RELEASE DATE:
February 20, 2015
RECORD LABEL:
Sony Music Germany, New Door/UME
ALBUM PERFORMERS
Klaus Meine:
Lead Vocals
Rudolf Schenker:
Rhythm & Lead Guitar
Backing Vocals
Matthias Jabs:
Lead, Rhythm & Acoustic Guitar
Paweł Mąciwoda:
Bass Guitar
James Kottak:
Drums
Backing Vocals

Return To Forever

1. Going Out With A Bang LYRICS
If you say we're falling
It's gonna be on our feet
We're gonna take it to town
We'll ride the dark side of the street

If you think we're not fighting
Like we used to do
So are you ready for this
You might learn a bit a trick or two

‘Cause all those years of rockin' hard
Have taught us how to rise and how to fall
And we're still standing tall

We're going out with a bang
We're going out with a bang
I said we gonna go out with a bang
Bang, bang, bang
Out with a bang

If you say we're losing
Watch out we're taking the crown
Thumbs go up all the way
No sign of slowing down

If you think we're exited
I cannot tell you how much
‘Cause life's a heartbeat away
And we're never losing touch

‘Cause all those years of rockin' hard
Have taught us how to rise and how to fall
We're standing tall
03:46
2. We Built This House LYRICS
Love is the glue
That holds us together
Faith and believing is the key
This door of forever
Baby, you and I
We're every reason on earth
Now and again it's always us
Against the world

When the rain fell and the flood came
And the wind blew hard like a hammer on these walls
We didn't crack or break or fall
We built this house on a rock
We built this house on a rock

There is a time
To face stormy weather
But we are always standing strong
A lifetime together
Baby, you and I
We don't regret anything
Now it's the two of us again
Against the wind
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When the rain fell and the flood came
And the wind blew hard like a hammer on these walls
We didn't crack or break or fall
We built this house on a rock
We built this house on a rock

Brick by brick we have set it up
Oh man, if these walls could talk
Bit by bit based it on trust
We gave it all we got
03:53
3. Rock My Car LYRICS
Rock, rock, rock my car
Let's push the pedal down to the metal!
Rock, rock, rock my car
Let's push the pedal down to the metal!
Yeah!

Ultimate pleasure is waiting for me
You wanna join in for a drive
The engine is roaring, I double the speed
In Iove with the fast lane of life
Run to the hare, I’m changing the gear
Let’s get the power unchained
My heart’s beating faster, ‘cause I can hear
The highway is calling my name
Fasten your seatbelts
Ready to go
We gonna have fun tonight

Rock, rock, rock my car
Let's push the pedal down to the metal!
Rock, rock, rock my car
Let's push the pedal down to the metal!
Yeah!

The maximum power, it can't be too fast
And when the morning arrives
We´re starting all over, no future no past
Forever big city nights
Put on your helmet
Ready to go
We gonna have fun tonight

Rock, rock, rock my car
Let's push the pedal down to the metal!
Rock, rock, rock my car
Let's push the pedal down to the metal!
Yeah!
03:20
4. House Of Cards LYRICS
Sometimes I walk mysterious places
Hear voices that talk without a word to say
Sometimes I hear the echoes of laughter
In the twilight of affairs and other tragedies

A half-moon away, way too dose to heaven
She had the Iook, but no morality
Sometimes it's easy to forget only for a moment
But there are nights you regret eternally

Whatever frozen hearts can do
Will melt the ice away

How you know what it's like
When good luck has changed the sides
And no sun shines in the dark and no angels
Ever hear your prayers in the night
When your fears come up your spine
When your life turns upside down it breaks your heart
When you get crushed in a house of cards
House of cards

It´s so hard to find a way when life is in pieces
And the taste of a kiss is so bittersweet
Sometimes it's easy to forget only for a moment
But the man who'll rise up from the ashes is no one else but me

l'm standing in a waterfall
To wash the lies away

How you know what it's like
When good luck has changed the sides
And no sun shines in the dark and no angels
Ever hear your prayers in the night
When your fears come up your spine
When your life turns upside down it breaks your heart
House of cards

Whatever frozen hearts can do
Will melt the ice away

How you know what it's like
When good luck has changed the sides
And no sun shines in the dark and no angels
Ever hear your prayers in the night
When your fears come up your spine
When your life turns upside down and there is no one
You get crushed in a house of cards
House of cards
05:05
5. All For One LYRICS
The weekend comes around
The gang is back in town
We love Saturdays
We love Saturdays
Another drink to slam
The Girls Wham Bang
The Band starts to play
The Band starts to play

That road fever never leaves me cold
You son of a gun, you never let me go

All for one standing tall through high and low
All for one we ride the storm where it may blow
All for one and one for all

A California jam
Meet some good old friends
The city never sleeps
The city never sleeps
And when we hit the road
Watch out for trouble, bro
Don't mess with rattlesnakes
Don't mess with rattlesnakes

That road fever hits me and I guess
I won't stop till they'll Iay my bones to rest

All for one standing tall through high and low
All for one we ride the storm where it may blow
All for one and one for all

Once I did only care about myself
Once I was lost and lonely
Road can be heaven, road can be hell
So if you want me, call me

That road fever never leaves me cold
You son of a gun, you never Iet me go

All for one standing tall through high and low
All for one we ride the storm where it may blow
All for one just down the road, go, go, go
All for onealways fast and never slow
All for one and one for all
02:58
6. Rock 'n' Roll Band LYRICS
Pick up my guitar, rock this town
When passion rules I can't slow down
I'm walking down the street of hungry hearts
Where heaven cries when angels fall

A Hollywood stage, girls in a cage
Action, satisfaction, legs around the pole
Bang, I'm in the spot, give me that shot
We rock the night away and that's the way it goes

You wanna know who I am
I'm in a Rock ‘n’ Roll Band
In a Rock ‘n’ Roll Band
I'm in a Rock ‘n’ Roll Band
In a Rock ‘n’ Roll Band
Oh yeah, yes, I am

She walks into the light looking hot
I love the way she moves, oh my god
Just another tune, her heart goes boom
Come on, little lady, show me all you've got

Roaring machines, wet, wet dreams
Too much of everything can never be too much
Don't wake me up, don't bring me down
Rock ‘n’ Roll forever, that's my drug

You wanna know who I am
I'm in a Rock ‘n’ Roll Band
In a Rock ‘n’ Roll Band
I'm in a Rock ‘n’ Roll Band
In a Rock ‘n’ Roll Band
Oh yeah, yes, I am

Night after night
It's like a rollercoaster ride
And when we'll crash, we're gonna fall
Into the heart of Rock ‘n’ Roll
03:54
7. Catch Your Luck And Play LYRICS
I saw her walking to the station
Up for a ride on the crazy train
In her eyes I saw a world of passion
So much lust, so deep inside to be unchained

Lost my heart for a little runaway
Full of love and little lies

We don't care about anything
There's a brand new day tomorrow
We go hey (you) live (now)
And love will come your way
I play my vintage six string
And there's a road to follow
We go hey (you) live (now)
Catch your luck and play

I turned around, heard her calling
I was thrilled in so many ways
She ate me up and I was falling
And I was lost not to be found without a trace

Take my heart you little runaway
Full of love and little lies

We don't care about anything
There's a brand new day tomorrow
We go hey (you) live (now)
And love will come your way
I play my vintage six string
And there's a road to follow
We go hey (you) live (now)
Catch your luck and play
03:33
8. Rollin' Home LYRICS
Way back in the days
It feels so long ago
But I remember it well
Always looking for a pot of gold
An old beat up van
We would drive from gig to gig
I wonder how we survived
But we were on to something big

Now it's time to move along
We're packing this bus to leave and carry on

Here we go!
This rock is rollin’ home
This rock is rollin’ home
This rock is rollin’ home
This rock is rollin’ home

You gotta make it or break
I always knew that we were strong
No matter what was said
We wouldn’t argue for too long
And when it hit me hard
I thought I can't go on, no more
But at the end of the day
You really know what friends are for

Now it's time to move along
The wheels keep turning 'round, we'll carry on

Here we go!
This rock is rollin’ home
This rock is rollin’ home
This rock is rollin’ home
This rock is rollin’ home

Now it's time to move along
We're packing this bus to leave and carry on
Carry on, we carry on!
04:03
9. Hard Rockin' The Place LYRICS
(Hard) rock this joint!
(Hard) rock this joint!
(Hard) rock this joint!

I put the world on my shoulder
Don´t worry, I feel no pain
l'm down on the floor, but you can be sure
l'm standing up once again

Don’t bother you with my troubles
Just try to walk in my shoes
I´ll keep filling up this bottle
With energy that's pouring just all over me

Sometimes I feel like a boxer
Well, l can take all the heat
You knock me down, but next time around
I´ll be back on my feet

You're killing me with your troubles
lt's always just the same old blues
I´ll keep filling up this bottle
With energy that's pouring over you and me

(Hard) hard rockin’ the place
Wherever we go, whatever it takes
(Hard) hard rockin’ the place
We rock this joint and fade away
(Hard) rock this joint!
(Hard) rock this joint!
(Hard) rock this joint!

I put the world on my shoulder
And carry on all the way
I have a laugh, just can't get enough
There's always sun after rain

I keep filling up this bottle
‘Cause l'm running empty soon
Oh yeah, here comes double trouble
Your energy is pouring just all over me

(Hard) hard rockin’ the place
Wherever we go, whatever it takes
(Hard) hard rockin’ the place
We rock this joint and fade away
(Hard) hard rockin’ the place
Wherever we go, whatever it takes
(Hard) rockin’ the place
We walk this road on the way
(Hard) rock this joint!
(Hard) rock this joint!
(Hard) rock this joint!
04:06
10. Eye Of The Storm LYRICS
Another year is running through my veins
Some moments wasted, some will remain
The days are getting shorter and I try to drown my fears
The shadows of the night slowly disappear

Another day to leave it all behind
Good morning life, so beautiful and bright
I'm going back in time to the days when I was young
And now it feels like life had just begun

I'm on my way home, on my way home
Yesterday seems long ago, so long ago
I'm on my way home sending postcards home
Greetings from the eye of the storm

Another night, the curtain's coming down
I hear the silence just screaming loud
I can see the sunrise rising from the smoke
Will you be there for me, will I ever know

I'm on my way home, on my way home
Yesterday seems long ago, so long ago
I'm on my way home sending postcards home
Greetings from the eye of the storm

Rock the highway, Highway Star
And bring me back, just bring me back to my Iove

I'm on my way home, on my way home
Yesterday seems long ago, so long ago
I'm on my way home feelin’ high and low
Greetings from the eye of the storm

It’s been way too long
I’m still living in the eye of the storm
04:27
11. The Scratch LYRICS
lt's been so long out on the road
Weeks and months gone by
You lost some weight and you shed your Ioad
Your well is running dry
I got an itch you cannot scratch, cannot scratch
Feels like someone's coming back, coming back
Looks like we're about to have some fun, fun, fun
Yeah…

So here I come
And you're the one (two, three, four)
Babe, l'm here, l'm back
So Iove me do
I want you, too (three, four, five)
Babe, l'm buzzin' around your hive

The years that passed, they've not been kind
l'm thinking more and more
About the girl that I left behind
When I walked out that door
Turn around, l'm coming back, coming back
There's that itch I cannot scratch, cannot scratch
Looks like we're about to have more fun
Yeah…

So here I come
And you're the one (two, three, four)
Babe, l'm here, l'm back
So Iove me do
I want you, too (three, four, five)
Babe, l'm buzzin' around your hive
03:41
12. Gypsy Life LYRICS
Here I go again
Feels like once upon a time
But this is here and now
You can try to read my mind
Well, life has given me so much
And so much more
True Iove is hard to find
When you're on the run

While all those years go by
The clock is ticking way too fast
And I just ask myself
What is going to be last
I’ve seen it all, but still
I've seen nothing yet at all
So I'm still looking for
Some diamonds and pearls

Bye-bye, girl
There's a road I gotta find
Called the gypsy life
I miss that life
Like a good old friend

Well, friends they come and go
Some are here and some are gone
And when the sun goes down
I will walk this road alone
But now I´m here with you
And my heart is full of hope
That life will bring me back
lnto your open arms

Bye-bye, girl
There's a road I gotta find
Called the gypsy life
I miss that life
Like a good old friend

Bye-bye, girl
There's a dream that's still alive
It will take some time
A long, long time
Until I'm back again
04:51

ALBUM DETAILS

Return to Forever is the eighteenth studio album released globally on 20 February 2015 and upcoming North American release on 11 September 2015.

Produced, Recorded, and Mixed by Mikael Nord Andersson & Martin Hansen
Mastered by Mats “Limpan” Lindfors at Cuttingroom Studios Stockholm
Engineering & Editing by Hans-Martin Buff
Cover Illustration: Tim Eckhorst
Photos: Oliver Rath
Artwork layout: Petra Hirshfeld, Isabel Pyc (Sassenbach Advertising)

Return To Forever celebrates a spectacular global return for Scorpions as the album is breaking and remaining in the Top 10 in multiple markets including Finland, France, Germany, Greece (#1), Hungary, Japan and Switzerland, with continued chart activity in Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Holland, Italy, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the U.K.!

When Klaus Meine, Rudolf Schenker and Matthias Jabs conceived this record, the idea was to revisit their past, recording updated outtakes and unfinished song ideas from their most famous 80’s sessions. Mathias Jabs explains, “There had been quite a few unused songs over the years that were really good, but in the end didn’t make the cut back then due to the limited space on vinyl. We focused on eight songs, which were partly finished which we then recorded from scratch. During the work, new song ideas were added. We were having so much fun we suddenly found ourselves in the middle of the songwriting process once again. And in the end, it turned out to be a brand-new Scorpions album after all.”

Ultimately, the band recorded 19 songs altogether. Twelve of which are on the album, sixteen on the Deluxe Edition. They all present the Scorpions at the peak of their creativity once again. Tracks like the first single “We Built This House” are as contemporary as the sweeping “House Of Cards” (a guaranteed live hit). Also belonging in the category live hit is “Eye Of The Storm”, a track, that transports a notion of the unbelievable dynamic and joy of playing, characterizing the Scorpions’ stage performances. In songs like “We Built This House” the band reflects the past fifty years; their philosophy and the lessons, their unusual life taught them. Klaus Meine: “In the end, it tells our story. We’ve built this house called Scorpions brick by brick and often quite arduously. From the first days in Hannover, the first concerts abroad, until this very day. We’ve weathered severe storms, but the house withstood everything, turned out to be wheatherproof and stable. However, building the house was never just cumbersome, but joyful as well. The joy of music, the joy of having experienced and still experiencing it all, the joy of – and the thankfulness for – the fans’ affection. We have been working hard for this dream, but we’re thankful as well for having been able to live it, and for still being able to live it today.”