8. Starchaser

[Music by Kustner/Sielck, Lyrics by Sielck]

Up in the skies
the stars are shining bright
on what is called the human kind
in silent majesty
they're watching from up there
this overbearing planet's vanity fair
voices in the distance
keep on whispering to me
now I have to follow
to set my spirit free

starchaser - skies are open wide
starchaser - calling me from deep inside
starchaser - I have crossed the line
starchaser - I'm diving into space and time
to be free

for all so long
I've been in search to find
my destiny, some peace of mind
it seems like everything
I did just wasn't right
life seemed to be a futile fight

it's almost been too late
to understand, to turn around
but here I am
I have been leaving ground

starchaser - skies are open wide
...

[solo Piesel]

till the end of time
the universe is mine
my fate lies in my hand
and if even though
the world will never now
my fate lies in my very hand
for now and for all times

starchaser - skies are open wide
starchaser - calling me from deep inside
starchaser - the universe is mine
starchaser - I'm diving into space and time
to be free

9. Machine World

[Music and Lyrics by Sielck]

Projected images
of what the world is like
trying to find the answer
in every single byte
what is reality
and is my spirit real
is it made of true emotions
or artificial feel
what is existence
and what defines to be
can there be life
in a programmed virtuality
I am a god
I am life - I am creation
I am a demon
I am death - I'm termination
I am perpetual, I'm everlasting
till the end of time
for all my wisdom cannot answer
all the questioning of mine

machine world
one million years of pain
down below under the desert
machine world
damnation to remain
in a cybernetic land
deep down below the desert sand
machine world
countless eyes are questing
for the mystery of life
gathering information
to be processed in my drive
I need to find the essence
reason why I'm here
therefore I'm not paying heed
I'm a killer spreading fear

Oh I'm love and I'm hate
I am a sinner
I'm a devil - I'm a saint
I am perpetual, I'm damned
for all eternity to be
and all the knowledge
and the wisdom
it cannot make me see
the meaning of reality

machine world
one million years of pain
...

[solo]
[Piet - Piesel - Piet - Piesel]

projected images...
what is reality...

I am a god
I am life - I am creation
I am a demon
I am death - I'm termination
I am perpetual, I'm damned
for all eternity to be
forever I'll be
and all the knowledge and the wisdom
it cannot make me see
the meaning of reality

machine world
one million years of pain
down below under the desert
machine world
damnation to remain
in a cybernetic land

machine world
heart of the machine
machine world
machine world
I'm in a cybernetic dream
machine world
damned forever

10. H.M. Powered Man

[Music and Lyrics by Sielck]

Can you feel the power
do you feel the force
do you feel the energy
from a truly unique source
you don't need no leather
no spikes or jingling chains
all you need is the energy
and the fire in your veins
walls of sound
are shaking the ground
as thunder is roaring in the sky

I'm in a Heavy Metal powered world
that's my way to be
I got a Heavy Metal powered mind
I don't need conformity
no one tells me what to do
what to think or be
I'm a Heavy Metal powered man
right - that's what I am

right from the beginning
I knew which way to go
six strings in my hand
turned out to be
my destiny
driven by the beat
the power and the heat
I wanted to explode
just to reload

walls of sound
where shaking the ground
as thunder was roaring in the sky

Heavy Metal powered world
...

[solo Piesel - Piet]

creepers - liars
self proclaimed, faked messiahs
power seeking maniacs

hiding shadows in the black
they
have gone another way
leading them so far away
far away from all
what Metal is standing for

we're in a Heavy Metal powered world
that's our way to be
we've got a Heavy Metal powered mind
to hell with all conformity
no one tells us what to do
what to think or be
we're Heavy Metal powered men
right...

we're Metal powered
...

that's our way
this is our chosen way to be

11. The Call

[Bonus track]

Ancient is the hunger
Ancient is the vow
Driven by the power
To live it here and now
Follow the unwritten law
Taking no command
Bow your head to no one
With a mind that won't bend

Rule or be ruled
We'll leave that up to you
To turn around or stand your ground
Faithful and true furious
Ride with us
Go against the grain

Hey - to Metal we are sworn
Hey - one finger to the scorn
Hey - it's power unites us all
It's in the blood
Can you hear the call

Freedom needs no justification
Follow your heart to your destination

Take a look to the left
Take a look to the right
It ain't just always straight
Ahead it ain't just black and white
To bang against the wall
Might be a waste of time
An open mind will find a way
And that's my bottom line

Raise the force
Come with us
Go against the grain

Hey - to Metal we are sworn
Hey - one finger to the scorn
Hey - it's power unites us all
It's in the blood
Can you hear the call

[Solo: Piet]

Hey - to Metal we are sworn
Hey - one finger to the scorn
Hey - it's power unites us all
It's in the blood
Can you hear the call

12. Living On A Fault Line

[Japanese edition bonus track]

Too many restless nights and all the ragin' fights
No one's there who can rescue me
Oh enough of all our talkin'
Oh tryin' to keep your heart from walkin'
All these years passed by like a pain without a cry
No one's there who can help me out
Oh enough of all our talkin'
Oh let me save your heart from walkin'

I kill the mornin' damn the nightfall rubles of the past
I kill the dawning damn the risin' how will I outlast

Slowdown breakdown I can't face the day
Without your love and hate it's all too late
Slowdown turn around I can't face the night
If only I could turn back time been livin' on a fault line

Lost in a nowhere land I need your hand
We played a useless game but who's the one to blame
All these years passed by like a pain without a cry but
Still it's worth to stay still it's worth to fight
Oh enough of all our talkin'
Oh let me save your heart from walkin'

I kill the mornin' damn the nightfall rubles of the past
I kill the dawning damn the risin' how will I outlast

Slowdown breakdown I can't face the day
Without your love and hate it's all too late
Slowdown turn around I can't face the night
If only I could turn back time been livin' on a fault line

We'll keep on fightin' for those better days to come
No more restless nights alone and no more endless fights
Take my hand and turn around I can see them in a lie

Slowdown breakdown I can't face the day
Without your love and hate it's all too late
Slowdown turn around I can't face the night
If only I could turn back time been livin' on a fault line

Slowdown breakdown I can't face the day
If only I could turn back time been livin' on a fault line

Megatropolis (2007)



1. Running Riot
2. The Omega Man
3. Flesh
4. Megatropolis
5. Cybernatic Queen
6. Cyber Hero
7. A Tale From Down Below
8. Still I Believe
9. Hammerdown
10. Farewell And Good Bye

1. Running Riot

I'm burning up
There's a fire in me
The creature is rising
It wants to break free
The city is waiting
It's calling my name
I'm ready to be in the game

Mr. Hyde
Rules the night
While poor little Jekyll
Stays home alone
The Devil is smiling
The Angel will loose
And all hell is about
To break loose

Like a volcano
I need to explode
I'm diving in
To lust and sin
To be a fool
To break the rules

I'm running riot (riot)
No one will stop me tonight
Riot (riot)
Until the morning light
Sworn to fun
Loyal to none
Except the devil
And my favorite gun

All my senses
In anticipation
Of a perfect performed
Devastation
Fever is rising
There's no compromising
The Beast is unleashed
There's no turning back

Duties and routine
Keep tying me down
Unlock the cage
To leave the maze
To be a fool
To break the rules

I'm running riot (riot)
No one will stop me tonight
Riot (riot)
Until the morning light
Sworn to fun
Loyal to none
Except the devil
And my favorite gun

I can't resist
My temptations no more
The overload
Must explode
I'll be a fool
Breaking the rules

I'm running riot (riot)
No one will stop me tonight
Riot (riot)
Until the morning light
Sworn to fun
Loyal to none
Except the devil
And my favorite gun

2. The Omega Man

The sun is up
A lonely man
Roams an empty city
Omnipresent death is all around

Riding on deserted streets
In bitter solitude
Silence all around
Without a human sound

The days passing by
In dullness and pain
His fatal creation
Is all that remains

He is the last man alive
The last man alive
Sentenced to survive
The last of his kind
He's seen Armageddon
Destroyer and redeemer
Beginning and end
He's the Omega Man

A new breed of insanity
Is lurking in the shadows
They are the rulers of the dark

Altered into something else
Not human anymore
Children of the plague
With bleeding marks

What bitter irony
Lies in his sin
He holds the key
To salvation within

He is the last man alive
The last man alive
Sentenced to survive
The last of his kind
He's seen Armageddon
Destroyer and redeemer
Beginning and end
He's the Omega Man

The last man alive
He's seen Armageddon
The last man alive
Sentenced to survive
Then came the day
When he had found the others
To pass on his salvation
To bring back life again
He has been destroyer
Now he is redeemer
He is the beginning and the end

He is the Omega Man

3. Flesh

Evil is hiding in the shadows
Of the big, big city lights
A man-eating monster
Is crawling up your back
Getting ready to attack
Sick and perverted
A psycho's been unleashed
With a mind of delusion
He turned into the beast

And when the night is falling down
He's hunting in the streets

Flesh
He's a virtue with the knife
Flesh
He's eating you alive

Bloodstained he dwells on mortal sin
With a sick and morbid grin
He is the demon lurking in the dark
Enslaved by his obsession
He's ripping out your heart

And in the shelter of the dawn
He's pleasing his appetite

Flesh
He's a virtue with the knife
Flesh
He's eating you alive

Flesh
Flesh

And when the night is falling down
And in the shelter of the dawn
He's pleasing his appetite

Flesh
He's a virtue with the knife
Flesh
He's eating you alive

Flesh
Flesh
He's eating you alive
Flesh
Flesh
He's eating you alive

He's cutting you
He's slicing you
He's eating you alive

4. Megatropolis

Right here, right now
I'm looking back
To the road that I've been traveling
That brought me here
I remember Heaven, I saw Hell
And now the hour for my return
Is drawing near

Endless is the moment
As if time is standing still
Fractions of a minute
Like a thousand years
Countless are the memories
Of all I used to know
I'm ready to go

Big city lights
Are painting the skies
My mind is set
I'm raising the eyes
And by all means
I'm coming home
To Megatropolis

Nowhere my restless heart could find
All I've ever longing for
Some peace of mind
Now I'm standing here where all began
Now the world has turned
And I became a different man

Nothing to regret

Boldly I was going to
Where no man's gone before
Used to be a thunderbird
At distant shores
Countless are the memories
Of my adventurous past
Now I am back
Back to stay at last

Big city lights
Are painting the skies
My mind is set
I'm raising the eyes
And by all means
I'm coming home

Now I keep on wondering
What the future holds for me
I'm meeting fate so easefully
Countless are the visions
Of my future road
But right now I'm here
And I'm help for good

Big city lights
Are painting the skies
My mind is set
I'm raising the eyes
And by all means
I'm coming home
To Megatropolis

Megatropolis
To Megatropolis
And by all means
I'm made it home

Megatropolis I have returned