Stratovarius

1. Future Shock

[Music by Tolkki, Words by Tolkki / Lassila]

I saw it in a dream
the day that changed our history
I still can hear the screams
swear it was no mystery
In the heat of the blast
Houses fell down into the ground
This happened so fast
Mankind disappeared without sound

Now the world lives in shadow of atomic fear
Can we win the fight for peace or will we disappear?
Future Shock

I saw it on the screen
The day that changed our lives and history
There goes our dream
Nuked into the sky don't know why
In the heat of the blast
Watch the beauty of the mushroom cast
It won't take long
You won't live till the end of this song

now the ...

2. False Messiah

[Words & Music by Tolkki]

Come to me my disciples
Said the stranger who came
Healed the sick fed the poor
Spread the joy and the cure

He will rule our land
With his leading hand
We'll achieve our deliverance
Is it just an illusion
Or the mass confusion
Is it just the work of the False Messiah?

Victims of mass confusion
Fools will follow this man
He leads us to destruction
Tending us to damnation

He will rule...

3. Black Night

[Music by Tolkki, Words by Lassila]

Over the sea
Moon's shining bright on it's way
To clear the black night
Witness of the fight

You got the power on me
I'll be fighting forever
You cast the spell on me
Why don't you let me go ?
No!!

New day will dawnn
For me and for you carry on
Black night is gone
Look what we have done

I got the power on you
We'll be fighting forever
I cast the spell on you
Never let you go
No !!

I got the...

4. Witch - Hunt

[Music by Tolkki/Words by Lassila]

The witch is worried
Which is bitch?
Take both of them in
And do a spin
Experimenting with fingers spreading
Lips concealing the secrets of the joy

The witch-hunt is coming to town
You better look around
The witch-hunt is coming to town
They'll see that you will get found

The witch is clever
Forgets never
She take her revenge
All in the end

Two at the time
Bell tolls inside
Casting joy all over you
Oh boy

The witch-hunt is coming to town
You better look around
The witch-hunt is coming to town
They'll see that you will get found

The whip is ready
Standing steady
In between the hands
By your command

Do what you have to do
And she's glad to
Take your little life
And ride away

6. Fright Night

[Music & Words by Tolkki/Lassila]

Feel the night, conceal your fright
It came from your right
Look what you found lying on the ground
Shiny ball you don't know anything at all

Look through yourself there's a mystery full of you
Always condemn though you never understand
Why you resist never knew how to fight
You touch the light
It's Fright Night
It's Fright Night

In the dark the shining spark
Follow this mystery ball
But don't look back there's force of evil so black
Ready to take you away

Look trough...

Look around is this the end you see?
Wrapped inside the pain and misery
Is it true when you say that you never would give up
Memories fill my mind I can see childhood again

Look I've found my old toys
They bring mem'ries in my head
And now we are big boys and that feeling
Is dead and it's gone

Glimpse of the childhood appears to me so clear
Tales from Sherwood they fade away disappear
Where am I going I can't see a solution
I'm here alone inthe heart of the darkest night

It's Fright Night

7. Night Screamer

[Music & Words by Tolkki/Lassila]

Scream at nights
But you won't be heard
It's deep inside
The pain within your head
You cry for help
The torture won't let you go
Your mind is aching
And you can't go on

Reaching for window
Your execution
The only solution
Night Screamer

Afraid at nights
There's nothing to be afraid of
Your nightmares
Won't leave you alone
Try and think hard
What's wrong in your life
Try and stay cool
You'll find peace of mind
Reaching for...

8. Darkness

[Music & Words by Tolkki]

Living on the edge of falling down
Like each day would be your last one
Reaching for the stars that shine so far
Take my hand it will be alright
For you and me to go

Look into my eyes they are black as night now
You can see your reflections I tell you no lies
You are the prisoner of your own feelings it's true
There's something inside you but you just won't
let it come out

When the night comes you won't be alone
'Cause I will be there I will be there
When the darkness enters into your room
Don't be afrain 'cause I'll be there
When the darkness enters into your room

They will put you down with their minds of steel
Despise and scorn you just because they cannot feel
Hell is eternity hell is your destiny
I can see it in your eyes that you want to say
But you can't

When the night comes...

Listen to me hear what I say
You're playing so dangerous games
There is no time to waste anymore
Because it is getting so late
Get what you got, give what you can
Leave all the mem'ries behind
They'll be haunting you forever

1. Break The Ice

[Music & Words by Tolkki/Lassila]

Why do you stare at me?
It's hard to please when you're
feeling ill at ease
Hey let it go
You have feelings inside let them show

Grim craven mind
Timid all the time
Can't come out of your shell
It's hell

Shame on you
There are so many things that you could do
Hey can't you see?
Love is a stream that endlessly flows in me

Grim craven mind
Timid all the time
Can't come out of your shell
It's hell

It's time to break the ice

2. The Hands Of Time

[Music & Words by Tolkki/Lassila]

The time is running
It's running so fast that you don't notice
Years are passing by
And you're growing older
What happened to all your dreams?
Did they become true at all?

We cannot undo the deeds of the years
They leave you on your own
With all your deepest fears

Don't look for the future
Don't live in the past
Just take it day by day 'cause life goes fast
The minutes, the hours
The days and the years will fly so
Live still when you have the time

We cannot undo the deeds of the years
They leave you on your own
With all your deepest fears

Wheel of the time
Turns again tonight
Eternally decides our destiny
Wheel of the time
Turns again tonight
Without reason or rhyme

The hands of time

3. Madness Strikes At Midnight

[Words & Music by Tolkki]

He's crawling out from the asylum
Under cover of the night
Insanity of his crazy mind
It's useless for you now to hide
Walking the streets someone's in sight
He's waiting for you in the night
Hiding in the shadows
Hiding in the alleys
He's ready to kill tonight

So lock your doors and hide
And pray your god 'cause you're not alone

Years he spent in the cage
They did not help him at all
Now today with the power of his rage
He's slaughtering people tonight
Walking the streets someone's in sight
He's waiting for you in the night
Hiding in the shadows
Hiding in the alleys
He's ready to kill tonight

So lock your doors and hide
And pray your god 'cause you're not alone

Madness strikes at midnight
Madness strikes at night

5. Twilight Time

[Music & Words by Tolkki/Lassila]

Danger zone
I look into the mirror see my face again
I hear myself preaching
You are getting bold
Growing old
Skin turns cold

You're to blame
But I will find the way to be myself again
I break the mirror with a noise
Stop preaching me teaching me
leave me be

There's no way to stop me now
My end is in sight
I reach for the light
Tonight

Twilight time
It's twilight time
Reaching for a morning light
Twilight time

6. The Hills Have Eyes

[Music & Words by Tolkki/Lassila]

Come with me my child
It's gonna take a little while
To teach you the knowledge
Of the ancient rhyme
Fly with me tonight
Through the cosmic sea
It's a mystery

From the thirst for life
You will never keep away
Pleasure of one man
Makes another man a prey
Fly with me tonight
Through the cosmic sea
It's a mystery

The hills have eyes
mind your step you'll better be wise
Or you never rise again
The hills have eyes
never forgive nor compromise
You fail in vain

7. Out Of The Shadows

[Words & Music by Tolkki/Lassila]

Out to the light from the mist
From the shadows I go
Facing the new world the odd things
The places unknown
Far away I sail away today

Seeing a new face impression the moment
The thought
Unarmed and naked defendless
My mind is caught
Far away it sails away to stay

Out of the shadows we go
There's no reason to hide anymore
Out of the shadows we go
Into the new horizon
Towards the new shore we go

8. Lead Us Into The Lights

[Music & Words by Tolkki]

Hey you take a look aroud
Can you feel the change begin?
Soon it will be too late
If you don't wake up
Outside the winds are bloring
And the people are staring so cold
The look that's in their eyes
Tells me something's wrong

Lead us into the light

It's so strange
We have gone too far
Still knowing what will happen
When we close our eyes
Is this the hell on earth?
And the heaven is out of our sight
Open your eyes and realize
It's not too late

Lead us into the light

1. Chasing Shadows

[Music & Words by Tolkki]

I have been sailing across the oceans
flying across the blue sky
Without never finding the answer
the answer to the question why
just when you think you reach it, it's gone

Chasing Shadows, Chasing shadows
Chasing Shadows, all your life

Harder you try to fix things in your life
Faster you know it's in vain
Searching for loving from strangest places
Nothing is left but the pain

Chasing Shadows, Chasing shadows
Chasing Shadows, all your life

2. 4th Reich

[Music & Words by Tolkki]

Sign of the times and writings on the wall
they show me it's time has come
Order of a new kind we will all find
stronger than never before
Things are pretty much the same
like in the year thirty eight
oh won't we ever learn
This time is't gonna be different
so let's all join our hands
And let the children sing
for the last time

4th Reich is rising
can't you see the signs
4th Reich is rising
for the last time

Let's just press more money
don't worry about the inflation
we got to have more weapons to carry on
Unemployment and sorrow cannot be avoided at this point
but thins will be so different when they are
ruling the world

4th Reich is rising
can't you see the signs
4th Reich is rising
for the last time
what will be left to our children

is this our final destiny

3. Eyes Of The World

[Words & Music by Tolkki]

Everywhere I go I see people staring at me
It makes me feel so strange
why won't they just leave me be
So take a look in the mirror
and maybe you'll see all the things that happened
while you were looking at me

Am I really so different
In the Eyes of the world
you are no different to me
In the Eyes of the world
is it so hard to see now

Everything we do is running to the sand
And who is to take the food away
from the children's hand
We all could be friends now
and it's not a crime
But we have to be quick now
because we don't have much time

Are we really so different
In the Eyes of the world
you are no different to me
In the Eyes of the world
is it so hard to see now

4. Hold On To Your Dream

[Music by Tolkki/Lassila]

Since you were born pushed into corner
and left all alone
Told what to do, obey all the rules
be just like everyone else those fools
Day at the school
teacher's a bully
You're mobbed as a rule
nothing from TV
Your folks are away
you are trapped inside this house you must stay - home

Now it's time for you to move on
Leave the shadows of your past
Don't let them haunt you forever

Hold on to your dream
Somewhere there's a beam of hope
which is guiding your way through the dark
This is your chance
Your love your romance
Hold on to your dream and never give up
in your life - Hold on to your Dream

5. Magic Carpet Ride

[Music & Words by Tolkki]

Let me take you to the far away places
Where you've never been to the orient lands
Soon you will notice the mountains and forests
We're flying over them now

Don't you be afraid, just take my hand
as we race with four winds
Welcome to the land of mystery
Welcome to the land of secrets
This is no ancient history
We are flying through the gates of Babylon

Allah is speaking us all with his mighty voice
Bowing to his power as we go down
This magic carpet ride is not a dream to us
It's really happening

6. We Are The Future

[Music & Words by Tolkki]

What is wrong with a man destroying the land.
Our planet is full of waste.
Sheltering ozone layer is no more a shield,
the temperature is rising up.

Now it's time to stop this madness,
Preventing increasing sadness.
Let's put end to all this while we can.

Man against another man, how somebody can,
judge by colour of the skin.
See the signs make up your mind,
Now it's time for the change, it is not too late.

Now it's time to stop this madness,
preventing increasing sadness.
Let's put end to all this while we can.

Save us, we are the future.
Lead us into the better world,
show us the way to reality.
No more injustice or cruelty.
Save us, we are the future.
Lead us into the better world,
show us the way to reality
injustice is all gone.

Fast, fast stop this course now last,
last or we won't last,
past stop living in the past or you will die.
End, end, end of our time,
Time our precious time,
Crime, crime against mankind we have to pay.
In the course of mad destruction,
there'll be no coming back,
the nuclear end is in sight.
Soon there will be no one to fight with.
Take a look into the sky, it may be your last time.
The complete end is in sight, soon
there will be no one to fight, with me.

Save us, we are the future.
Lead us into the better world,
show us the way to reality.
No more injustice or cruelty.
Save us, we are the future.
Lead us into the better world,
show us the way to reality
injustice is all gone.

7. Tears Of Ice

[Words & Music by Tolkki]

Tears of Ice falling down my cheeks
forming a lake in it's surface
I see you face and I watch it till it's gone
There were times all I did was cry out your name
only thing I feel now is pain

Tears of Ice frozen heart icy drop fall to the ground
forming stream golden dream
that will lead me to your door
There were times all I did was cry out your name
only thing I feel now is pain

Baby you should see what you did to me
now I am crying tears of ice
Baby you should feel like I felt in those days
now I am crying tears of ice

8. Dreamspace

[Music & Words by Tolkki]

Looking back through time to my childhood days
I used to have a place where I could escape the reality
But lately things have been so difficult for me
trying to reach for the light in the fall of darkness

Waiting watching my life I'm wasting my time
I'm losing grip from life
Going back to my dreamspace leaving it all behind
soon the things will be allright when I get there

Am I safe in here, nothing left to fear
I will close my eyes and float away with stream

Wandering here in this eternal darkness
no signs of light anywhere I am going in sane
Now I am leaving this life
No hope left I want to die

9. Reign Of Terror

[Music & Words by Tolkki]

What the hell is going on
Skijumpers making music that sells gold
There's no talent in this game
Hunting, hunting for the fame
Publicity is all you need
that's why it feels to me like

Reign of Terror

Everything costs so much nowadays
An individuals vanish in the haze
Entertainment for the masses
saving, saving your own asses
Rats are leaving sinking ship
still it feels to me like

Reign of Terror

What the hell is going on
everything is upside down
Hunting, hunting for the fame
terror, terror everywhere

10. Thin Ice

[Music & Words by Tolkki/Lassila]

I'm walking on a thin ice
Lying paralyzed
There's staying there's alone
Reaching for the unknown

In the mirror I see despair
In the closet I smell death
There's needles in my bed
I've finally lost my head

12. Abyss

[Music & Words by Tolkki]

I'm out on the open sea
the wind is embracing me
I'm watching the setting sun
Far far away from you
there's not much that I could
Do you know what's the only way for me

Into the depths I fall
into the unknown darkness I go

Down, Down, Down
down, down, down
falling into the Abyss

A morning of no recall
no memory no nothing at all
the sun is blinding my eyes
The pain I feel in my head
I think I go back to bed
Or should I have just one more

Into the depths I fall
into the unknown darkness I go

Down, Down, Down
down, down, down
falling into the Abyss