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No Exit

Band Members

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Ray Alder - Vocals
Jim Matheos - Guitars
Frank Aresti - Guitars
Joe DiBiase - Bass
Steve Zimmerman - Percussion

Track Listing

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0:41

02. Anarchy Divine

3:46

03. Silent Cries

3:17

4:25

05. Shades Of Heavenly Death

5:56

06. The Ivory Gate Of Dreams

I.	Innocence	(1:13)
II.	Cold Daze	(2:15)
III.	Daylight Dreamers	(3:06)
IV.	Quietus	(4:25)
V.	Ivory Tower	(3:17)
VI.	Whispers On The Wind	(2:24)
VII.	Acquiescence	(4:24)
VIII.	Retrospect	(1:01)

21:25

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Liner Notes

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All Songs Arranged by Fates Warning

Produced by Roger Probert for Major Productions
Executive Producer Max Norman for On Yer Bike, Ltd.
Management and Direction by Andy Gould for World Wide Entertainment Complex

Mix by Max Norman, Phil Magnotti and Roger Probert
Engineer Phil Magnotti
Recorded at Carriage House, CT, Oct - Dec 1987
Keyboards - Mark Castiglione

Front Cover Photos - Mick Rock
Front Cover Concept - Fates Warning
Innersleeve Photos - Pat Prince (is pleased)
Graphics - Lew Bryant, the Bland Design Group

Logo Design: Third Image

Special Thanks To The Following:

Andy, Cindy and all at WWEC, Roger "Wraight" Probert, Phil "10:30" Magnotti, Max Norman, John and all at Carriage House Studios, Brian Slagel, Bill Metoyer, Mike Faley, Jon Sutherland, William Howell, Peggy Donelly, and all at Metal Blade, Wes, Sandra and all at Enigma, Sharon and all at Restless, everyone at Capitol, everyone at Concrete, Mick Rock, Bill Berrol, Carl "Furry Man" Gorenberg, Puny Pepe..., Merritt B. Moraski III, Santo "Grandpa" Giuliano of Santo's Guitar Emporium, pudgy pups... Janie Gomez, Ron Jarzombek, Ina Zimmerman, Pat Prince (is pissed), Thomas Becker, Andy Patrizzio, Umlata and Rudo, pewey party..., Mike Pirro, Roberta Powers, Sal Treppidi, Lisa Lancia, Harry Blackwell, Chris "Blance: Obrizzo, Dave Whelply, Scott Copstone, Ken Gogel, Kathy Kielar, Carol Radell, Lance Gifford, pepe puked..., Queensryche, Saxon, Omen, Halows Eve, Rice Court, Watchtower, Syrus, Liege Lord, Sacred Oath, Dirty Looks, Hittman, and all their crews, pepe pooped..., Mark Anthony, Chris Cronk, Steve Blackmoor, Alvy Morre (AKA Hank Kimball... well not really AKA), The Gavel, Black Cat Lounge, House of Guitars, Fat Frogs RIP, Henry Jack, Victor Arduini and John Arch.
Extra special thanks to Margaret 'Vera' McVerry, Keith B., Laurie Alder, Lisa Moran, and all our friends and families.

Equipment Support: Gallien-Krueger (Jim Ross), Dunlop USA (Gabe Ireland), Jackson Guitars, Gibson USA, Vic Firth (Tracey Firth), Dean Markley (Kim Shearer)

Also special thanks to all the magazines, fanzines, and radio stations too numerous to mention. Keep it heavy.

Puny Peppes Putrid Pet Peeves: Crabapple, beefs, chips, (chiefs), Dirty minge, 11:11.
Poodles Prohibited!

Roadies on tour(s) 1987 (we gotta live too!)
Road Managers Carl 'Zadie' Gorenberg - Santo 'Hey Babes' Giuliano
Live Sound Dave 'Mr. Harmonizer' Obrizzo
Drum Tech Mark 'Cousin Merle' Feivou
Guitar Tech (stage right) Kevin 'Char-lee' Zimmerman
Guitar Tech (stage left) John 'Gomez' Adams

Correspondence: SASE or IRC to:
Fates Warning
P.O. Box 31190
Hartford, CT. 06103
[Note: The Fan Club no longer exists, do not send anything to this address.]

Enigma / Metal Blade Records
(D2-73330)

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Metal Blade reissued No Exit on 9/04/2007
The album was remastered and included bonus tracks
1. Ivory Gate Of Dreams Outtake One
2. Ivory Gate Of Dreams Outtake Two
As well as a DVD containing:
Live/Behind the scenes footage from "No Exit" Tour
Silent Cries Video
Anarchy Divine Video

Lyrics

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Top of Page	No Exit Music - J. Matheos Lyrics - J. Matheos
	Under brooding skies and watchful eyes On convulsive seas of false urgency We walk empty corridors in vain
Top of Page	Anarchy Divine Music - F. Aresti, J. Matheos Lyrics - F. Aresti
	(J.M. / F.A.) Enter young man Welcome Cast your dreams, I'll show you what you feel Walk but keep the road I've paved Know of nothing else I, the one to guide your mind I breed in stealth (J.M.) I am master, soon you'll see Shape your world what you'll be Follow me Or choose to bleed Read my book memorize Disregard your mind You may see only through my eyes Save me someone's come to change me Misled, delusions color real Black and white, they'll never paint me Never see until you feel (F.A.) I will keep my own time What's yours is really mine I won't let you swallow me your doctrines will not shine Rebellion is your pestilence I'll never be confined Forever you shall yield to me ANARCHY DIVINE! Save me someone's come to change me Misled, delusions color real Black and white, they'll never paint me Never see until you feel
Top of Page	Silent Cries Music - J. Matheos, F. Aresti, J. DiBiase, S. Zimmerman Lyrics - J. Matheos
	Born to an air of apathy indifference shapes a fragile mind. Questions formed at an early age beg answers unasked. Silent cries behind curious eyes resides a child who cannot speak. Silent cries Years find a mind alone whose questions flow too deep for words. Covered in a shroud of silence watching the world go by. Silent cries behind outcast eyes, hides a child who cannot speak. Silent cries (J.M. / F.A.) Time blindly races on towards the autumn years Seasons unheeded pass while we all drown in tears. Questions unanswered remain alone they mourn a fragile mind Silent cries behind lifeless eyes lies a child who cannot speak. Silent cries Silent cries
Top of Page	In A Word Music - F. Aresti Lyrics - F. Aresti
	We were born to brave good weather Stormy seas in search for treasure Light you wield must blind another Doomed to run forevermore How much more, can I take And how much more, 'till I break (F.A.) Rain will poor again today Neverending daze cascades Torn inside is there a way To be freed before I fade How much longer, can I hold I live no longer, in this cold (J.M.) Close your eyes what do you see Dreams in rhyme with reality Or life to die in black scenery Empty shells and what could be (J.M.) How much more, can I take And how much more, 'till I break How much longer, can I hold I live no longer, in this cold In this cold I live no longer, in this, this cold
Top of Page	Shades Of Heavenly Death Music - F. Aresti, J. DiBiase, J. Matheos, S. Zimmerman Lyrics - F. Aresti
	By black we ride, or so they say Our need for reason, their greed is paid Powers rumble for spiritual sway Paths are laid then leaders stray It's right then left, which way to turn Follow me or forever burn We evil blessed, bring your soul to sell All wish away into empty wells Fortunes found in holy halls Redeem your every fault When dogmas given are blindly held And treasures given caught Any wish can only last Until the spell's descried While subtle, wicked ways They fracture weakened minds (F.A. / J.M.) Slaves of a different kind march to broken bells Freedom in a bind and make it all sound well Blackened blue etched in glass forming outer walls Tell clearly of the emptiness and mute distressful calls Lines lead to dead ends where Plays seen are never clear And those who ride never fare Crowned voids forever rule In worlds lived and learned of fools Conformity's the teachers' tool
Top of Page	The Ivory Gate Of Dreams Music - J. Matheos Lyrics - J. Matheos
	I. Innocence (instrumental) II. Cold Daze The coldness of confusion It hangs in the morning air as Brazen bells ring reality To announce the conquerer dawn. (F.A.) Removed from nights fleeting trance Plunged headlong into cold days Where in a circle we wander The barren wastes of our pasts. III. Daylight Dreamers Daylight dreamers awaken on Deserts of desperation Lonely lives learn to live on islands of isolation. Surrounded by violent oceans of hate and hopeless sorrows Daylight dreamers envision tranquil seas in safe tomorrows. Dreaming through the darkened day Along tempest torn strands Desperately grasping the grains of hope that flit through our hands As they fall we tighten our hold While the waves claim the final few taken without ceremony They drift out of view. Washed away with the tides of time Slipped through our fingers as dreams do. IV. Quietus From sleeping visions Daily we're torn In waking hours Hopes are forlorn. Is all we do and all we dream doomed to drown in a hopeless stream? Wishing life were made of lasting visions in eternal sleep And if that rest were filled with sorrow still we'd sleep. In the madness of a silent eternity We'd find solace in False visions that protect us from reality. Enter ivory gates through midnite skies Daylight dreamers in private parades Perform before perpetual dawn As dusk engulfs the gate of horn. Ivory towers appear beyond the gate Invisible fortresses of escape Traversed by ramparts made of hopes and fears Impervious to reality. V. Ivory Tower Behind sullen doors Untouched within Safe from summer storms and winter winds Relentless tempests Can weaken walls Towers falter when reality calls. (J.M. / F.A) Untouchable by all without Lost in the silken web youth may weave Tangled threads seem a stronghold But illusions can deceive. A cold daze plagues the air Driven by aging winds. The walls give way to the rush and let reality in. (J.M.) VI. Whispers on the wind Misty morning on a windswept plain Embers of a fortress all that remain. (J.M.) The seeds of life that burned within have flown like whispers on the wind. From the sleepers world I look towards darkening skies Through the violet haze of summer storms The sun leaves tired eyes. VII.Acquiescence Betrayed by innocence Deceived by delusions Plagiarized promises Pale into empty hopes. Ivory towers bow down In reverence to daylight As dreamers awaken In sleepers somber shade. (J.M / F.A.) Ocean waves shift leaving only memories. Final traces of hope are swallowed in the deep. Despair sends a certain calm A vague sense of relief Released from all our longings Silently we'll sleep. Hope leads to quiet desperation When reality obscures the dream Makes the mind a grave of memories That wander like the lonely breeze Whose whispers echo through ruins rust of towers torn and dreams turned to dust. VIII. Retrospect (instrumental)
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