Stratovarius II (1992) or Twilight Time (1993) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Timo Tolkki - Lead Vocals, Guitars Jari Behm - Bass Antti Ikonen - Keyboards Tuomo Lassila - Drums Produced by Timo Tolkki and Stratovarius. Mixed by Juha Heininen. Cover by Eric Philippe. Logo by Susanne Nokelainen. Photography by John Viherva. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Track Listing 1) Break The Ice (Tolkki / Lassila) 4:39 2) The Hands Of Time (Tolkki / Tolkki, Lassila) 5:34 3) Madness Strikes At Midnight (Tolkki) 7:18 4) Metal Frenzy (Tolkki) 2:18 5) Twilight Time (Tolkki / Tolkki, Lassila) 5:49 6) The Hills Have Eyes (Tolkki / Lassila) 6:18 7) Out Of The Shadows (Tolkki / Tolkki, Lassila) 4:07 8) Lead Us Into The Light (Tolkki) 5:45 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1) Break The Ice (Tolkki / Lassila) 4:39 Why do you stare at me? It's hard to please when you're feeling ill at ease Hey let it go You have feelings inside let them show Grim craven mind Timid all the time Can't come out of your shell It's hell Shame on you There are so many things that you could do Hey can't you see? Love is a stream that endlessly flows in me Grim craven mind Timid all the time Can't come out of your shell It's hell It's time to break the ice ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2) The Hands Of Time (Tolkki / Tolkki, Lassila) 5:34 The time is running It's running so fast that you don't notice Years are passing by And you're growing older What happened to all your dreams? Did they become true at all? We cannot undo the deeds of the years They leave you on your own With all your deepest fears Don't look for the future Don't live in the past Just take it day by day 'cause life goes fast The minutes, the hours The days and the years will fly so Live still when you have the time We cannot undo the deeds of the years They leave you on your own With all your deepest fears Wheel of the time Turns again tonight Eternally decides our destiny Wheel of the time Turns again tonight Without reason or rhyme The hands of time ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 3) Madness Strikes At Midnight (Tolkki) 7:18 He's crawling out from the asylum Under cover of the night Insanity of his crazy mind It's useless for you now to hide Walking the streets someone's in sight He's waiting for you in the night Hiding in the shadows Hiding in the alleys He's ready to kill tonight So lock your doors and hide And pray your god 'cause you're not alone Years he spent in the cage They did not help him at all Now today with the power of his rage He's slaughtering people tonight Walking the streets someone's in sight He's waiting for you in the night Hiding in the shadows Hiding in the alleys He's ready to kill tonight So lock your doors and hide And pray your god 'cause you're not alone Madness strikes at midnight Madness strikes at night ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 4) Metal Frenzy (Tolkki) 2:18 Instrumental ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 5) Twilight Time (Tolkki / Tolkki, Lassila) 5:49 Danger zone I look into the mirror see my face again I hear myself preaching You are getting bold Growing old Skin turns cold You're to blame But I will find the way to be myself again I break the mirror with a noise Stop preaching me teaching me leave me be There's no way to stop me now My end is in sight I reach for the light Tonight Twilight time It's twilight time Reaching for a morning light Twilight time ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 6) The Hills Have Eyes (Tolkki / Lassila) 6:18 Come with me my child It's gonna take a little while To teach you the knowledge Of the ancient rhyme Fly with me tonight Through the cosmic sea It's a mystery From the thirst for life You will never keep away Pleasure of one man Makes another man a prey Fly with me tonight Through the cosmic sea It's a mystery The hills have eyes mind your step you'll better be wise Or you never rise again The hills have eyes never forgive nor compromise You fail in vain ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 7) Out Of The Shadows (Tolkki / Tolkki, Lassila) 4:07 Out to the light from the mist From the shadows I go Facing the new world the odd things The places unknown Far away I sail away today Seeing a new face impression the moment The thought Unarmed and naked defendless My mind is caught Far away it sails away to stay Out of the shadows we go There's no reason to hide anymore Out of the shadows we go Into the new horizon Towards the new shore we go ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 8) Lead Us Into The Light (Tolkki) 5:45 Hey you take a look aroud Can you feel the change begin? Soon it will be too late If you don't wake up Outside the winds are bloring And the people are staring so cold The look that's in their eyes Tells me something's wrong Lead us into the light It's so strange We have gone too far Still knowing what will happen When we close our eyes Is this the hell on earth? And the heaven is out of our sight Open your eyes and realize It's not too late Lead us into the light ------------------------------------------------------------------------