Compact Discs (2CD) + Digital Album
Comes in a lovely gatefold jewel case, with 32-page booklet incl. extra tracks, unseen photos, all lyrics and an 18-page inside view of the band, with original artwork by Friedhelm Kötter.
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Teenage Sweethearts
is it your whims that control you
childish desires for sparkle and flash
to satisfy your peers and compensate your-
selves
in body and mind
You there - crying in utter despair
of weeping acne and cursed fat ankles
A teenager’s lot is not a happy one
but you look to find relief
you play your games yes you play in pain
your fiendish games, no thought for the hearts
of the slain
You grasp at perfection
beautiful faces, beautiful bodies,
beautiful people
Oh, pretentious princess, you laughed
in your riddle
while you watched me burn
and still came back to turn the spit
and fan the miserizing flame
Cruel Ceasaria, my Neronia in wicked kind
what leadened cup kissed your lips
what fickled fancies tickled your brain
what sullen pleasure did you find in my pain
as I looked up your thumb was down
what defections can do to a teenager’s mind.
No answers that I can find
you had no hope of finding such a paradise
such places you should have known
only exist in the novice mind
you always demanded the next best thing
and mummy always came through with the
diamond ring,
and all you really needed, and all those
other things
but not this time, this time is mine
and sweety-pie you’re going to find
that I’ve planned my sting, I’ve covered
everything
so daddy’s little princess
you can crown your new king.
So I fell from heaven yes I fell from grace
tried to take what I deserved and I lost
my place
but now revenge is mine
and the taste of it’s sweet
and I’m going to make you suffer
you’ll burn in your defeat
Little angel your wings are mine
I’m the bearer of your light
yes I’m your morning star
save your sympathies for yourself
cause I’m you lord Lucifer
and I’m going to rip the wings
I’m going to rip the wings off this butterfly
You can’t fly away, you’ll never fly away
but I’ll throw you away, when I’m finished
with you.
What now? I’m here all alone, so cold.
I jumped upon a dreamboat
my childish exploits, my fantasies all abord.
Look at me, sweet sixteen, my crying heart
you leave me, I hate to cry on my own
my childish exploits, my dreams
are crashing down on the shore
I admit in the beginning I couldn’t get over you
now I see the light
something’s rising through me.
A teenager’s lot is not a happy one
but you look to find relief
you play your games, yes you play in pain
your fiendish games
no thoughtsfor the hearts
what fickled fancy tickled your brain
what sullen pleasure did you find in my pain
as I looked up your thumb was down
what defections can do to the teenager’s mind
none such
and so much for the teenage sweethearts
Produced and engineered by Clive Nolan & Karl Groom
Additional engineering by Steve Rispin
Recorded at Thin Ice Studios, London, England, January and April 1993
Remastered by Robert Zoom at Gorilla Sounds, Frankfurt, Germany, September/Oktober 2023
Progressive rock music project by the founding members of German prog rockers Ulysses.
Their debut album
Neronia, produced by Karl Groom (Threshold) and Clive Nolan (Arena), and the subsequent European tour with Pendragon propelled them immediately into the premier league of European prog rock bands.
Freshly reunited, they are ready to resurrect the great legacy they left behind.
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