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 Однозначно, лучший альбом Сканнера. После совсем не слабого альбома Mental reservation ребята выпустили свою лучшую работу, после которой, к сожалению, распались. Если честно, я всегда считал эту группу одной из самых недооценённых в металле, так как выпуская альбомы такого качества группа продолжала остваться, по сути, неизвестной. Достоинства альбома можно перечислять долго, это и отличный вокал Haridon Lee и классная работа гитариста и великолепные песни : Puppet on the string(с гостевым вокалом Ральфа Шиперса), Frozen Under Sun , Judge On The Run. Отдельно стоит выделить кавер Queen Innuendo, отлично спетый(чего я совсем не ожидал от неизвестного вокалиста). В общем, лебединая песня Сканнеру, однохначно удалась, все бы так уходили(это я Металлике). |
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And I see, too many things not changed,
In a ";thousand-years"; time
Now I know, why I'm yearning
Cause life is never turning
Puppet on a string
Deliverance, roar for deliverance
And you know why I'm yearning
Cause life is never turning
Puppet on a string
Is a captive thing
Look this man is watching me
He's always been a part of me
And I see, left on the right
reflecting my body and soul, always
And I see, I look at myself into the mirror of time
Now I know why I'm yearning
Cause life is never turning
Puppet on a string
Deliverance, roar for deliverance
And you know why I'm yearning
Cause life is never turning
Puppet on a string
Is a captive thing
Save me, guardian of the poor
Watching every gamble, playing for high score
You may say I'm blind, right or wrong
Anywhere I belong
I can't deny, but my will ain't strong
All this fake
Sparkles out of gold
Did you ever die for
What your parents told
You may say I'm blind, right or wrong
Anywhere I belong
I can't deny, but my will ain't strong
Everyone a child of the sun
But the gap is wide open yet
So we move straight to the might
Far to some demon's delight, I know
Now I know why I'm yearning
Cause life is never turning
Puppet on a string
Deliverance, roar for deliverance
And you know why I'm yearning
Cause life is never turning
Puppet on a string
Is a captive thing
2. Frozen Under The Sun
So many ways to choose for walking
Which of this paths should I try
There is a man returning
Guess he has got a false trial
And when I ask him
Hey man, what's wrong
He smiles and answers:
I think this way's too long
Pushed and pulled at points of entry
Gateway of my chances
Back and forth - two steps, I weary
I'm frozen under the sun
Now that I've walked a thousand life-miles
Some of those miles I regret
Next bifurcation's coming
Which of two ways is the best
And when I'm asking
Oh, Lord what's right
There ain't an answer
To have the choice means fight
Pushed and pulled at points of entry
Gateway of my chances
Back and forth - two steps, I weary
I'm frozen under the sun
3. We Start It Tomorrow
Insanity surrounding me
Right beyond these walls
Dark corners where nurses shake the key
And quite near just behind my door
A soul leaves the corpse
I'll never accept all their reasons
What for they have done this to me
All dreams they are gone now to pieces
I'm in a mess there's no chance to flee
Why me
Forgotten prisoner they're wasting your time
Been on a mission here to create a sign
Your motivation was to change our world
Madness or genius apart
We start it tomorrow
The hate inside
Now part of me
Will burn my soul
And Jesus won't read out of my bones
So I try to get a chance
To get out of here
I'll never accept all their reasons
What for they have done this to me
All dreams they are gone now to pieces
I'm in a mess there's no chance to flee
Why me
Forgotten prisoner they're wasting your time
Been on a mission here to create a sign
Your motivation was to change our world
Madness or genius apart
We start it tomorrow
4. The True-Stories-Teller
He was a friend and was a foe
Sometimes high, sometimes low
A lion in fictitious realms
A childish hero - overwhelmed
Like the wizard of Oz
Part in the world of prose
The true-stories-teller was always the fool
He's often been blamed, he's never known rules
Gone now forever, he's telling no more
We wished we had listened before
(They wished they had listened before)
He made us laugh and furious, too
Never knew what's lies or truth
Superman in wonderland
Played the buffoon till the end
Like the wizard of Oz
Part in a world of prose
The true-stories-teller was always the fool
He's often been blamed, he's never known rules
Gone now forever, he's telling no more
We wished we had listened before
(They wished they had listened before)
Like the wizard of Oz
Part in a world of prose
The true-stories-teller was always the fool
He's often been blamed, he's never known rules
Gone now forever, he's telling no more
We wished we had listened before
(They wished they had listened before)
5. Tollshocked
Since we're talking, mainly upright walking
Proved true the difference of fire and ice
We've built a cardhouse waving if the wind blows
Lies may walk slowly, but they return as the truth
Tollshocked, I'm tollshocked
Black is the color of darkness and evil
White is the truth as an innocent child
Women think slow, while a man's driving speedy
All red-haired women love wild
What's up, what counts
Since we're talking, mainly upright walking
Proved true the difference of fire and ice
We've built a cardhouse waving if the wind blows
Lies may walk slowly, but they return as the truth
Tollshocked, I'm tollshocked
The pope's licking dirt on his airport-arrivals
Messages light years away from the truth
";So not use condoms"; he counsels the poorest
Believes he that they need the boost
What's up, what counts
Since we're talking, mainly upright walking
Proved true the difference of fire and ice
We've built a cardhouse waving if the wind blows
Lies may walk slowly, but they return as the truth
Tollshocked, I'm tollshocked
Billy looks smart with his smile sweet as honey
Boris likes vodka much more than champagne
Manni f¤hrt Manta und bumst 'ne Frisuese
Red-Indians endure much more pain
What's up, what counts
Since we're talking, mainly upright walking
Proved true the difference of fire and ice
We've built a cardhouse waving if the wind blows
Lies may walk slowly, but they return as the truth
Tollshocked, I'm tollshocked
6. Ball Of The Damned
They had come far from
Been invited to Lord Barker's Ball
Not aware they would celebrate their fall
On the first day red wined flowed their bellies
Hundred feet stepped and danced
Echoes of laughter were streaming through dark vaults
Barker's eyes showed their glance
Day two was the day of mysterious games
Each winner got blood painted plates
Added like puzzles - disclosing their sense
The picture was showing their fate
They stood and stared
Paralyzed
Doors were locked
Smoke invading
Welcome to the festival
The ball of no return
Inhale the smoke
Abandoned they sucked virgins - blood
Abandoned they danced demons - rock
Hysteria was ruling, mercy not lent
Ball of the damned
Day three was the day of unbearable silence
Barker prepared the last act
Survivors were led to the chamber of violence
The basin of death had been stacked
They stood and stared
Paralyzed
Doors were locked
Smoke invading
Welcome to the festival
The ball of no return
Inhale the smoke
Abandoned they sucked virgins - blood
Abandoned they danced demons - rock
Hysteria was ruling, mercy not lent
Ball of the damned
Dipped into the mass
Gilded pain on their faces of death
They'd become figures on a board of chess
Welcome to the festival
The ball of no return
Inhale the smoke
Abandoned they sucked virgins - blood
Abandoned they danced demons - rock
Hysteria was ruling, mercy not lent
Ball of the damned
7. Judge On The Run
Entrance to second main-floor
Pulse running high
The point of no return
Today is a nice day to die
Behind this green-grey wing door his fate was sealed
The judge who showed no mercy
Next case on his own battlefield
Access for lawyers only
Don't cross the painted line
Wait 'till your name's called over
Loaded gun
Judge on the run
For all they'd done to Billy
In years passed by
His life the worst disaster
Nobody who granted a trial
Access for lawyers only
Don't cross the painted line
Wait 'till your name's called over
Loaded gun
Judge on the run
8. Intermezzo
Access for lawyers only
Don't cross the painted line
Wait 'till your name's called over
Loaded gun
Access for lawyers only
Don't cross the painted line
Wait 'till your name's called over
Loaded gun
Judge on the run
9. Innuendo
[Originally performed by Queen]
While the sun hangs in the sky and the desert has sand
While the waves crash in the sea and meet the land
While there's a wind and the stars and the rainbow
Till the mountains crumble into the plain
Oh yes we'll keep on tryin'
Tread that fine line
Oh we'll keep on tryin'
Just passing our time
While we live according to race, colour or creed
While we rule by blind madness and pure greed
Our lives dictated by tradition, superstition, false religion
Through the eons, and on and on
Oh yes we'll keep on tryin'
We'll tread that fine line
Oh oh we'll keep on tryin'
Till the end of time
Till the end of time
Through the sorrow all through our splendour
Don't take offence at my innuendo
You can be anything you want to be
Just turn yourself into anything you think that
you could ever be
Be free with your tempo, be free be free
Surrender your ego - be free, be free to yourself
If there's a God or any kind of justice under the sky
If there's a point, if there's a reaason to live or die
If there's an answer to the questions we fill born to ask
Show yourself - destroy our fears - release your mask
Oh we'll keep on tryin'
Hey treat that fine line
We'll keep on smailing
And whatever will be - will be
We'll just keep on trying
We'll just keep on trying
Till the end of time
Till the end of time
Till the end of time