Savatage - Ghost In The Ruins / Handful Of Rain (2001) by Savatage (보컬) on maniadb.com

Hi - welcome to hell
you are all here
for this where you must dwell
sinners and cheats
sit here with Satan
and have all your spirits meet

Oh city beneath the surface above
how you survive on evil and blood
you breathers in this space
you never can leave this place

Die - we all must die
how will you face it
when you bend to your knees and cry
Burn - like witches burn
when will you sinners believe
that it's your time to learn?

Oh city beneath the surface above
how you survive on evil and blood
you breathers in this space
you never can leave this place

Oh city beneath the surface above
how you survive on evil and blood
you breathers in this space
you never can leave this place

You breathe earth's inner space
You never can leave this place

Punished for the way that you lived
raping and stealing
but never one thought to give
here forever - not a trail or a trace
total illusions of tales
of the unholy place

A call from the night
metal storming masses
In the lies
Battle cry
Screaming to the night
Oh no
Summon up the legions
To do our deeds
Our legion's needs
Are growing every day

We're coming out tonight
We come from the darker light
Join your hands and pray
Maybe you can all be saved

Legions of the night
Legions of the night
Good god
Legions of the night
Can they hear your battle cry

Cry out
But what does it matter?
There's no way to escape
The hold we have on you
Ohh ho
Controlled by the master
Infiltrate
Penetrate
Your little precious minds

We're coming out tonight
We come from the darker light
Join your hands and pray
Maybe you can all be saved

Legions of the night
Legions of the night
Good god
Legions of the night
Can they hear your battle cry

Scream loud
Let the masses hear you
Banging hard across the ground
Shatter the darkest lights
Oh no
Heed the master's calling
Congregate
Celebrate
The power you've obtained

Good god
Legions of the night
Legions of the night
Good god
Can I hear your battle cry, yeah

She is a native of the stormy skies, yeah
I, I caught a glimpse from the depths of my eyes
Atop a black winged mare
Casting a wicked stare
She throws her head back
And rides into the night

She flies strange wings
Behind a thin disguise
She flies strange wings
Still tears she cries

Oh I, I followed her
To the brink of dawn, yeah

She, she took control of my very soul, yeah
She's still a mystery
In her arms I long to be
I don't know why
I turn and reach to the sky

She flies strange wings
Behind a thin disguise
She flies strange wings
Still tears she cries

She flies strange wings
Behind a thin disguise
She flies strange wings
Still tears she cries

Strange Wings
Behind a thin disguise
Strange Wings

Another sleepless night
A concrete paradise
Sirens screaming in the heat
Neon cuts the eye
As the jester sighs
At the world beneath his feet
It's a gutter ballet
Just a menagerie
Still the orchestra plays
On a dark and lonely night
To a distant fading light
Balanced on their knives
Little parts of lives
Such a strange reality
Kill the unicorn
Just to have its horn
Soon he's just a fantasy
It's a gutter ballet
Just a menagerie
Still the orchestra plays
On a dark and lonely night
To a distant fading light
The jester takes his bows
Slips into the crowd
As the actors fade away
Another death to mourn
Another child is born
Another chapter in the play
It's a gutter ballet
Just a menagerie
Still the orchestra plays
On a dark and lonely night
To a distant fading light

When The Crowds Are Gone
by Savatage



I don't know where the years have gone
Memories can only last so long
Like faded photographs, forgotten songs
And the things I never knew
When the skin is thin, the heart shows through
Please believe me what I tell you is true

Where's the lights, turn 'em on again
One more night to believe and then
Another note for my requiem
A memory to carry on
The story's over when the crowds have gone

All my friends have been crucified
Made life a long suicide true
Guess we never figured out the rules
But I'm still alive, my fingers feel
Gonna play on till the final reel's through
And read the credits from a different view

Where's the lights, turn 'em on again
One more night to believe and then
Another note for my requiem
A memory to carry on
The story's over when the crowds have gone
When the crowds are gone

When the crowds are gone
And I'm all alone
Playing the saddest song
Now that the lights are gone
Turn them on again
One more time for me my friend
Turn 'em on again

I never wanted to know
Never wanted to see
I wasted my time
Till time wasted me
Never wanted to go
Always wanted to stay
'Cause the persons I am
Are the parts that I play
So I plot and I plan
Hope and I scheme
To the lure of a night
Filled with unfinished dreams
I'm holding on tight
To a world gone astray
As they charge me for years
I can no longer pay

Turn 'em on again (repeat)

I never wanted to know
Never wanted to see
I wasted my time
Till time wasted me
I Never wanted to go
Always wanted to stay
'Cause the persons I am
Are the parts that I play
The parts I play

And the light
Turn then off my friend
And the ghosts
Well just let them in
Cause in the dark
It's easier to see

You got Lybia you got the Russians
You got civilian planes crashing to the oceans
Airports full of terrorists
Nagi skins anarchists
When are they gonna learn

Better listen to me you son of a bitch
Better disarm those missiles sleeping in the ditch
You have no goddamn right to do the things you do
The world would be a better place if we were rid of you
Of rage and war [4 times]

Every country's got the bomb
The scientists are working on
Chemical weapons to melt the flesh
With no source of defense
Shoot me I'll shoot you
Like there's nothing better to do
Who's the loser in the end

Better listen to me you son of a bitch
Better disarm those missiles sleeping in the ditch
You have no goddamn right to do the things you do
The world would be a better place if we were rid of you
Of rage and war [4 times]

War broods in foreign lands
Missiles launch upon command
Islam Lebanon what the hell is going on
Ambassadors who say they try
Negotiating suicide
Are they prepared to face the end
Of rage and war [4 times]

Down in the dungeons
Of concrete and terror
Candles light the way
Can you hear me say?
The dungeons are calling
The dungeons are calling for me

I can't escape
This den must be hell
Pleasures of freedom
Denied me in this cell
I steal from my friends
Victims of my pain
Its nearing the end
I live like the dead

The dungeons are calling
Calling for me--oh!
The dungeons are calling
The rack waits for me

Down in the dungeons
I'm locked away
Suicide ride
I take everday
Prisoner in hell
Victim in pain
The dungeons are calling for me

None of my friends
Want to come out and play
They think i'm crazy
But what can i say?
Prisoner in hell
Victim in pain
It's nearing the end
I live like the dead

The dungeons are calling
Calling for me
The dungeons are calling
The rack waits for me

On the sea
They heard the voices sing
Through the storm
The island's closing in
They'd heard tales
Of lives lost at sea
Deserted beach just beyond their reach
You're approaching the island of the

Sirens
Sirens
Hungry for man tonight
Sirens
Sirens
Claiming the sailors' lives

Nine men made it to a shore
A night of terror
Lies neatly in store
Who are those women?
Are they real?
Is this just a crazy dream?
You're approaching the island of the

Sirens
Sirens
Hungry for flesh tonight
Sirens
Sirens
Claiming the sailors' lives

Terror happens quickly
Remains till the sailors are gone
They vanished in the night
Sirens singing their song
Whoa -- till they're gone...

ALL RIGHT!!

Sun sets on the moor
The cry of the hounds live forevermore
Stalking the night
They roam the countryside till morning's light

CHORUS:
Do you hear the hounds they call
Scan the dark eyes aglow
Through the bitter rain and cold
they hunt you down
Hunt you down

They run wild and free
Across the fields and valleys of their native land
Nature's beasts deranged
Beyond belief no one understands

CHORUS

Can you hear them in the night
They got you in their sight

CHORUS

[Music: Criss Oliva]
[Recorded live at Cleveland-Agora-1987]

[Instrumental]

Far away
In a land caught between time and space
Where the books of life lay
Within this castle of stone
The mountain king roams
All alone in here
But he's not the only one
Lost inside
Forever hidden from the sun

Madness reigns
In the hall of the mountain king
Oh yeah

His deep
Dark eyes keep watch on his kingdom
And mysteries that sleep safe inside
His hall
His towers of stone
Shall not be overthrown
For eternity
They are guarded by the king
Insanity and the power that it brings

Madness reigns
In the hall of the mountain king
Oh yeah

Come with me
Stay close by my side
As the darkness of night closes in
Don't fear
In the thunder, it roars
When the mountain king calls all his children home
To where I hid him we must run
Refuge here
But I was forever on the run

Madness reigns, my friends...
In the hall of the mountain king
Oh yeah
In the hall of the mountain king

Hey you
She's gonna get you
If you go walking by
This corner slow
Don't think she's gonna let you leave
Just because you want to go

Boy you
Ain't seen nothing yet
It's a long train of regret
Puppets get
No second chance
Pull that string
They gotta dance

Parellel addiction is
A double crucifixion
When you're always out there
Feeding your head
Always channel surfing cause
Your brain it isn't working
When you're looking for
That moment just remember

Don't look
Don't stray
Don't talk it over
No time
No way
Listen to me I'm cold sober
You're just out there
Taunting cobras

Hey you
Who's gonna warn you
When it's something
You don't want to know
Don't think
It won't deform you
Twist your mind
Then let it go

Boy you
Ain't seen nothing yet
It's a long train of regret
Puppets get
No second chance
Pull that string
They gotta dance

Welcome to the prison
Let me tell ya
What you're missing
I've been coming here
For nearly a year
Out there was my corner
'Till I came in for a water
Mixed with whiskey
And a chaser of
Sideways glances

Don't look
Don't stray
Don't talk it over
No time
No way
Listen to me I'm cold sober
You're just out there
Taunting cobras

Don't look
Don't stray
Don't talk it over
No time
No way
Listen to me I'm cold sober
You're just out there
Taunting cobras

The night is growing dark
From somewhere deep within
It shelters like an ark
And always takes you in

And the mind goes numb
'Till it's feeling no pain
And the soul cries out
For a handful of rain

Wash your women
In your whiskey
When your future's
In the past
And you're staring
Up at heaven
From the bottom
Of a glass
And you need some insulation
From the years you've
Had and lost
And you feel the perspiration
As you're adding up the cost

And the night rolls on
Like a slow moving train
And the soul cries out

There's a land
Beyond the living
There's a land
Beyond the dead
If it's true that
God's forgiving
Of the lives that we have led
In the distance
There's a thunder
And the air is thick and warm
And the patrons
Watch with wonder
The approaching of the storm

And the night rolls on
Like a slow moving train
And the soul cries out
For a handful of rain

Chance
by Savatage




He was standing all alone
Trying to find the words to say
When every prayer he ever prayed was gone
And the dreams he`s never owned
Are still safely tucked away
Until tomorrow he just carries on
Carries on Carries on Carries on
instrumental break
See the devil on the streets at night
See him running in the pouring rain
See him grinning `neath a twisted light
I`ll be back again
See the people standing in a row
See them nodding like a field of grain
No one sees the sickle though
Coming `cross the plain
And this he knows, if nothing more
That waiting in the dark like destiny
Are those who kiss the dogs of war
And there is no tomorrow, no tomorrow
Take a chance
Take a, take a chance yeah
See the devil he is so intense
See the devil go and change his name
What`s the going price of innocence
It can`t be the same
Is it dark when the moon is down
Is it dark with a single flame
If there`s glass falling all around
I am not to blame
And this he knows, if nothing more
That waiting in the dark like destiny
Are those who kiss the dogs of war
And there is no tomorrow, no tomorrow
Take a chance
Take a, take a chance yeah
Take a chance
Take a, take a chance oh yeah
instrumental break
Burn the night away
Burn the night away
Burn the night
instrumental break
Pictures at an exhibition
Played as he stood In his trance
Staring at his inhibitions
All the time believing That it now came down to
nothing but this chance
Chance Chance Chance
I fear you
Your silence Your blindness
See what you want to see
In darkness One kindness
One moment Tell me what you believe
I believe in nothing Never really had to
In regards to your life Rumors that are not true
Who`s defending evil
Surely never I Who would be the witness
Should you chance to die Father can you hear me
This is not how it was meant to be
I am safe and so are you As for the other`s destiny
Father can U hear me this is not how it was meant to be
I am safe and so are you As for the other`s destiny
Father can U hear me this is not how it was meant to be
I am safe and so are you As for the other`s destiny
Father can U hear me this is not how it was meant to be
I am safe and so are you As for the other`s destiny
Look away Look away~~
Pictures at an exhibition
Played as he stood In his trace
Staring at his inhabitions
All the time believing That it now came down to
Nothing but this chance~~ CHANCE!!

He never closed his eyes
Or so we theorized
But we were young and bold
And he was mostly old
And his time nearly done

He came back from a war
On some forgotten shore
And sat and watched
The world
And never said a word
And so I asked for one

Watching waiting
Old man tell me what have we become
Anticipating
All the hating that was yet undone
He turned around and stared into the sun

He fought for things so clear
And never thought he'd fear
A brother or his child
Or killing having style
Watch the colors run

Watching waiting
Old man tell me what have we become, oh yeah
Anticipating
All the hating that was yet undone
He turned around and stared into the sun

And now he only hears
And his eyes they only tear
So tread most carefully
For he's still listening
Watch the colors run

Watching waiting
Old man tell me what have we become, oh yeah yeah
Anticipating
All the hating that was yet undone
He turned around and stared into the sun

In the dark and bleeding
With the shadows seething
There he stands alone

Fools and faith conspire
Questions of desire
That they never owned

Kings without their armor
Men without their honor
Spit out desecration
Pieces of a nation
Buried in the ground
Screams without a sound
Burn the castle down

In the end the children cried
That the jackal surely lied
When he said please listen all
Do not look behind these walls

Coffins drowned in roses
And the war he chose is
Fought inside the mind
Death becomes compelling
When the soul's for selling
And the world is blind

In the maze he wanders
Looks about and ponders
shadows mock and taunt him
And the ghosts that haunt him
Chain him to the ground
Screams without a sound
Burn the castle down

In the end the children cried
That the jackal surely lied
When he said please listen all
Do not look behind these walls

And does the pendulum toll
Against the side of the soul
When he feels the final moment is near
Do you rage 'gainst the dark
Try to re-write the part
Turn around and face what you fear
What you fear

He's seen it all before
Close your eyes and close the door
And the dreams that nights embrace
Slowly leave without a trace

black is the night
Satan laughing with delight
he's calling you
to be a servant of his voodoo
when the hour strikes 13
listen to the spirits as they scream
your name

beware - guard your soul
Sodom is the place
you're gonna go
visions of hell, what a thrill

walls aflame
breathing deep
you seem in pain
a lake of fire
your resistance
starts to tire
when the day numbers one
you'll become one of his sons

beware - guard your soul
Sodom is the place
you're gonna go
visions of hell

light is black
Satan starts his work of terror
look out - beware
when a pair of
eyes begin to stare
he knows which ones to take
God help me for heaven's sake

beware - guard your soul
Sodom is the place
you're gonna go
visions of hell
visions of hell many many times

There in the dark
There's a child and she's waiting
Lost in the maze of a fait accompli
Is it a crime to be just hesitating
While we're pretending that we never see

On a TV mounted on the wall
From this distance I can see it all
And I've been out here watching you
Watching you fall

Is there a trick to the art of not feeling
Safe in our world while another's child bleeds
Praying that God won't demand a redealing
Of cards we have held and pretend you don't need
Don't need

On a TV mounted on the wall
From this distance
I can see it all
And I've been out here
Watching you
Watching you fall

Better not think about it
Anytime we'll start to doubt it
Christ has risen
Keep him hidden
God forbid he sees

It's not that we lack the vision
Only just a quick decision
Who will blame us, rules restrain us
It's all in history

So close my eyes and pretend I am sleeping
Avoiding the chance that you'll visit my dreams

On a TV mounted on the wall
From this distance I can see it all
And I've been out here
Watching you, watching you
Watching you, watching you
Watching you, watching you fall
Yeah yeah

So would you tell me now
Are life and death a symmetry
Balanced on scales, either side chosen
And could these moments balance out against eternity
Promise inferred, words never spoken

My life is burning
Could you read by the light
Letters I've written, never to follow
Poets and madmen all defy reason
Still in my mind I know
I want to live my life with you
Dying hard
Play the whole hand 'til it's through
Dying hard
Dying hard
Dying hard
Dying hard

And in your arctic night
You contemplate eternity
Walking on water
Frozen in silence
And in that moment would you
Turn around and turn to me
Laughing away night's darker tyrants

My life is burning
Could you read by the light
Letters I've written, never to follow
Poets and madmen all defy reason
Still in my mind I know
I want to live my life with you
Dying hard
Play the whole hand 'til it's through
Dying hard
Dying hard
Dying hard
Dying hard

Some nights I spend alone inside my head
But it's better than losing it
And if you want to turn it all around
It's your life you're choosing it

I want to live my life with you
Dying hard
Play the whole hand 'til it's through
Dying hard
Dying hard
Dying hard
Dying hard

Alone You Breathe
(Criss's Song)

You were never one for waiting
Still I always thought
You'd wait for me
Have you from you dream awakened
And from where you are
What do you see

Which of us is now in exile
Which in need of amnesty
Are you now but an illusion
In my mind alone you breathe

You believed in things
That I will never know
You were out there drowning
But it never showed
Till inside a rain swept night
You just let go

You've thrown it all away
And now we'll never see
The ending to the play
The grand design, The final line
And what was meant to be

In the dark a distant runner
Now Has disappeared into the night
Leaving us to stand and wonder
Staring from his end into your life

You believed in things
That I will never know
You were out there drowning
But it never showed
Till inside a rain swept night
You just let go

You've thrown it all away
And now we'll never see
The ending to the play
The grand design, The final line
And what was meant to be

And if this is all illusion
Nothing more than pure delusion
Clinging to a fading fantasy
Like Icarus who heeds the calling
of a sun but now is falling
as the feathers of his life fall free
Can you see
See

Tomorrow and after
You tell me what am I to do
I stand here, believing
That in the dark there is the clue

Perhaps inside this midnight sky
Perhaps tomorrow's new born eyes
I Could it be, we'll never know
And after all this was the show
What am I to do

Gotta get back
Gotta get back
Gotta get back
What am I to do

Gotta get back
Gotta get back
Gotta get back
What am I to do

Standing on a dream
isn't what it seems
could we then reclaim
a dream refused
Knowing what we know
could we let it go
realizing that
all the years are used

Tomorrow and after
You tell me what am I to do
I stand here, believing
That in the dark there is the clue
I am the way, I am the light
I am the dark inside the night
I hear your hopes, I feel your dreams
And in the dark I hear your screams

Tomorrow and after
You tell me what am I to do
I stand here, believing
That in the dark there is the clue

Alone You Breathe
(Criss's Song)

You were never one for waiting
Still I always thought
You'd wait for me
Have you from you dream awakened
And from where you are
What do you see

Which of us is now in exile
Which in need of amnesty
Are you now but an illusion
In my mind alone you breathe

You believed in things
That I will never know
You were out there drowning
But it never showed
Till inside a rain swept night
You just let go

You've thrown it all away
And now we'll never see
The ending to the play
The grand design, The final line
And what was meant to be

In the dark a distant runner
Now Has disappeared into the night
Leaving us to stand and wonder
Staring from his end into your life

You believed in things
That I will never know
You were out there drowning
But it never showed
Till inside a rain swept night
You just let go

You've thrown it all away
And now we'll never see
The ending to the play
The grand design, The final line
And what was meant to be

And if this is all illusion
Nothing more than pure delusion
Clinging to a fading fantasy
Like Icarus who heeds the calling
of a sun but now is falling
as the feathers of his life fall free
Can you see
See

Tomorrow and after
You tell me what am I to do
I stand here, believing
That in the dark there is the clue

Perhaps inside this midnight sky
Perhaps tomorrow's new born eyes
I Could it be, we'll never know
And after all this was the show
What am I to do

Gotta get back
Gotta get back
Gotta get back
What am I to do

Gotta get back
Gotta get back
Gotta get back
What am I to do

Standing on a dream
isn't what it seems
could we then reclaim
a dream refused
Knowing what we know
could we let it go
realizing that
all the years are used

Tomorrow and after
You tell me what am I to do
I stand here, believing
That in the dark there is the clue
I am the way, I am the light
I am the dark inside the night
I hear your hopes, I feel your dreams
And in the dark I hear your screams

Tomorrow and after
You tell me what am I to do
I stand here, believing
That in the dark there is the clue