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Track list
- Die by the Sword (Live in Wacken 2017) Die by the Sword (Live in Wacken 2017)
- Restless and Wild (Live in Wacken 2017) Restless and Wild (Live in Wacken 2017)
- Koolaid (Live in Wacken 2017) Koolaid (Live in Wacken 2017)
- Pandemic (Live in Wacken 2017) Pandemic (Live in Wacken 2017)
- Final Journey (Live in Wacken 2017) Final Journey (Live in Wacken 2017)
- Night on Bald Mountain (Live in Wacken 2017) Night on Bald Mountain (Live in Wacken 2017)
- Scherzo (Live in Wacken 2017) Scherzo (Live in Wacken 2017)
- Romeo and Juliet (Live in Wacken 2017) Romeo and Juliet (Live in Wacken 2017)
- Pathétique (Live in Wacken 2017) Pathétique (Live in Wacken 2017)
- Double Cello Concerto in G Minor (Live in Wacken 2017) Double Cello Concerto in G Minor (Live in Wacken 2017)
- Symphony No. 40 in G Minor (Live in Wacken 2017) Symphony No. 40 in G Minor (Live in Wacken 2017)
- Princess of the Dawn (Live in Wacken 2017) Princess of the Dawn (Live in Wacken 2017)
- Stalingrad (Live in Wacken 2017) Stalingrad (Live in Wacken 2017)
- Dark Side of My Heart (Live in Wacken 2017) Dark Side of My Heart (Live in Wacken 2017)
- Breaker (Live in Wacken 2017) Breaker (Live in Wacken 2017)
- Shadow Soldiers (Live in Wacken 2017) Shadow Soldiers (Live in Wacken 2017)
- Dying Breed (Live in Wacken 2017) Dying Breed (Live in Wacken 2017)
- Fast as a Shark (Live in Wacken 2017) Fast as a Shark (Live in Wacken 2017)
- Metal Heart (Live in Wacken 2017) Metal Heart (Live in Wacken 2017)
- Teutonic Terror (Live in Wacken 2017) Teutonic Terror (Live in Wacken 2017)
- Balls to the Wall (Live in Wacken 2017) Balls to the Wall (Live in Wacken 2017)
lyrics
The world around us, frozen in terror
The balance of power, a thing of the past
Anything human has been abandoned
We're just drowning souls in a river of blood
What was built up in thousands of years
In just a moment is destroyed
Have we lost all compassion and love
Cast our souls into the void
If you live by the sword - you will die by the sword
If you live by the sword - you will die by the sword
We're sinking deeper in a world of darkness
It's kill or be killed from the day we are born
We're an evil seed from the soul of a serpent
An evil breed in a valley of thorns
What was built up in thousands of years
In just a moment is destroyed
Have we lost all compassion and love
Cast our souls into the void
If you live by the sword - you will die by the sword
If you live by the sword - you will die by the sword
Blood and vengeance, iron and bone
Fallen warriors, carved in stone
Crush this mindless desire for blood
And stop this endless crusade
Conquer our instincts and lay down the steel
Save our children from the blade
If you live by the sword - you will die by the sword
If you live by the sword - you will die by the sword
They're running wild
They're on a down hill ride
Like a rebel they look for more
Too young to die
Now you know your dreams are useless
And there 're lies You'll never tell
'Cause you're so
Restless - restless and wild
Restless - restless and wild
Restless - restless and wild
Restless - restless and wild
Star born lovers
Angels in the night on a highway
They don't look back
Everybody's lost the way - yeah
The little girl wants to be an actress
Young boys are easy riders
They live so
Restless - restless and wild
Restless - restless and wild
Restless - restless and wild
Restless - restless and wild
Stay down - time will roll on
How do you feel when the night is gone
Stay down - time will come 'round
You are the man made for highway life
For the highway life
City lights moving on
No tomorrows - no destinations
Like a wheel turning on and on
You're a man born to run
Every world that you have seen was senseless
Keep moving on there's no other way
Cause you're so
Restless - restless and wild
Restless - restless and wild
Restless - restless and wild
Restless - restless and wild
Running through the jungle
Way back in '78
Here's the story of the people's temple
And my great escape
Communing with a madman
The promise of utopia
White nights, suicide drills
Shades of things to come
He said
We're gonna mix it up
Add the cyanide
Then we'll drink it up
You're gonna feel so fine
I said
Don't drink the Koolaid
Don't taste the holy water
Don't drink the Koolaid
No matter what the preacher - what the preacher says
The day of disaster struck
The murders did begin
His sheep drank it willingly
While mothers force fed their kin
33 escaped this hell
Some would call it fate
That's how I lived to tell the tale
About the day he mixed the grape
He said
We're gonna mix it up
Add the cyanide
You better drink it up
You're gonna get so high
Don't drink the Koolaid
Don't taste the holy water
Don't drink the Koolaid
No matter what the preacher says
Don't drink the Koolaid
Don't you down the holy water
Don't drink the Koolaid
Don't believe a word he says
Most of the congregation
900 dead
Jones found his own way out
A bullet to the head
Don't drink the Koolaid
Don't you taste the holy water
Don't drink the Koolaid
No matter what the preacher says
Don't drink the Koolaid
I won't down the holy water
Don't drink the Koolaid
No matter what the preacher
What the preacher says
In the cool of the evening, when the fires start burning bright
Hear the twilight callin', as the flames burst into the night
It's creeping in your bloodstream, like a Metal disease
Underneath the streetlights, everything is larger than life
Ya hear the roar, see it gleaming like the edge on a switch-blade knife
A worldwide eruption, underneath your skin
Worldwide corruption, slowly seeping in,
It's a pandemic
It's a metal disease, pandemic
Brain cell abduction, creeping in like sin, it's a pandemic,
'A metal disease, pandemic
Brain cell destruction, breeding metal from within,
Whaaaa!!!!
Give into the venom, circulating underneath the skin
Like mercury poison, liquid metal boils within
Spreading like a wildfire, burning up the earth
Caught in the crossfire, all around the world
There's no way to stop it now,
It's a pandemic
It's a metal disease, pandemic
Burnt in your hard drive, smokin' up the earth, like a Pandemic
A pandemic, it's a metal disease
Pandemic, wow, it's a metal disease
Pandemic, caught in the barbed wire, it's underneath the skin
It's a pandemic, it's a metal disease
Pandemic
It's creeping in your bloodstream
It's a pandemic, it's a metal disease
A feeling, a presence,
Time is of the essence
A fear that you'll be left alone
A warning, a presence
Delivery of a message
It's all there in the unknown
Alerting, averting
It's all disconcerting
Shots ring out from afar
Swerving, observing
The sound is a piercing screech
Of a speeding car
It's your final journey
Destination unknown!
On your final journey
You'll be travelling alone
A pitching and rolling
Sensation controlling
You strike while the iron's a glow
Sensing the danger
One look from a stranger just passing
Somehow you know
It's your final journey
Destination unknown!
On your final journey
You'll be travelling alone
Urgent, urgent
Somehow it's all converging
Your instincts tell you to run
Away from the blackness, the fear and the madness
Onward, into the sun
It's your final journey
Destination unknown!
On your final journey
You'll be travelling alone
In timeless tower high midst dead of night
Entwined in struggling moonbeams misty light
Unshadowed figur, clad in mantled grey
Looks not, feels naught
Starres eastwards
To think of once upon a time
Of Camelot and quests to find
Powers to deceive death's misty shawl
Wizard, be it for yourself or dead lady and leige
That you weep?
On Spanis plain marched your royal sire
To burn his bridges on God's holy fire
Struck down by horse and moorish battle blade
Alone, to this end, your fate
But hesten now, as skies grow black
And forces mass to take you back
Mere moments, to a time that seems
So distant, and so very long ago
7. Scherzo (Live in Wacken 2017)
8. Romeo and Juliet (Live in Wacken 2017)
9. Pathétique (Live in Wacken 2017)
10. Double Cello Concerto in G Minor (Live in Wacken 2017)
11. Symphony No. 40 in G Minor (Live in Wacken 2017)
There's rain on the mountain
A white frost on the moors
It's an epoch of eternity
Waters touch the holy shore
It's a land of mystery
The world of unseen eyes
You can feel the shadow of a princess
She waits for you inside
The guardians of God play the pawns
Beg for mercy - hail the queen
Princess of the Dawn
In the war of the dragons
Young blood ran it's course
They fell to his blade
The knight Iron Horse
A forgotten priest
Disappearing in the haze
A chamber of vestal virgins
Twilight is her slave
The Wizard of Oz moved the pawns
Life for Satan - dust to dust
Princess of the Dawn
On the day of the testament
The seventh moon was raging fire
Heaven cried for the sacrifice
The midnight sun was rising higher
The Beauty and the Beast
Lies in her royal crypt
Her kiss is bitter sweet
Death upon her lips
The Holy Grail held the pawns
Kings and bishops bow to grace
Princess of the Dawn
The guardians of God play the pawns
Beg for mercy - hail the queen
Princess of the Dawn
A new day dawns for heaven and earth
A first sunbeam is killing the night
Once upon a time for ever more
The gloom with the spirit of that Lady in White
Princess - Princess - Princess of the Dawn
Princess - Princess - Princess of the Dawn
Princess - Princess - Princess of the Dawn
Princess - Princess - Princess of the Dawn
Out along the Volga
My mind's set to kill
Men standing ground with iron will
Death march approaching
Evil in stride
Never give quarter to the other side
Gunfire and bloodshed
Shredding flesh and bone
As young men die in the killing zone
Through streets to factories
Fighting hand to hand
Be prepared to die for the motherland
(Oh, sing it)
So hungry, so cold
But there can be no surrender
For creed and pride, take hold
Blood is the cry
We'll kill or die
For Stalingrad
Stalingrad
We'll kill or die
Stalingrad
Yeah, blood is the cry
(Let me hear you)
It's the battle of Stalingrad
Two soldiers dying
Battered and blind
Enemies no more, they've come to find
Mission forgotten
Now brothers in death
They hold each other abreast to the final breath
So hungry, so cold
But there can be no surrender
For creed and pride, take hold
So hungry, so cold
We're only following orders
We gave our hearts and souls
Brothers we fight, frozen in time
In Stalingrad
Stalingrad
Frozen in time
Stalingrad
Yeah, brothers we fight
It's the battle of Stalingrad, hey
Stalingrad
Stalingrad
Frozen in time
The battle of Stalingrad
Yeah, the battle of Stalingrad
Stalingrad
Stalingrad
There's a space in the darkness, where a fire still burns
It's beyond a reason, past point of no return
There's a hunger that's calling, and the fever runs wild
It's where the light throws shadows on the thoughts of every child
Deep within this hallowed chamber where two worlds collide
If you open up the door, don't cross the line
You know it's tearing me apart
This is the dark side of my heart
And I knew it from the start
There in the dark side of my heart
Just a slave to the shadows, just a pawn in the game
Drawn to the slaughter like a moth before a flame
It's the good and the evil, walking side by side
You can feel it coming, but there is no place to hide
Tell me all your darkest secrets and I'll tell you mine
Open up the door but don't cross the line
You know it's tearing me apart
This is the dark side of my heart
And I knew it from the start
There in the dark side of my heart
There's an ager on my shoulder
But the devils whisper in my ear
It's the battle old as time itself
A taunt that never disappears
Tell me all your darkest secrets and I'll tell you mine
Open up the door but don't cross the line
You know it's tearing me apart
This is the dark side of my heart
And I knew it from the start
There in the dark side of my heart
You know it's tearing me apart
This is the dark side of my heart
And I knew it from the start
There in the dark side of my heart
There's a space in the darkness, where a fire still burns
It's beyond a reason, past point of no return
There's a hunger that's calling, and the fever runs wild
It's where the light throws shadows on the thoughts of every child
Deep within this hallowed chamber where two worlds collide
If you open up the door, don't cross the line
You know it's tearing me apart
This is the dark side of my heart
And I knew it from the start
There in the dark side of my heart
Just a slave to the shadows, just a pawn in the game
Drawn to the slaughter like a moth before a flame
It's the good and the evil, walking side by side
You can feel it coming, but there is no place to hide
Tell me all your darkest secrets and I'll tell you mine
Open up the door but don't cross the line
You know it's tearing me apart
This is the dark side of my heart
And I knew it from the start
There in the dark side of my heart
There's an ager on my shoulder
But the devils whisper in my ear
It's the battle old as time itself
A taunt that never disappears
Tell me all your darkest secrets and I'll tell you mine
Open up the door but don't cross the line
You know it's tearing me apart
This is the dark side of my heart
And I knew it from the start
There in the dark side of my heart
You know it's tearing me apart
This is the dark side of my heart
And I knew it from the start
There in the dark side of my heart
Rollin' just like thunder
Tryin' to get you down
Mistreatin' everything
If you were king he'd take your crown
If you were a dead man
He'd take ya from your grave
He will not mourn for you or me
Happiness he cannot feel
And love to him is so unreal
He burns like hell, he wants you dead
Altogether hates all he feel
Movin' like a spider killin' off a fly
No hands, just fists, no heart, just rocks
Icicle brains
Bicycle chains
Rulin' like a tyrant
Teasin' everyone around
Drags his legs, he plants his feet
Botherin' the ground
Here and now this man you see
Plans his terror free
He's born to rule, a king to be
Icicle brains
Bicycle chains
He's a breaker
He will take ya
Destroyin' all around you
He's a breaker
He's a taker
He'd kill, maim, destroy to the end
Movin' like a spider
Fealin' on the rest
Rulin' like a tyrant
Tyrannosaurus rex
You could be a dead man
And you won't know why
No hands, just fists
No heart, just rocks
Icicle brains
Bicycle chains
He's a breaker
He will take ya
Destroyin' all around you
He's a breaker
He's a taker
He'd kill, maim, destroy to the end
So cold and lonely
It seems so long since someone was here
Following the shadows
With the sun till it disappears
Thousands of stone white crosses
A formation for all to see
With flags and flames
The ranks and the names of those
Who died to be free
Yes the fire remains in our hearts
All of our dreams made new
Etched in the flames of freedom
We're living on through you
We're the Shadow Soldiers
Laid to rest standing tall
Shadow Soldiers
In freedom you live
That's why we've given it all
Taken too soon from the lives we loved
A misery I can not explain
Only when we feel your presence
Are we sure we did not die in vein
Yes the fire remains in our hearts
All of our dreams made new
Etched in the flames of freedom
Are these words
Oh so true
We're living on through you
We're the Shadow Soldiers
Laid to rest standing tall
Shadow Soldiers
In freedom you live
That's why we've given it all
Yes the fire remains in our hearts
All of our dreams made new
Etched in the flames of freedom
We're living on through you
We're the Shadow Soldiers
Laid to rest standing tall
Shadow Soldiers
In freedom you live
That's why we've given it all
Shallow Soldiers
Laid to rest standing tall
Shadow Soldiers
In freedom you live
That's why we've given it all
Once upon a midnight, the metal flag was raised upon him
Long ago a sabbath black cut through the purple haze
Upon a silver mountain, a message loud and clear
Screaming with a vengeance that we will forever hear
They're the pride of our ages
In their anthems we trust
Like denim and leather
And diamonds and rust
Here's to a rocking warriors
Here's to our heroes and friends
And those who've gone before us
We're loyal, straight 'til the end
They're the last of a dying breed
And we salute you
The last of a dying breed, ooh
The zeppelin led it's voyage thru skies of purple deep
The guillotine come crashing down and heads rolled in the streets
And in a land down under, highway to hell was paved
An iron fist cut the deck and drew the ace of spades
They're the pride of our ages
In their anthems we trust
'Cause it's metal to metal
And dust to dust
Here's to a rocking warriors
Here's to our heroes and friends
And those who've gone before us
We're loyal, straight 'til the end
(Sing it) They're the last of a dying breed
And we salute you
The last of a dying breed, hey
Here's to our rocking warriors
Here's to our heroes and friends
And those who've gone before us
We're loyal, straight 'til the end
Let me hear you
They're the last of a dying breed
And we salute you
The last of a dying breed
I wanna hear you, fuckers
Let me hear you
They're the last of a dying breed
The last of a dying breed (louder)
(The last of a dying breed)
They're the last of a dying breed
The last of a dying breed
Fog in the streets
A church clock beats
Midnight - darkness all around
You better beware
You better take care
Be prepared for the shock
The time has come
And he's the one
Who's breathing down your neck
Coming from behind
Now it's your time
A loser will die
Fast as a shark he'll cut out of the dark
He's a killer - he'll rip out your heart
On a one way track and you're not coming back
'Cause the killer's on the attack
Surprise attack
Coming from the back
An expert of the deadly knack
Just take care
Just beware
Be prepared for the fight
Fast as a shark he'll cut out of the dark
He's a killer - he'll rip out your heart
On a one way track and you're not coming back
'Cause the killer's on the attack
Watch out - watch out
Fast as a shark he'll cut out of the dark
He's a killer - he'll rip out your heart
On a one way track and you're not coming back
'Cause the killer's on the attack
Fast as a shark he'll cut out of the dark
He's a killer - he'll rip out your heart
On a one way track and you're not coming back
'Cause the killer's
'Cause the killer's
'Cause the killer's on the attack
It is 1999
The human race has to face it
They are confronted with the truth
It's secret, mysterious
A surgeon said it in the news
The human race is dying
But the result is no disease
Searching for you
Metal heart, metal heart
They found it everywhere
Metal heart, metal heart
Lifeless piece of steel
The scaring fact was even told
Total confusion
They found the same nightmare
Heartbeats, timebombs
Metal heart, metal heart
Unplugged they're dying
Metal heart, metal heart
Unplugged they die
Metal heart, metal heart
They found it everywhere
Metal heart, metal heart
Lifeless piece of steel
Metal heart, metal heart, metal heart
Unplugged they're dying
Metal heart, metal heart
Back to the front lines, back to the night
Medieval marauders, under the lights
Back for the plunder, the thrill of the flames
The roar of the thunder, back in the game
Storming the castles, swords in the air
Killing the monsters in their own lair
Lighting the torches, setting the stage
You get what you ask for, right in the face
Six string sabers, screams in the night
War clubs pounding, living just for the fight
So we drive, through the night
With the howling wind at our backs
Riding on Teutonic terror
We will, give em' the axe
We will, give em' the axe
String up the razors, sharpen the blades
Tighten the skins up, no one escapes
Crank up the grindstone, load up the sleds
Saddle the horses, off with their heads!
Six string sabers, screams in the night
War clubs pounding, living just for the fight
So we drive, through the night
With the howling wind at our backs
Riding on Teutonic terror
We will, give em' the axe
We will, give em' the axe
For the roar, of the crowd
For the raging frontal attack
Delivering the Teutonic terror
We will, give em' the axe
We will, give em' the axe
So we drive, through the night
With the howling wind at our backs
Riding on Teutonic terror
We will, give em' the axe
For the roar, of the crowd
For the raging frontal attack
Delivering the Teutonic terror
We will, give em' the axe
We will, give em' the axe
Too many slaves in this world
Die by torture and pain
Too many people do not see
They're killing themselves, going insane
Too many people do not know
Bondage is over the human race
They believe slaves always lose
And this fear keeps them down
Watch the damned (God bless ya)
They're gonna break their chains (Hey)
No, you can't stop them (God bless ya)
They're coming to get you
And then you'll get your balls to the wall, man
Balls to the wall
You'll get your balls to the wall, man
Balls to the wall, balls to the wall
You may screw their brains
You may sacrifice them, too
You may mortify their flesh
You may rape them all
One day the tortured stand up
And revolt against the evil
They make you drink your blood
And tear yourself to pieces
You better watch the damned (God bless ya)
They're gonna break their chains (Hey)
No, you can't stop them (God bless ya)
They're coming to get you
And then you'll get your balls to the wall, man
Balls to the wall
You'll get your balls to the wall, man
Balls to the wall, balls to the wall
Balls to the wall
Balls to the wall
Balls to the wall
Balls to the wall
Watch the damned (God bless ya)
They're gonna break their chains (Hey)
No, you can't stop them (God bless ya)
They're coming to get you
And then you'll get your balls to the wall, man
Balls to the wall
You'll get your balls to the wall, man
Balls to the wall
You'll get your balls to the wall, man
Balls to the wall
You'll get your balls to the wall, man
Balls to the wall