1. Future Madhouse

[Music: Hansen / Lyrics: Hansen, Scheepers]

In the morning your try to recover
But you still got the red in your eyes
Then you get up and look at the mirror
And you see the beast arise
Got a big red nose from the overdose
And somebody else's eyes
And you think to thee is it really me
And you have to realize

The prize that you pay for a moment like this
Is never for high 'cause you still doing it
Don't you know that we all stand in line
Our future dreams are just a waste of time

[Chorus:]
Our future - is a madhouse and we all are movin' in
Cause the world - needs some action and there nothing left to gain

Take your baggy, things are ready
You only need to come
Join this century's schizoid clan
The rooms are primed and done

The price that you pay for a moment like this
Is never too high cause it perfectly fits
Don't you that we are wasting time
Insanity is just a state of mind

[Chorus]

[Solo: Kai/ Dirk/ Kai]

Our world - is a madhouse, in the gutter, come on in
Our world - needs some action satisfaction 'til the end
Our world - we need sex and crime to supply our minds an amazing time, come on in
Our future - and we party on 'til our life is done
Just to waste our time - 'til the end

2. Gamma Ray

[long version]
[Music/Lyrics: Frenzel]

The world's desperated with irony, hunger and corruption
The eastern world and the africans, too
Are going to repeat the history of all wars
And our industry supplied them with arms
Everybody knows but nobody can do anything against it
The fall of society is on the make

Well sometimes, sometimes I try to draw up a list
I try to find out what they have done
I thought of honorable murderers you know
Like Jonah's hand might wrap around us

And anytime, everywhere in the world ...

[Chorus:]
Gamma Ray, Gamma Ray, Gamma, Gamma, Gamma Ray,
Made of your existence
Gamma Ray, Gamma Ray, Gamma, Gamma, Gamma Ray,
Money and our failing
I've waited for... to fire gamma ray!

Without body I could fly around the world
Destroying arms, destroying rockets
Mix all complexions of the whole human race
We all would turn to shallow people

Everybody, everywhere in the whole world

[Chorus]

Without body I could fly around the world
Destroying arms, destroying rockets
Mix all complexions of the whole human race
We all would turn to shallow people

[Chorus]

3. Dream Healer

[Preproduction "Sigh No More" session]
[Music: Hansen / Lyrics: Hansen, Scheepers]

Who will creep inside your mind at night,
Who makes your wildest dream arise?
Who makes you see what you can't see,
While you're awake but in your dreams?

Out of a world we call the twilight zone he comes,
Out of a world where all your reason is a lie.

[Chorus:]
Dream Healer - he makes you see what you can't see
Dream Healer - reflecting your identity.

Shout at the morning when the red sunrise awakes,
The call of reality is all you hear.
Gaze at the stars, when the night comes down again
Then you begin to see through all of your fears.

Out of a world where you can see what is inside
Out of a world where all your reason is a lie.

[Chorus]

I see red and I see blue, I see green and I see yellow - yellow lights.
One day black another day white. He's one day quiet
Another day he calls my name
He's comin' out
He's comin' out
He's comin' out
He's comin' out!

Listen to dreams - they always tell you the truth.
Listen to dreams - it is your heart that's speakin' to you
Listen - listen to the dream healer.

Insanity And Genius (1993)



1. Tribute To The Past
2. No Return
3. Last Before The Storm
4. Cave Principle
5. Future Madhouse
6. Gamma Ray
7. Insanity And Genius
8. 18 Years
9. Your Torn Is Over
10. Heal Me
11. Brothers

1. Tribute To The Past

He had found a way to leave, to somewhere far from now
Travelling in his time machine a dream that had come true
Fly my friend, you will see, something called reality
I feel good, I'm alright, doing what I please - I travel time

Far beyond the rising sun I ride the winds of fate
Prepared to go where my heart belongs - back to past again

I just want to save the universe for all mankind
He wants to save the future of the Earth
Step by step surroundings change as years go passing by
He only stops to gaze a little while
I push the button further on, I just can't get enough
I know I will return again but still I'm movin' on

Far beyond the rising sun...

As I'm movin' on I see things to come, I see tears and I hear laughter
Curiosity, comin' over me, what is next and what will happen
And I see the lies and I hear the cries and the marchin' of the people
As they go to war, Heaven knows what for - God I think I've had enough now

Too late, too late - I can't go back no more! I lost control of the engine
No light, no light - can't see where I have gone! Can't see where I have now gone to
Where am I now - stranded in time

[Solo Kai]

So many years have passed since I had gone and I have seen what's gonna be
But now I know it is useless to travel on
And I will return to the time and place I belong to

Far beyond the rising sun....[repeat]

2. No Return

I'm riding the wind, don't need your request
You'd never invite me but I will be your guest

Oh, no, no, don't be afraid of the Reaper
It's time to go I call your name and you follow
Fly with me

Take a look around and say you love me,
And I will guide you through the Golden Door
For everything you see there is a reason
The big wheel is turning like always before

There is no return from the other side of Heaven
For the big wheel turns and the circle must go on
Forever more

How do you like the Termination day? - So far -
Kiss me good bye, cause I must fade away

Oh, no, no, don't be afraid of your Master
It's time to go he's calling your name now you follow
Fly away

Take a look around...

There is no return...

[Solo Kai]

Welcome to eternal life, my friend
Now take your seat on your cloud
Enjoy your stay
But always remember
There is no return

There is no return...

There is no return...

No return, no return
From the other side of Heaven

3. Last Before The Storm

Who's controlling all the misery and pain
When the error signs are lighted in the Masterhall
And from the start the action is in vain
Cause the Beast is always careful to avoid the fall

We crawl up to the skies we'll never return again

We're the last before the storm
Watching the sun going down on us
We wish we had never been born
To be the last before the storm

Who's ever gonna change the world
I don't understand what we are fighting for
The truth is sad, no lying, we are cursed
I don't really know who ever made the Law

We cry out for more, we wonder what's next to the world
We settle the score, we never look back

We're the last before the storm...

Cry out for the people who don't know the world
They don't understand what they say and they're cursed
Lying for reasons in search for the truth

Mephisto - we comin' down [repeat]

[Solo Dirk/Kai/Melody both]

We cry out for more...

We're the last before the storm...

4. Cave Principle

I crawl across the floor never see the light
Only shadows on the wall
Somebody said there's reality behind
But I'm afraid to turn and fall - oh no

Set me free - for eternity

And now they talk about my destiny again
I hear their footsteps in the dark
But then again there was the silence and the pain
Uh, Lord that made me feel so lost

Help me - get out of here
Save me - my world's an illusion

[Bass - solo/Kai/Dirk/Kai/Dirk]

I'm still inside the cave imprisoned in my mind
And silhouettes on the wall
I have to turn around to see what's goin' on
Cause what I saw was never all

Just a move is the solution
It's not enough to stand and stare
Leave the cave and find a reason
For the cross you have to bear

Never return to the principle

5. Future Madhouse

In the morning you try to recover
But you still got the red in your eyes
Then you get up and look in the mirror
And you see the beast arise

Got a big red nose from the overdose
And somebody else's eyes
And you think to thee is it really me
And you have to realiaze

The price that you pay for a moment like this
Is never too high cause you're still doing it
Don't you know that we all stand in line
Our future dreams are just a waste of time

Our future - is a madhouse and we all are movin' in
Our world - needs some action cause there's nothing left to gain

Take your baggy things are ready
You only need to come
Join this century's schizoid clan
The rooms are primed and done

The price that you pay for a moment like this
Is never too high cause it perfectly fits
Don't you think that you are wasting time
Insanity is just a state of mind

Our future - is a madhouse...

[Solo Kai/Dirk/Kai]

Our world - is a madhouse, in the gutter, come on in
Our world - needs some action, satisfaction till the end
Our world - we need sex and crime to supply our minds
An amazing time, come on in
Our world - and we party on till our life is done
Just to waste on time - till the end

7. Insanity And Genius

Therefore I'm laying down in laughter
Mighty, the mightiest life hereafter
The trip we started hasn't finished here
And while we think there's not a shade of fear

Black points jump in crossing lines
Insanity and genius
Both two sides are what I find
And I know they're mine

Sometimes my womb bears an actor
Your mind - creating tragic factors
You've got knowledge - stolen from the sea
You've got wisdom - just stolen knowledge

Black points jump in crossing lines
Insanity's not far behind the genius inside

Close before - insanity and genius [repeat]

[Solo Dirk]

And everyday a dreamer dies
To see what's on the other side
And everyday more dreamers die, my friend
While black points jump in crossing lines again

Companions in approaching time insanity and genius
Good old friends in common life insanity and genius

Close before - insanity and genius [repeat]