@ARTIST: Blind Guardian - 1993
@ALBUM.: Tokyo Tales
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BANISH FROM SANCTUARY

In deserts I was preaching
the hand of god was with me
baptized with water and I praised
the one who came behind me
to save us all with the holy ghost
- a prophet of the fools I've been 
lost

I'm sure you're there wandering around
but do you care for me
I'm alone
you talk of love not for me
in my dungeon cold I could think about
all the things you've said
but I can't understand you famous son
(Lead: André)

I left the way of heaven
or did you lead me from it

Ref.:
No No turning back
I'm banished from Sanctuary
the darkness in me 
is filling me with pain
there's no way to turn back for eternity

In shadows I'm walking
and caught in loneliness
deliverance I wait for but how long?
are you the one who should come
show me the light in you
or should we wait for someone?
Another!

Ref.: No...
(Solo: André / Lead: Marcus / André)

Your reich should come to this world
your way smoothed by my blood, friend
my might will decrease but you'll get
high, yes so much higher
be careful of the rats, friend
cause they'll never sleep
before they catch you, too

The blind can see the sun
cripples walk alone
the deaf can hear my words
they believe just believe
they believe in me
Look! The signs are near
to perform my task 
to perform my way
to perform the way I walked
the way of the crucifix
(Lead: André)

I hear the hangman coming
I wait for execution

Ref.: No...

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JOURNEY THROUGH THE DARK

Many songs I've written
About the things I saw
My inner soul's a wasteland
I can't run away from here
Try to find them
All the lost thoughts in my mind
I woke up on a hill
So many times before
Yesterday seems like a dream no more
Frozen memories laughing
They don't let me find the truth
Am I born to be a king
Or a jester of the fools

Ref.:
You're the mystical old bard
on your journey through the dark
Mystical old bard
Your journey through the dark

I can't remember my name
I never knew how to find my home
I can't remember my name
come tell me where will it end
I'm the chosen one
To perform all these things
But not for me
In illusions and reality
I'm on my journey through the dark
I'm on my journey through the dark

Ref.

(Solo)

I can't remember
Will I ever find myself
The distance is growing
My hope has gone away
A flash of light but nothing changes
When will it end
Which part of me remains

Soon I'll be back
On my ferryboat of tales
Where oblivion reigns
It will take all of me

Ref.

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TRAVELER IN TIME

The Morning Sun of Dune
The Morning Sun of Dune
(lead: André)
The holy war's
waiting for
the morning sun (3x)
The morning sun of Dune
there's no tomorrow
the apparation of this land and it's dream
makes me feel I've seen it before
I can taste there's life
everywhere you can find
in the desert of my life
I see it again and again
(lead: André)

And again, again, again, again
dark tales has brought the Dijahd
like whispering echos in the wind
and I'm a million miles from home

Ref.: Traveler in Time
knowing that there's no rhyme
(lead: André)

The morning sun is near
first light of dawn is here
the morning sun is near again
The Fremen sing that
their kingdom will come
and I'm the leading one
battlefields on our crusade
filled with Sardokaurs
killing machines crying
in raising fear they're hiding
Where do we go now?
So where is the way?
When I'm a million miles from home

Ref.: Traveler in Time
knowing that there's no rhyme
(solo: André)
 
The morning sun I feel
all pain and sorrow
the apparation of my words in these days
makes me feel I've told them before
all my plans will come true
I'll controll destiny
in the desert of my life
I've seen it again and again
(lead: André)

By my dreams I must find a way
to stop the raging war
I've to choose now
I will leave
my body and seek
and time will stand still
when I've to leave
my body and find
a way back to the world I love
when I'm a million miles from home
 
Ref.: Traveler in Time
knowing that there's no rhyme
(solo: André)

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THE QUEST FOR TANELORN

By the ruins he stands
And he's waiting for me
To enter Tanelorn
His paths seems strange
But they're always planned
Seldom he succeeds
About his own fate

He tries to conquer it
Again and again
But at last he's almost
A ruined man
Not a king or God
Who's searching for
A place called Tanelorn
Far beyond your dreams

Ref.:
On our quest for Tanelorn
We lose our way
On our quest for Tanelorn

He's waiting 
He's waiting for me
He's waiting
He's waiting for me

[Spiritus sanctus - vita aeterna]

Darkness falling down on me
Darkness - The eternal battle rises

I know the answers
Although they don't exist
I'm just a mortal illusion

Ref.

(Solo)

So I'm his companion
Through space and through time
His eternal servant
He's calling me 
So I must leave
To any life
To another world
Far beyond Your dreams

To know the truth
Just for a while
He's longing for a place
Where he can find himself
Deliverance
It could be everywhere
How can he find
He's waiting for me
And for Your Tanelorn

Ref.:
On our quest for Tanelorn
We lose our way
On our quest for Tanelorn
We lose our way
On our quest for Tanelorn
We lose our way
On our quest for Tanelorn
We're left alone

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GOODBYE MY FRIEND

Who can tell me who I am
who I am my friend
I'm an Alien so they say
a risk to everyone

NO - Tell me what do they see
NO - Tell me what do they feel
NO - Tell me what do they fear
NO - Tell me what do they see
I'm a dwarf but I know more than You
and I'm the key to a better life
from terror I could escape
but I need your helping hand
so far from home where I'm left alone
Did you hear my crying?
Did you hear my crying?

Ref.: Goodbye my friend
I found you at the end
I say Goodbye to all
Goodbye my friend
thanks for your helping hand
I say Goodbye to all my cries
just say Goodbye
(lead: André)
 
No returning nevermore
No returning nevermore
(lead: André) 

And I'll remember
Communication to you is so strange
you I trust to noone no warmths reach your heart
to you I'm the stranger but you're strange to me
You destruct all what is unknown to you
We are together now
and don't you know I'll come back again
I must go now

Ref.: Goodbye...
(Solo: André) 

I will go home now
I will go home now
much too long I'm forced to stay
in visions I see
so dark and so deep
mankind will destruct all life
See you again I hope I will
see you again at the end?
My tortured soul cannot forget the pain
now I find my way back
I WILL GO HOME NOW
I WILL GO HOME NOW
 
Ref.: Goodbye...
(Solo: André) 

(2nd Scream by Kai)

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TIME WHAT IS TIME

When the moonchild is crying
And silence has broken
The darkest truth

The things she remembered 
Had never been her own
Replicant or human
I know the way to show
What do I see
What will I find
Know the answer inside
It's your last step

Ref.:
Time what is time
I wish I knew how to tell You why
It hurts to know
Aren't we machines
Time what is time
Unlock the door
And see the truth
Then time is time again

Whispering
These dreams were never mine
It's cold inside
It's gone forever
The things he saw
Who can say what's wrong or right
The vision of a free life
His eyes had seen it all
For what
He's asking
The vision, vision, vision
I know it's all a lie
I'll remember his past life
And I'll remember time

What did I see
What have I done
God I knew the answers
When he felt so tired

Ref.:
Time what is time
Come lock the door don't let me in
I am the one Your destiny
Time what is time
Reality - It hurts me so
When time is time again

(Solo)

Look into my eyes
Feel the fear just for a while
I'm a replicant and I love to live
Is it all over now
Only these years
I'll leave but I'm singing

Ref.:
Time what is time
He saw it clearly it's too late
It does not heal but it lets us forget
Time what is time
We'll never know
So don't take care
Then time is time again

Should I forget
The way I feel
God he knows how long I tried
Feel there is no reason to cry
I live my life
In fortune dreams forever

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MAJESTY

Now the time has come for to leave this land
Take my charge with pride sacrifice 

Oooh 

Lead: Andre 

Running and hiding I'm left for the time 
To bring back the order of devine 
Hunted by goblins no Gandalf to help 
With swords in the night 
Oh the last part of the game 
Decision of death and life 
Blood for Sauron they'll call tonight 
The final battle cry 

Lead: Andre 

Running and hiding I'm left for the time 
To bring back the order of devine 
There exist no tales and hobbits are crying 
For all 
Children of death 

Lead: Andre 

I have a dream 
The things you've to hide for 
Deliver 
Our kingdom and our reich 
Don't fall in panic 
Just give me the thing 
That I need or I kill 
Don't run away 
For what have I done 

Refrain: 
Oooh Majesty 
Your kingdom is lost 
And you will leave us behind 
Oooh Majesty 
Your kingdom is lost 
And ruins remind of your time 
Now come back 

Solo: Andre 

Refrain: 
Oooh Majesty 
Your kingdom is lost 
And you will leave us behind 
Oooh Majesty 
Your kingdom is lost 
And ruins remind of your time 
Run, run, run 

Cries 
Cries in a dark land 
Hear the voice it's cold as ice 
Eyes 
They are watching 
They look for me but cannot find 

Creature is following no place to escape 
My last steps will find the right way 
Where is the future the call of the blind 
Cause there is none to find 
Watch the sky you see no light 
My weapons burst with fear 
With the howling wolves the nazgul will die 
For all 
Children of death 

Lead: Andre 

Cries 
Cries in a dark land 
Hear the voice it's cold as ice 
Eyes 
They are watching 
They look for me but cannot find 
Run 
Run for the whole world 
It's time you cannot wait 
Lost 
Lost in a dark world 
You feel the strange but cannot see 

Too many battles we carry along from the war 
And too many frightens we feel from his law 
For so many victories we're praising so strong 
For so many blood we've lost 

Lead: Andre 

Refrain: 
Oooh Majesty 
Your kingdom is lost 
And you will leave us behind 
Oooh Majesty 
Your kingdom is lost 
And ruins remind of your time 
Run, run, run 
Behind 
Run, run 

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VALHALLA

High in the sky where eagles fly
Morgray the dark enters the throne

Open wide the gate, friend
the king will come
blow the horn and praise
the highest Lord
who'll bring the dawn
he's the new god
in the palace of steel
persuade the fate of everyone
the chaos can begin
let it in
(Lead: André)

Bridge:
So many centuries
so many Gods
we were the prisoners 
of our own fantasty
but now we are marching 
against these Gods
I'm the wizard, I will change it all
(Lead: André/Marcus)

Ref.:
Valhalla - Deliverance
Why've you ever forgotten me
(Solo: André)

Ref.:
Valhalla - Deliverance
Why've you ever forgotten me

Magic is in me
I'm the lost magic man
never found what I was looking for
now I found it but it's lost

The fortress burns
broken my heart
I leave this world
all Gods are gone

Bridge:
So many centuries
so many Gods
we were the prisoners 
of our own fantasty
but then we had nothing 
who'll lead our life
no, no, we can't live without Gods

Ref.:
Valhalla - Deliverance
Why've you ever forgotten me
(Lead: Kai)

(Both bridges were sung by Kai Hansen)

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WELCOME TO DYING

Close to insanity
beond the realms I've been
at darkest places
I'm crying
"The dragon flies"
(lead: André)

Something savage
is yearning for me
I'm waiting afraid for the night
what will be
I've lost myself
a few days ago
it's touching my soul
and a vision of past dreams comes true
 
Ref.: Welcome to dying
I don't let it out
Welcome to dying
Look to the mirror it shows what I am
Welcome to dying
This town must burn now
Welcome to dying
Can't You see the dragon's seed bears in me

the one who's been before
many times I terrorized this town
many times and here I start again
now I'm stronger and so cold
cold as ice
returning is my destiny
now I feel it's growing up in me
now I feel it's burning deep in me
I'm not what I was before
could I stop this dream
I'm a stranger to myself
and I cannot control
 
Ref.: Welcome to dying
I don't let it out
Welcome to dying
Look to the mirror it shows what I am
Welcome to dying
Can't you see the dragon's seed bears in me
Welcome to dying
The dragon's breath I don't let it out
(solo: André)
 
I'm a savage
it's too late for me
the other side's taking controll and I know
there's one way I can walk alone
or the dragon will fly
and a growing fear's all that I feel
 
Ref.: Welcome... (Rep. 1st Ref.)
 
Welcome to dying (6x)
Can't you see the dragon's seed bears in me
(lead: André)

Spread my wings and fly away
I spread my wings and fly away
I spread my wings and fly away

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LOST IN THE TWILIGHT HALL


Awaiting my last breath
the mirror calls my name
it's showing me the way
into the dark
the bridge appears
I jump into the dark side
and hear the voice it's cold as ice
"Welcome to reality"
 
Where am I now?
Darkness surrounds
can't go forward
can't go back
 
Kai: I see planets dying
Hansi: I fall into the light
K: a new universe awakes
H: I'm a Traveler in Time
K: pray for the light
H: Where's the key
K: to the gate
H/K: of a new life - no
H: I search for deliverance
K: but I cannot find
(lead: André) 
 
Ref.: Look behind the mirror
I'm lost in the twilight hall
once I'll be back for a moment in time
that's when the mirror's falling down
(lead: André)  

Take me away
from the place I've been
to another life
in another world
a sign of life
surrounds me now
the bridge appears in the dark
I'm free
I fly alone
leaving the darkness now, forever?
the memories of children
and the wisdom of many lifes
burns deep in me
Where will the light go to?
Where will the light go to?
Is this deliverance?
Is it the end?
 
Ref.: Look...
(solo: André)  

I'm back there's a new chance for me
and all my memories are gone
I can feel what's happening to me
and the mirrow will burst
 
Ref.: Look... (2x)
(lead: André)  

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BARBARA ANN
Beach Boys

A Bar bar bar bar Barbar Ann
Bar bar bar bar Barbar Ann
(Bar bar bar bar Barbar Ann)
Oh Barbara Ann take my hand
(Bar bar bar bar Barbar Ann)
Barbara Ann
(Bar bar bar bar Barbar Ann)
You got me rockin' and a rollin'
Rockin' and a reelin' Barbara Ann
Bar bar bar bar Barbar Ann

Went to a dance looking for romance
Saw Barbara Ann so I thought I'd take a chance
Barbara Ann
Bar bar bar bar Barbar Ann

Oh Barbara Ann take my hand
(Bar bar bar bar Barbar Ann)
Barbara Ann
(Bar bar bar bar Barbar Ann)
You got me rockin' and a rollin'
Rockin' and a reelin' Barbara Ann
Bar bar bar bar Barbar Ann

Say Bar bar bar bar Barbar Ann
Bar bar bar bar Barbar Ann
Oh Barbara Ann take my hand
(Bar bar bar bar Barbar Ann)
Barbara Ann
(Bar bar bar bar Barbar Ann)
You got me rockin' and a rollin'
Rockin' and a reelin' Barbara Ann
Bar bar bar bar Barbar Ann

Tried Betty Sue
Tried Betty Sue
Tried Betty Sue but I knew she wouldn't do

Bar bar bar bar Barbar Ann
Oh Barbara Ann take my hand
(Bar bar bar bar Barbar Ann)
Barbara Ann
(Bar bar bar bar Barbar Ann)
You got me rockin' and a rollin'
Rockin' and a reelin' Barbara Ann
Bar bar bar bar Barbar Ann

Bar bar bar bar Barbar Ann
Bar bar bar bar Barbar Ann
Bar bar bar bar Barbar Ann
Oh Barbara Ann take my hand
(Bar bar bar bar Barbar Ann)
Barbara Ann
(Bar bar bar bar Barbar Ann)
You got me rockin' and a rollin'
Rockin' and a reelin' Barbara Ann
Bar bar bar bar Barbar Ann

Barbar Ann
Barbar Ann