Axel Rudi Pell - 1998
"Oceans Of Time"
Track List:
 1. Slaves Of Twilight
 2. Pay The Price
 3. Carousel
 4. Ashes From The Oath
 5. Ride The Rainbow
 6. The Gates Of The Seven Seals
 7. Oceans Of Time
 8. Prelude To The Moon
 9. Living On The Wildside
10. Holy Creatures

Line-up:
Axel Rudi Pell: guitars
Johnny Gioeli: vocals
Ferdy Doernberg: keyboards
Volker Krawczak: bass
Jorg Michael: drums

1. Slaves Of Twilight
(Instrumental)


2. Pay The Price
++++++++++++++++
Struck down, time is late, thought we could rule the Earth
Can't get away of all those promises
Moving through the holy land we're lost in the curse
No matter how we could get out of this

Shots in the dark ringing in my head
Fear of the night's running through my veins
The lords of twilight disturbing my brain
Another night of slavery will drive me insane

They come from behind
Stealing your mind
Tearing your soul apart
There's no place to hide
And you realize
They'll rip out your heart

(Oh oh oh oh)
(Oh oh oh oh)
(Oh oh oh oh)
We pay the price for love
(Oh oh oh oh)
(Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh)
We pay the price for love
(Oh oh oh oh)
(Oh oh oh oh)
(Oh oh oh oh)
We pay the price for love
(Oh oh oh oh)
(Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh)
We pay the price
For
Love

On and on we sailed away we're running through the night
Heading for the end straight into nowhere
Destination paralyzed shockwaves in the air
Can't get along we're running in despair


3. Carousel
+++++++++++
We saw the wonderworld
Of all the wild wild horses
Flying around
Like an eagle in the sky
But we had been told
Of the danger of burning roses
Longing for you
And they're never asking why

Don't touch the flame
Run through the fire
Calling your name
We're flying higher
To the edge of the world

Carousel
Of broken dreams
Turning around in a circle
Carousel
You know what it means
Making a fool out of me

Far out in the distance
There was a place we once called home
Lost forever
Filled with emptiness and moan
The rising force of evil
Broke the chains of destination
Hard to believe
But there will be no recreation


4. Ashes From The Oath
++++++++++++++++++++++
Silent night
We saw the rainbow in the sky
Filled with hope, ready to cry
Roaring thunder
And the moon was passing by
Crack in the wall, light in the sky

Early morning
And the strangers sailed away
We don't want another day
We looked for truth
For the reasons of our fate
All reply we got was hate yeiyeah

The black light's calling
And the moon eclipsed the sun
Endless dreams nowhere to run
We tried to get out
We're lost under the gun
In the chance waiting for dawn

Burning candles
The smoke filled up the air
We called the fire, to help us there
Kings and queens
The illusions of our dreams
Surrounded by the fear
That the end is coming near

All we need is the answer
From the lost world of home
And we pray till the morning
On the ashes from the oath
The ashes from the oath

Early morning
The strangers sailed away
We don't want another day
We looked for truth
For the reasons of our fate
The only reply we got was hate

And we search for tomorrow
For our lives and our sins
And our praying still goes on and on
On the ashes from the oath
The ashes from the oath


5. Ride The Rainbow
+++++++++++++++++++
We're riding through the times
Danger in the air
Lock up the wolves
Don't trust those promises
The tower's passing by
The devil's in despair
Break down the walls
Somewhere or nowhere

We're riding the wind
We're riding through eternity
We're living in sin
They opened the gates for you and me
For you and me

We ride the rainbow
We touch the sky
We ride the rainbow
We don't ask why

Northern lights are shining and
We are left on our own
We'd broke the crystal ball
With blood, fire and stone
The cross of heaven and hell
Was burning, lost and gone
Tearing the souls apart
And never seen again


6. The Gates Of The Seven Seals
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Out there in the distance
The lightning strikes the Earth
Full moon is rising
The thunder hits the world
We're so close to the edge of our life
Running high and low
Trying to survive

We're running 'round in circles
To find out of the cave
Another day
And this will be our grave
We heard the tolling
Of the backdoor gates of hell
Trying to search
For the key from the spell

The ending is near
There's not enough time
Time to survive
We're lost
Lost in a world
Building it's own
Sacrifice
There was no place to hide

Beyond the gates
Of the seven seals
Beyond the gates
They cry for you and me
Beyond the gates
Of the seven seals
Beyond the gates
Another world
Beyond the gates
Of the seven seals
Beyond the gates
They cry for you and me
Beyond the gates
Of the seven seals
Beyond the gates
Another world

The thunder, the smash
The cracks between the walls
The black moon pyramid once filled with magic, now it's gone
Can we remember
The wizard of eternity
Fighting the evil
Break out to be free


7. Oceans Of Time
+++++++++++++++++
I see you turning
Turning away
And we're ready to leave
To the bridges of sin yeah

Seven wonders
We are ready to fly
Like an eagle
We're touching the sky

We sailed across the ocean
On the wind of the sea
We're sailing on the oceans of time
We're moving through the twilight
Passed the black moon on our way
We're sailing on the oceans of time

As the sun fades to dark light we knew
There was no way to return

All the stars were passing by
We're riding through the sky
On our endless journey through space

The dust turned to stone
And the black moon touched the dawn
As we tried to get out
Of this world of burning fear


8. Prelude To The Moon
(Opus #3 Menuetto Prelugio)
(Instrumental)


9. Living On The Wildside
+++++++++++++++++++++++++
It was early in the morning
The sun rises in the sky
The place you'd filled is empty
I don't understand why

The memories are coming
All slowly on my mind
We searched for hope and glory
For the things we couldn't find

Remember the feelings we had all in the past
They're gone forever, didn't know that it won't last

Living in the wildside
On the ashes of love
Living in the wildside
On the ashes of love
Living in the wildside
On the ashes of love
Living in the wildside
We didn't know it wouldn't last

Now that you're gone away
The fireplace's so cold
And I don't remember
The stories that have been told

And there's no turning back
From the locked doors of our hearts
We're stone cold crazy
Our love is been apart


10. Holy Creatures
++++++++++++++++++
The evil wolfs in the dark are howling again
I wish that I could sleep every now and then
The moon is shining in, in my face so bright
In this neverending storyteller's night

It was not worth to remember
Left all alone in the cold
We never give up, no surrender
But our souls have been sold

Holy creatures
Coming out of the dark
Twisting around in the night
Holy creatures
Riding the spark
Hiding in unholy light
Holy creatures
Coming out of the dark
Twisting around in the night
Holy creatures
Riding the spark
Hiding in unholy light yeah

The hunting in my darkest hour still goes on and on
Evil faces smiling bright appearing from dusk until dawn
The earls of darkness bringing torture slaughter and pain
I tried to stay awake but that was in vain