Helloween is a German power metal band founded in 1984 in Hamburg by member… Read Full Bio ↴Helloween is a German power metal band founded in 1984 in Hamburg by members of bands Iron Fist, Gentry, Second Hell and Powerfool. Its first lineup consisted of singer and guitarist Kai Hansen, bassist Markus Grosskopf, guitarist Michael Weikath and drummer Ingo Schwichtenberg. By the time Hansen quit Helloween in 1989 to form Gamma Ray, the band had evolved into a five-piece, with Michael Kiske taking over as lead vocalist. Schwichtenberg and Kiske both parted ways with Helloween in 1993; Schwichtenberg died two years later as the result of suicide. Between then and 2016, there had been numerous line-up changes, leaving Grosskopf and Weikath as the only remaining original members. As a septet, their current lineup includes four-fifths of the Keeper of the Seven Keys: Parts I and II-era (1987–1988) lineup, featuring three additional members, vocalist Andi Deris (who had replaced Kiske in 1994), guitarist Sascha Gerstner and drummer Daniel Löble.

Since its inception, Helloween has released 16 studio albums, three live albums, three EPs and 30 singles, was honored with 14 gold and six platinum awards and has sold more than ten million records worldwide. Helloween has been referred to as the "fathers of power metal", as well as one of the so-called "big four" of the genre's early German scene, along with Grave Digger, Rage and Running Wild, and as one of power metal "big four" overall, along with Blind Guardian, Sabaton and DragonForce.

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Studio albums
Walls of Jericho (1985)
Keeper of the Seven Keys Part I (1987)
Keeper of the Seven Keys Part II (1988)
Pink Bubbles Go Ape (1991)
Chameleon (1993)
Master of the Rings (1994)
The Time of the Oath (1996)
Better Than Raw (1998)
The Dark Ride (2000)
Rabbit Don't Come Easy (2003)
Keeper of the Seven Keys: The Legacy (2005)
Gambling with the Devil (2007)
7 Sinners (2010)
Straight Out of Hell (2013)
My God-Given Right (2015)
Helloween (2021)

Star Invasion
Helloween Lyrics

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There he's sitting in his cockpit
Out on guard, ten thousand miles from home
Lookin' through his little window
Earth appears as God's blue magic dome

Just a little bit disturbing
Are those coloured spaceships
Closing in

Star Invasion
From behind the sun
Destination
Straight into his face

Seven years they taugh and told him
What to do and how to act right now
He would have to push a button
In his panic he just don't know how
Seems like there's no red alert no more
And so that squirrel wasn't there before

Star invasion
From behind the sun
Complication
Say what can be done?

Near to a thousand-eight squirrels beam aboard and say hello
Puke and shit his control board, dematerialize and steer their ships
Away from earth

Star invasion
Praise the Lord they're gone
Mere pollution
Cleaning up's no fun
Star invasion

First touch with a different kind
Ausser Spesen nix gewesen IIII

Overall Meaning

The Helloween song "Star Invasion" tells the story of a lone pilot stationed far from home and tasked with keeping guard over Earth. As he looks out of his cockpit window, he sees a fleet of alien spaceships quickly approaching. Although the sight of the colorful spaceships is disturbing, he receives no red alert and doesn't know what to do. He realizes that all that training he received for the past seven years didn't prepare him for this. In his panic, he notices that a squirrel, which was not there before, is now in his cockpit adding to his confusion.

As the alien ships get closer, the pilot doesn't know what to expect. But to his surprise, near to a thousand-eight squirrels beam aboard and greet him. As he is trying to comprehend what is happening, he suddenly throws up due to physiological sickness from being in space for too long, and the squirrels disappear in a dematerialization from sight, steering their ships away from the Earth.

Line by Line Meaning

There he's sitting in his cockpit
The singer is in his spaceship's cockpit.

Out on guard, ten thousand miles from home
He is guarding his territory, which is ten thousand miles away from his home planet.

Lookin' through his little window
He is observing his surroundings through the small window of the cockpit.

Earth appears as God's blue magic dome
He sees the Earth from a distance, making it look like a mesmerizing blue dome created by God.

Just a little bit disturbing
Something is unsettling and bothering him.

Are those coloured spaceships
He notices that there are strange, colored spaceships around him.

Closing in
Those spaceships are moving closer to him.

Star Invasion
There is an invasion of spaceships.

From behind the sun
The invaders are coming from behind the sun.

Destination
Their target is his location.

Straight into his face
They are approaching him head-on.

Seven years they taugh and told him
For seven years, the artist was trained and instructed on what to do in a situation like this.

What to do and how to act right now
He was taught how to react appropriately in such a circumstance.

He would have to push a button
There is a specific button which he needs to press to initiate the preconceived response.

In his panic he just don't know how
However, due to intense pressure, he is unable to remember the procedure to press the button.

Seems like there's no red alert no more
The system's warning mechanism seems to be down.

And so that squirrel wasn't there before
The artist is distracted by a squirrel which he is pretty sure was not there before.

Complication
The situation is complex and challenging for him to handle.

Say what can be done?
He is confused and uncertain as to what his next move should be.

Near to a thousand-eight squirrels beam aboard and say hello
Suddenly, around 1,008 squirrels beam themselves onto his spaceship and greet him.

Puke and shit his control board, dematerialize and steer their ships, away from earth
The squirrels defecate and vomit onto his control board and then fly away in their spaceships, leaving Earth.

Praise the Lord they're gone
He expresses relief as the squirrels fly away.

Mere pollution
Cleaning up the mess left by the squirrels is a mere formality.

Cleaning up's no fun
The task of cleaning the squirrel's mess seems unpleasant and tedious.

First touch with a different kind
He has had his first encounter with an unfamiliar species, the squirrels.

Ausser Spesen nix gewesen IIII
An idiom in German, which means that nothing except expenditure has come out of it.

Lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc., Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: ANDREAS DERIS, MICHAEL WEIKATH

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