Savatage - Gutter Ballet lyrics
Tracks 01. Of Rage And War
02. Gutter Ballet 03. Temptation Revelation 04. When The Crowds Are Gone 05. Silk And Steel 06. She's In Love 07. Hounds 08. The Unholy 09. Mentally Yours 10. Summer's Rain 11. Thorazine Shuffle 01. Of Rage And War
You got Libya you got the Russians
You got civilian planes crashing to the oceans Airports full of terrorists Nazi skins, anarchists When are you 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 those things you do The world would be a better place if we were rid of you Of rage and war Of rage and war Of rage and war Of rage and war Every country's got the bomb The scientists are working on Chemical weapons to melt the flesh With no source of defence 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 those things you do The world would be a better place if we were rid of you Of rage and war Of rage and war Of rage and war Of rage and war 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 Of rage and war Of rage and war Of rage and war 02. Gutter Ballet
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 03. Temptation Revelation
[Instrumental]
04. When The Crowds Are Gone
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 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 05. Silk And Steel
[Instrumental]
06. She's In Love
She likes what she sees
Starts to drop to her knees Gazing with an appetite Licks her lips in sheer delight She's one of a kind A sight for sore eyes It's all the needs to be happy I bet she never knew It would taste so good No she's in love I knew she's in love Oh no she's in love Oh yeah she's in love She just loves to please Kiss of life her speciality Oh how well she knows Just how to make it grow She's one of a kind A sight for sore eyes It's all she needs to be happy No she's in love I knew she's in love Oh no she's in love Oh yeah she's in love 07. Hounds
Sun sets on the moon
The cry of the hounds live forevermore Stalking the night They roam the countryside till morning's light Do you hear the hounds they call Scan the dark eyes aglow Through the bitter rain and cold They hung 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 Do you hear the hounds they call Scan the dark eyes aglow Through the bitter rain and cold They hung you down Hunt you down Can you hear them in the night They got you in their sight 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 08. The Unholy
Oh yeah
In distant ages long ago Before the birth of Christ Lived a race trapped in soul Terror on the rise United beyond the storm They ruled the astral plane No one could stop them They wouldn't fall In a while they would soon reign A step beyond the grave Visions so insane They opened the gates of hell Calling, calling Unholy light is calling Faster, faster Prelude for disaster But no Here's your prize Oh yeah They're unholy Raging spirits kept from the light Enslaved in worlds of doom Marching armies to the darker side The devil's black platoon Torches raised no mercy Such was life In the unholy years Calling, calling The lonely night is calling Faster, faster Prelude for disaster Get straight But no Here's your prize Oh yeah The unholy Oh yeah They're unholy They're unholy Unholy Unholy Unholy Unholy... 09. Mentally Yours
Timmy went out to play
With the friends he made Why did they send him away He drove his mommy mad His daddy he ran They didn't understand Now he gazes his cold nights through Reliving all of the things he's do If he only had another chance If that was all he had His tension life He beats the wife Doused the cat with gasoline He's rather try The other side He just has to get away That's when it all began Timmy lost his mind Was just a matter of time Before he went crazy Mentally yours I am mentally yours Mentally yours I am mentally yours Mentally yours I am mentally yours Mentally yours I am mentally yours Running wild Cause that's his style Can't be held by any cage Crossed the line The final time Cause tonight he takes his stage Mentally yours I am mentally yours Mentally yours I am mentally yours Mentally yours I am mentally yours Mentally yours I am mentally yours 10. Summer's Rain
Standing alone in a dream
Where nothing is real But oh how real it feels There were times I lost my way I was alone, lost in a haze Where are you now I'll find you somehow And do I stand alone Like a fool out in the rain Hanging on somehow To an ancient vow Where there's nothing left to gain And do you know How it feels inside To be all alone A fool and his pride Scars are the wounds that we show Time only heals When you're letting go Many night I'd lay awake Tossing and turning till daybreak Where are you now I'll find you somehow And do I stand alone Like a fool out in the rain Hanging on somehow To an ancient vow Where there's nothing left to gain And do you know How it feels inside To be all alone A fool and his pride In a summer's rain In a summer's rain In a summer's rain In a summer's rain Sometimes you got to believe Beyond yesterday I'm gonna find my way In the summer's rain In a summer's rain In a summer's rain In a summer's rain I'm gonna find a way Run away Far away 11. Thorazine Shuffle
Thinking about yesterday
How my life use to be Now I'm locked inside this place I'm a schizophrenic case All the faces I now see Never show a sign of glee Every night we start to bustle It's time to do the Thorazine shuffle It's the Thorazine shuffle Everyday half past four They push my food through the door Every night right at eight They put me back into my straight All the paintings I have made They look kind of strange Every night we start to hustle It's time to do the Thorazine shuffle It's the Thorazine shuffle I'm getting anxious I want it now Oh yeah |