Heaven's Gate

1 - Crusader
2 - Heart of the Sun
3 - Requiem for the Light
4 - Heaven's Gate
5 - Redshift
6 - Salvation (Release Me)
7 - Sundancer
8 - Prophecy
9 - Beyond the Stars
10 - Plains of Forever

Keldian
lead vocals, guitars, bass - Christer Andresen
synthesizers, vocals - Arild Aardalen

featured on Heaven's Gate
Jørn Holen - drums
Maja Svisdahl - backing vocals (5,7)
Gunhild Mathea Olaussen - violin (7)
Mats Rybø - backing vocals (7)

written and produced by Keldian
mixed by Arild Aardalen & mastered by Barry Gardner
cover artwork by Spectral (licensed by Fotolia)
Jørn Holen appears courtesy of Indie Recordings

released February 27, 2007

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Crusader
let it go, give up the starlanes
it’s the final frontier
we have come, out of the embers
we have come to conquer
another chance, a new beginning
no turning back now
who we are, yet undecided
time to create now
set our hearts alight
for the stars we fly
one of us will be the saviour
and our souls will fly
hope will never die
in the heart of this crusader
we are lost, the unforgiven
brought a world to ruin
crucified, still without penance
a universe of martyrs
day by day, memories fading
of what used to be
in our dreams it is still living
and we fight for the memory
set our hearts alight
for the stars we fly
one of us will be the saviour
and our souls will fly
hope will never die
in the heart of this crusader
set our hearts alight
for the stars we fly
one of us will be the saviour
and our souls will fly
hope will never die
in the heart of this crusader
in the heart of this crusader
in the heart of this crusader

Heart of the Sun
since the womb I grew too fast
days of childhood wouldn’t last
and I shed my tears in vain
solve the mystery, hope of man
I don’t want to but I can
and I shed my tears in vain
in the sea of photons
I’ll be waiting till eternity finds me
alone in the heart of the sun
I am far away from home
for eternity alone
and I shed my tears in vain
mind was young but body died
among particles I lie
out of tears to shed in vain
in the sea of photons
I’ll be waiting till eternity finds me
alone in the heart of the sun
for forever more
I’ll be your guide, I’ll be your shepherd
but I’m lost in the dying heart of the sun
all you ever wanted to
was make my life mean more to you
I’m alive but I’m alone
in the sea of photons
I’ll be waiting till eternity finds me
alone in the heart of the sun
for forever more
I’ll be your guide, I’ll be your shepherd
but I’m lost in the dying heart of the sun

Requiem for the Light
ten million tons of steel
hurled across the sky
our final sleeper ship
none left to say goodbye
for all our wisdom couldn’t save her from the night
now hear our children sing their requiem for the light
I wanna stop the wheels of time
I need it, I want it
the light that gives me life again
ten thousand years in space
we slept across the dark
towards a burning star we sailed a gliding ark
but soon we had to journey back into the night
and hear our children sing their requiem for the light
I wanna stop the wheels of time
I need it, I want it
the light that gives me life again
can you feel her burning love
mother of all life
blazing glory from above
a requiem for the light
far too old and far too young
behold another fading sun
gaze with hope into the sky
but know that all our stars will die
the eternal night we must survive
I wanna stop the wheels of time
I need it, I want it
the light that gives me life again

Heaven's Gate
don’t you fear the turning tides
all is ending
on the cosmic strings we ride
never ending
once from out of depths of time
we were rising
once again, time after time
there will be another dawn
now before the gate we stand
waiting for the last command
silver trumpets call, welcomes us home
on a lonely globe in space
all is ending
but I will see this place again
there will be another dawn
now before the gate we stand
waiting for the last command
silver trumpets call, welcomes us home
so before the gate we fall
and the longing is no more
another journey’s over, welcome home
now before the gate we stand
waiting for the last command
silver trumpets call, welcomes us home
welcome home
so before the gate we fall
and the longing is no more
another journey’s over, welcome home

Redshift
so we’re leaving you behind
footprints on your shores
washed away forever more
looking at you one last time
as the wheel of heaven turns
we are never to return
I see it in your eyes as the sky draws your gaze
did you get to say goodbye
did you see her sad face
now we’re leaving her behind
nothing stays the same
never to touch this ground again
I see it in your eyes as the sky draws your gaze
did you get to say goodbye
did you see her sad face
the planet below will soon disappear into space
and now when you close your eyes
you will see us falling away
I see it in your eyes as the sky draws your gaze
did you get to say goodbye
did you see her sad face
the planet below will soon disappear into space
and now when you close your eyes
you will see us falling away
and now when you close your eyes
you will see us falling away

Salvation (Release Me)
out of the dark sky
the brightest light I’ve ever known
you’re descending
a revelation to be shown
and I know you
I feel that I’ve met you before
on the borders
between this land and ever more
how can it be
I feel your thoughts inside my head
can you save me
or are you leaving me for dead
what do you want
coming to take my life away
to release me
you’re in control
I couldn’t fight the will to stay
so release me
into the dark sky
the blackest void is in my mind
we’re ascending
leaving all I know behind
and I’m sure now
I know that I’ve met you before
and I take your hand
this time will be forever more
what do you want
coming to take my life away
to release me
you’re in control
I couldn’t fight the will to stay
so release me
and I let it go, and I let it go away
and I let it go, and I let it go away
and I let it go, and I let it go away
and I let it go, and I let it go away
and I let it go, and I let it go away
and I let it go, and I let it go away
and I let it go, and I let it go away
and I let it go, and I let it go away

Sundancer
(freelancer alpha dash niner)
(this is Freeport 7 control)
(you're cleared for departure)
(good luck out there)
freelancer
you lived your life between the stars
sundancer
nothing could ever reach your heart
I flew the smuggling lanes through the border worlds at war
running guns from all the freeports near the core
my fortune paid by all the souls of those who died
my thirty coins of silver carried back with pride
I never understood the gears and wheels that turn beyond
I always thought I would survive
freelancer
you lived your life between the stars
sundancer
nothing could ever reach your heart
and when the refugees of war turned to the skies
fleeing from their homes, from persecution and from lies
I hunted rebels for a cruel and unjust law
no remorse, no guilt or pity, no matter what I saw
I could never comprehend how all of this would come to end
I just thought I would survive
freelancer
you lived your life between the stars
sundancer
nothing could ever reach your heart
starlancer
how much hope did you betray
sundancer
you should have dreamed your life away
I never understood the gears and wheels that turn beyond
I always thought I would survive
I could never comprehend how all of this would come to end
I just thought I would survive
freelancer
you lived your life between the stars
sundancer
nothing could ever reach your heart
starlancer
how much hope did you betray
sundancer
you should have dreamed your life away
sundancer

Prophecy
glowing embers of our past
memories are fading fast
where you came from, where you go
I can never let you know
shadows on the castle walls, all stories that I know
mysteries of ancient times, are flowing in your blood
such things I could not believe
words and stories, disbelief
in the light from a new sun
I have sworn to tell no one
shadows on the castle walls, all stories that I know
mysteries of ancient times, are flowing in your blood
I live on in you forever, prophecy comes true
secrets lie so deep, and are forever yours to keep
shadows on the castle walls, all stories that I know
mysteries of ancient times, are flowing in your blood
I live on in you forever, prophecy comes true
secrets lie so deep, and are forever yours to keep

Beyond the Stars
there’s a voice inside me
a distant memory
I know I’ve lived before
the elder world has fallen
to an age of wars
the tide has turned again
by the mercy of our sins we live our lives
in a world made of dreams
open your eyes
release your astral ties
and you will transcend
beyond the stars
I can hear the suffering
the hate inside
and it pulls me to the ground
bleeding hands are trembling
can you forgive
is there courage to believe
by the mercy of our sins we live our lives
in a world made of dreams
open your eyes
release your astral ties
and you will transcend
beyond the stars

Plains of Forever
I’m sleeping in darkness
I feel my mind shutting down
a distance you can’t fathom
oceans of time and more
I ran off at random
to save all that we know
so I risked all and I lost all
but I found even more
all alone I hear your voice
inside my head so strong
in the cold embrace
in the deep of space
far across the plains of forever
there is no way home
I will die alone
I will slowly fall to forever
my memories in the thousands
now so little filters through
but you’ll follow, oh this I know
this future waits for you
all alone I hear your voice
inside my head so strong
in the cold embrace
in the deep of space
far across the plains of forever
there is no way home
I will die alone
I will slowly fall to forever
and I feel you still
as my body chills
in eternal dreams I will hold you
in a close embrace
in the deep of space
far across the plains of forever
far across the plains of forever
far across the plains of forever
far across the plains of forever
far across the plains of forever
far across the plains of forever
far across the plains of forever
far across the plains of forever
far across the plains of forever
far across the plains of forever