• CD
  • Date : 29.10.2021
  • Package : CD jewel case
  • Running Time CD : 51:30

Abacus – Highland Warrior

ABACUS ist eine “Krautrocklegende”. Die 1971 in Hamm gegründete Band schaffte ihren Durchbruch auf dem Germersheim-Rockfestival (2nd. British Rockmeeting), wo sie vor über 100 000 Musikfans genauso gefeiert wurden wie die ebenfalls auftretenden Pink Floyd, Wishbone Ash oder Status Quo. In den 1970-ern veröffentlichte Abacus vier Langspielplatten, von denen die letzten drei in Giorgio Moroders “Musicland” in München aufgenommen wurden. Aufgrund der in aller Welt verkauften Platten, zahlreichen Tourneen im In- und Ausland, TV- und Radiosendungen wurde die Band nicht nur in Deutschland zu einem Top-Act. Musikalische Differenzen führten u. a. dazu, dass sich die Musiker 1976 trennten und 1979 zunächst unter dem Namen der britischen Abacus Urväter Grail zurück ins Musikgeschäft fanden. 1982 erhielt die Band dann wieder unter dem Namen Abacus einen Vertrag bei der EMI in Köln. Im weiteren Verlauf  folgten mit neuen Veröffentlichungen auf CD und LP Verträge bei Musea in Frankreich und Numusi in Berlin. Neben der Neuveröffentlichung der ersten 4 LPs auf CD erschien zudem unter dem Titel „Archives 1-3“ bis dato unveröffentlichtes Songmaterial.

 

Fünf Jahre nach Veröffentlichung ihres letzten Albums “European Stories” und genau zum 50-jährigen Bandjubiläum kommt jetzt der neue Abacus Longplayer mit dem Titel “Highland Warrior” auf den Markt. “Highland Warrior” ist ein Konzeptalbum, es ist die musikalische Sage über Robert I., den ersten König von Schottland (11. Juli 1274; † 7. Juni 1329 in Cardross, Dunbartonshire), besser bekannt als “Robert the Bruce”.


 

Lyrics (click here)

Into my life

Hello world, I’m going to salute you
It is my turn I really want to do for you
When she’s coming my way I don’t know what to say
But now she is mine she comes into my life
Hello world, I’m going to salute you

All of my lies that I have cried
I don’t know why, I don’t know why
So I feel when you come into my life

Yes, it’s my life, when she runs into my arms
That is my life and now she’ll get into my heart
Let me tell you about this little girl
She’s coming my way and she’s driving me wild
It was my life, when she runs into my arms

All of my lies that I have cried
I don’t know why, I don’t know why
So I feel when you come into my life

Hello world, I’m going to salute you
It is my life and I know she want’s me too
She’s coming my way I don’t know what to say
But now she is mine runs into my life
It was my life, when she runs into my arms

All of my lies that I have cried
I don’t know why, I don’t know why
Anything will remind me of you

All of my lies that I have cried
I don’t know why, I don’t know why
When you come into my life… into my life

Now you’re gone

I‘m gonna live my life like every day’s the last
Without a simple goodbye it all goes by so fast
Gonna open my eyes and see for the first time
To let go of you is like a child letting go of his kite

There it goes up in the sky
There it goes beyond the clouds
For no reason, why, why
And now you’re gone, can’t cry hard enough
For you to hear me, you to hear me now

Things got out of hand I thought that you understand
When words don’t say enough
But maybe I just said too much
I promised not to cry I let it slip out of grip
Gonna look back in vain and see you there in the rain

There it goes up in the sky
There it goes beyond the clouds
For no reason, why, why
And now you’re gone, can’t cry hard enough
For you to hear me, you to hear me now

Rule The World

Some few minutes left to start it
Everybody is on his own
Every note needs to burst out me
And I’m feeling so alone

And I’m standing on the stage now
Let my feelings slip away
There’s no time for hesitation
Keep things moving out of hell

The crowd is in rage
Everybody is on his way
There’s no time for you
No time for you to waste

Well you have to learn
Oh haven’t you heard
Rule the world

The bitterness of lifetime
Pressed myself into the dark
Now it turns into a sweet rhyme
So it’s bound to rock guitars

Some few minutes left to star it
Everybody is on his own
Every note needs to burst out me
And I’m feeling so alone

The crowd is in rage
Everybody is on his way
There’s no time for you
No time for you to waste

Well you have to learn
Oh haven’t you heard
Rule the world

HIGHLAND WARRIOR

[Gaelic Voices]

My War is Over Now

My war is over now, so peace at last
The story of my life unfolds from now back to the past
I’m blinded by the morning due
Is this my home, I’m feeling so secure?

Are you still alive? I wonder where you are?
I see a light from heaven, it’s brighter than a star
Tomorrow I might see a little clearer
And all my dreams are getting nearer

Don’t blow the candle out, just leave it by my bed
With all dead soldiers fight inside my head
I cannot see, I cannot feel, I cannot breathe
I’m drowning in my fear
The one real house that I call home
The place where I belong, it’s getting near

Remember when the battle line became a holy shrine
Dead soldiers covered all the Highland’s plane
The world stopped turning and the time stood still
Recalling senseless slaughter, is this God’s will?

Back to the place I’m calling home
The wind cuts like a knife
I faced my tombstone written, so am I still alive?
With blood it’s written on the city walls
Is this God’s will? And then the final curtain falls

Don’t blow the candle………

Lay Down Your Sword

Against fierce winds and over stormy land
Through icecold water and desert sand
The Highland storm cust like a knife
Can’t feel my body, am I still alive?

It’s hard to find my path back home to you
Dead soldiers block my stonefull way, that’s true
And blood adheres my eyes, I cannot see
A battle field is not the place to be

At last at home, your shouts and candle show the way
Wash off the Highland blood, with you will always stay
And when the mighty King requests to fight
I wouldn’t ask it’s wrong or is it right?

When I fall asleep please hold my head
I hear your voice I know I’m not dead
I lie in your arms and feel so secure
Recall each torture minute I went through

SUBCHORUS

Lay down your sword, lay down your gun
Lay down your arms, surrender
Lay down your arrows, lay down your bows
Lay down your knifes, remember

THE VOICE

[Gaelic Voices]

ON MY WAY HOME

I’m running home, laid down my bow
I can’t believe the war is over now
I wonder where you are, I’m still alive
I washed my hands from blood, laid down my knife

I’m running home, please hold me tight
The war is over now, so no more fight
I hear your voice, the distance is near
I’m coming home, my love don’t fear

I seem so secure, please hold me tight
Don’t blow the candle out beside my bed
I stumble home to meet you in the morning due
The war is over now, so this is true

And when the King stands up and shouts: It’s war again!
I throw may arms away, I’m not his man
No blood and slaughter any more I can assure
So touch my wounds right in the morning due

SHELTER

And outside it’s stormy and there’s no end in sight
And inside your silence as you switch out the light
I watch your face while you are asleep
A rest in grace I want to keep

Just hold on to this time you’ll be fine I promise you:
Every day that you stay in my life I’ll take care of you
Every day that you stay in my life I’ll take care of you

And outside it’s stormy and there’s no end in sight
And this time I feel it you need the strengh to fight
And sunshine will cut through and fade the darkest night
I light the way so you can see
The road ahead so nearly free

Just hold on to this time you’ll be fine I promise you:
Every day that you stay in my life I’ll take care of you
Every day that you stay in my life I’ll take care of you

 

Tracklist:

  1. Into My Life 07:15
  2. Now You Are Gone 05:58
  3. Rule The World 08:16
  4. Highland Warrior (Part 1) 04:57
  5. My War is Over Now (HW Part 2) 08:20
  6. Lay Down Your Sword (HW Part 2) 04:23
  7. The Voice (HW Part 3) 02:50
  8. On My Way Home (HW Part 3) 05:57
  9. Shelter (HW Part 3) 03:34

 

total: 51:30 min