Scanner - Mental Reservation (1995)++ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Starring: Haridon Lee as The Naked Duke (Lead Vocals). Axel A. J. Julius as The String Tormentor (Guitars). John A. B. C. Smith as Mr. Bassic Instinct (Bass). D. D. Bucco as Lord Of The Drums (Drums). Produced and Mixed by Nigel Boston. Recorded and Mixed at KS-Studio, Bottrop, Germany, 1995. Engineers: Andreas Seidler, Paul Kaczinski. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Track Listing 1) Break The Seal (Julius / L. Szpigiel, Dario Trobok) 5:27 2) Upright Liar (Julius, Szpigiel, Tom S. Sopha / Julius) 7:35 3) After The Storm (Julius, Szpigiel / Trobok) 4:40 4) Your Infallible Smile (Julius, Szpigiel / Julius) 5:05 5) Conception Of A Cure (Julius, Szpigiel / Trobok) 5:08 6) Into A Brave Man's Mind (Julius, Szpigiel / Julius) 7:36 7) Out Of Nowhere (Julius, Szpigiel / Trobok) 4:59 8) Nightmare (Julius, Szpigiel / Julius) 3:50 9) Rubberman (Julius, Szpigiel, Sopha / Trobok) 5:38 10) Wrong Lane Society (Julius, Szpigiel, Sopha / Julius) 5:45 11) 20th Century Crusade (Julius, Szpigiel) 7:40 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The past is deleted. What's left are my memories. They threaten to vanish more and more before being told for the first time. So I will try to escape out of my MENTAL RESERVATION to record what happened. We lived in peace 'till the day the earth burst open and a dark appearing creature gave a crystal-key to a little boy called Boris Jay. Boris was taught by the creature how to use the key and... 1) Break The Seal (Julius / L. Szpigiel, Dario Trobok) 5:27 It's the hour, the cipher for rebirth A poisoned arrow is darted Liberation, one hope against the death Striving for help, but the faction's started Chorus 1: The screams of pain, struggling in vain... To terminate over again Look, man - how it's growing, this child The chosen one Listen - a raven cawing Run wild, you time has come Chorus 2: Here, take the key Open the gates of hell, break the seal Fear, grant it, train... people's mind You'll make it real Listen - how it's talking Talk wild, going insane Brave child - just keep on walking You, child, who deals with the pain Chorus 2 Watch the red sunrise as the ground melts down The final scene closely See the final act... more explicitly Wait for the curtain to fall then... follow it... To the rise Read all the signs, trodden down the trails The cryptograms of destruction Last aggression this time unveils On your way you got no obstructions Chorus 1 Look, man - how it's growing, your child The chosen one Listen - a raven cawing Manchild, the time has come Chorus 2 Open... the gates of hell, break the seal Now, now! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Equipped with the instruments of evil and an enormous increase of power, Boris returned as a young man from the eternal fire. His political ambitions were immense. I listened to his famous speech he held in front of thousands of people on Plaze De Pax. I didn't want to believe what my eyes and my ears had to endure. People were celebrating the... 2) Upright Liar (Julius, Szpigiel, Tom S. Sopha / Julius) 7:35 (Spoken): Human genius rules the world Explores the depth and height Enables us to use the word... To give us... peace of mind I'll need all strength, I'll fight against the demon Who's leading us to deep disastrous downs Dressed in white, his lips make folks believe him He's the man... to choose again to wear the nation's crown Chorus 1: At any time, at any place Old spirits... with old thoughts Unstable crowd is mesmerized Salutes... an upright - liar Arms in motion Liar - and endless urge Chorus 2: Like a number on the tumbling dice Not aware of where you'll lie At the end you'll pay... the highest price Boundless blame will bare your - name Too many brains are stormed, their hearts are burning Mind surrenders, passion strikes the truth Words are sweet... as honey, 'Eat by learning!' I'm a lonely soul... of doubts fearful of the news Chorus 3: Mind pollution Phrases squeeze my ears Rage... escorts my tears Chorus 1 & 2 One's tongue - in one's cheek Praying words while the conscious sleeps Mental dying all around Bleating sheep - the shepherd found Big Brother loves his siblings without mercy He pretends... to keep them snug and safe But once a week on dreadful bloody Thursday You can hear the whip tormenting disobedient slaves Chorus 3 At any time, at any place Old spirits... with old thoughts Unstable crowd is mesmerized Salutes... an upright - liar Arms in motion Liar - merciless urge Chorus 2 (2) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Boris made his way. Nothing seemed able to stop him. The situation became extreme. We were at war with 7 nations. Boris expanded his territory to the double. It was a nuclear inferno. And there was an unbearable silence between two waves of a revenge - attack. Hopes were blown away and our should had burned out. What was left... 3) After The Storm (Julius, Szpigiel / Trobok) 4:40 Can't you hear, can't you hear our moans, our crying? Dark is here, the mothers grieve, the babies dying Oh merciful Lord - forgive us we kept our heads in the sand Not to blame - beyond is where we'll apprehend Out in the war it's hard to keep faith Knowing... nobody's giving us true hopes Chorus: After the storm - we'd watch the new sunrise But the sun is obscured... in sight doesn't heave After the storm - we'd wish him to arise Again dispel the dark clouds, forgive and let live So many questions, not any answer has been told Where should we go? How long we'll stay blind in this crystal world? Out in the war, how should we keep the faith Knowing... nothing gives us hope at all And the blizzard going on... still Chorus 'I know that nothing... gives me a ray of hope But true is my regret - the tears under the iron... veil...' Chorus After the storm - we'd watch the new sunrise After the storm - we'd wish him to arise ------------------------------------------------------------------------ In these days of horror my vital energy disappeared. Even my sister, who gave me strength till then, was not able to beware myself from my surrender, anymore. One day she left us to support a medical convoy on the way to zone-66. Four days, she resisted the fallout. Then they brought her back. Now, in my darkest days I try to remember our sunny days. Eileen, and I'll never forget... 4) Your Infallible Smile (Julius, Szpigiel / Julius) 5:05 We believed.. time would relieve all pain Took an oath... to honor faith - forever A willow, witness of secrets when... Childhood's dreams... and wishes were told Not wasting thoughts on sorrows We shared a joyful time Chorus 1: Eileen, I'm wrestling for answers All night... the wind sighs goodbye Eileen, there's no more tomorrow... with your infallible smile Nothing remains... but my tears You made me feel I could make a rainbow rise... At a cloud-darkened gray sky You've been my laughter, my sadness, a tender touch I perceive... your still lasting scent Chorus 2: You walked the stairs to heaven One way too much that day Chorus 1 Chorus 2 Eileen, I'm wrestling for answers All night... the wind sighs goodbye Eileen, there's no more tomorrow... with your infallible smile Chorus 1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The war lasted 2 years. After 3 years of regime Boris Jay was executed by his own generals before capitulation has proclaimed. 3 quarter of the planet was contaminated. We had to live in the tunnels of subway systems. In our systems most of the population suffered from mental diseases caused by the war. And there was a special machine which promised alleviation. Dubious help from the Mental Healer with his... 5) Conception Of A Cure (Julius, Szpigiel / Trobok) 5:08 Give me your hand I'll show you a different space Break the barriers of time I'll be your guide through another dimension Just free your mind Get.. rid of.. bias Have... no doubt I'm called the Essential, the central computer My name is.. Captain Voice And I'm the healer, I feed your mind I'm your healer Chorus 1: Get... rid of... bias, make you no... doubt Get... rid of... bias, time... runs out Chorus 2: Mental healer I'm the medical agent when truth belie The drug dealer... and you should comply Mental healer The future, the past and the now won't lie The healer... is operating inside... of you Give me your hand I'll expose you eternity Nothing's obstructing the way Transcendence we'll grasp I'll do all So you seal OK Chorus 1 & 2 Chorus 1 & 2 Being in two minds... time's out!!! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ I could resist his offer. But I tried a few other things instead. And one year later, when evacuation started, the trip to St. Clinton Island, 870 miles from home, was a double trip to STONEHENGE for me which should last for years. Although I tried to forget about the past with these things, 2 years later I found myself sitting on a hill of Clinton Island revealing my life. And I took a look... 6) Into A Brave Man's Mind (Julius, Szpigiel / Julius) 7:36 Dawning at the eve The sun melts the horizon Soft winds on their way... to follow the dawn Listening to the quiet I hear an inner voice: 'Remember to seize the days... wasteful passing by' Lost forever... far behind a curtain A life as wasted... as laughter... entailed tears Mystery is calling, a secret world's around Mystic constellation... of visions and the sounds I'm standing calm beside myself Soultaker Chorus 1: Speed me up! - I'll be a thunder Take me high! - Hallowed rise Speed me up! - Don't mind the manner Take me high! - Tonight Chorus 2: Magic signs - of devil's fateful nature Don't follow - dumb and blind Magic signs - of someone who astrays ya Make up your smokescreened mind Powerblast injection My veins are overloaded Body's last reaction My mortal soul is sold Skin as white... as ivory Soultaker Brought me down! - No I remember Stole my soul! - Snowy white Brought me down! - I'm a sinner Stole my soul! - That night Chorus 1 In nomine patris... et spiritus sancti (3) In nomine patris... et spiritus Nos non exiguum Tempus habere Ged multim perdere... apparet Ita est: 'Non accipimus brevem Vitam, sed facimus' Now... I live where angels fly and guardians keep my honour I watch the earth with cleared-up eyes... and I have to stay forever Left a life behind down under, wasn't worth to live Another chance, another time I'd take it as a gift Chorus 1 & 2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Hundreds of thoughts were storming my brain. The night had already spread out its cloth above the landscape. The village of Clinton Island with its approximately 200 inhabitants lay peaceful in the valley. Not giving a hint to the terrible past of its inhabitants. Still I had not found a wife. And once again I was captured by thoughts from the hidden past right... 7) Out Of Nowhere (Julius, Szpigiel / Trobok) 4:59 Here I am at a standstill No move, I'm bidding time Desultoriness in my proceedings Caught be her spell, I'm coming... Chorus: Out... of nowhere May wounds be sutured... without scars? Out... of nowhere Hatred to nurture?! So damned you are! Still we live in the world We're judged by the colour of skin Plated... with silver and gold The radical changes... in fits of spleen And now more and more fur... with depressions backed We're crying... but nobody hears (Coming out, now I see...) I'm blind Chorus Die! I remember, once... I believed in God But he left me in the lurch Now I return I built my own kingdom I'll make your desires burn... And all the nightmares come true Sweet lullabies Darling I've held you in my arms Hear the truth, the freedom's bell See this lie through the eyes of my hell Here I am at standstill, no move Can't you see I'm crying out There is no sun in the shadow of unrequited love Caught in its spell... I'm raving mad Keep the silence, I'll make it burn! Chorus Out... of nowhere Isn't the future... termed by stars? Out... of nowhere Hatred to nurture?! So damned we are!!! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ While years were passing by on the island a troop of children was growing up, bare of any experience of was and dictatorship. All in all we lived in a peaceful and self-sufficient society. Meanwhile I had become president of our little nation. And Clinton Island was our little kingdom. But on day all the children were spirit away. Dark clouds were hanging over above the volcano at the time and it might have been a sign of satanic mights. And at one night during the rainy season some strange creatures creeped out of the volcano down to the village. Like paralyzed and under the influence of a strange might we all followed them silently to where they had come from, not knowing if that was just a terrible... 8) Nightmare (Julius, Szpigiel / Julius) 3:50 Welcome... to your joyful plotted nightmare Yeah, this cute horror-trip... was booked for you Don't dare to flee before this night Has climbed its gorgeous peak Enjoy the games of shadow-mights The growth... of Satan's seed Chorus: Coroner's dance They've come... to lead you to the dark Coroner's dance Your life is at stake, no chance to awake... Out of your nightmare Your nightmare (2) One sperm... caused your total incarnation Millions... let their life... for you to live Now tables turned... the other way Your body for a soul Still caught in hell... to be released... With your infernal fall Chorus So every time... you close your eyes Beware to fall asleep Cause creatures from... the other side They gratify their greed Chorus 1 and 2 we gonna come for you 3 and 4 we're knocking at your door 5 and 6 take your crucifix 7 and 8 we appear at night 9 and 10 we gonna meet you then ------------------------------------------------------------------------ But it was no dream. Deep inside the volcano a dreadful creature ruled over all other creatures. We were their slaves. Also we had found the lost children there. They were kept in cages until we had to prepare their brains for meal for the creatures. I remembered Boris Jay. There was not much difference between him and these creatures. In one way he was a braineater too. One day I was chosen to follow a special ritual in the master's cave. The master, looking like an awful rubber-monster, was incarnating one of us to his tool. It was Albert Twostone, who got the crystal-key this time and immediately he started to dance and sing to the drumming of the... 9) Rubberman (Julius, Szpigiel, Sopha / Trobok) 5:38 Chorus 1: Courses straight ahead There's nothing that can stop me Now... born again, that's how I feel, I'm on the run I ride the wind, the height of the storm I... defy... always changing form Chorus 2: Don't worry, stay cool There ain't... a rule Chorus 3: Rubberman - Body and soul Rubberman - Play a role Rubberman - Set the spirit free Rubberman You and me We are... a perfect team I'm... one of those Who can be down but stuck out Be... what you are No matter what they say but: BE IT! Chorus 2 & 3 Chorus 1, 2 & 3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ I made my decision to let nothing undone to escape out of this hell. After several trials I reached the top of the volcano one day, leaving my people and some slaughtered creatures behind. It took me 2 months until my float ran ashore at a stony coast. I had returned to civilization. Cities were rebuilt and the people had learned how to handle the radioactive contamination. The society did not change too much. Still there was poor and rich, the difference between the colors of skin and the money was ruling the world again, because living in the outlands was not possible. I was one of ever million unemployed people in the city and the government had still no idea to solve this problem. There was an explosive mood under the troops of unemployed people and most of them damned this... 10) Wrong Lane Society (Julius, Szpigiel, Sopha / Julius) 5:45 Spend... my life in misery And stand it going on but recently... I got this dream Lasting all night long Woke... up - to my damned disaster Expected - nothing new But... someone - there's been kidding me He... tidied - up my room No stink and no poisoned cockroach No dust of ages Either found my boots nor blue jeans That's why I tried to escape Chorus: Living on the wrong lane Welcome to the ball of pride and glory Living on the wrong lane Take what the mob gives to you The mob gives to you Walking through... my strange dream People stared at him At first... I didn't recognize, I showed my nude pin I... was called - Mr. McDonald Release... from - my own mess Was... treated - like millionaires When... I - reached downtown Could but me some silken clothes No need to pay cash Was invited to Hilton Hotel Changes I could not explain Chorus Folks I'm gonna tell you... honestly I hate this dream Captured in a symphony... of living... easily Enjoyed my life like it had been... before I reached that realm Boring situation if... I'd become... a rich fat man No silken socks and no credit, no golden cages Wanna live in my dirty chamber Don't care if life's trash remains Living in the wrong lane 'Fuck Off...' to the ball of pride and glory Living in the wrong lane Give what the snob's gossip needs Living in the wrong lane 'Goodbye...' to the ball of pride and glory Living in the wrong lane Give what the snob's gossip needs The snob's gossip needs ------------------------------------------------------------------------ One year later I found a job at eddy's chip-repair. The work was not bad and many people brought whole data-consoles to our service center. One day I recognized Albert Twostone on the screen of a data-station I was going to repair. Although I could not understand what he was talking there was no doubt that he was candidate of the next election for governor. The new governor was Albert and within a period of 3 month our city lay under an embargo of all other cities. He brought on a crisis which was accompanied by his campaign to solve this problem with the weapon he had developed himself: the Quarks-Streamer. It was a hot sunny day when I started the engine of my small jet-boat and Albert started his first Quark-Streamer to begin the last... 11) 20th Century Crusade (Julius, Szpigiel) 7:40 The orange is peeled, rapped are the brains Hopes are all lost Apocalyptic: 'Live and let die' Love's dying first Chorus 1: Blessed is the power of death The ultimate god... and leader Respectfully called: 'The Best' Ruling their mind's... fateful disease Chorus 2: Watch out - Lurking in the dark Stay tuned - Set your controls and hark Chorus 3: Hell arised - to demise its legacy - No prayer to pray Heaven waits, hesitates, looks for a better deal Johnny-boy - a shepherd boy, and the lamb - marked off the way But the beast... from the east obviliating them now Broke the seventh seal Upcoming fears, horror of cries Kicking your ass Approximate lie, nipped at its rise Don't cause a mess Seer, or thing of evil, where does my... fortune lie? Chorus 2 & 3 Who made who Who released the beast Who breaks through... To fire first, danger Born just to be lost Cursing with joy, spit out of hell Aggression and hate Satanic forces are tolling the bells Sealed is the fate Chorus 1, 2 & 3 Johnny-boy - a shepherd boy, and the lamb - marked off the way But the beast... from the east obviliating them now ------------------------------------------------------------------------ There is not much to tell anymore. Clinton Island lies under a dense stratum of clouds which did not change for month now. Down from the cliff I watch the ocean. More or less hopeful to see survivors one day. And at some days it seems to me that God's face breaks through the stratum of clouds and a tear sliding on his cheek sets out to fill the ocean... The End. Neil Legweak