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SAVATAGE LYRICS
"Believe" (1998 Best of/Compilation)
1. Believe
2. Visions
3. Taunting Cobras
4. Handful of Rain
5. Chance
6. Sarajevo
7. This Is the Time (1990)
8. This Isn't What We Meant
9. Christmas Eve (Sarajevo 12-24)
10. Edge of Thorns (live)
11. Gutter Ballet (live)
12. The Dungeons Are Calling (live)
13. Sirens (live)
14. Criss Oliva Guitar Solo (live)
15. Hall of the Mountain King (live)
16. Alone You Breathe
1. Believe
So after all those one night stands
You've ended up with heart in hand
A child alone... On your own... Retreating
Regretful for the dream you're not
And all the things you haven't got
Without a home... A heart of stone... Lies bleeding
And for all the roads you followed
And for all you did not find
And for all the thinks you had to leave behind
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
Don't turn away
Just take my hand
And when you make your final stand
I'll be right there
I'll never leave
And all I ask of you is... Believe
Your childhood eyes were so intense
While bartering your innocence
For bits of string... The grown-up wings... You needed
But when you had to add them up
You found that they were not enough
To get you in... Pay for sins... Repeated
And for all the years you borrowed
And for all the tears you cryed
And for all the fears you had to keep inside
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
Don't turn away
Just take my hand
And when you make your final stand
I'll be right there
I'll never leave
All I ask of you is... Believe!, yeah
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 person 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
And I'm holding on tight to a world gone astray
As they charge me for years... I can't pay!, yeah
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
Don't turn away
Just take my hand
And when you make your final stand
I'll be right there
I'll never leave
And all I ask of you is... Believe
...Believe...
2. Visions
3. Taunting Cobras
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
4. Handful of Rain
The night is growing dark
From somewhere deep within
It shelters like an ark
And 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
'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
All right
There's an old man in the corner
And he's smoking all the time
And the smoke is drifting upward
And it's twisting in my...
Twisting in my mind, 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...
Lost inside his note, 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 a handful of rain
5. Chance
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
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
Burn the night away
Burn the night away
Burn the night...
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
I believe that situations
All depend on circumstance
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
Chance
Chance
6. Sarajevo
In the town of Sarajevo there's an old medieval square
There's a church aside one corner, most believe was always there
It was built a thousand years before any now were born
And its glory was its belfry with its stones all gray... and worn
Now there's a gargoyle on that belfry and he's been up there for years
And he has watched and he has pondered: "What is laughter, what are tears?"
And he's never found his answers as he sees the years go by
But he watches and he wonders with his stone unblinking eyes
7. This Is the Time (1990)
Watching in silence I hesitate: It was not in the plans
All of our lives we could only wait: It was out of our hands
And every war where we took the day, it was all in our heads
And though in the dark we dream at night, they were better unsaid
But this is the time and this is the place
And these are the signs that we must embrace
The moment is now, in all history
The time has arrived and this is the one place to be, yeah, yeah
We placed our years in the hourglass, they were never unearned
And we seemed destined to watch them pass - it was never our turn
But this is the time and this is the place
And these are the signs that we must embrace
The moment is now, in all history
The time has arrived and this is the one place to be, yeah, yeah
This is the time and this is the place
And these are the signs that we must embrace
The moment is now, in all history
The time has arrived and this is the one place to be, yeah, yeah
8. This Isn't What We Meant
We dared to ask for more, but that was long before
The nights began to burn - you would have thought we'd learned
You can't make promises all based upon tomorrow
Happiness, security are words we only borrowed
For is this the answer to our prayers, is this was God has sent?
Please understand this isn't what we meant
The future couldn't last, we nailed it to the past
With every word a trap that no one can take back
From all the architects who find their towers leaning
And every prayer we pray at night has somehow lost its meaning
For is this the answer to our prayers, is this was God has sent?
Please understand this isn't what we meant
A long time ago when the world was pretty
Standing right here in a different city
They're not coming back any more
They're not coming back any...
Is this the answer to our prayers, is this was God has sent?
Please understand this isn't what we meant
9. Christmas Eve (Sarajevo 12-24)
10. Edge of Thorns (live)
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 here before you were born
Balanced your dreams upon the edge of thorns
But I don't think about you anymore, no
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 here before you were born
Balanced your dreams upon the edge of thorns
But I don't think about you anymore
I have seen you on the edge of dawn
Felt you here before you were born
Balanced your dreams upon the edge of thorns
...But I don't think about you anymore, anymore
I don't think about you anymore, anymore, no
I don't think about you
I don't think about you
I don't think about you
I don't think about you anymore...
11. Gutter Ballet (live)
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
12. The Dungeons Are Calling (live)
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, for me, yeah
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
It's nearing the end, I live like the dead!
The dungeons are calling
Calling for me, yeah... oh
The dungeons are calling
The rack waits for me, oh... yeah
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, oh!, yeah
The dungeons are calling
The rack waits for me, oh!, yeah!
13. Sirens (live)
On the sea they heard the voices sing
Through the storm the island closes in
They'd heard tales of lives lost at sea
Deserted beach just beyong 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 the 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, ah!
Sirens, yeah
Hungry for flesh tonight
Sirens
Sirens
Claiming the sailors' lives
Terror happens quickly
Remains till the sailor are gone
They vanished in the night, yeah
Sirens singing their song
Whoa... till they're gone...
14. Criss Oliva Guitar Solo (live)
15. Hall of the Mountain King (live)
Far away in a land caught between time and space
Where the books of life lay
We fear 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 the mysteries that sleeps safe inside
His hall, his towers of stone
Shall not be overthrown for eternity
It is guarded by the king
Insanity and the power that it brings
Madness reigns
In the Hall of the Mountain King, oh yeah
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
In the Hall of the Mountain King, oh yeah
In the Hall of the Mountain King, oh yeah...
16. Alone You Breathe
You were never one for waiting
Still I always thought you'd wait for me
And have you from your dreams 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
'Til inside a rainswept 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 this end into your life
You believed in things that I will never know
You were out there drowning but it never showed
'Til inside a rainswept 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?, yeah
Tomorrow and after
You tell me what am I to do
I stand here believing
That in the dark there is a clue
Perhaps inside this midnight sky
Perhaps tomorrow's newborn eyes
Or 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 a 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 a clue
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