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Commissar
Do you see commissar The night is darker Do you think commissar Their dreams are starker Do you hear commissar The night is breathing Could it be commissar We should be leaving Now before the curtain Does comes crashing down Do you hear commissar The night is silent Do you think commissar It is defiance Do you see commissar The mob has faces Could it be commissar The dark embraces All as darkness will And in that dark we'll drown Cities, towns We've torn them down And all we've found Are relics in a cemetery But never fear I will stay near And to the dark I will be your emissary Knights on horseback Bishops pacing All are losing ground The pawn is now a queen He's moved across the board unseen The move is down .. I believe That we've intrigued for far too long But now I think the plot has ended A quick retreat Into the street Admit defeat And hope our moves will be defended Across their throats The blade does wander They die without a sound Who'd have thought we'd meet As bones beneath the dragons feet The wall is down ... |
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from Savatage - Commissar [ep] (2003)
Wheels keep turning
Blind desires Core ambition Never tires Got an engine Got intentions No dissensions Nothing to hide Gotta' mission Street munitions Any road block I believe And I believe And I believe And I believe I'll run it You'll know i'll run it Road side tyrants Revolution Speed is silent Absolution Got reactions Got attractions Each infraction We're gonna' die Got redemption Fools intentions Any road block I believe And I believe And I believe And I believe I'll run it |
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from Savatage - Ghost In The Ruins / Handful Of Rain (2001)
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 |
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from Savatage - Ghost In The Ruins / Handful Of Rain (2001)
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 |
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from Savatage - Ghost In The Ruins / Handful Of Rain (2001)
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 |
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from Savatage - Ghost In The Ruins / Handful Of Rain (2001)
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!! |
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from Savatage - Ghost In The Ruins / Handful Of Rain (2001)
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 |
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[Music: Criss Oliva]
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from Savatage - Ghost In The Ruins / Handful Of Rain (2001)
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 |
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from Savatage - Ghost In The Ruins / Handful Of Rain (2001)
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 |
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from Savatage - Ghost In The Ruins / Handful Of Rain (2001)
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 |
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from Savatage - Ghost In The Ruins / Handful Of Rain (2001)
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 |
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from Savatage - Ghost In The Ruins / Handful Of Rain (2001)
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 |
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from Savatage - Ghost In The Ruins / Handful Of Rain (2001)
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] |
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from Savatage - Ghost In The Ruins / Handful Of Rain (2001)
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!! |
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from Savatage - Ghost In The Ruins / Handful Of Rain (2001)
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 |
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from Savatage - Ghost In The Ruins / Handful Of Rain (2001)
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 |
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from Savatage - Ghost In The Ruins / Handful Of Rain (2001)
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 |
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from Savatage - Ghost In The Ruins / Handful Of Rain (2001)
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 |
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from Savatage - Ghost In The Ruins / Handful Of Rain (2001)
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 |
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from Savatage - Ghost In The Ruins / Handful Of Rain (2001)
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 |
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from Savatage - Ghost In The Ruins / Handful Of Rain (2001)
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 |
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from Savatage - Ghost In The Ruins / Handful Of Rain (2001)
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 |
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Behind the wheel just went along
I'm tired of hearing the same old song Look I rule the night No end in sight I think I'm going insane, oh yeah Engines grind I hit the red line I'm movin' fast Forget the past I'm burning tread In my head I am gone Twenty four hours ago Yeah Got to escape Can't take any more I grabbed my suitcase And kicked down the door Yeah I've got blood shot eyes Hypnotized I feel no pain Oh yeah Engines grind I hit the red line I'm movin' fast Forget the past I'm burning tread In my head I am gone Twenty four hours ago Yeah Engines grind I hit the red line I'm movin' fast Forget the past I'm burning tread In my head I am gone Twenty four hours ago Yeah Twenty four hours ago Yeah |
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Someone
Got themselves a letter In the mail the other day It's already worn and tattered And I guess It gives away All the things we keep inside All the things that really matter The face puts on its best disguise And all is well Until the heart Betrays She knows As she reads the letter That things were bound to stray Winds blow She pulls her coat tighter And the letter flies away With all the things she keeps inside All the things that really matter The face puts on its best disguise And all is well Until the heart betrays Lord bring on the night Wrap it all around me Let it hold me tight Soak up all that I bleed And I'll fly away Yeah I'll fly away Yeah I'll fly away Watch me Lord bring on the night Wrap it all around me Let it hold me tight Soak up all that I bleed I bleed |
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from Savatage - Japan Live '94 / Ghost In The Ruins [box] (2001)
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 |
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from Savatage - Japan Live '94 / Ghost In The Ruins [box] (2001)
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!! |
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from Savatage - Japan Live '94 / Ghost In The Ruins [box] (2001)
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 |
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from Savatage - Japan Live '94 / Ghost In The Ruins [box] (2001)
I haven't thought about you for awhile
It seemed so far away I keep your picture hidden in a file Of favorite one act plays Like pieces of myself Cut off in desperation As offerings to thee I keep them on a shelf They're good for conversation Over a cup of tea, yeah, cup of tea I put it all down in a letter once A letter I don't send It made me feel much better at the time I thought it'd help me mend The pieces of myself Cut off in desperation As offerings to thee, yeah I keep them on a shelf They're good for conversation Over a cup of tea, yeah, cup of tea |
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from Savatage - Japan Live '94 / Ghost In The Ruins [box] (2001)
[Taken from Final Bell - Ghost in the Ruins]
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from Savatage - Japan Live '94 / Ghost In The Ruins [box] (2001)
In this city of raw emotion
What's this message you bring to me In my world of blind devotion You were there But I could never see Damien Is your heart harder Whats inside your head Is the dark your father Have all your years are bled In my world I have watched and wondered Safely here from behind these walls And your tears could they mean nothing If from this distance No one sees them fall Damien Is your heart harder Whats inside your head Is the dark your father Have all your years are bled Sometimes late at night When I'm there in bed I lie there wondering Where do you lay your head And do you say your prayers any more? And do you say your prayer? Damien Is your heart harder Do you still feel pain Does the night go farther When you're sleeping in the rain In the dark I have heard a calling Broken wings that beg to fly Is there time or is it too late Is the cut flower no longer alive Damien Is your heart harder Do you still feel pain Does the night go farther When you're sleeping in the rain Damien Damien Damien Damien |
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from Savatage - Japan Live '94 / Ghost In The Ruins [box] (2001)
Edge Of Thorns
by Savatage An offering of reasons We put them all away A covering of treasons That one by one we let slip away A solitary dancer So lost upon her stage I have seen you on the edge of dawn Felt you there before you were born Balanced your dreams upon the edge of thorns But I don't think about you anymore A study made of winter Of summers long ago And dreams that use to glitter Safely now hidden under snow And so we end this chapter And let the stage lights fade I have seen you on the edge of dawn Felt you there before you were born Balanced your dreams upon the edge of thorns But I don't think about you anymore |
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from Savatage - Japan Live '94 / Ghost In The Ruins [box] (2001)
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 |
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from Savatage - Japan Live '94 / Ghost In The Ruins [box] (2001)
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 |
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from Savatage - Japan Live '94 / Ghost In The Ruins [box] (2001)
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 |
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from Savatage - Japan Live '94 / Ghost In The Ruins [box] (2001)
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 |
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from Savatage - Japan Live '94 / Ghost In The Ruins [box] (2001)
Among the images of dear departed
Here with memories so closely guarded There's an old man standing all alone As he waits among the unforgiven Here among the souls no longer living Lost in chains of sin still unatoned He carves his stone Well a man's got to do what a man must do But I'll never give my soul to you No fallen angel's prophecy Will ever take hold of the man you see So here I stand all alone With chisel in hand I work my stone And leave a message for all to see I've lived a life of insanity And carve that stone And on that final night You know I dream of you And in a flash of light I carved that stone right through Yeah I carved that stone right through |
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from Savatage - Japan Live '94 / Ghost In The Ruins [box] (2001)
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 |
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from Savatage - Japan Live '94 / Ghost In The Ruins [box] (2001)
Jesus was a talker Out of place New Yorker Hung out on the boulevard Sellin' nickel candies Saving all his quarters Bought himself a cheap guitar Started playing' bars The kids came in their cars You'd hear them shouting at the stage Chorus Jesus saves Jesus saves Jesus started changin' Things got really strange He saw his tee shirts everywhere Started missing shows The band came down to blows But Jesus He no longer cared Things got out of hand And so he quit the band But still the critics they would rave Jesus saves Jesus saves Her him cut through the night On your late night radio waves So the dice were cast Today became the past And Jesus He just disappeared Headed for New York Or so his label thought And there he gave away the years Last seen drinking wine Beneath a flashing sign Promising salvation to strays Jesus saves Jesus saves Her Him cut through the night On your late night radio waves |
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from Savatage - Japan Live '94 / Ghost In The Ruins [box] (2001)
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 |
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from Savatage - Japan Live '94 / Ghost In The Ruins [box] (2001)
Cheshire cat
Done rip you soul Don't turn your back Don't turn your back Car rolls by Move real slow Fade it to black Fade it to black But nothing's going on Nothing's going on Twisted nerves On shifting feet Taking up slack Taking up slack Gone too far Can't retreat Cover your tracks Cover your tracks Nothing's going on She's no queen of hearts But she's good to me Bring her coffin roses Brush her thorns and Let it bleed Just a hardcore dancer Puppet on a string One crippled romancer Strung so tight Gotta watch her swing Nothing's going on |
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from Savatage - Japan Live '94 / Ghost In The Ruins [box] (2001)
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] |
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from Savatage - Japan Live '94 / Ghost In The Ruins [box] (2001)
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!! |
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from Savatage - Japan Live '94 / Ghost In The Ruins [box] (2001)
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!! |
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from Savatage - Japan Live '94 / Ghost In The Ruins [box] (2001)
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 |
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from Savatage - Japan Live '94 / Ghost In The Ruins [box] (2001)
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 |
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from Savatage - Japan Live '94 / Ghost In The Ruins [box] (2001)
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 |
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from Savatage - Japan Live '94 / Ghost In The Ruins [box] (2001)
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 |
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from Savatage - Japan Live '94 / Ghost In The Ruins [box] (2001)
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 |
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from Savatage - Japan Live '94 / Ghost In The Ruins [box] (2001)
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 |
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from Savatage - Poets And Madmen (2001)
Can you see the future
Though it's well disguised Is the end so certain That you've closed your eyes Dark as the dark can be Beckons eternity Exits exist in life As they do on this night Now's not the time to sleep There are still nights to keep Chances are there to take Now it is time to Awaken Awaken Awaken Awaken Do you fear the future Do you fear the night Do you fear the morning's Unforgiving light Agony ecstasy There is no certainty Exits exist in life As they do in this night Now's not the time to sleep There are still nights to keep Chances are there to take Now it is time to Awaken Awaken Awaken Awaken Awaken Awaken Awaken Awaken |
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from Savatage - Poets And Madmen (2001)
Time
Standing all alone I bled for you I wanted to Each drop my own Slowly they depart But fall in vain Like desert rain And still they fall on and on and on Got to get back to a reason Got to get back to a reason i once knew And this late in the seasons One by one distractions fade from view So Drifting through the dark The sympathy Of night's mercy Inside my heart Is your life the same Do ghosts cry tears Do they feel years As time just goes on and on and on Got to get back to a reason Got to get back to a reason i once knew And this late in the seasons One by one distractions fade from view Years come around Men can be found Following orders Years come around Planning is sound Promises made Years come around Tears on the ground Blood stains the borders Leaders abound Chances are down No one's been saved Give me one reason For this dark treason Every chance unsaid Turn around All dead What went wrong [various international news reports] Give me one reason For this dark treason Every chance unsaid Turn around All dead What went wrong Drink until you drown What else can i say When you're falling down You seek the ground It's never far away Can you live your life Completely in a fall Until you're found Well underground Your marker very small As my world it keeps on spinning round Have to get away Have to ease the pain I embrace the morphine child And pump it in my veins Burning through my heart Fills in every hole Makes my mind so blissful numb And replaces my soul Every moment drags me further Down down down down down down ... Got to get back to a reason Got to get back to a reason i once knew And this late in the seasons One by one distractions fade from view The only reason i have left ... Is you |
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from Savatage - Poets And Madmen (2001)
Do you see commissar
The night is darker Do you think commissar Their dreams are starker Do you hear commissar The night is breathing Could it be commissar We should be leaving Now before the curtain Does comes crashing down Do you hear commissar The night is silent Do you think commissar It is defiance Do you see commissar The mob has faces Could it be commissar The dark embraces All as darkness will And in that dark we'll drown Cities, towns We've torn them down And all we've found Are relics in a cemetery But never fear I will stay near And to the dark I will be your emissary Knights on horseback Bishops pacing All are losing ground The pawn is now a queen He's moved across the board unseen The move is down I believe That we've intrigued for far too long But now i think the plot has ended A quick retreat Into the street Admit defeat And hope our moves will be defended Across their throats The blade does wander They die without a sound Who'd have thought we'd meet As bones beneath the dragons feet The wall is down |
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from Savatage - Poets And Madmen (2001)
Wheels keep turning
Blind desires Core ambition Never tires Got an engine Got intentions No dissensions Nothing to hide Gotta' mission Street munitions Any road block I believe And i believe And i believe And i believe I'll run it You'll know i'll run it Road side tyrants Revolution Speed is silent Absolution Got reactions Got attractions Each infraction We're gonna' die Got redemption Fools intentions Any road block I believe And i believe And i believe And i believe I'll run it |
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from Savatage - Poets And Madmen (2001)
The night is growing dark From somewhere deep within It shelters like an ark That always takes you in The barmaid walks on over And pours another round For a lost soul at the corner Who prays he's never found And the mind goes numb Until 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 your 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 had 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 There's an old man in the corner And he's smoking all the time An the smoke is drifting upward and it's Twisting in my Twisting in my Mind In my mind The whiskey's getting deeper And I use it like a moat There's a blues man in the distance and he's Lost inside his Note His note The night is growing dark From somewhere deep within It shelters like an ark That always takes you in And the night rolls on Like a slow moving train And the soul cries out For an handful of rain |
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from Savatage - Poets And Madmen (2001)
As the steam from the street starts to rise
The gutter whispers That the moon like a child has arrived The dark has missed her And the light that she lends is a guide Among her shadows Like the ghost from the past that survive And you ask me now What is my intent Here among the ruins Cloaked in false pretence And how do i belong I seek power Where the power remains I seek power In the back of your brain How will you see me If you don't know where i hide How will you bleed me If i am somewhere inside In the ashes of empires lost A distant warning On the danger of ignoring cost and children mourning As the memories cloud in our mind The past can glitter And so it has been designed I know every lie That the mind invents Though they're well disguised And cloaked in innocence And how do i belong I seek power Where the power remains I seek power Like the kiss of cocaine I seek power As the darkness descends I seek power And i'll have it again I seek power Where the power remains I seek power Like the kiss of cocaine I seek power When it's not always wise I seek power For the power survives |
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from Savatage - Poets And Madmen (2001)
[intro to Jesus saves spoken by the bum
"Hey, man, got a quarter? You ain't got nothin' that's ok man, that's ok. God bless you anyway. Here, I hope I didn't scare you or nothing like that. I, I ain't no bum or nothing like that. Yeah, I I use to live uptown once once before too you know. No, no, I did I did really. Use to come down here and look at all the characters. Never thought I'd be one of them though. Characters, man a lot of characters. He he, you got a minute, you got a minute, let me tell you a story about this friend of mine. D.T. Jesus use to stand for Down Town Jesus. He use to sell drugs and stuff down there, and they called him - that's why we use to call him DeTox. He was one character, one character that made it outa here. Let me tell you about him."] Jesus was a talker Just an out-of-place New Yorker He hung out on the boulevard He was sellin' nickel candies He was saving up all his quarters Bought himself a cheap guitar Started playin' bars Kids came in their cars Hear them shouting at the stage Jesus saves Jesus saves Yes he does Jesus saves You know Jesus he started changin' Things got really strange He saw his tee shirts everywhere He started missing shows The band came down to blows But Jesus he just didn't care Things got out of hand And so he quit the band Still the critics they would rave Jesus saves Jesus saves Yes he does Jesus saves So the dice were cast Today become the past Jesus just disappeared He was headed for New York Or so his little label thought And there he gave away the years Last seen drinking wine Beneath a flashing sign Promising salvation to strays Jesus saves Jesus saves Yes he does Jesus saves Hear him cut through the night On those late night radio waves Jesus saves Yes he does Jesus saves |
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from Savatage - Poets And Madmen (2001)
There's a man that i used to know
And sometimes he still visits with me When it's late and the alcohol's glow Is nearly gone And it's time to awaken And he looks and he laughs at the sight And he asks what has happened to me And i blame it all on the lights But he smiles and says i'm mistaken And there is no use in disguising What the eye can so clearly see That i've spent my whole life denying That the man in the mirror is me Give me one second chance Give me one final dance Give me one magic line Take a minute off my time Give me one final bow If the moment allows While he stares at the scars Saying just who you are Just who you are Just who you are In a child like illusion of life He imagined the things yet to be But they all disappeared on this night Carry on among the foresaken For there is no use in denying What the eye can so clearly see That one day i too will be dying And the man in the mirror agrees Give me one second chance Give me one final dance Give me one magic line Take a minute off my time Give me one final bow If the moment allows While he stares at the scars Saying just who you are Just who you are Just who you are Just who you ... |
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from Savatage - Poets And Madmen (2001)
There's a thief on a summer's night
Across an ocean Who sees another's life fading away And of this life he writes Without emotion Then pushes it from sight Somewhere faraway To a distant land Every tear betrayed And never makes And never makes And never makes And never makes a stand Makes a stand Lord there's something wrong Makes a stand Could a star's forgotten light A child's devotion Embrace eternal night In shallow graves As we watch from distant heights No breath or motion Still every ghost must haunt in its own way Sleep beneath my dreams Safe within my hands Where i never under Never under Never understand Lord there's something wrong No one remembers No one denies No one asks questions No one replies Here nothing enters Nothing departs Here nothing's ended If nothing starts In your life could you carry on Could you never think about it Till in time you start to doubt it Then you close your eyes Is it really gone How in truth can you defend her If you're really not remembering No regrets If you just forget If a memory is lenient You can find it most convenient So you let it fade Till it's very vague Just a silhouette of shadows But the shadows are still lingering Still i hold you there With your endless stare I'm too old to be living this Lived to long to be given this Can our god be forgiving this I had a light that shined Across my mind Rarely see it any more Now it is mostly dark Accept for sparks Can't remember what they're for I am the morphine child The dream defiled The never ending metaphor I am the wizard oz Result and cause Never look behind that door Cantations Cantations Cantations Cantations Never listen to the crowd before me Never listen to the self ordained Never really wanted to believe it any way Time is fading Night is calling I am on my way Turn around turn around Turn around turn around Time is fading Night is calling I am on my ... |
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from Savatage - Poets And Madmen (2001)
Somewhere in this universe of lost forgotten dreams
The silence weaves a tapestry of once enchanted themes The shadows listen carefully and question what it means For stories have lives of their own But what good's a story whose end is unknown Stay with me For the little night that's left to be For a moment in a memory That time cannot defile Stay with me Where the night still offers amnesty And the ending is tomorrow's unborn child And stay with me awhile The darkness covers everything and carefully watches all It hides behind the storm's lightning and cushions every fall And everything it witnesses it always can recall Like things that the heart can regret Bury in time and then try to forget Stay with me For the little night that's left to be For a moment in a memory That time cannot defile Stay with me While the night still offers amnesty And the ending is still yet to be tomorrow's unborn child And stay with me awhile |
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from Savatage - Poets And Madmen (2001)
When in your life did you surrender
Late in the night do you remember What were the dreams that you betrayed then Would you go back if you could save them now Did you believe there was something more Waiting behind some forgotten door Or was that all long before You felt the pressure grow inside your brain Where every nerve is on fire You start to wonder if you're going insane It's not a fate you desired Time is running down Moments of reason that we hope to find Are we a thought somewhere in god's mind A work of art that he has never signed No Children and mirrors have no memory They reflect us for that is all they see They are the us that is still yet to be And so we carry on The clock is ticking and your growing afraid That the end will be violent You walk the edges all around your own grave And the gods they are silent Or can not be found Searching your mind for correspondence from Joseph and mary and their only son Is their silence something you have done No And in the end what have you defied To end up so nearly crucified Just let me know when you decide That all hope is gone Come and see him dying For it's really quite a show Walking on a wire Though he never seems to know Even when he's falling You can see a little smile Figures that he's flying Only for a little while The ground is rushing towards him But he never sees it there Lives his life in pieces Always taking every dare What will be the ending Well i'm sure that i don't know The ground is getting closer Come and see the show See the show See the show See the show |
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from Savatage - Poets And Madmen (2001)
Jesus
What's the reason For these scars that will never heal Hearts that no longer feel Eyes that can no longer see Jesus What's the reason For this child that will not survive With all her dreams inside Could she mean nothing to thee And jesus please tell me if you can recall Just where you were when this sparrow did fall Jesus What's the reason Every tear isn't weighed the same Could you have died in vain If we have short memories And jesus would you then come down from your cross Return every nail and say we are lost And in the dark we seek your silent company For each hope that arrives and fades from memory Still after all this time our loss you won't concede For in the dead of night the rumor is Your hands they still bleed Still bleed Still bleed Still bleed Jesus It would seem then That somehow you still trust You have more faith than us Perhaps that is how it should be |
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from Savatage - Poets And Madmen (2001)
Here on this night
Behind walls made of stone Where no one can enter and The dark dreams alone But now someone's entered The walls are defied The shadows they watched While the dark sympathized But there in the silence There in the silence There in the silence Something hides Something lies Something dies Something breathes The mind can imagine The dark can deceive And here on this night Together they weave A shadow's repentance A forgotten life All brought together In the mercy of night But there in the silence There in the silence There in the silence Something hides Something lies Something dies Something breathes |
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from Savatage - Ghost In The Ruins (1999)
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 |
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from Savatage - Ghost In The Ruins (1999)
[Music: Criss Oliva]
[Recorded live at Cleveland-Agora-1987] [Instrumental] |
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from Savatage - Ghost In The Ruins (1999)
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 |
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from Savatage - Ghost In The Ruins (1999)
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 |
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from Savatage - Ghost In The Ruins (1999)
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 |
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from Savatage - Ghost In The Ruins (1999)
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 |
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from Savatage - Ghost In The Ruins (1999)
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] |
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