Gamma Ray - Insanity And Genius (1993)+ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ralf Sheepers - Lead and Backing Vocals Kai Hansen - Guitars, Lead Vocals on "Heal Me", Backing Vocals Dirk Schlachter - Guitars, Keyboards, Lead Vocals on "Your Torn Is Over" Jan Rubach - Bass Thomas Nack - Drums Computer Engineering and Additional Keyboards by Sascha Paeth Recorded from March to May at Hansen Studios, Hamburg. Engineered and Produced by Kai Hansen and Dirk Schlachter. Mixed at Horus Sound Studios, Hannover by Charlie Bauerfeind. Executive Producer: K.-U. Walterbach. Cover Artwork by Kai Karczewski. Cover Concept by Gamma Ray. Logo and Title Lettering by Eric Philippe and Gamma Ray. Layout & Design by Jan Rubach and Peter Vahlefeld. Photographs by Midori Tsukagoshi. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Track Listing 1) Tribute To The Past (Hansen, Rubach / Hansen) 5:04 2) No Return (Hansen) 4:05 3) Last Before The Storm (Hansen) 4:28 4) The Cave Principle (Hansen) 6:51 5) Future Madhouse (Hansen) 4:06 6) Gamma Ray (Edited Version) (Bruno Frenzel) 5:18 7) Insanity & Genius (Rubach / Nack) 4:29 8) 18 Years (Scheepers, Schlachter / Scheepers) 5:22 9) Your Torn Is Over (Schlachter) 3:52 10) Heal Me (Schlachter / Hansen, Schlachter) 7:29 11) Brothers (Schlachter, Scheepers, Hansen / Scheepers, Hansen) 5:13 12) Heroes (pre-production of "Changes" from "Sigh No More" sessions) (Scheepers, Hansen, Wessel, Schlachter / Hansen, Scheepers) - Japanese bonus track ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1) Tribute To The Past (Hansen, Rubach / Hansen) 5:04 He who found a way to leave to somewhere far from now Traveling in his timemachine, a dream that had come true Fly my friend, you will see, something called reality I feel good, I'm alright, doing what I please, I travel time Chorus: Far beyond the rising sun I ride the winds of fate Prepared to go where my heart belongs Back to the past again I just want to save the universe for all mankind He wants to save the future of the earth Step by step surroundings change as years go passing by He only stops to gaze a little while I push the button further on, I just can't get enough I know I will return again but still I'm movin' on Chorus As I movin' on I see things to come, I see fears and I hear laughter Curiosity, comin' over me, what is destined and what will happen And I see the lies and I hear the cries and the marchin' of the people As they go to war, heaven knows what for God I think I've had enough now Too late, too late - I can't go back no more! I lost control of the engine No light, no light - Can't see where I have gone Can't see where I have gone to Where am I now - stranded in time Solo: Kai So many years have passed since I had gone And I have seen what's gonna be But now I know it is useless to travel on And I will return to the time and peace I belong to Far beyond the rising sun I ride the winds of fate Prepared to go where my heart belongs Back to the past Chorus Yeah yeah ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2) No Return (Hansen) 4:05 I'm riding the wind, don't need your request You'd never invite me but I will be your guest Oh no, no don't be afraid of the reaper It's time to go I call your name and you follow Oh yeah Fly with me Chorus 1: Take a look around and say you love me And I will guide you through the golden door For everything you'll see there is a reason The big wheel is turning like always before Chorus 2: There is - no return - from the other side of heaven For the big wheel turns - and the circle must go on forever more How do you like your termination day? - So far Kiss me good bye, cause I must fade away Oh no, no don't be afraid of your master It's time to go it's calling your name now you follow Oh yeah Fly away Chorus 1 & 2 Solo: Kai (Spoken): Welcome to eternal life, my friend Now take your seat on your cloud Enjoy your stay But always remember... There is no return No return - from the other side of heaven For the big wheel turns - and the circle must go on forever more No return - from the other side of heaven For the big wheel turns - and the circle must go on forever more No return (2) From the other side at the end ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 3) Last Before The Storm (Hansen) 4:28 Who's controlling all the misery and pain When the error signs are lighted in the masterhall And from the start the action is in vein Cause the beast is always careful to avoid the fall We crawl up to the skies We'll never return again Chorus: We're the last before the storm Watching the sun going down on us We wish we had never been born To be the last before ... the storm Who's ever gonna change the world I don't understand what we are fighting for The truth is sad, no lying, we are cursed I don't really know who ever made the law We cry on for more We wonder what's next to the world We settle the score We never look back Chorus Cry out for the people who don't know the world They don't understand what they say and they're cursed Lying for reasons in search for the truth Mephisto, we comin' down (down) (3 times) Solo: Kai We cry out for more We wonder what's next to the world We settle the score We never look back We're the last before the storm Watching the sun going down on us We wish we had never been born To be the last before... We're the last before (2) the storm ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 4) The Cave Principle (Hansen) 6:51 I crawl across the floor Never see the light Only shadows on the wall Somebody said there is ... reality behind But I'm afraid to turn and fall Oh no Set me free ... for eternity And now they talk about my destiny again I hear their footsteps in the dark And then again there was the silence and the pain Uuh, Lord that made me feel so lost Help me - get out of here Save me - my world's an illusion Solo: Jan / Kai I'm still inside the cave imprisoned in on mind And silhouettes on the wall I have to turn around to see ... what's goin' on Cause what I saw ... was never all! Just a move is the solution It's not enough to stand and stare (stare, stare, stare) Leave the cave and find the reason For the cross you have to bear, yeah yeah yeah Never (3) Never return to the principle Never, never Never return to the principle Never, never Never return to the principle Never, never Never return to the principle Never, we will never We will never return to the principle Never, we will never We will never return to the principle Never, we will never We will never return to the principle Never, we will never We will never return to the principle ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 5) Future Madhouse (Hansen) 4:06 In the morning your try to recover But you still got the red in your eyes Then you get up and look at the mirror And you see the beast arise Got a big red nose from the overdose It's somebody else's eyes And you think to thee is it really me And you have to realize The prize that you pay for a moment like this Is never for high 'cause you still doing it Don't you know that we all stand in line Our future dreams are just a waste of time Chorus: Our future - is a madhouse And we all are movin' in Cause the world - needs some action Cause there's nothing left to gain Take your baggy, things are ready You only need to come Join this century's schizoid clan The rooms are primed and done The price that you pay for a moment like this Is never too high cause it perfectly fits Don't you that you are wasting time Insanity is just a state of mind Chorus Solo: Kai / Dirk / Kai Our world - is a madhouse, in the gutter, come on in Our world - needs some action, satisfaction 'til the end Our world - we need sex and crime to supply our minds an amazing time Come on in Our future - and we party on 'til our life is done just to waste our time - 'til the end ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 6) Gamma Ray (Bruno Frenzel) 5:18 - Edited version (from Birth Control "Hoodoo Man" (1972)) (Spoken): The world's desperated with irony, hunger and corruption The eastern world and the Africans too Are going to repeat the history of all wars And our industry supplied them with arms Everybody knows but nobody ... can do anything against it The fall of society is on the make Well sometimes, sometimes I try to draw up a list I try to find out what they have done I thought of honorable murderers you know Like Jonah's hand might wrap around us And anytime Everywhere in the whole world... Yeah Chorus: Gamma Ray, Gamma Ray Gamma, Gamma, Gamma Ray Made of your existence Gamma Ray, Gamma Ray Gamma, Gamma, Gamma Ray Money and our failing I've waited for ... to fire Gamma Ray! Without a body I could fly around the world Destroying arms, destroying rockets Mix all complexions of the whole human race We all would turn to shallow people Everybody Everywhere in the whole world... Yeah yeah Chorus Cross to bear Without a body I could fly around the world Destroying arms, destroying rockets Mix all complexions of the whole human race We all would turn to shallow people Everybody Everywhere in the whole world... Ooh yeah Chorus Cross to bear ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 7) Insanity & Genius (Rubach / Nack) 4:29 Therefore ... I'm laying down in laughter Mighty, the mightiest life hereafter The trip we started hasn't finished here And while we think ... there's not a shade of fear Black points jump in crossing lines Insanity and Genius Both two sides are what I find And I know they're mine Sometime my womb bears an actor Your mind ... creating tragic factors You've got knowledge stolen from the sea You've got wisdom ... just stolen knowledge Black points jump in crossing lines Both two sides are what I find Insanity's not far behind The Genius inside Close before - Insanity and Genius - close before (2) And everyday a dreamer dies To see what's on the other side Both two sides are what I find And I know they're mine Solo: Dirk And everyday a dreamer dies To see ... what's on the other side And everyday more dreamers die my friend While black points jump in crossing lines again Companions in approaching time - Insanity and Genius Good old friends in common life - Insanity and Genius Close before - Insanity and Genius - close before (4) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 8) 18 Years (Scheepers, Schlachter / Scheepers) 5:22 (Spoken): Sometimes ... I ask myself "Is this the life I want to have?" Are you still satisfied ... with the situation That you've had for many years now? Time's movin' on your childhood is gone But you don't realize ... that the game isn't won Blind you think ... that you're safe at home But the fall is near if you carry on 18 years of freedom Where have they gone? Try to understand you must search to take and give before you're old You must learn You must learn to live your life, just on your own Break out ... the change is drawing near Decisions to stop, to turn and stare Solutions ... my thoughts are getting clear I'm leaving and ... I no longer care Spread my wings and fly among the clouds I feel so free, I've left the world behind Now I know what I have missed I'll never give it back, my life's just begun One chance... Throw it all away I will never be (3) the same again (2) Throw it all away I'm not satisfied at all Take it all away! (3) Mother! (2) Take it all away! Throw it all away I'm not satisfied at all Throw it all away (2) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 9) Your Torn Is Over (Schlachter) 3:52 We're getting closer to the final phase You better do what you can No you won't stand the chance to win the race You better leave 'cause I'm the man I know you think you nearly got it made I think you life in a daydream There's no way out Gonna give you a nightmare You'll get a lesson that you'll never forget You're turn is over You're turn is over - now! Ha ha ha! You're turn is over You're turn is over - now! Ha ha ha! Think I better keep an eye on you And on every move you make Cause you're a motherfucking liar, you And everyone knows you're fake! And I don't give a shit of what you say Ha! You find yourself in the dead end There's no way out Poor pitiful you! You'll get a lesson you'll never forget! You're turn is over You're turn is over - now! Ha ha ha! You're turn is over You're turn is over - now! Ha ha ha ha! Solo: Dirk I'm feeling free, you can't stop me You can't hold me, I'm so restless So you think you can escape your fate Let me tell you, sucker it's too late So I know you gonna make my day Uh! So you think you can save your ass But you're gonna get it screwed! Take a look at yourself You're nothing more than a little fool It doesn't matter what you say It doesn't matter anyway You haven't got a single clue Your turn is over and I'm through with you! I say hey, hey, hey Your turn is over now - listen now, listen now, listen I say hey, hey, hey Your turn is over now - you gotta take it as a matter of fact! Hey, hey, hey Your turn is over now - geh doch kacken du Penner! Hey, hey, hey Your turn is over now Ha ha ha! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 10) Heal Me (Schlachter / Hansen, Schlachter) 7:29 When I wake up at the end of the day The moon comes out, the sun fades away I get myself out of my bed and cry Is it really me now Could it be the real thing Is there someone else to ease the pain So easy, so easy now Has it really gone too far It don't matter anyhow Sometimes I feel ... like an echo in the wind That's not coming back again Yeah, oh Oh oh I look inside my head and what I see Are the reflections of the world And I see Genius and Insanity You are alive You're part of the show You came to foresee ... the signs on the wall So many tried in vain They know the truth Learn - how to live and fight - and learn How to fight them right and - learn - how to give and take it all You can be strong If you know who you are The signs on the wall tell you move on before it's too late Can you see them? Do you want to be the one who's ... creeping on the floor? Could it be forever? Could it all be lies? The chaos is a killer ... and he knows who will fall Help me - I need some help Now is there someone out there What are you waiting for You're on the road to nowhere The only way I know Maybe I'm wrong Oh, I haven't got a clue Don't know where I belong Tell me what is true Oh won't you come to heal me - hear me (3) Oh won't you come to heal me Are you out there? Won't you help me? Don't know where I would go Is there real life forevermore? And remember "Just keep smiling Jesus loves you!" That's what they say (2) Can you cry ... forever? It's just a matter of taste But you say "Do you, do you know what the truth is?" Think, don't think What can you see Our life is just a fantasy of someone we will never see Therefore I break down in laughter Now as I change my point of view There's nothing left to make me blue Never again, no more Ooh! Come on in my friend and join the ball Everything is beautiful, even the band - it's magic Ah ah Imagine you're superstar you gonna fly, you gonna go far Far, so far Solo: Dirk Oh won't you come to heal me - hear me (4) Oh won't you come to heal me Heal me! Heal me! Heal me! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 11) Brothers (Schlachter, Scheepers, Hansen / Scheepers, Hansen) 5:13 My life, not yours Is that alright no fight, I don't wanna quit it No way, is that okay No don't you dare, don't you dare to touch it with your fingers You sneak around, pull me down Gimme no, gimme no, gimme no more bullshit I know there's something goin' on You better leave my life alone You gotta take it as a matter of fact Now step aside Chorus: We are brothers in rock We won't let go We got our music and we got our soul And with the sisters of rock - we can change the world if we try Cool down Now move around Someday, maybe you will understand it My way, okay feels so good Feels so good, feels so good to be with all my good friends Don't you realize you talk too much I got an easy way of life - don't touch You gotta face it as a matter of fact, now step aside Chorus (2) In the concrete jungle we play rock'n'roll To set us free, to lose control In the concrete jungle we can break the walls That hold us down and keep us small Solo: Dirk Don't you realize you talk too much I got an easy way of life - don't touch You gotta face it as a matter of fact, now step aside Chorus (2) Come on Take me away We're brothers in rock forever and ever Yeah yeah We're brothers Carry on ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 12) Heroes (pre-production of "Changes" from "Sigh No More" sessions) (Scheepers, Hansen, Wessel, Schlachter / Hansen, Scheepers) - Japanese bonus track We can win, we can lose We can swallow the bad news In the end we all know Our life is just a show Everybody plays a game and in our hearts There's hidden our real face Who is the man who says I'm never gonna cry It's a lie - It's a lie And who is the girl who says I'm never gonna sigh It's a lie - It's a lie On the way to nowhere in the falling rain I've come to makin' my mind up to get to the point And here I go again Who is the man who says I'm never gonna cry It's a lie - It's a lie No I'm not the man who says I'm never gonna die But I'm alive, still alive - alive We are not guilty - we never know the way it goes Just like heroes - heroes - heroes An all day routine We can be deadly wounded, but we can stand the pain We might lose the battle but for our ideals We stand right up and start to fight again We all know our enemies but only God knows Who will fall lean back and lick your wounds Fight them all for you You are not guilty you never know the way it goes Just like heroes - heroes Who is the man who says I'm never gonna cry It's a lie - It's a lie No I'm not the man who says I'm never gonna die But I'm alive, still alive Heroes - heroes - heroes We are heroes - heroes ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Gamma Ray use equipment by Paiste, The Heritage, Dean Markley, Sennheisner, Premier, Hughes & Kettner, Mesa/Boogie, Trace Elliot, Hamer, ESP. 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