/ D /Die Krupps / Paradise Now(1997)

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  1. Moving Beyond
  2. The Gods Of Void
  3. Paradise Now
  4. Black Beauty White Heat
  5. Reconstruction
  6. Behind
  7. Taste Of Taboo
  8. Rise Up
  9. Fire [Arthur Brown]
 10. Full Circle
 11. Vortex
 12. 30 Seconds
 13. (A New) Society Treaty


Moving Beyond

Holding pieces of shattered dreams
accepting nothing for what it seems
closed minds - narrow vision
results are the same - just total division

it's not a game taking pleasure in pain
nothing to win and nothing to gain
wake up to the big mistake
those ways of life that make you break

Moving beyond - shedding the hate
moving beyong - wiping the slate
moving beyond - eith goals set high
moving beyond - new ways to apply

Abuse this norm - slashing at the soul
wreckage results of lost control
taught from childhood-words of broken nature
results of no good

I won't give up - I won't cave in
this is human nature - masterplan before life began
generations of life rooted deep
it's scarred to think what the future will reap

From this fragmentation - this crypted scene
I'm moving beyond - this wicked scheme


The Gods Of Void

Last night I had a sensation
made me see it all so clear
I hate to see their lying faces
their empty words I hate to hear
they're the evil spreading poison
stand for all that I despise
last night I saw it all so clear
those demons must be excorcised

Banish their spirits - purification
Punish their souls - compensation

The gods of void - They're the gods of void
they are so big - in their world of void
the voids of void - they're the voids of void
they are so void - in their void of void

Don't you feel their twisted minds
all they got is hate for mankind
merciless they run the show
I hate to see their power grow
shut your ears to their charming lies
see behind those pretentious smiles
don't listen to the siren's call
don't let them take control

You know who I'm talking about
you know who they are
get them before they get you
don't let them go too far


Paradise Now

Look at the past - what do you see
look at the present -what do you see
look to the future - what do you see
it's to clearly see - what will be

Growing contempt in these hearts and minds
a feeling of anger that makes them blind
rising to the surface the will to destroy
shaking the system like a defected toy

Paradise now - our demand is
Paradise now - make them fear us
We will grow

Shout it out - to hell with agony
Shout it out - to hell with misery

Look deep inside you - what do you feel
test your senses - to see what is real
look in the mirror - what do you see
what you desire - make reality

When enemies connect like seperated brothers
when hell becomes heaven and haters lovers
then we have built the ideal place
a land that's rich of peace and grace

No more misery


Black Beauty White Heat

laughing in the eye of needful decisions
creating bad blood teaching segregation
kills the revelation of truth overall
breeding conflict in minds that are small
marching to the tune of separate divisions
leading to a path of complete collision
but if joined they'd rise to the call
together they would not fall

the crossing of minds - a challenge in time
great is the feat - the message of the deep
a step must be taken - for one to awaken
great is the feat - as equals to meet

No lies without truth - no hate without love
divided one is not complete - black beauty white heat
no death without life - no black without white
divided one is not complete - black beauty white heat

Co-existance of black and white
evidenced in the depth of night
realize the power of the sky
black and white together lie
caleidoscope of many colors
mixing without harming others
crossing paths one and all
in equality they stand tall


Reconstruction

I'm the door to your relief
I've come to strenghten your belief
I'm here to openthese closed minds
let's burn these bridges that us blind

no more wars - destroying lives
two-faced justice - inferno of lies
introducing meaning to society
must be the priority

reconstruction - the challenging's back
reconstruction - see him change it all back

I'm back to take for you the blame
I'm here to recieve for all the shame
I'm the one on whom you inflict the pain
I will not behind under heaviest strain

no more violence - the ultimate sin
time for a whole new phase to begin
introducing meaning to society
must be our priority

soul cries - cries elevate
elevate mind - mind escapes
escapes hate - hate you
you fall - fall hard
hard up


Behind

benefit from your pain
shelter yourself from relief
waste a moment to wash your dirty body
telephone a lonely friend who got caught behind
jump behind the wheel of an 18-wheeler

fiddle with farsighted discouragement
another boiling over
standing behind the dead deseased
misfortunately environmented
who is the enemy
you fall behind

get behind the engines
burning, breathing locomotives
and hackle the masses who reside
and believe in the dignent and dark watchtower
get behind the tick, the formula clock
saturated and senile
benind


Taste Of Taboo

a wish so sinful
a sin so tasteful
a taste so painfull
a pain so wishfull

a mind confused
a cry in the dark
a soul seeking shelter
in another torn heart

words of discourage - struggling for hope
a touch of protection - from a promising hand
between two worlds - caught in decisions
visions of freedom - remain as illusions
invisible ties - a spider's kiss
perfection of lies - drawn toward the abyss
the look of temptation - the fear of sensation
imploding desire - feeding the fire
we're band - we're branded
forever we're stranded

that's what it does to you - the taste of taboo
upside down it turns you - the taste of taboo

a need so joyfull
a yoy so shamefull
a shame so lustfull
the lust so needfull

forbidden desires - craving for more
unknown pleasures - willing to sin for
the lack of perfection - so weak the will
the needed injection - the ultimate thrill
the burning flesh - the sensitive skin
the destroying fire - comes from within
dangerous games - playing russian roulette
with your life at stake - how far can you get

united in hell - paying the price
living for sins - dying for vice
we're band - we're branded
forever we're stranded


Rise Up

Rise up - Hysteria

you have to ask yourself are you ready for this
is the faith in yourself or in somebody else

can you rush faster than the juice in the vein
can you stop a bullet when the gun is at your head
why don't you ask me - I will tell you
why don't you follow me - I will show you
would you steal my money just to crack your pain
would you pull the trigger even though you're dead
all that you dreamed is over - forget the love you sold her

you disgrace me and you abuse me
why don't you leave me - I can't help you
because I'm tired nothing left
I feel old, not a cent
I want out - had enough


Fire

I am the god of hell fire and I bring you:
Fire, I'll take you to burn.
Fire, I'll take you to learn.

I'll see you burn!
You fought hard and you saved and learned,
but all of it's going to burn.
And your mind, your tiny mind,
you know you've really been so blind.
Now 's your time burn your mind.
You're falling far too far behind.
Oh no, oh no, oh no, you gonna burn!
Fire, to destroy all you've done.
Fire, to end all you've become.

I'll feel you burn!
You've been living like a little girl,
in the middle of your little world.
And your mind, your tiny mind,
you know you've really been so blind.
Now 's your time burn your mind,
you're falling far too far behind.


Full Circle

your life will be the mirror
that shows what you've become
the stage is set for trial
to show what you have done

your choice was to be rotten
so painful be the end
law of existence - revolving doors
comes the teeth of life's jaws

end of life - peace to the core
full circle - returns once more

this is not the end of it all
full circle returns once more

your fear will be your shadow
and life will take revenge
you had it all but went too far
realize the end is near

regrets come much too late
so fire will be your fate
law of existence - revolving doors
comes the teeth of life's jaws

remake, remodel - endless revisions
within the circle - a new one is born
you're not alone - there's more of the sane
wish the cycle - bred more of the same


Vortex

you sold your soul to a stranger
you confused life with danger
you made the wrong decision
forever being held in derision

from one extrem to another
not a moment left to recover
it will never let you go forever
flowing with the flow

your world revolves around me
your life's gyrating round me
your whole existence's a void

I'm gonna suck you in
I'm gonna spin you round
I'm gonna turn you up
I'm gonna spit you out

once inside you turn faceless
you become part of the vortex
it's like an eternal treadmill
that never comes to a standstill

and it is useless to resist
as the pressure will persist
it will never let you go forever
flowing with the flow

your plans dissolve without me
you lose your dreams inside me
your mind has been destroyed

this is the end of your world
everything has been upturned
submit yourself to new rules
get used to a set of new tools


30 Seconds

decisions have been made
by the heads of state
they cannot be revoked
the regrets came too late

so the mission is on
and they are on their way
they will come in silence
there is nothing left to say

and they carry the weight
of a thousand suns
and they bid farewell
to the salute of guns

they will darken the sky
and you cannot hide
as there is no shelter
from this terminal ride

hear the heavenly choir
from the vicious sky
no believe no devotion
you are doomed to die

they'll turn the apocalypse
right into fact
there's no turning back
from a suicide pact

first comes the light
then comes the pain
the final tear
will be lost in rain


(A New) Society Treaty

each of you must distinguish for himself
between the scenes of cold reality and those of pure illusion
the conscious thought the subconscious mind
finds society over the line tongues are silent when there is danger
eyes are blind when there's abuse ears are deaf
when someone pulls the trigger nowhere do I see humanity
don't have to be god to realize no one here gets out alive
but you have your chance - I got mine let's make it better one more time
peace the world back together again make it all worth existing again
peace society together again make it all worth existing again

a new society treaty - a bond between man
a new society treaty - it's the law of the land

constitutions steeped in gold, blood and pride
living by this caused the great device
order without authority should be the foundation of a new society treaty
we have seen illusion and reality begin to overlap and fuse
the line between them begins to disappear
don't have to be god to realize no one here gets out alive
but you have your chance - I got mine let's make it better one more time
peace the world back together again make it all worth existing again
peace society together again make it all worth existing again

a new society treaty - for the preservation of man
a new society treaty - take this extended hand
take my hand



Jurgen Engler - Vocals, Keyboards, Guitars
Lee Altus - Guitars
Chris Lietz - Programming, Samplers
Rudiger Esch - Bass
George Lewis - Drums
Ralf Dorper - Keyboards

6 features Dieter Moebius/Cluster
and Mani Neumeier/Guru Guru and George Lewis on vocals
2nd voice in 7 by Doro Pesch
Backing Vocals in 8 by Julian Beeston
9 features the Crazy World of Arthur Brown
Produced by Jurgen Engler and Chris Lietz.