One, two, three, four
One, two, aah

Mama, she has taught me well
Told me when I was young
"Son, your life's an open book
Don't close it 'fore it's done"

The brightest flame burns quickest
That's what I heard her say
A son's heart's owed to mother
But I must find my way

Let my heart go
Let your son grow
Mama, let my heart go
Or let this heart be still, yeah, still

"Rebel," my new last name
Wild blood in my veins
Apron strings around my neck
The mark that still remains

I left home at an early age
Of what I heard was wrong
I never asked forgiveness
But what I said is done

Let my heart go
Let your son grow
Mama, let my heart go
Or let this heart be still

Never I ask of you
But never I gave
But you gave me your emptiness
I now take to my grave

Never I ask of you
But never I gave
But you gave me your emptiness
I now take to my grave
So let this heart be still

Mama, now I'm coming home
I'm not all you wished of me
A mother's love for her son
Unspoken, help me be

Yeah, I took your love for granted
And all the things you said to me, yeah
I need your arms to welcome me
But a cold stone's all I see

Let my heart go
Let your son grow
Mama, let my heart go
Or let this heart be still

Let my heart go
Mama, let my heart go
Mm, ya never let my heart go
So let this heart be still, woh

Never I ask of you
But never I gave
But you gave me your emptiness
I now take to my grave

Never I ask of you
But never I gave
But you gave me your emptiness
I now take to my grave
So let this heart be still


Master Of Puppets

End of passion play, crumbling away
I'm your source of self-destruction
Veins that pump with fear, sucking darkest clear
Leading on your deaths construction

Taste me you will see
More is all you need
You're dedicated to
How I'm killing you

Come crawling faster
Obey your master
Your life burns faster
Obey your master
Master

Master of puppets I'm pulling your strings
Twisting your mind and smashing your dreams
Blinded by me, you can't see a thing
Just call my name, 'cause I'll hear you scream
Master
Master
Just call my name 'cause I'll hear you scream
Master
Master

Needlework the way, never you betray
Life of death becoming clearer
Pain monopoly, ritual misery
Chop your breakfast on a mirror

Taste me you will see
More is all you need
You're dedicated to
How I'm killing you

Come crawling faster
Obey your master
Your life burns faster
Obey your master
Master

Master of puppets I'm pulling your strings
Twisting your mind and smashing your dreams
Blinded by me, you can't see a thing
Just call my name, 'cause I'll hear you scream
Master
Master
Just call my name, 'cause I'll hear you scream
Master
Master
Master
Master
Master
Master
Master

Master, master, where's the dreams that I've been after?
Master, master, you promised only lies
Laughter, laughter, all I hear or see is laughter
Laughter, laughter, laughing at my cries

Hell is worth all that, natural habitat
Just a rhyme without a reason
Neverending maze, drift on numbered days
Now your life is out of season

I will occupy
I will help you die
I will run through you
Now I rule you too

Come crawling faster
Obey your master
Your life burns faster
Obey your master
Master

Master of puppets I'm pulling your strings
Twisting your mind and smashing your dreams
Blinded by me, you can't see a thing
Just call my name, 'cause I'll hear you scream
Master
Master
Just call my name, 'cause I'll hear you scream
Master
Master

Ha, ha, ha, ha

[Laughter]


The Memory Remains

Fortune, fame
Mirror vain
Gone insane
But the memory remains

Heavy rings on fingers wave
Another star denies the grave
See the nowhere crowd
Cry the nowhere cheers of honor

Like twisted vines that grow
Hide and swallow mansions whole
And dim the light of an already
Faded prima donna

Fortune, fame
Mirror vain
Gone insane
Fortune, fame
Mirror vain
Gone insane
But the memory remains

Heavy rings hold cigarettes
Up to lips that time forgets
While the Hollywood sun
Sets behind your back

And can't the band play on?
Just listen, they play my song
Ash to ash
Dust to dust
Fade to black

Fortune, fame
Mirror vain
Gone insane
Fortune, fame
Mirror vain
Gone insane
Dance little tin goddess

Da da da...

Drift away
Fade away
Little tin goddess
Ash to ash
Dust to dust
Fade to black

Fortune, fame
Mirror vain
Gone insane
Fortune, fame
Mirror vain
Gone insane
But the memory remains

Ash to ash
Dust to dust
Fade to black
The memory remains

Yeah
To this faded prima donna
Yeah, yeah, yeah, hey, ah

Dance little tin goddess, dance

Da da da...

Say yes
At least say hello

Say yes
At least say hello


Mercyful Fate

They're walking by the night
The moon has frozen blue
Long black coats a shelter for the rain
Their load must get through

Now bats are leaving their trees
They're joining the call
Seven satanic hell preachers
Heading for the hall

Bringing the blood of a newborn child, yeah
Got to succeed, if not it's Satan's fall

Way out in Egypt in the valley of kings
Where the mummified pharaohs
Pretend dead in their sleep, a-yeah

Don't touch, never ever steal
Unless you're in for the kill

Or you been hit
By the curse of the pharaohs
Yes, you been hit
And the curse is on you

Hit me

Ooh, the curse of the pharaohs can be so deadly
Just destroying your future
Makin' it all shady, yeah

Don't touch, never ever steal
Unless you're in for the kill
(In for the kill)

Or you'll be hit
By the curse of the pharaohs
Yes, you'll be hit
And the curse is on you

Listen, yeah (listen, listen)
I'm a corpse
I'm a corpse
I'm a corpse without soul
Satan, yeah (Satan, Satan)
He's takin'
He's takin'
He's takin' his toll
He took it out on me

I, yeah (I, I)
I'm trapped
I'm trapped
I'm trapped in his spell
Tonight, yeah (tonight, tonight)
I'm going
I'm going
I'm going to Hell
Inside his spell

Howl like a wolf
And a witch will open the door
Follow me, yeah
And meet our high priestess

Yeah
Come, come into my coven
Yeah
And become Lucifer's child

Undress 'till you're naked
And put on this white coat
Take this white cross
And go to the center of the ring

Yeah
Come, come into my coven
Yeah
And become Lucifer's child

I was born in the cemetery
Under the sign of the moon
Raised from my grave by the dead

And I was made a mercenary
In the legions of Hell
Now, I'm king of pain, I'm insane, yeah

You know my only pleasure
Is to hear you cry

I'd love to hear you cry
And I'd love to see you die

And I'll be the first
To watch your funeral
And I'll be the last to leave

I'd love to hear you cry

And when you're down beyond the ground
I'll dig up your body again
And make love to shame
Woh, lady, cry and say goodbye
(Goodbye)
Oh, lady, cry and say goodbye

Yeah, you've gotta say goodbye
Yeah, 'cause I will eat your mind


Metal Militia

Thunder and lightning. The gods take revenge
Senseless destruction
Victims of fury are cowardly now
Running for safety
Stabbing the harlot to pay for her sins
Leaving the virgin
Suicide running as if it were free
Ripping and tearing

Oh! Through the mist and the madness
We're trying to get the message to you
Metal militia
Metal militia
Metal militia

Chained and shadowed to be left behind
Nine and one thousand
Metal militia for your sacrifice
Iron-clad soldiers
Join or be conquered, the law of the land
What will befall you?
The metalization of your inner soul
Twisting and turning

Oh! Through the mist and the madness
We're trying to get the message to you
Metal militia
Metal militia
Ow

Ha

We are as one as we all are the same
Fighting for one cause
Leather and metal are our uniforms
Protecting what we are
Joining together to take on the world
With our heavy metal
Spreading the message to everyone here
Come let yourself go

Oh! Through the mist and the madness
We're trying to get the message to you
Metal militia
Metal militia
Metal militia
Metal militia
Metal militia
Metal militia
Metal militia
Metal militia
Metal militia
Metal militia


- Human

Don't you leave me Father Time
Take me with you
Tell me does your sun still shine
Come squeeze the world and drip it down my throat, oh yeah
Down my throat again, woh

You got to breathe it down, breathe
Coming up for
Breathe it down, breathe
Coming up for air

Touch the soul, I think I'm here
Skin my senses
Barely breathing
Minus human
Squeeze the world
And drip it down my throat again
Ooh, down my throat again, woh

You got to breathe it down, breathe
Coming up for
Breathe it down, breathe
Coming up for air

You got to breathe it down, breathe
Coming up for
Breathe it down, breathe
Coming up for


The More I See

From where I stand I see
Pain suffering and misery
Hey, ah

The more I see
(The more I see)
The less
The less I believe, yeah

From where I stand I see
Hate, violence and war
Oh

The more I see
(The more I see)
Ooh, the less
The less I believe
Yeah, ah

The more I see
(The more I see)
Ah, the less
The less I believe
I believe

From where I stand I see
Pain, suffering and misery

Yeah

The more I see
(The more I see)
No, the less
The less I believe
Ah

The more I see
The more I see, yeah
The more I see, yeah
The more I see, yeah
The more I see, yeah
The less
The less I believe


Motorbreath

Living and dying laughing and crying
Once you have seen it you'll never be the same
Life in the fast lane is just how it seems
Hard and it's heavy, it's dirty and mean

Motorbreath
It's how I live my life
I can't take it any other way
Motorbreath
The sign of living fast
It is going to take your breath away

Don't stop for nothin', it's full of speed or nothin'
I'm takin' down you know whatever's in my way
Getting your kicks as you're shooting the line
Sending the shivers up and down my spine

Motorbreath
It's how I live my life
I can't take it any other way
Motorbreath
The sign of living fast
It is going to take your breath away

Those people who tell you not to take chances
They are all missing on what life's about
You only live once so take hold of the chance
Don't end up like others, same song and dance

Motorbreath
It's how I live my life
I can't take it any other way
Motorbreath
The sign of living fast
It is going to take your breath away


My Friend Of Misery

You just stood there screaming
Fearing no one was listening to you
They say the empty can rattles the most
The sound of your own voice must soothe you
Hearing only what you wanna hear
And knowing only what you've heard
You
You're smothered in tragedy
And you're out to save the world

Misery
You insist that the weight of the world
Should be on your shoulders
Misery
There's much more to life than what you see
My friend of misery, ah

You still stood there screaming
No one caring about these words you tell
My friend, before your voice is gone
One man's fun is another's hell
These times are sent to try men's souls
But something's wrong with all you see
You
You'll take it on all yourself
Remember, misery loves company

Misery
You insist that the weight of the world
Should be on your shoulders
Misery
There's much more to life than what you see
My friend of misery
My friend of misery

Misery
You insist that the weight of the world
Should be on your shoulders
Misery
There's much more to life than what you see
My friend of misery

You just stood there screaming
Oh
My friend of misery
Yeah, yeah, yeah

© Arve Barsnes 1999-2000