1 Coming Home 05:23 2 Starborn 04:37 3 Deadly Sleep 05:09 4 Forces of Rage 05:46 5 Captain's Log 01:02 6 Brothers (of the Past) 04:43 7 Eye to Eye 05:52 8 Mind Over Matter 05:35 9 Prisoner of the Void 04:43 10 The Battle 05:47 11 Unchained 06:09 12 Forevermore 05:15 Total playing time: 60:01 North American/European bonus tracks: 13 Gorgar (Helloween cover) [4:07] 14 Neon Knights (Black Sabbath cover) [3:54] 15 Dragonslayer (performed by Excelsis) [5:09] Excelsis are a Swiss power metal band who won a contest to have a song included on the album. The Japanese bonus tracks: 13 Metal Invaders (Helloween cover) [3:48] 14 Gorgar (Helloween cover) [4:05] 15 Neon Knights (Black Sabbath cover) [3:52]
Coming Home
(Music and lyrics by P. Sielck)
All vocals by Piet
The Caldarins - heirs of Atlantis - sent out a huge fleet to investigate on the Iron Savior's transmission. Finally they are entering the Solar system. But will they understand the fatal error of the ancient machine ...
Lost in the dark milleniums ago Where is the place where's the place called home
On fire they rode to flee from the fall Their future was doomed they've foreseen it all
Mythical world of the ancient empire secret and hidden but some day we shall return
Ancient calls from anywhere in time we have to follow the sign Distant voices - sources unknown Where to they lead us Where will we go On the scent for the lost Coming home
Riff Solo: Piet
Chasing a shadow in stardust and haze Where will we find traces of our race
The engines are roaring we're leaving ground once more is it for real - will we fail like so often before
Ancient calls from somewhere in time we have to follow the sign Distant voices - sources unknown Where to they lead us Where will we go On the scent for the lost Coming home
Main Solo: Piet/Kai/Piet/Kai/both
Mythical world of the ancient empire is it for real - will we fail like so often before
Ancient calls from somewhere
Star of the old guide us - give us hope Star ...
Starborn
(Music and lyrics by P. Sielck)
Lead and backing vocals by Piet Choir vocals by Jan and Piet
The fugitives of Atlantis are searching the vastness of space to find a new home. For several generations this trek of the last survivers has been on the quest. They are the starborn children of Atlantis.
Bound to the stars, bound to a land Unspoiled and virgin This journey has to end Out in the cold, lonely we feel Outcast and homeless In coffins made of steel
Far beyond - so far beyond a strange horizon History - the past is lost but we will live on
Still on the quest Forever we're riding No place to rest In deep space we're gliding Starborn children - their destiny Starborn out in the cold - their sanctuary Faster than light we cruise the unknown Into the dark we've been thrown Starborn and lost in the cold
Where can we go, where will we find Shelter and silence From all we've left behind So many times we thought we had it all But we had to follow The stars and their call
Memories - of all we've left will fade away Atlantis will - be lost in war and will decay
Goddess of fate Forever we're riding Light up the shade In deep space we're gliding
Starborn children - their destiny
Solo: Piet
Goddess of fate Forever we're riding Light up the shade In deep space we're gliding
Starborn children - their destiny
Deadly Sleep
(Music and lyrics by K. Hansen)
Lead and backing vocals by Kai and Piet Choir vocals by Piet
The sleeper outlasted 300.000 years in stasis sleep. Now, when the savior has returned, he must awake to fulfill his destiny.
Kai: Welcome back home, it's been so long, we've missed you, been searching for honor and glory out in the dark I have fought for survival as thunder and gunfire were roaring
Back home, the time and the place of my own my future is calling I know i do believe there is no other place i can go
I must return from my deadly sleep the only chance I've been given - my destiny take me home, take me home
Black as a hole is the soil I was walking as black as the troops were before me relentless attack as my eyes started bleeding, get razed to the ground by the soaring
It's time, you better be leading me home our future is calling I know I am the answer to all the remaining unknown
I must return from my deadly sleep the only choice I've been given,-my destiny take me home
Solo Kai
Piet: Roaring, embracing the thunder Twisting and turning around Locked in I will not go under Save me before I will drown
Solo 2: Kai
I must return Take me home - take me home Take me home - take me home Take me home - take me home Let me go - let me go Back to my home, back to the people I know Out in the cold but where can I go I don't know Where can I go I don't know Come and take me home
Forces Of Rage
(Music and lyrics by P. Sielck)
All vocals by Piet
A small cell of resistance hides from the Iron Savior under the everlasting ice of Greenland. Their ultimate goal is to free the world from the roboter's threat. The battle might be lost, but the war is not over yet ...
Under the ice we hide from your stare buried in grief and despair We're the derbies, the scattered remains, leaves in the storm who is lashing the world
Destiny calls, extinction of man will it all happen again But yet we're alive, unbroken we stand to banish the conqueror who's taken the land
We'll be a thorn in your unhuman flesh There'll be a time for retortion We'll break the fetters, we'll never give in although it seems our end will begin
Forces united - forces arise Legions of iron descent from the skies Dark knight - you'll never defeat The immortal spirit of freedom Savior - watch out beware We will engage The forces of rage
Starbirds are gliding on winds of decay merciless hunting the pray Infernal machine, the hatchet of war sharp as a razor will cut back the claw
We'll be the virus - a deadly disease the fever is burning inside you To bring you to fail is the ultimate aim We'll rise from the ashes again and again
Forces united - forces arise Legions of iron descent from the skies Free - at least for a moment in time Years - how many years have gone by In fury and wrath we're looking above Forging the sword, the blade of reprisal Leaders of man let's ride out again From fire and ice a blazing star will arise
Solo: Piet
We'll be a thorn in your unhuman flesh Forces united - forces arise
Captain's Log
(Music and lyrics by P. Sielck)
Narrator's voice by Jason Breitwege
It is the year 2110. The world is threatened by war once again. The unknown vessel sent out armed forces appearing to be machines to invade earth. The air and almost the entire surface is now under their control. Research on the origin of the ship indicates that it might be related to the lost continent of Atlantis. So the answers are given in the past, somewhere in the infinity of space and time.
Brothers (of the Past)
(Music and lyrics by P. Sielck)
All vocals by Piet
The sleeper is trying to get in contact with the bio-unit of the savior. Thay are the last ancient Atlantian beings which makes them brothers of the past.
Devastation - radiation - paralyzing fear Terrorizing demons rising - termination's here Stratospheric - energetic- drifting on the stream Agonizing isolation inside the machine
Reborn in chaos and war What has it all been good for Reach out and take my hand The children must life, the killing must end
Brother - you must awake Brother - before it's too late Here we stand Like shadows of great things in the past Hear my call, oh brother Let's right the wrongs at last
Lifeless bloodhound - executor of our fatal law Blinded by your wrong conclusion truth you see no more
Now the defender attacks The land he was supposed to protect This is our legacy Together we're facing our destiny
Brother - you must awake
Solo: Piet / Kai / Piet / Kai / both
Reach out and take my hand The children must life, the killing must end This is our legacy Together we're facing our destiny
Brother - you must awake
We are brothers of the past Uhh, let's right the wrongs at last
Eye To Eye
(Music and lyrics by P. Sielck)
Lead and backing vocals by Piet Choir Vocals by Jan and Piet
Describes the terror of war from the personal view of a simple man fighting the iron troops eye to eye.
Into the night moonless cold and black Hell is waiting, there is no turning back Suddenly the air was on fire Your buddy never had a chance His blood on your hands you'll never forget his cold and lifeless glance
Times of war are times of death and now the killing is on Now the killing is on Mortal fear is creeping in your mind and soul tonight Nowhere to hide
Eye to eye - facing the enemy Brave at heart - fighting for liberty Heroes or fools Out in the fields bitterness rules Eye to eye - facing a deadly thread Don't look back - look straight ahead with the will to survive Just keep up the faith and victory is on your side You closed his eyes Forever he'