LINE UP:
Tobias Sammet (Voce)
Jens Ludwig (Chitarra)
Dirk Sauer (Chitarra)
Tobias Exxel (Basso)
Felix Bohnke (Batteria)
Mandrake (2001)
1. Tears Of A Mandrake
2. Golden Dawn
3. Jerusalem
4. All The Clowns
5. Nailed To The Wheel
6. The Pharaoh
7. Wash Away The Poison
8. Fallen Angels
9. Painting On The Wall
10. Save Us Now
11. The Devil And The Savant *
* = bonus track
TESTI:
Gaze
at the leaving clairvoyant
Predicting
inovasions and pain
A
child can see trough the stranger
The
watcher's eye , the noble liar
It's
time for the merchant, and his help for sale
Blades
to cut wicked flesh
On
a merchantman he counts his money
Then
he sales away
The
sea he'll cruise blood and fire
Oh
father i can't see a lane
They
make you a pawn in a game
For
we are all deaf, dumb and blind
Chorus:
After
the storm when the magic has gone
Drown
in the tears of a mandrake
Pawn
in the game, invisible chains
Try
to move, you'll feeel as the graze
After
the storm when the magic has gone
Drown
in the tears of a mandrake
Fading
away, the final decay
Try
to move, break out from your chains
When
you're of to the hall of the serpent
See
the synic who's counting his gold
While
gun runners, priests and clairvoyants
Are
dancing around the rising demon
You
are taught to eat up all the crap they shit
Parading
your nuts on a silver plate
Kill
your brother by the blade they sell
For
you don't unite
They
reap your bondage sowing evil
There's
no use to tell what i've seen
they
know how to make you belive
Just
what they want you to know
Chorus:
After
the storm when the magic has gone
Drown
in the tears of a mandrake
Pawn
in the game, invisible chains
Try
to move, you'll feel as the graze
After
the storm when the magic has gone
Drown
in the tears of a mandrake
Fading
away, the final decay
Try
to move, break out from your chains
Tears
of mandrake - yeah
Chorus:
After
the storm when the magic has gone
Drown
in the tears of a mandrake
Pawn
in the game, invisible chains
Try
to move, you'll feeel as the graze
After
the storm when the magic has gone
Drown
in the tears of a mandrake
Fading
away, the final decay
Try
to move, break out from your chain
Chorus:
After
the storm when the magic has gone
Drown
in the tears of a mandrake
Pawn
in the game, invisible chains
Try
to move, you'll feeel as the graze
After
the storm when the magic has gone
Drown
in the tears of a mandrake
Fading
away, the final decay
Try to move, break out from your chain
He
was born into this world
Living
love but he got hurt
And
he sighed when he beheld
The
bleeding lamb
Blood
and tears drip on the ground
Dung
the olives on the mount
Love
is crucified, made way
For
the greed of man
There's
no way out of here
No
we don't, don't wanna take it no more
No
we don't, don't wanna wait forever
[Chorus]
Golden
dawn, a new age has begun
Golden
dawn, in every single one
Don't
you run away, don't say it's all too late
Start
to ring in the age... The golden dawn
Killing
brothers, sick ideals
TV-Show
lie and reveal
Poor
philistine reasons why
to
hate a man
It's
so easy to give in
do
your dirty trick and win
Join
those lemmings to the shore
and
fly but then
Don't
complain if you'll drown in the end
Kill
to eat, when you're the final one
There's
no one to compete
Then
find the time to think of a...
[Chorus]
Golden
dawn, a new age has begun
Golden
dawn, in every single one
Don't
you run away, don't say it's all too late
Start to ring in the age... The golden dawn
Cold
in the wind, starless the night
Rain
pouring down when the last one arrives
So
many stories telling of pain
Are
told by the freaks they've been throwing away
Ride
out, set off to the sea
Odd
fellows, you and me
Sail
on to a world far away
That
might not exist, we must be insane
Torn
and feathered
Put
in the pillory my friend
Accused
as a fool marching on
In
quest for a place they don't know
To
Jerusalem
The
piper inside, can't you feel him calling
You
don't be afraid of the horizon
To
Jerusalem
Don't
you give in to their fingers pointing
So
don't be afraid, you won't crash at the horizon
The
dwarf and the giant, children who stray
The
dreamer who's walking far off their way
A
jester cast out, he can't laugh anymore
Here
comes the freakshow... Welcome on aboard
Torn
and feathered
They'll
never get what you say
Kill
what they don't understand
Don't
know and don't even try
When
you're walking down the empty road
Feel
like creeping, crawling, cold and bare
And
you're afraid of Mistery Scary-face
Don't
turn around since you may find him there
A
fire of hope has turned into smoke,
The
child to a man
It's
nothing but grey painting your way
And
no one could ever tell...
(Refrão)
Tell
me why all the clowns have gone
Tell
me where did they run
Just
when I close my eyes I can see them arise
Fool
tell me where did you go
Foll
tell me why did you go away, all the clowns
On
and on, tomorrow's yesterday
No
more tears allowed, you'll stand your pain
The child inside will die for libery
Hope
you don't mind that they will nail a frame
A spark of a 'no'
Rebellion and hope
The fire of life
I don't mind if you blame
Don't feel ashamed
Still I know them well
[repeat chorus]
[solo: Both / Jens]
[repeat chorus]
Oh, all the clowns...
Good
intentions pave the way of the human child
Heading
for the fork as you walk the path of life
A
spell cast from the hiding woods, don't you close your eyes
The
snake is waiting anytime to penetrate your mind
Don't
you hear voices whispering, incline to walk down
Don't
you see the shadow on the wall, angel eyes... the one cast out to fall
Calling
me to look up to the sky we follow but we never know oh why
A
vision revealing a child down where I've sure never been
An
angel who's touching the flame, oh the angel is me
(Refrão)
Nailed,
nailed to the wheel - Nailed, let the cut run deep
Nailed,
nailed to the wheel - Nailed, I said go - let bleed!
Go,
- let bleed!
Feel
it crawl, feel the magic coming over like a daze
Welcome
as the poison for the cornered snake
Taste
of sin, bitter sweet, never, never let us go
But
never, never, never is a price we'd pay to grow
They
call it original sin, some call it divine
The
moment the evil appeared... the chance to decide
From
children in cradles to hangmen who smile
Lick
up the blood from the blade of your knife
Walk
the stairway, leading down, ride on fire, take the crown
Your
mind could be strong but your flesh will be mine
He's
offering those kingdoms, they all could be thine
Rising
powers, tempting gold, but at what price would it be sold?
It's all up to you...
From
the cradle of silence and of light
It
took a birth in human blood - angels cry -
To
the ages of violence and of hate
To
explore the left hand path I came alive
Into
my striding, the shell of a god in the cold
My
soul is just hiding, my spirit haunting on to control
(Refrão)
Flame
of the Nile, fire in the darkness
To
swallow the light
Behold
the ghost of a god
God
from the Nile, eternally roaming
To
swallow the light
Behold
the spirit of a pharaoh,
Pharaoh,
pharaoh, no!
To
the world of spirits he's sailling on and on
Why
magician don't you feel they broke the seal
Cyril's
facing the tyrant everywhere
Far
away from his grave, Seth is free
Roaming
through ages
Begetting
advice for your kings, yow...
Leading
the stages
Of
history that's bound to my strings, no, no, no...
Don't
you see that it's coming, it's near
The
wise man screamed in the noble chamber
Just
a parrot in a rich man's cage
He's
a jester on the count
The
wise man died and the seance went on
And
the red one reigned in the noble chamber
In
dreams of a masterplan
For
a billion parrots in a big cage
Afraid
of the eyes that shine in the darkness
You
don't realize, afraid in the haze
You
point at the man that grins in your nightmare
And
don't realize the mirror you gaze into
You
don't wanna see the spirits behind sceneries
I
guide your away I make you stay alive
My
servants taught you know how to survive
The
way of light is food for your soul
But
it's your belly that's taken control
No
guiding light would shine anymore
It's
just the red god replacing the core
He'll
rise again to open up the gate
We
have to learn for our future, our fate...
The
ghost of a god...
Slave
to the pyramid...
Here
alone now I'm staring at the sea
Behind the far horizon
Is there a better place for me?
Afraid to drown, afraid to dive
Scared by fears and the hot sunlight, yeah
And I dance in the rain, dive in the pool of life
Wash away the poison
And I dance through this pain, my body in a starless night
To wash away the poison from my soul, turn it to gold
Between the devil and the deep sea
I don't know how to carry on
I only feel that inner force that's pushing me along
The tides of life bring clarity for my tumbling mind
I'll dive to see, set me free
[repeat chorus]
[solo: Both]
[repeat chorus]
Fallen
Angels
Sun
going down, she opens her eyes
It's dark in the belfry and cold
Whispers of rain, wind in the sky
So long it's been all she's been told
Dream child, you're all alone
Roaming though the night
Scream child, lost and ashamed
For all the tears you cry
You're a child in sadness
A chessboard nightmare to go
Hear that silent symphony
Calling you up to the shore and you'll see us
As we sail away, moonstruck and astray
We're fallen angels
We're the scary tale to scare your mind away
From fallen angels
[solo: Both]
So many days wasted in haze
You're free, oh so free on their strings
Illusions of life, they say you can fly
They laugh and they cut off your wings
Night child, they give you steel
And make you believe that it's gold
Lies child, all that you're told
Is just what you shall know
When they 'know' we are evil
We're strangers
And danger and fire,
The dark and the light
We are eyes in the night
Lost souls' they curse
For we've found it inside - oh
[repeat chorus]
[solo: Jens]
Ohhh, yeah...
[solo: Jens/Both]
When they say you're a fossil
When their eyes nail you to the cross
Take their curse and join our way
Welcome my friend on the ship of the damned - oh
[repeat chorus]
Painting
On The Wall
Strong
on your feet, you were blinded
Building up a towar on shaking ground
Once in a world full of colors
Back to see just ruins there to be found
And now you're falling, crawling
Diggin in the broken remains
Of what had to be taken for strong
Slowly it's been fading away
Come into the painting on the wall
So the joker smiles
Come into the painting on the wall
No more crying
Illusions let you in from the rain
Follow Mr. Hopkins, get insane
Stories are told - wanna hear him
Talking from the picture to your head
Follow the call of a puppet
Led into a black room painted red
Where life is painless, brainless
You don't think of broken remains
Of what had to be taken for strong
Slowly it's been fading away
[repeat chorus]
[solo: Jens]
Look at the picture
Point at the child there on the floor
Realize that it's a looking glass
[repeat chorus]
The
sound of explosions, the children awake
The
turn of the tide acts up, the ground it starts to quake
A
pile of dented steel, in fear I realize
Behind
the shuttle's windshield two evil shinig eyes
Highspeed
alien drum bunny - Highspeed alien drum bunny
Handcuffed
they take the stranded straight into their lab
Examine
him, his DNA, what you give is what you will get
He
takes his magic carrow, a bang and drums appear
He
starts to play like thunder, mandkind flee to save your hearing
Highspeed
alien drum bunny - Highspeed alien drum bunny
Save
us now, somebody - Save us now, someone
From
highspeed A.D.B.
Save
us now, somebody - Save us now, someone
From
highspeed A.D.B.
Bum
Bum Bunny B., life is a drag I can tell
But
let me count to four and then you play the roll of hell
One,
two, one, two, three, four...
[hoplle-roll
of hopple-hell bu the protagonist]
[solo:
Both/Jens]
Highspeed
alien drum bunny - Highspeed alien drum bunny
Hi
fish, alien drum bunny - Hasi, alien drum bunny
[repeat
chorus]
[Anonymous
protagonist encouraging the cheering masses:]
This
is alien drum bunnies' revenge - Resistance is futile!!!
MANDRAKE