GAMMA RAY LYRICS

1. Beyond The Black Hole

[ Music: hansen, Zimmermann, Schlachter / Lyrics: Hansen ]

[ Melo: Kai ]

I have come from so far away
From the sunlight of my home
And I have seen it's the only way
Now my sun is dead and gone

I raise my head in silent anger
Seems there is no place for me
The only way out is to go
Where no one's gone before

Fly - Beyond the gates of space and time
Another universe is mine
And I can't wait untill tomorrow
Ride - There's a call from deep within
I know I won't return again
'Cause I will dive into the black hole

Don't wait for me, 'cause I won't come back
Oh don't wait for me, no I won't come back
Oh don't wait for me, no I won't come back

Oh, oh, oh ...

Thunder and lightning and fire
Are guiding the trip of my life
Insatiable burning desire
As into the unknown I dive

I raise my head in silent anger
Seems there is no place for me
The only way out is to go
Where no one's gone before

Fly - Beyond the gates of space and time
Another universe is mine
Ind I can't wait until tomorrow
Ride - There is a call from deep within
I know I won't return again
'Cause I will dive into the black hole

Don't wait for me, 'cause I won't come back
Oh don't wait for me, no I won't come back
Oh don't wait for me, no I won't come back

Oh, oh, oh, don't wait

There was a trigger, for my decision
It's right behind my eyes
Into the darkness of my vision
I let my spirit rise

I wanna see the black hole, into the dark
I wanna dive into the black hole, down into the dark

Into the black hole, into the dark
Into the spiral, into the dark, the dark, the dark

[ Solo: Kai / Harmony: Henjo / Melo: Kai ]

If there's a possible chance for something that can be
Called future behind the spiral
The only way to find out, is to leave the final frontier
To eternity and fly

I will fly - Beyond the gates of space and time
I leave the universe behind
And I can't wait untill tomorrow

Fly - Beyond the gates of space and time
I know the universe is mine
'Cause I will dive into the black hole
Ride - And there's a call from deep within
I know I won't return again
'Cause I will dive into the black hole

Don't wait for me, 'cause I won't come back
Oh don't wait for me, no I won't come back
Oh don't wait for me, no I won't come back

Oh, oh, oh, don't wait

[PURE SCIENTIFIC FICTION. IMAGINE THE ADVENTURE OF DIVING INTO ONE OF THOSE BLACK HOLES, MUST BE PRETTY EXCITING.]

2. Men, Martians And Machines

[ Music & Lyrics: Hansen ]

From out of space we came on to the earth
From far away on solar beams
A dying race to find survival here
For our kind to plant our seeds

Our analysis of the atmosphere
Was good and so we touched the ground
A rising simple structured life form there
Seemed to be perfect what we'd found

We think in anger of our fallin dream
Our home is now a fading light
The cracks appeared and they where pointing at the end
And so we came to save our lives

Men, Martians and Machines

You were too young to understand our plans
To see the things up in the sky
We were the gods and we have tought you well
And so we fond eternal life

We gained control upon our destiny
Our ships were flying everywhere
The cracks appeared our plan was bound to fall again
And now the circle's closing in

Men, Martians and Machines

[ Solos: Both / Kai ]

We can't control our human sacrifice
Again we fear for our lives
The cracks appeared our brains start to distort again
Now we gonna say goodbye

Men, Martians and Machines

[SO, IF "MARTIANS" HAD BVEEN COMMING TO THE EARTH IN MIGHTY MACHINES, BECAUSE THEIR PLANET WAS WASTED, MAYBE WE WILL BE THE NEXT MARSIANS, ONE DAY CONQERING ANOTHER PLANET. IT MIGHT BE A TURNING CIRCLE.]

3. No Stranger (Another Day In Life)

[ Music & Lyrics: Hansen ]

I see a hole in the sky
But don't ask me for why I'm so down and lonely
No one will understand why
There's a voice in my head
And I know It's the only

I see the children play, with fire in their eyes
And when the day begins
... another day in life

I'm standing tall, 'cause I won't fall
'Cause I'm no stranger to myself
I see horizons in my sky
'Cause I'm no stranger to myself

Days will full of joy
Are drivin' down to the pain
Into the sun, a mothers son
It's just about to fly

I see the morning come, with fire in my eyes
And when the day begins
... another day in life

I'm standing tall 'cause I won't fall
I'm no stranger to myself
I see horizons in my sky
'Cause I'm no stranger to myself

[ Solos: Kai / Both ]

I see the morning come, with fire in the sky
And now the day begins
... another day in life

I'm standing tall, 'cause I won't fall
I'm no stranger to myself
I see horizons in my sky
'Cause I'm no stranger to myself
No, no I'm no stranger to myself

[ABOUS STRENGHT YOU CAN GET WHEN YOU KNOW YOURSELF, AND THEY TRY TO PUT YOUR POWER INTO THE GOOD THINGS EVERY DAY.]

4. Somewhere Out In Space

[ Music & Lyrics: Hansen ]

I'm trapped in a castle of illusionsout in space, - no more illusions -
Out in a jorney, on a mission for the human race
Terrified. I had to realise that I've been takin' to the goods of fire
I got nowhere to stand, 'cause I'm a running man... to get away

All that I see is the years... somewhere out in space
And it's time for deliverance

Tomorrow, I'll see it, another day's rise ... right before my eyes
Been sinking in sorrow, but now I'm gonna rise
No more reasons why

I'm a watcher in the dark, I'm so cold inside my heart
I'm a temple in the storm, and I'm bound to be reborn

Take me down to the underground, let me see the gods of fire
'Cause I'm know where they live and I know where they stand,
Another reason there to leave
Take me down, take me down, take me to the underground
I wanna meet the gods of fire
And all of their intention is the center of it all

All that I see is the years ... somewhere out in space
and it's time for deliverance
Now that I know I've got to get away
Time for deliverance now

And as the sun appeared, up in the sky
I saw another day,that's drifting by
I saw my people cry, a million tears
Into eternity they disappeared

[ Solo: Kai / Both / Both left and right / Kai / Both ]

Now it's time to say goodbye, or we will sink in sorrow
No, we don't know the reason why, another day, tomorrow

Oh, thank you for giving me hope
Oh, follow me into a new life

All tha I see is the years, all that I see is the tears

All that I se is the years ... somewhere out in space
And it's time for deliverance
All that I see is the fear ... somewhere out in space
And it's time for deliverance
I wanna know how to get away, I wanna know how to get away
Come set me free, just set me free, just let me go
I wanna get away, get away
Somwhere out in space

[INSPIRED BY STARTREK, THE OLD SERIES, ABOUT SOMEONE FREAKING OUT ON HIS INTERGALACTICAL MISSION.]

5. The Guardians Of Mankind

[ Music & Lyrics: Henjo Richter ]

For no one to see for no one to hear
They fight for our souls without any fear
When injustice done they open their gates
To maintain balance between good and bad

And the winds of freedom blow they vanish into haze
The mighty shadow turns away and wisdom conquers hate

The guardians of Mankind
Are losin' their faith
'Cause malice and falseness
Spread over the human race
The guardians of mankind
Won't shelter our souls
The rulers of darkness
Will soon gain control

Don't try to deceive them don't try to play false
'Cause losing their favour will be the end of shelter

And as the winds of freedom blow they vanish into haze
The mighty shadow turns away and wisdom conquers hate

The guardians of Mankind

[ Solo Henjo, Both, Henjo ]

And as the winds of freedom blow they vanish into haze
The mighty shadow turns away and wisdom conquers hate

The guardians of Mankind
Are losin' their faith
'Cause malice and falseness
Spread over the human race
If guardians of mankind
Won't shelter our souls
The rulers of darkness
Will soon gain control

[THE STORY IS ABOUT THE CONSCIENCE OF MANKIND RPRESENTED AS CELESTIAL GUARDIANS PRESERVING THE BALANCE BETWEEN GOOD AND BAD.]

6. The Landing

[ Music: Schlachter, Lyrics: Hansen]

High in the machines
Above the earth
We observe your lifeform
We've come for you

Riding the machines
We'll take your souls
Riding the machines
We've come to rule

About 400 000 years ago
When evolution was still on the make
An extraterrestial race
Appeared in our part of the galaxy
Heading straight to the earth

Riding the machines
We'll take your souls
Riding the machines
We've come for you

When they finally landed
They found a planet with perfect survival conditions
A lower lifeform called humans
Considered them as gods
From somewhere out of space

[A WAR OF THE WORLDS LIKE ACCOUSTIC PICTURE OF AN ALIEN FLEET ABOVE THE EARTH. NO GUITARS ON THIS ONE, ONLY BASSES.]

7. Valley Of The Kings

[Music & Lyrics: Hansen]

Father can you hear me, did you talk to mother earth
What did they say, what did they see, now ... is time for your rebirth ?

Open up the silent center of your mind,
I now want to know the future of your kind

In the valley of the kings, when the storm breaks loose again
Then the gods return to fight, for the future in their lives
In the valley of the kings

Oh mother do you hear me, did you talk to father moon
I don't want to leave my brothers in this temple of their doom

Open up the silent center of your mind,
I now want to know the future of your kind

In the valley of the kings, when the storms break loose again
Then the gods will spread their wings, in the valley of the kings

Ra vvite, deus sanktus, ra vite
Ra vite, revertate, ra vite

[ Solos: Kai / Both / Kai / Henjo ]

Oh mother earth do you believe there is a place for us to go
Come set us free again and let us fly away and give us hope

There'll be a time for us to fly to our thrones up in the sky

In the valley of the kings, when the storm breaks loose again
Then the gods will spread their wings, in the valley of the kings

[ABOUT THE THOUGHT, THAT ANCIENT GODS WERE VISITORS FROM SOMEWHERE IN THE GALAXY, PUTTING THEIR CHILDREN INTO SOME KIND OF DEEP FREEZE SLEEP, AFTER IMPLANTING THE BASIS FOR OUR HUMAN INTELLIGENCE INTO OUR EARLY ANCESTORS. ONE OF THEM AWAKENING IN THESE DAYS, BEING USED TO BE SEEN AS A GOD, TRYING TO GET INFORMATION FROM HIS PARENTS ABOUT WHAT IS GOING ON AND WHAT WILL COME UP NEXT, EXPRESSING THE WILL TO RETURN TO THE OLD STATUS.]

8. Pray

[Music: Schlachter Lyrics: Hansen]

So where we stand again
Like dust on mother earth
And we hide our faces in our dreams

Only emptiness where angels flew - high on golden wings
And the voice of god has vanished now - lost inside our dreams
But the only way to go is heaven

All we can do is pray
In the darkness we stand with the world in our hands
And we pray
For a better tomorrow
We wait

Far beyond the horizon
There's a sound in the sky
The voice of glory I hear a silent cry
When the heroes of yesterday are gone

All we can do is pray
In the darkness we hide and we wait for the light
And we pray
Oh we pray

Let us pray

[ Solo: Kai ]

I've seen the darkside of the moon in my dreams
Now I know it ain't a place to live for us all

All our gods creation is dead and gone
Now we stand like children all alone forever

All we can do is pray
Forever and forever and forever more
For a better tomorrow - we wait

pray
There's a light in the dark
And it shining so bright on our way
Still there is hope on our way
And we pray
Oh, pray

[SOMETIMES, HOPE IS ONLY IN THE UNSEEN]

9. The Winged Horse

[ Music & Lyrics: Henjo Richter ]

In a land, far beyond the sun
Rules the darkness, faceless magician
Black towers which raise into the sky
Castle of tears, shadows passing by

Blood is covering the mighty walls
Of those who lost their skin and bones
No one ever saw the light
Oh, slaves of the night

There's a young man, chained on a stake
Liveless body, he has no strenght to break
His shirt is bloody, his head is hanging down
He's mean to die, the ruler took his crown

The wind howles through the emtiness
A different sound as in the past
Screameng echoes in the lanes
Oh, victims of the pain

The clouds passing by, a hole breaks the sky
Light refract the dark and fills the place
White winged horse, such a powerfull force
Gallops through the sky to break the chains

The winged horse lands by the one
It snorts and stamps, the escape has just begun
The chains are broken, silence fills the place
He backs the horse with his last ounce of strenght

The white horse rears and spreads its wings
To reach the sky and search the kings
The one will lead to win at last
Oh, rulers of the past

The clouds passing by, a hole breaks the sky
Light refract the dark and fills the place
The white winged horse like a powerfull force
Gallops through the sky to free the land

The white horse rears and spreads...

[ Solo: Henjo / Kai / Henjo / Both / Henjo

The kings return, armed with mighty swords
To retake the land and banish evil thoughts
They fight againist the shadows, captured souls of the dark might
Dethrone, the evil ruler to bring the sun to the night.

The battle takes heavy toll
But they achieve what they're fighting for
Now the land is free again
Oh, no more blood and pain

The clouds passing by, a hole breaks the sky
Light refract the dark and fills the place
White winged horse, such a powerful force
Gallops through the sky to free the land

But still at night when darkness rules again
Whispering shadows creeping through the lanes
Evil creatures of the expelled magician
Oh, it's a fight you'll never win

[A TALE IN THE CIRCLE OF OPPRESSION AND RESISTANCE THAT CANNOT BE BROKEN IF YOU FORCE FREEDOM.]

10. Cosmic Chaos

[ Music: Dan Zimmermann ]

[DRUMS FROM OUTER SPACE]

11. Lost In The Future

[ Music: Schlachter, Lyrics: Hansen ]

Atomic fallout scans the sky
Another placve where people die
And with the massive final punch
We left a wound of pain

And now pollutions everywhere
Another death is in the air
A million people left alone
Down in their desperate, blackened homes

Tomorrow there'll be no sun
Hanging up in the sky
Tomorrow all dead and gone
And I wish I could fly

We are lost, in the future, we are lost
In a dream we can't control
No way

So tell me now computer god
Is there a way to leave the quod
On this merciless ride
When someone faces he will die

We plug our lives into machines
And as they're guiding our dreams
We're individually lost
As we are nailed to our cross

Tomorrow there'll be a sun
Hanging up in the sky
Tomorrow I'm dead and gone
Oh I wish that I could fly

We are lost, in the future, we are lost
It's a nightmare, we are lost
In the future, we are lost
In a dream we'll never see

[ Solo: Both / Henjo / Kai / Both ]

All hope is lost, but nothing gained
We're crying again
Is this the end ?

Lost, in the future, we are lost
It's a nightmare, we are lost
In the future, we are lost
In a dream we can't control

We're lost, so lost
We're lost, so lost
We all are lost !

[DOES OUR HIGHSPEED, HIGHTECH DEVELOPMENT REALLY MAKE THINGS BETTER OR EASIER OR ARE WE JUST FORCED TO RUN AND STRUGGLE EVEN MORE ?]

12. Watcher In The Sky

[ Music & Lyrics: Sieck / Hansen ]

I'm watching the mountains I'm watching the sea
Observing the creatures I am lost - set me free
Across the heavens I made my way
I've seen empires rise and blown away

I have arrived at my destiny but after all there's just emptiness in me
Dot in the darkness - I am going mad
Where are the others - there's silence in my head

'Cause I'm watcher in the sky
I've seen universes die
Out in the cold my systems overload
I am lost in time
Watcher in the sky

I'm trapped in this nightmare
Endless tortures and pain, milleniums have gone by
Uhhh, it drives me insane

Who am I now ?
I'm not man - I'm not machine
I gave my life away for the Iron Savior dream

'Cause I'm watcher in the sky ...

[ Solo: Kai ]

[ Piet: ]
Hooked to the circuits of a lifeless, cold machine
Lost in a world of artificial means
Ripped out of my body
I'll stand the rest of time
Am I perpetual ? - am I devine ?

[ Solo: Piet / Kai ]

I'm a watcher in the sky
My soul has drowned in the tears I cannot cry
I'm the watcher the chosen one but I am lost in time
I'm a watcher in the sky I've seen the years go by
I am the chosen one
Out in the cold my systems overload and I am lost in time
Watcher in the sky
Watching the mountains, watching the sea, watching the creatures
You'll never be free
Watcher in the sky

[... PART OF THE IRON SAVIOR STORY TO BE HEARD ON THE ALBUM IRON SAVIOR, ABOUT A ROBOT DEFENSE MACHINE WITH A HUMAN BRAIN BUILT IN ATLANTIS 350,000 YEARS AGO.]

13. Rising Star

[ Music: Schlachter ]

[ THE EARTH IN THE YOUNGEST DAYS, AND THE NAME OF A HUGE SPACESHIP BUILT BY A RACE FROM A VERY DISTANT PLANET WHERE SURVIVAL BECAME IMPOSSIBLE DUE TO THE NON-CONCIOUS MISTREATMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT.]

14. Shine On

[Music: Schlachter, Lyrics: Hansen]

We drive, we drive, we're riding on through the universe
We've come to reach our destination planet earth
We come, we run, oyu cannot see us, flying in our spaceships, shooting cross the sky
We explore and we all know what this is about for us all

So many light years we have travelled far from home
Someday we'll be there I know

Shine on rising star
We travelled such a long way
But still you seem so far
Shine on, Rising star for our belief in unity at heart
Rising Star
Come on and shine

Living was torture and dying release
A declining world, no future, no hope
We were passing the point of no return

So many light years, still we travel on and on
And someday we will call you home

Shine on, Rising Star
Diamond in the distance, still you seem so far
Shine on, Rising Star
Forever light the darkness in our hearts
Rising Star, Rising Star

Salvation,
Damnation
We crawl across the sky with pain
Forever we will fly

Out in the darkness
There's a never ending light

[ Solo: Both ]

Still we are far away
But we'll be there one day
Someday we will call you home

Shine on, Rising Star
We travelled such a long way but still you seem so far
Shine on, Rising Star
Forever light the darkness in our hearts
Rising Star, Rising Star

Shadows in the darkness, so far away from home
Standing all alone, noone there beside me
Shadows all around, so far away from home
I know I'm not alone, It seems we're lost in space and time
Shine on
Shine on now, and warm the tears we've shed through years
It's our prison, final reason for the freedom and the glory that we feel
Are you for real ?

Shine on, Rising Star
Diamond in the distance
Still you seem so far
Shine on, Rising Star
Forever light the darkness in our hearts
Rising Star, Rising Star
Shine on, Rising Star
Come on and shine for us
Shine on, shine forever more
Shine on,
Our survival
Rising Star, the last chance for us all
The only hope for our future and a home
For us all
For us all
Come on and shine, Rising Star

[ALL HOPES FOR THE SURVIVAL OF THE RACE ARE PUT INTO A VOYAGE TO A DISTANT PLANET THEY CALLED EARTH, THAT HAS JUST BEEN BORN. THE VOYAGE WILL LAST THROUGH MANY GENERATIONS, SO WHEN FINALLY THEY WILL ARRIVE, EARTH WILL PROVIDE PERFECT CONDITIONS.]

15. Return To Fantasy

[bonus track]

[Music & Lyrics: Hensley / Byron]

Searching every day, looking every way
Trying to make a connection, to find a piece of the action
Like a hungry poet, who doesn't know
He is close to perfection, choice is the question

Moonlight night after moonlight night
Side by side they will see us ride
VBut if they cared to look, than they would see
It's our return to fantasy, fantasy, fantasy
Fantasy, fantasy, fantasy

Can you understand, that in every man
There's a need to unwind, that's never been defind
Somewhere deep within, there's another bveing
You are somehow avbusing, by the person you're using

Moonlight night after moonlight night
Side vby side they will see us ride
But if they cvared to look, than they would see
It's our return to fantasy, fantasy, fantasy
Fantasy, fantasy, fantasy

Travvelling faster than lightning
Closer than ever before
We can go on for you, and take you nearer to
The legend of mystery from the beginning of time
Dreaming... TIME... Dreaming
We can return to the land of the good and the kind
TIME... Dreaming... TIME... Dreaming
Why don't you come to our party and open your minds

In another place, there's a newer face
Like an unfinished painting, your creator is waiting
The brush and pen describe, what it is inside
That will set your mind thinking, while the others are sinking

Moonlight night after moonlight night
Side by, side they will se us ride
But if they cared to look, than they would see
It's just our return to fantasy, fantasy, fantasy, oh yeah
Fantasy, fantasy, fantasy

[ONE OF THE BEST HEEP SONGS COVERED BY GAMMA RAY]

Gamma Ray are:
KAI HANSEN: Vocals, guitars
DIRK SCHLACHTER: Electric 4 or 5-string bass guitar
HENJO RICHTER: Guitars, keyboards
DAN ZIMMERMANN: Drums

Guest musicians:
PIET SIELCK (add vocals, guitars left side on "Watcher In The Sky")
THOMEN STAUCH (drums on "Watcher In The Sky")

HAMBURG, JUNE 25TH, 10:30 PM, IN THE STUDIO:

SO HERE WE ARE, JUST ABOUT TO FINISH ANOTHER GAMMA RAY ALBUM.
IT'S BEEN A LONG PRODUCTIONAND WE WON'T BE ABLE TO LISTEN TO
THE WHOLE ALBUM IN A ROW 'CAUSE WE ARE GOING TO BRAZIL AND ARGENTINA
ON JULY 2ND AND STILL THERE ARE 7 TRACKS TO BE MIXED AND
ON TWO THREE ARE BITS AND PIECES TO BE RECORDED.
WE'VE GOT NO CHANCE THAN LEAVING THE FINALISTATION (MIX, ARTWORK,
LAYOUT OF THE BOOKLET, MASTERING ETC.) TO PEOPLE WE PUT OUR TRUST
IN TO MAKE IT A GOOD ALBUM. CONCERNING THE MUSIC, I HAVE THE
FEELING THAT WE HAVE DONE A GOOD JOB. I LIKE THE ALBUM AND I
HOPE YOU ALSO WILL. CHEERS .
- KAI HANSEN.

(p) 1997 Modern Music Records
(c) 1997 Edition Metro/Future World except "Return To Fantasy" EMI Music

Internet=http://www.noiserecords.com * E-Mail=noise *
* Hotline: + 49 - (0)30 265 0 265

Head Office: Modern Music Records GmbH * P.O. Box 11 02 26 * 10832 Berlin

All songs arranged by GAMMA RAY

Produced by HANSEN / SCHLACHTER

Recorded & Mixed at HANSEN STUDIO, Hamburg
March - June 1997

Mixed by CHARLIE BAUERFEIND

except Traks 4, 7, 9
Mixed by HANSEN / SCHLACHTER

Mastered at H.A.M. AUDIO by RALF LINDNER

Cover by: KRISTIAN HUITULA

Art work by: KIRSTI L¸DING, MAREN KUMPE

Dirk uses:
Boewe-, Hoyer-, Fender-, Squier-,
Rickenbacker-, Yamaha- and Steinberger Basses;
ESP-Guitars; Hughes and Kettner-, Engl-, Marshall-, Sovtek-,
and Reuâenzehn amps

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LET'S KEEP OUR MUSIC STRONG !

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