The Dark Ride (2000)

1. Beyond the Portal (Intro)

2. Mr. Torture
Welcome to the torture chamber
said the sign above the entrance
laughing as it takes you by the hand

Looking like a maniac savage
inside you can sense the anguish
theatre of pain has just begun

Mr.Torture gives pain
with his whips and his chains
he knows just what you crave
Mr. Torture

If you´re feeling alone
then just pick up your phone
dial 18 double 0 Mr. Torture
Mr. Torture sells pain

Only sixty cents a minute
for his special brand of singing
phone guaranteed to blow your mind

You can catch him on his website
has a live chat every weeknight
cyber-torture soon coming your way

Mr Torture sells pain
to the houswives in Spain
he knows just what they crave
Mr Torture

If you´re feeling alone
then just pick up your phone
dial 18 double 0 Mr. Torture
Mr Torture sells pain

Handcuffed, bounded, chained and blinded
body, soul and mind ignited
every sense is torn and ripped apart

He´s been banned in twenty countries
though he does it for the money
he gets pleasure from hearing you scream

Mr. Torture gives pain
with his whips and his chains
he knows just what you crave Mr. Torture

If you´re feelin alone
then just pick up your phone

3. All Over The Nations
I keep wondering all these days
How to thrive the way we stray
A year, a lifetime - parted, together
Will be all the same

Many things to make me sad
Some can even drive me mad
Just fear forever
No more endeavours
Leave me where I stand

You are here
And make me feel so high
Day by day
Something one can't deny
Lets give each other certainty

Refrén:
All over the nations the tunes come alive
Winners and losers, we're all alike
No matter as truth ain't some great mystery
We all fade into one

Don't you feel too hypnotized
Or keep your future jeopardized
So what's accomplished crying for nothing?
Skip depression now

Come, arise and take me higher
No more lies, and every soul can see
We're incarnate sincerity

4. Escalation 666
Black you stripped me
Reveal to me the secrets of your pain - painful lies?
Life itself that feeds your wisdom
Almost everyday you put yourself high on a shelf
Whatever you do, wherever you go
Never turn my back on you

Shadows on the wall
Darkness is spreading
I warm my hands on the flames of lies
In vain I scream against the wind
They don't understand my last testament

Escalation 666
Escalation 666

Deceit and malice
Every smile hides betrayal and greed
Hypocrisy
We've been like brothers
Now I hold out my hands to a blood
To a bloodless soul

Shadows on the wall
Darkness is spreading
I warm my hands on the flames of lies
In vain I scream against the wind
They don't understand my last testament

Escalation 666
Escalation 666

5. Mirror Mirror
My age you keep uncertain
This spell cannot be broken
Visions of eternal youth
We share one face together
Associates forever
Only you knows my truth

Mirror mirror on the wall
Who's the master of them all?
Mirror mirror split in two
Look at me, who are you?

I swim in my reflection
Mirror answer my question
Tell me what I want to hear

I see a perfect creature
My evil I can teach you
I'll drown you with your vanity

Mirror mirror on the wall
Who's the master of them all?
Mirror mirror split in two
Look at me, who are you?

No, my life is beautiful
I said no, my life ain't beautiful

Mirror mirror on the wall
Who's the sickest one of all?
Mirror mirror split in two
Look at me, who are you?

Mirror mirror on the wall
Who's the master of them all?
Mirror mirror split in two
Look at me, who are you?

6. If I could fly
No fear, no pain
Nobody left to blame
I'll try alone
Make destiny my own
I learn to free my mind
Myself I now must find
Once more
Once more

Refrén:
If I could fly
Like the king of the sky
Could not tumble nor fall
I would picture it all
If I could fly
See the world through my eyes
Would not stumble nor fail
To the heavens I sail
If I could fly

So here I am
In solitude I stand
I've got dreams inside I need to realize
My faith has grown
No fear of the unknown
No more
No more

If I could fly
Like the king of the sky
Could not tumble nor fall
I would picture it all
If I could fly
See the world through my eyes
Would not stumble nor fail
I could ravage my jail
If I could fly

If I could, if I could, fly
If I could, if I could, fly If I could,

If I could fly
Like the king of the sky
Could not tumble nor fall
I would picture it all
If I could fly
See the world through my eyes
Would not stumble nor fail
To the heavens I sail
If I could fly
Like the king of the sky
Could not tumble nor fall
I would picture it all If I could fly
See the world through my eyes
Would not stumble nor fail
I could ravage my jail
If I could fly

7. Salvation
Sent to a world cold as steel
Don't know where else I have been
Where will I go? - I can't tell
Who would save us if we fell
Can you feel what I see?
In blind faith would you believe?
Don't share my point of view
But it may mean a lot to you

Tell me will we remember
How it used to be?
Will it be the same
In a time in the future?
Will there be a different way
Can one ever say?

Refrén:
Anthem for a distant world
We'll all be alike
Be there till eternity
One will see
When salvation comes our way

All my life I was sure
Kept my thoughts clean, real and pure
Just as I will always know
We're down here to learn and grow
I am my own entity
And the world is there for free
Keeps me alive till that day
When my soul will find the way
In another dimension
You may find paradise
We'll be safe and warm
I've been told there will be everyone
I held so close and near
There will be no fear

Refrén:
Anthem for a distant world
He'll be all alike
Be there till eternity
One will see
When salvation comes our way

8. The Departed (Sun Is Going Down)
There I stood with the sun in my eyes
Dust on my face
Mouth parched and dry
Memories are racing
Flashing scenes through my mind
I know what's ahead
Today would be a good day to die

Once I thought I had a golden heart
Once I thought my dreams would never shatter
Now I stand here
Jaded and cold
Epitaph being carved on my tombstone

I would die for you - would you die with me?
No, you can't deny

Would you catch the bullet that was meant for me?
Blaze across the sky

Refrén:
Sun is going down
And there's no tomorrow
Sun is going down
Going down on me
Sun is going down
No more time to borrow
Dance with the devil

Sun is going down
For the lonely hearted
Sun is going down
In a blink of an eye
Sun is going down
On the departed
Laugh at the devil

I would die for you - would you die with me?

Caught in a fight I was drawn again
I never thought I'd be betrayed
By my best friend
He lost his life as he went for mine
If this is the end I want to die with you

Would you catch the bullet that was meant for me?
Blaze across the sky

Refrén

9. I Live For Your Pain
Unchain your obscenity
Desirable enemy
Await my enlightening
Allow what your fate can bring

Now you re caught inside my cage
You are the object of my rage
Sin, I wash you clean again
I'm your redeemer

Cause I I live for your pain
I live for your pain
I'm dying

My victim you are meant to be
No, you cannot hide nor flee
You know what I'm looking for
Pleasure your torture, I will endure

Now you are rust inside my cage
You are the object of my rage
Sin, I wash you clean again
I'm your redeemer

Cause I I live for your pain
I live for your pain
I'm dying
I'll burn in your flame
I live for your pain
I'm dying
I'm dying

Now you are rust inside my cage
You - the object of my rage
Blood I wash you clean again

I'm your redeemer
Be my beliver

Cause I I live for your pain
I live for your pain
I'm dying

10. We Damn The Night
Blood on my pillow
Blood on my skin
Am I going mad
Or was this a dream?
There in the depth
The hollow souls wait
Voices surround me
Tempting my fate
Then out of nowhere
Figures in white
Guarding my soul in the fight

Refrén:
We are strong we're alive
We have faith in his might
We believe in the everlasting light
Anytime, anywhere we will always be there
We will fight for what's just and what's right
We damn the night

Out in the blackness
Shivering cold
Doubt takes on shape
Fear the unknown
Eyes of the fallen
Piercing their glance
Whispers of doom
Left without chance
Then out of nowhere
Figures in white
Shield my soul in the fight

Refrén

We damn the night . . .

11. Immortal (Stars)
Two lives, one fate
I have to leave
So will you follow me?
That's how it's meant to be
I reigned as God
I'm monumental
Soon I will arise
With you by my side

And we will radiate the skies
He who will gaze our lights
Will kill his mind, his vision blind

Refrén:
Tonight we are stars
Stars that shine on bright
Tonight we are stars
Stars immortal light
Tonight we are stars

All treasures all goods
We bury where we lay down to die
And pay for paradise

Await the highest thorn of all
And who will gaze our lights
Will kill his mind, is going blind

Refrén:
Tonight we are stars
Stars that shine on bright
Tonight we are stars
Stars inside the nights of ache
Love and hate
Hope and shade
Take you away
I'm gonna take you away
I will take you away

Tonight we are stars
Stars that shine on bright
Tonight we are stars
Stars immortal light of ache
Light of hate
Hope and shade
Part of the fate
Tonight we are stars

12. The Dark Ride
All board step right this way
The dark ride is leaving soon
Just sign your name on the dotted line
All I want is just your soul
Tighten your belt and lets go!

Standing in line to get into the fairground
Heading to the wicked side
One way ticket, there is no returning
Leave your soul at the gates

Out of doubt, no hope
Satan feeds our madness
Insanity confirms where we stand

Spit the red vile breath and
Wrath is our gift that
Leads direct to Armageddon

Refrén:
Take a place - on the dark ride
Slowly creeping up - quickly coming down
Take a spin on the dark ride
May too far from the other side

Step inside and take this final journey
Your fantasies will come true
Inclination without liberation
Life's carousel is catching you

Even through the darkest phase
Be it thick or thin
I'm your pain when you can't feel

Druven to our final fate
Jump out of this game
Can we ever stop this ride to hell

Refrén

Is there any wonder?
Why we came about
Was it for love?
Or to let sin abound

Isn't it a wonder, awake from blood thick dreams
Remove all the stones from our hearts, we must all believe

Ohhh, will we find a way to the other side, heading for a light
Ooh who is holding the key, why can't we see - the dark ride

I force the engine of your deadly sins
Even through the darkest phase, be it thick or thin
I'm your pain when you can't feel
I know too well you'll follow me, follow me down

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