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DIO LYRICS
"Holy Diver" (1983)
1. Stand Up And Shout
2. Holy Diver
3. Gypsy
4. Caught In The Middle
5. Don't Talk To Strangers
6. Straight Through The Heart
7. Invisible
8. Rainbow In The Dark
9. Shame On The Night
1. Stand Up And Shout
It's the same old song
You've gotta be somewhere at sometime
They never let you fly
It's like broken glass
You get cut before you see it
So open up your eyes
You've got desire so let it out
You've got the fire
Stand up and shout, shout
Stand up and shout
You've got wings of steel
But they never really move you
You only seem to crawl
You've been nailed to the wheel
But never really turning
You know you've got to want it all
You've got desire so let it out
You've got the fire
Stand up and shout, shout
Stand up and shout, let it out
You are the strongest chain
And not just some reflection
So never hide again
You are the driver, you own the road
You are the fire go on explode
You've got desire so let it out
You've got the power
Stand up and shout
Stand up and shout, let it out
Stand up and shout
2. Holy Diver
Holy Diver
You've been down too long in the midnight sea
Oh, what's becoming of me?
Ride the tiger
You can see his stripes but you know he's clean
Oh, don't you see what I mean?
Gotta get away
Holy Diver! Yeah
Shiny diamonds
Like the eyes of a cat in the black and blue
Something is coming for you... Look out!
Race for the morning
You can hide in the sun 'till you see the light
Oh, we will pray it's all right
Gotta get away, get away
Between the velvet lies
There's a truth that's hard as steel, yeah
The vision never dies
Life's a never ending wheel! Say:
Holy Diver
You're the star of the masquerade
No need to look so afraid
Jump, jump... Jump on the tiger
You can feel his heart but you know he's mean
Some light can never be seen! Yeah
Holy Diver
You've been down too long in the midnight sea
Oh, what's becoming of me? No, no!
Ride the tiger
You can see his stripes but you know he's clean
Oh, don't you see what I mean?
Gotta get away, get away
Gotta get away, get away, yeah
Holy Diver...
3. Gypsy
She was straight from Hell but you never could tell
'Cause you were blinded by her light
She could crack your brain with magic pain
And turn a paler shade of white
Well, I was on the free
Just me and me and just about to sail
When I heard the voice said you got a choice:
The hammer or the nail
You'll be ridin'
You'll be ridin' on the gypsy... on the gypsy
Well I rolled the bones wo see who'd own
My mind and what's within
And it's a given rule what we're all fools
And need to have a little sin
So I'm ridin'
I've been ridin' on the gypsy... on the gypsy queen
She was straight from Hell but you never could tell
'Cause you were blinded by the light
So she cracked my brain with magic pain
And turned my left around to right, right
So I'm ridin'
Yes, I'm still ridin' on the gypsy... on the gypsy queen
4. Caught In The Middle
Looking inside of yourself
You might see someone you don't know, uh
Maybe it's just what you need
Letting the river in you flow
You can sail away to the sun
And let it burn you while you can
Or walk a long bloody road
Like the hero who never ran
You'll feel it
You'll feel it
You'll feel the rush of it all, yeah
Flying away in the clouds
You know you're loosing your control, uh
Finding you way in the dark
Like some poor forgotten soul
You'll feel it
You'll see it
You'll feel the rush of the city lights
You'll feel it
I see it in your eyes
You're caught in the middle
Just like the way you've always been
Caught in the middle - helpless again
Yeah, looking inside of yourself
You might see someone you don't know
Maybe it's just what you need
Letting the river I know that's in you flow
You'll feel it
You'll see it
You'll feel the rush of thunder
You'll feel it
I see it in your eyes
You're caught in the middle
Just like the way you've always been
Caught in the middle - helpless again, o-oh...
5. Don't Talk To Strangers
Don't talk to strangers
Don't talk to strangers 'cause they're only there to do you harm
Don't write in starlight 'cause the words may come out real
Don't hide in doorways - you may find the key that opens up your soul
Don't go to heaven 'cause it's really only hell
Don't smell the flowers - they're an evil drug to make you lose your mind
Don't dream of women 'cause they only bring you... down!
Hey, you, you know me, you've touched me, I'm real
I'm forever the one that lets you look and see and feel me
I'm danger, I'm the stranger and I, I'm darkness, I'm anger, I'm pain
I, I am master - the evil song you sing inside your brain drive you insane
Don't talk
Don't let them inside your mind, yeah
Run away, run away, go!
No! No! Don't let them in your mind
-- Protect your soul!!!
Don't dance in darkness - you may stumble and you're sure to fall
Don't write in starlight 'cause the words may come out real
Don't talk to strangers 'cause they're only there to make you sad
Don't dream of women 'cause they'll only bring you down!!! Yeah!
Run, run, run, run away!!!
6. Straight Through The Heart
Hanging from the cobwebs in you mind
It looks like a long, long way to fall
No one ever told me life was kind
I guess I never heard it, I never heard it all
Living in a world of make believe
I can hide behind what's real
But wearing your emotions on your sleeve
And they all know what you feel
And here it comes again
Straight through the heart
Straight through the heart
Oh, never tell a secret with your eyes
It's the eyes that let you down
Tell a little truth with many lies
It's the only way I've found
Oh, here it comes again
Straight through the heart
Straight through the heart
Shout to the wind: How can you hurt me this way?
Oh, once it begins; it looks like it's coming to stay
Hanging from the cobwebs in your mind
It looks like a long, long way to fall
No one ever told me life was kind
I guess I never heard it, never heard it all, no!
But here it comes again
Straight through the heart
Straight through the heart
Straight through the heart
Here it comes again
Straight through the heart
In the middle of the heart
Now don't stand still
They'll get you right through your heart
And here it comes, here it comes again
Straight through the heart
7. Invisible
If your circle stays unbroken then you're a lucky man
'Cause it never, never, never has for me
In the palace of the virgin lies the chalice of the soul
And it's likely you might find the answer there
She had fourteen years of teenage tears and never a helping hand
She had fourteen more of rain before, she saw the sight of land
She was a photograph just ripped in half; a smile inside a frown
And then the light, the answer right inside her coming down
I can go away
I can leave here
I can be invisible, I go away
He was just eighteen and in-between - a lady and a man
His daddie's girl in momma's world and that was when he ran
You know the word confused has been abused, but that's just what he was
And then the spark inside the dark, the answer came because it said
You can go away
You can leave here
You can be... invisible
Well, I grew up quick and I felt the kick of life upon a stage
So I bought the book and took a fast look at just the very last page
It was a single word that I'd just heard from the two that came before
The only way to realle stay is to walk right out the door
So you can go away
I'm gonna leave here
I can be invisible and go away again
I can go away when I leave here
I can be invisible
I said when I've gone away, Lord, you know it's right to leave here
So I just became invisible
I went away, disappear before your eyes
You never touch me, you never feel me
You'll never see me again because I've just become unseen
Well, I'm a photograph that's been torn in half and the only teen never in between
We need a helping hand to the holy land to be invisible... to go away!
8. Rainbow In The Dark
When there's lightning, you know, it always bring me down
'Cause it's free and I see that it's me who's lost and never found
I cry out for magic - I feel it dancing in the light
It was cold - I lost my hold to the shadows of the night
No sign of the morning coming
You've been left on your own
Like a rainbow in the dark
A rainbow in the dark
Do your demons, do they ever let you go?
When you've tried, do they hide deep inside?
Is it someone that you know?
You're just a picture, you're an image caught in time
We're a lie, you and I, we're words without a rhyme
There's no sign of the morning coming
You've been left on your own
Like a rainbow in the dark
Just a rainbow in the dark, yeah
When there's lightning, you know, it always bring me down
'Cause it's free and I see that it's me who's lost and never found
Feel the magic, I feel it floating the air
But it's fear and you'll hear it calling you beware, look out
There's no sign of the morning coming
There's no sight of the day
You've been left on your own
Like a rainbow...
Like a rainbow in the dark, yea-yeah!
Like a rainbow in the dark
Just a rainbow in the dark
No sign of the morning
You're a rainbow in the dark
9. Shame On The Night
Shame on the night for places I've been and what I've seen
For giving me the strangest dreams
But you never let me know just what they mean
O-oh! So shame on the night, all right
And shame on you, you've stolen the day, snatched it away
But I saw the sky and I never want to die
Now you know the reason why I say:
O-oh! Shame on the night
You don't care what you've done
So I think I'd better run
Shame on the sun for the light you sold
I've lost my hold on the magic flame
But now I know your name
Oh, Lord, just go the way you came again
O-oh! Shame on the night
You don't care what you've done
So I know I'd better run...
Shame on the night for places I've been and what I've seen
For giving me the strangest dreams
But you never never never know just what they mean
O-oh! Shame on the night
You don't care what you've done
Here I go, I've got to run...
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