/ H /Heaven's Gate / In Control(1988)

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Track List:
1. In Control		5:06
2. Turn It Down		5:11
3. Surrender		3:57
4. Hot Fever		3:57
5. Tyrants			4:35
6. Path Or Glory		4:12
7. Shadows		7:01
8. This Flight Tonight	3:57

Line-up:
Thomas Rettke,vocals
Sascha Paeth,guitars
Bonny Bilski,guitars
Manni Jordan,bass
Thorsten Muller,drums

Facts:
Produced,recorded & mixed by Tommy Hansen at Horus Sound Studio,Hannover,West
Germany in oct./nov. 1988.

No remorse rec Haupstrasse 66 . d-4650, Gelsenkirchen.


1. IN CONTROL 5:06
(Rettke)
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You think you have the right suspicion
each move you make is in control
you won't believe, it's like a vision

What do you feel? Is this the price you'll pay?
some say the heal,they guide your steps in other ways

Chorus:
#:[In control]
See that it's real
# it's a dirty nightmare #

The world is changing face and body
corruted minds are gaining ground
if you won't change it,they'll have the glory

Try to beware from now to eternity
wake up and watch those cold blue eyes and died blonde hair

You're waiting for the last command
to destroy your promised land
the mighty will be satisfied
when you've killed your fellows right

Don't make no strangers of body and soul
feel all the danger,you're under control
breaking the grip,making no differernce at all
fight for the rights of all colours you call


2. TURN IT DOWN 5:11
(Rettke/Bilski)

We're gonna rock you if your metal hunger burns
drive into your heads with a 100.000 turns
if you are made of metal,so raise your fist and yell

Can't you hear, it sounds so clear
in my ear there's a voice
we'll never give up!
Come here and stay,we'll blow the night away
you're strong enough,you've got it,don't be tough
and you'll scream

Chorus:
#:[Turn it down]
bang your head
# straight ahead

You love that power and you know it's no disgrace
metal is the best we're  invented for the human race
you're rising up to heaven and never come back to the ground

We wanna hear your calling
when our sounds fill the air
and when the night is falling
we are together for ever
we are together and we #


3. SURRENDER 3:57
(Rettke/Bilski)

Face to face and eye to eye
guess I'm leaving this town forever
want to break free from those old lies
we were living too long together

Just can't stand it or face more of the same
I've got the choice to stay or to leave
watching our dreams go down the drain
saying goodbye to what I believed

Defences were down, you were willin' to go
anywhere but now that the future is over,say
you never cared

Chorus:
I surrender
Never coming back
I surrender
never looking back

I'm not down and I'm breaking these chains
taking some time to watch the sunrise
life will never be the same
once I know it's been a matter of lies

It's taking me high
I'm leaving this town,yes,I'm free now
I'm leaving,I'm watching the sky


4. HOT FEVER 3:57
(Rettke/Bilski)

Drivin' down the avenue and you hear that downtown melody
standin' in that city heat and you know that's your destiny

Feel the sound,watch the blood red lights
now your veins feel the power and you're hypnotized

Chorus:
#:[Hot fever]
you've got that downtown love
# it's burning inside out #

Sound is firing up your blood and your body makes a powerdrive
you believe in metal gods if you feel that mental overdrive

For your minds it's a losing game
and your eyes are hot like a burning flame


5. TYRANTS 4:35
(Rettke)

When the fire is over
and you're down on the ground
you are searching the daylight
but it just can't be found
what's the sence of this madness
yu don't know those rules
war is only a game
for the ruling fools

Come on and fight
you've got to feel
hard as a rock,cold as the steel
don't kill this world, it's the only place
to live in harmony for the human race

Chorus:
Hunting the tyrants}-x4
we need no sirens
again and again we have to fight for our love

We don't need no protection
for the future at all
no atomic reaction
for our lives to fall
just believe in tomorrow
put your love in the air
please don't drive us to sorrow
if you want to be fair


6. PATH OR GLORY  4:12
(Rettke/Bilski/Muller/Jordan)

I tell a story of man,his name was Iron Sword
he wants to save the ruined land,he's a courageous lord
he's on his way, when he will lose his life he cannot say
he's escorted b a crowd of men, ten warriors of steel
they're breaking through the ice and wind like a burning wheel
they wanna fight ride on a flash of light

Chorus:
They sit all alone and they can watch the iron tower
they all strive for fame and they are riding on the
path of glory

Now they attack the fortress and they're looking lookin' in fright
no king is sitting on the throne; a beast they have to fight
they wanna go, knowing that they're standing all alone
the evil force is on attack,they hear the devil's bell
there is no way to turn it back,it's coming out of hell
taking their minds, hell and fire makes them blind

Chorus

They sit all alone and they can feel the flash and thunder
no way to escape, they have to cry

From the back there comes a light
the holy sword is entering the fight
iron fist breaks the evil's soul
iron sword is leading on the path of glory


7. SHADOWS 7:01
(Rettke)
a Capella

As you were down again,you told me all those lies and I know I've to pray
your life was still a game,I waited for the price and Iknow, I've to pay

You've been a runaway,feeling as cold as ice
asked me if you could stay,I felt like being hypnotized
heaven will know the reason why you never showed your sorrow in your eyes
you told me all those lies that you'd make a turn
but I could see in your eyes that you never would learn

Chorus:
In the shadow,shadow of your life
in the shadow,you can not deny
when you're drunk,you were lost and you're having no way
something is even to say
in the shadow of your life

Now that you've gone away,I look at the morning sun
all night long I move and stray,thinking of things we've done
heaven will know know the reason why
you had to go on broken wings to the sky


8. THIS FLIGHT TONIGHT  3:57
(Joni Mitchell)

Look out the left,captain said
the lights down there,that's were we'll land
I saw a falling star burn up
above the Las Vegas sands
it wasn't the one that you gave to me
that night down south between the trailer
not the earthly one
that you can wish upon
not the northern one

Chorus:
Oh,starbright,starbright
you've got the loving that I like, all right
turn this crazy bird around
I shouldn't have got on this flight tonight

You got the touch so gentle and sweet
but you've got that look so critical
I can't talk to you baby
I get so weak
sometimes I think love is just mythical
up there's a heaven
down there's a town
blackness everywhere and little lights shine
blackness,blackness dragging me down
come on light the candle in this poor heart of mine

Chorus.

I'm drinking sweet champagne
got the headphones up high
can't numb you out
can't drum you out of my mind
they're playin' "Goodbye,baby,baby,goodbye
ooh,ooh,love is blind"
up to the flaps, down to the wheels
I hope you got your heat turned on baby
I hope they finally fixed your automobile
I hope it's better when we meet again

Chorus.