6) The Clown Is Dead (Pell) 12:10 The death of a clown reminds you all lifetime A lake full of tears overflowed the world The reaper brought pain, so sad are the children Their time of mourning will be forever Chorus 1: Where did he go No laughter in heaven Where did he go Where did he stay? Chorus 2: The clown is dead, the laughter is gone The clown is dead, a life's on the run Behind his mask he was only human A person who feels like you and me Chorus 1 & 2 Can't you see the light, the star that shined so bright Was it a lucky sign from someone who says "I'm alright"... Chorus 1 The clown is dead, the laughter is gone The clown is dead, a life's on the run The clown is dead - now the laughter is gone The clown is dead - now the life's on the run A life's on the run (Spoken): Innocence, laughter, madness Tears, death, heaven, pain Innocence, laughter, madness Tears, death, heaven, pain The clown is dead, the laughter is gone The clown is dead, a life's on the run The clown is dead - Will the laughter return... The clown is dead - We'll never know... The clown is dead, the laughter is gone A life's on the run The clown is dead... The clown is dead. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 7) Prisoners Of The Sea (Pell) 5:13 We're sailing on the waves of the ocean The gallows dangling in the wind The god of the sea ... is showing his real face As the slaves try to tame the raging waves Chorus 1: We're riding on the wind and the sea is turning red We fight the fire of hate, black banners for the dead Yeah yeah yeah Chorus 2: No walking on water - We're the prisoners of the sea The devil's daughter - A game between her and me The sea will be our grave and we're running out of time But we're searching for our little peace of mind Chorus 1 & 2 Chorus 2 No walking on water - We're the prisoners of the sea The devil's daughter - A game between her and me No walking on water - We're the prisoners of the sea The devil's daughter - A game between her and me No walking on water - We're walking on water The devil's daughter - Yeah, we're walking on water We're the prisoners... No walking on water - We're the prisoners of the sea We're the prisoners... The devil's daughter - The prisoners of the sea No walking on water - We're the prisoners of the sea We're the prisoners... The devil's daughter - The prisoners of the sea Don't take a warning, cause you just won't understand She's a - devil's daughter - a game that you'll never win ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 8) Light In The Sky (Pell) 4:56 Don't close your eyes Could be forever Don't close the door on the way to the stars Get hypnotized Lost in the shadows Don't hear the howl of the wolf anymore Chorus 1: We're climbing a mountain of rocks Seeing the eternal flame They tried to hold us back from above Saying this trip's not a game Chorus 2: Light in the sky, there's no returning Light in the sky, lost for all eternity Light in the sky, there's no returning Light in the sky, lost for all eternity We're on the move We're going nowhere Touching the roof on the top of the world We're getting close ... to another system We said goodbye and we're sure we're gonna miss 'em Chorus 1 Light in the sky, there's no returning Light in the sky, lost for all eternity Light in the sky, there's no returning Light in the sky, lost for all eternity Eternity Chorus 1 & 2 Light in the sky Light in the sky Wooh wooh oh Light in the sky Light in the sky Wooh wooh oh We're lost for all eternity The light in the sky Can't be there eternally The light in the sky The sky, sky, sky, yeah Light in the light ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 9) The Eyes Of The Lost (Pell) 7:03 Rainy days, they sailed across the ocean They're called "the children of the sea" They are the damned, hunted by the humans From the Palace of the King Circle of fools You're living in a mystery With your spirits lost and gone Unholy light, the dark side of the night Sure that no one can go on They rolled the dice ... from the temple of the holy And the moon unmasked the night They're chosen victims ... for the hunters of the darkness And the miracle's out of sight Circle of fools You're living in a mystery With your spirits lost and gone But the seal is broken And the oath has been crossed And look into the eyes of the lost The eyes of the lost... Circle of fools You're living in a mystery With your spirits lost and gone But the seal is broken And the oath has been crossed And look into the eyes of the lost The eyes of the lost... The eyes of the lost... But the seal is broken And the oath has been crossed And look into the eyes of the lost The eyes of the lost... The eyes of the lost... The eyes of the lost... The circle of fools And the oath has been crossed The eyes of the lost... They're chosen victims ... for the hunters of the darkness The eyes of the lost... There were rainy days as they sailed across the ocean The eyes of the lost... You know they're damned, they're hunted by the humans The eyes of the lost... The eyes of the lost... The eyes of the lost... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 10) Total Eclipse (Pell) 4:40 - Japanese bonus track Instrumental ------------------------------------------------------------------------