DEAD BUT FREE (4:00)
I’LL NEVER BETRAY (4:03)
SMILE (4:43)
RETURN OF DEAD THOUGHTS - Instrumental (4:44)
THE WORLD IS FULL OF LIES (4:51)
OCEAN OF HATRED (4:06)
ECHOES OF SADNESS (5:05)
SITTING BY THE FIRE (5:13)
AT THE THRESHOLD OF LIFE (5:54)
IRREPARABLE (6:23)

Produced by Dušan Antalík & Lunatic Gods
Recorded and mixed in July, August and September 1997 at "911" studio, Martin, Slovakia
Sound engineered and mixed by Dušan Antalík, Hirax & Lunatic Gods
Mastered at Rudolfinum 06.04. 1998 by Oldřich Slezák in Prague, Czech Republic
Arranged by Hirax and Psycho
Photos by Martin Lehotský
Cover photo by Tony Heiderer
Cover concept by Raďo Kraker and Jarko Vavro

SPECIAL THANKS:
All the people for their good or bad acts, which forced us to go forward.

THANKS:
Adriana Rapavá, Josef Líška
To all cool guys from Metal Age Productions
Rasťo Petrovič, Peter Mydlo, Vlado Remeň, Peter Prošek
Martin Lukáč and Marcel Mariščák and Metal Hammer, Braňo Mathe
Tibor and Rock Club Mlyn, Peter Cingel and Doctor and Radio Rebeca
Dušan "Microphone" Matejička, Martin Barták, Deather, Hungry, Guli, Stano Karaba
Andrea, Ivana, Sisa, Veňa, Monika, Svetlana "Orthank"
Jožo "Dodo" Ďateľ and all from Galadriel
Bill "Zebub" Thurjančik

Contact address: Lunatic Gods, c/o Pavel Baričák, Jána Martáka 33
036 08 Martin 8, Slovakia - Europe

METAL AGE PRODUCTIONS, P.O. Box 42, 038 61 Vrútky, SLOVAKIA - EUROPE
TEL/FAX: 00421/842/222403 E-mail: metal.age@mt.sknet.sk

DEAD BUT FREE
Music: Hirax, King - autumn 1996
Lyrics: Mortis

I USED TO FEAR, I USED TO CRY
I USED TO WISH NEVER TO DIE
BUT I'VE CHANGED MY MIND
LIFE CAN'T BE SURVIVED

NOW I DON'T FEAR, NOW I DON'T CRY
AND WHAT I WISH IS SOON TO DIE
BECAUSE I SEE
ONLY DEAD I'LL BE FREE

LIFE I A PRISON
DEATH WILL BE RELEASE
JUST AFTER DEATH
AND TROUBLES WILL CEASE

DAY BY DAY
I HAD TO STRIVE
NOW I WANT TO END IT
I WANT TO DIE

THIS FUCKING LIFE
IS A FATAL DISEASE
SO WHY SHOULD I STRUGGLE
LET ME REST IN PEAST

COME ON, COME ON
COME'N'DIE WITH ME
DEATH IS THE FREEDOM
IS SUICIDE THE KEY?

I'LL NEVER BETRAY
Music: Hirax - spring 1996
Lyrics: Mortis

MANIA - ALL PEOPLE WANT THE SAME
MANIA - FOR MONEY THEY GO INSANE

MONEY IS ALL WHAT'S ON YOUR MIND
FOR MONEY YOU'RE DEAF, FOR MONEY YOU'RE BLIND
YOU ARE THE BOSS, YOU RESPECT NO LAWS

IF THERE'S A CHANCE TO GAIN MORE
YOU FUCK THE RULES, YOU ACT LIKE A WHORE
AND YOU DON'T CARE ABOUT WHAT PEOPLE SAY

ASSHOLE - MY SOUL IS NOT FOR SALE
BASTARD - I WON'T BE YOUR NEXT PREY
FUCK YOU - I DON'T LISTEN TO WHAT YOU SAY
EAT SHIT - FOR NO MONEY I WILL OBEY

MONEY - CAUSING A MASS INSANITY
MONEY - DESTROYING HUMANITY
MONEY - TRYING TO LEAD ASTRAY
MONEY - BUT I WILL NEVER BETRAY

SMILE
Music: Hirax - autumn 1995
Lyrics: Mortis

HEY MAN YOU NEEDN'T CRY, YOUR FACE
CAN GIVE A SMILE, SMILE…

DON'T WAIT FOR YOUR DARKEST HOUR
CAUSE HAPINESS IS COMING TO YOU

YOU ENJOYED WHAT LIFE WAS GIVING
BUT YOUR SMILE HAS BEEN STOLEN

YOU HAVE FOUND YOUR FACE
AND THE FEELING IF HAPINESS IS GONE AGAIN

SO HOW MUCH TIME HAVE YOU GOT?
AS MUCH AS YOU'LL GIVE YOURSELF

STOP FROWNING - ONLY THE LIFE ITSELF
WILL SHOW YOU, YOU AREN'T ALONE

YOU LIVE DIFFERENTLY - THAN YOU LIVED
YOU'RE SEARCHING ON YOUR OWN

THAT SMILE THERE - EVEN IF YOU ARE ALONE
THE SMILE HAS COME BACK

RETURN OF DEAD THOUGHTS
Music: Hirax - winter 1995

INSTRUMENTAL

THE WORLD IS FULL OF LIES
Intro music: King
Music: Hirax - autumn 1995
Lyrics: Mortis

THE WORLD IS FULL OF NONSENSE
THE WORLD IS FULL OF LIES
I'M SICK OF YOUR SATAN
I'M SICK OF YOUR CHRIST

BELIEVE MAKES YOU SO BLIND
TRUTH YOU DON'T TRY TO FIND
YOU THINK THAT TRUTH IS THERE
ONLY ON YOUR SIDE

THERE IS NO KING OF DARKNESS & EVIL
THERE IS NO SATAN, THERE IS NO DEVIL
THERE IS NO GOD OF LOVE & GOODNESS
THERE IS NO ONE WHO CAN STOP THE MADNESS

BELIEF - JUST FOR THE WEAK - MINDED
YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND IT
TRUTH - YOU CAN'T FIND IT - WHERE
YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND IT

IF YOU BELIEVE IN SATAN - THE RULER OF HELL
WHY DON'T YOU FOLLOW HIM - GO TO HELL
KILL YOURSELF AND - STOP BOTHERING ME -DIE

IF YOU BELIEVE IN JESUS - THE LORD OF HEAVEN
I CAN SEND YOU HEAVEN-WARD - RIGHT TO EDEN
I WILL CRUCIFY YOU - LIKE YOUR IDOL - DIE

OCEAN OF HATRED
Intro music: Hirax
Music: Hirax - summer 1995
Lyrics: Mortis

MY LOVE IS LOST IN THE OCEAN OF HATRED
THE GIRL WHOM I LOVED IS DEAD & VIOLATED

I'VE STAYED ALONE
WITH THE PAIN
DEEP INSIDE MY HEART

MOTHERFUCKING BASTARD
RAPED & KILLED MY SWEETHEART
SATISFIED HIS MORBID LUST
I'VE LOST ALL MY DREAMS

RAGE IS BURNING MY SOUL
IT'S GETTING OUT OF CONTROL
LOCKED IN THIS HELL I'LL BE
AND THE KILLER STAYS FREE

ECHOES OF SADNESS
Music: Hirax - spring 1996
Lyrics: Adriana Rapavá

CAN YOU SEE
MY WORLD IS DYING
NOW I'M DROWNED
IN THE SEA OF MORNING
SINCE YOU HAVE GONE
THERE IS DARKNESS IN MY SOUL
I LIVE ON THE EDGE LOST IN THE MEMORIES

ALL THE ROSES ON YOUR GRAVE
HAVE FADED AWAY
YOU LEFT ME LOCKED IN THIS PRISON
WHERE I DON'T REALIZE
THAT LIFE IS PASSING ME
I SEE MYSELF IN THE MIRROR
OF SORROW AND PAIN

CAN YOU HEAR THE BELL
TOLLING ON MY WAY?

YOU'VE BEEN SUCKED DRY FROM YOUR ENERGY

WHY MUST WE DIE
AND PAY FOR THIS EXISTENCE

YOU CAN'T STRUGGLE & SET YOURSELF FREE

SITTING BY THE FIRE
Music: Hirax - autumn 1996
Lyrics: Mortis

SITTING BY THE FIRE
THINKING HOW YOU'RE GONNA CHANGE
THE WORLD

JUST HAVE A LOOK & YOU'LL SEE
HOW THE WORLD'S CHANGED YOU
AND YOU DIDN'T CARE
ONLY STRONG WILL SURVIVE

SITTING BY THE FIRE
THINKING HOW YOU'RE GONNA CHANGE
THE WORLD

SIT - BY THE FIRE - AND THINK
ABOUT THAT - THE STRONG - WILL SURVIVE

CRYING - YOU DON'T BELONG - TO THOSE
WHO ARE STRONG - YOU CAN'T FIND - THAT POWER

SITTING - BY THE FIRE - THINKING HOW
TO CHANGE EVERYTHING - BUT YOU DON'T
KNOW HOW

YOU'RE LOOKING AT STARS IN THE SKY
WHICH ONE, WHICH ONE IS YOURS
YOU'RE WAITING FOR HELP, IT WON'T COME
YOU AREN'T LUCKY, YOU ARE HOPELESS NOW
THE FIRE IS BURNING OUT
YOU DON'T HAVE THE POWER, ANY FEELINGS
THE FIRE HAS BURNT OUT
THE KISS OF DEATH ON YOUR MOUTH

AT THE THRESHOLD OF LIFE
Intro music: King
Music: Hirax, King - winter 1996
Lyrics: Mortis

SILENCE - AT THE THRESHOLD OF LIFE
CAN YOU FEEL - THAT EMPTY BODY
DO YOU REMEMBER - THE WAY YOU LIVED
YOU ARE DYING - ALL THE YEARS'VE
DISAPPEARED

WHY - DID YOU LIVE - WASTED TIME
YOU - LIVED THIS WAY - YOU DON'T KNOW WHY
YOU'D LIKE - A FEW MORE DAYS - THOUGH
THERE IS NO TIME
TIME - YOU WANNA TURN BACK - BUT DON'T
KNOW HOW

EVERYTHING - YOU ARE WILLING TO GIVE
YOU'D LIKE - FOR THE LAST TIME
TO SEE - WHAT YOU DIDN'T REALISE
THE WONDERFUL - SUNRISE

YOU DON'T HAVE A CLUE -
EVERYTHING YOU HAD - IS LOST
SO MANY DECEITS -
YOU WENT THROUGH - NO MORE
CRY - OVER THE WAY -
YOU LIVED - ALL THE YEARS - DISAPPEARED…

PAIN - YOU'D LIKE TO FEEL AGAIN
PLEASURE - YOU'D LIKE TO LAUGH AGAIN
TO LIVE - YOU'D KNOW ANOTHER WAY
YOU'D LIKE - BUT THERE IS NO TIME

IRREPARABLE
Music: Hirax - winter 1996
Lyrics: Mortis

THEY KEPT TELLING YOU: "DON'T GO" & YOU DID
THERE WAS NOBODY TO STOP YOU

YOU KEPT DOING WHAT YOU REALLY WANTED
YOU'RE IRREPARABLE, IRREPARABLE

YOU'RE GOING YOUR OWN WAY
YOU'RE IRREPARABLE, IRREPARABLE

YOU'VE BEEN LIVING - FREE AS A BIRD
IRREPARABLE - ALWAYS FIRST

YOU'VE LOST YOURSELF - AND FOUND VANITY
UNJUSTIFIABLE - IRREPARABLE