Axel Rudi Pell - 2000
"The Masquerade Ball"
Track List:
 1. The Arrival
 2. Earls Of Black
 3. Voodoo Nights
 4. Night And Rain
 5. The Masquerade Ball
 6. Tear Down The Walls
 7. The Line
 8. Hot Wheels
 9. The Temple Of The Holy
10. July Morning

Line-up:
Axel Rudi Pell: guitars
Johnny Gioeli: vocals
Mike Terrana: drums
Volker Krawzcak: bass
Ferdy Doernberg: keyboards

1. The Arrival
(Instrumental)


2. Earls Of Black
+++++++++++++++++
A long time ago there was a cloud over heaven
Filled with evil and snow
It came from the place where voices were calling
A long long time to go
Fire and water, the wind and the rain
Silence is filling the air
Blessed by the dark, the master is calling
You better be aware

But the blind leading the blind
Any fool can hear the chime
When the reaper cries
The spell is gone
You're on a magical ride
But the blind leading the blind
Any fool can hear the chime
When the reaper cries
The spell is gone
You're on a magical ride

Earls of black
Flying high
Coming through the darkened sky
Earls of black
And they feel no surrender
Earls of black
Coming through the darkened sky
Earls of black
And they feel no surrender
Earls of black

Castles and kings
Demons with wings
Only the strong will survive
Don't turn your back on the light
The evil's in disguise
Crystal light falling down from the sky
Is there a place where it's burning
Oh, they say, it's a mistery
No chance of returning


3. Voodoo Nights
++++++++++++++++
Don't turn around
I got you under my spell
And never touch a rainbow
Don't turn around
Life's so bad down in hell
Can you feel the hot wind blow

Wild child
You live for the moment
No heading for tomorrow
You're hell on high heels
This game you can't win
But you still don't know

Backseat rodeo
Can't let you go
Romancing romeo
I don't put on a show

Voodoo nights
Don't try to remember
Voodoo nights
Escape from the dream
Voodoo nights
No time to surrender
Living for the sin
Live for the sin

You're cold as ice
And bad to the bones
Just looking for satisfaction
But I'm no fool
So don't break the rule
Of this strange connection

Moving on and rolling the dice
Our hearts beating like thunder
There's nothing to lose
Drinking champaigne on ice
Feeling "voodoo" down under


4. Night And Rain
+++++++++++++++++
On my way
And the rain was falling down
There were faces in the mirror

Too blind to see
There were crying out for me
From the distance, it gave me shiver

Will there be a tomorrow
I'm losing my mind
Full of sorrow

Night and rain
They were calling you
Night and rain
Breaking the spell
Night and rain
Hear they're calling you
Night and rain
Lucifer's opening hell

We are the innocent
Hunted by the mystic force
The dragonlords are rising from the darkness

Touching your skin
This game we will never win
The unbroken will turned into sadness


5. The Masquerade Ball
++++++++++++++++++++++
See the sun over the rainbow
And the rain comes falling down
Holy nights
The spirit of the temple
The appeared to take the crown
Evil shadows
Were passing through the air
No one knows if he is there

The bell strikes midnight
And the mist begins to rise
The master's calling your name
Soul to soul
The last light of eternity
Lost fools for the game
Winged assasin
With power and his grace
The evil force
Arisen from the grave

It's the masquerade ball
See the wizards fly
There is no tomorrow
On the other side
The masquerade ball
Climb up to the stars
Through the winds of wonder
Evil's in despair
The masquerade ball

Dark shadows on the moon
The sun had turned to black
Evil eyes are ready to attack
Dust to dust, the mist was fading
The earls have just arrived
Who ever knows who will survive

Get away
From the demon dance
And lock all the doors
No place for the holy
This midnight romance
No prayers on the floor

On and on they sailed away
With fire in their eyes
The burning heat began to rise
Eye to eye with broken chains
They left the house of black (black black)
Escaping from final attack


6. Tear Down The Walls
++++++++++++++++++++++
Are we hypnotised
Seeing shadows in the air
The world of lost horizons
The devil's in despair

Are we strong enough
To climb up to the sky
The wizard of the holy
Is strong enough to fly

The moon was rising
With his power shining bright
The heat from down under
From the curse that wasn't right
Not right

Tear down the walls
As the moon eclipsed the sun
Tear down the walls
The temple's left undone
Tear down the walls
The lonely on the run
Tear down the walls
The lightning strikes the sun
Tear down the walls

Can we open our ears
And hear the voices are calling
They're calling out your name
It's not the end of the game

Are we fools enough
To cut the edge of the rainbow
We're running out of time
Are we evil or divine


7. The Line
+++++++++++
Alone at night
In the cold and windy city
When the candle fades away

Another morning
And the sun's shining pretty
You can watch the children play

But there's a hole in the sky
And it cries for you and I
And we can't find the reason for calling
There's a new place to see
Another world for you and me
And one can hear the bell which will be tolling
Tolling

They crossed the line
See the light, it shines
They crossed the line
Heaven or hell, who will decide

What's coming after
The curse of wrath and agony, oh lord
Please help us find our way

We tried to get out
Of the last light of eternity
But we couldn't get away

There's a hole in the sky
And it cries for you and I
But we can't find the reason for dreaming
There's a new place to see
Another world for you and me
And one can hear the bell which will be tolling


8. Hot Wheels
+++++++++++++
They're riding on since '72
All their life on the freeway
They have no fear for nothing at all
They're always doing it their way

Flying with the wind
Chromed steel and dressed in leather
Live to ride, ride to live
Too wild to be tamed forever
Yeah

Hot wheels
Riding on the highway
Hot wheels
Coloured riders of the storm
Hot wheels
Always doing their way
Hot wheels
No break from dusk till dawn
Hot wheels

All for one and one for all
The engine roars like thunder
The bike's filled up with gasoline
Exploding with it's power


9. The Temple Of The Holy
+++++++++++++++++++++++++
Gone with the wind
And home is far away from me
There's not one way to see

Haunted by ghost
The evil force of mystery
No way out for you and me

The end of the time
They're the end of the line
They're searching for the stars they couldn't find
The end of the time
They're the end of the line
They're searching for the stars they couldn't find

Oh
How much longer will they pay
For the sins of yesterday
With their flesh and their bone
From dusk until dawn
They are searching for the temple of the holy
Fading and gone
On the wings of the storm
Finding shelter in the temple of the holy

Don't touch the magic wall
The sign of the crystal ball
See their faces in the mirror

They're the legions of the damned
From an unholy land
Bringing fear and reign of terror


10. July Morning
(Written by Uriah Heep)
++++++++++++++++
There I was on a July morning
I was looking for love
With the strength of a new day dawning
And the beautiful sun
At the sound of the first bird singing
I was leaving for home
With the storm and the night behind me
And a road of my own

With the day
Came the resolution
I'll be looking for you

I was looking for love in the strangest places
There wasn't a stone that I left unturned
I must have tried more than a thousand faces
But not one was aware of the fire that burned

In my heart
In my mind
In my soul