"Don't dance in darkness, you may stumble and you're sure to fall"...RJD

1983 - Holy Diver

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
And 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 power
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
Ah 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 power
Stand up and shout, shout
Stand up and shout, let it out

You are the strongest chain
And you're 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, (Hey)
Stand up and shout, let it out
Stand up and shout

2. HOLY DIVER

Hmmm hmmm hmm, yeah yeah
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

Got 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, sun survivor,
You're the one who's clean
Holy Diver, holy diver
Yeah the cat's in view
Coming after you, holy diver
Oh holy diver, yeah, alright
Get away, get away get away
Holy diver, holy diver
Oh holy diver
Hmmm hmmm hmm

3. GYPSY

Yeah, 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

A well I rolled the bones
To see who'd own my mind
And what's within

And it's a given rule
That we're all fools
And need to have a little sin, ha

So I'm ridin'
Well I'm been ridin' on the gypsy
On the gypsy queen

Well she was straight from hell
But you never could tell
'Cause you were blinded by the light

A so she cracked my brain
With her magic pain
Turned my left around to right, right

So I'm ridin', I'm still riding
Yes I'm ridin' on, on the gypsy
On the gypsy queen, she's mean,
Riding on the gypsy, yeah yeah yeah
Yeah, on the queen, so so mean

4. CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE

Looking inside of yourself
You might see someone you don't know, ooh
Maybe it's just what you need
Letting the river in you flow

You can sail away to the sun
And let it burn your world in two, yeah
Or walk a long bloody road
Like the hero who never ran

You feel it, you feel it
You feel the rush of it all, yeah, oh

Flying away in the clouds
You know you're losing your control
Ooh, and finding your way in the dark
Like some poor forgotten soul

You feel it, you see it
You feel the rush of the city lights
I feel it, I see it in your eyes

You're Caught in the middle
Just like the way you've always been
A caught in the middle, helpless again

Yeah, looking inside of yourself
You might see someone you don't know, no
Maybe it's just what you need
Letting the river I know that's in you flow, oh

You can feel it, you can see it
You know the rush of thunder, yeah
You feel it, I see it in your eyes

You're caught in the middle
Just like the way you've always been
A Caught in the middle, helpless again
Oh, like the rush of the thunder that brings you under
There's some kind of storm you're caught right there in the middle of
You're caught in the middle, caught in the middle again
Oh my, no, hey yeah, hmmm,
You've been caught in the middle

5. DON'T TALK TO STRANGERS

Don't talk to strangers
Hmm, hmm
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'm 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 [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 THROUGHT THE HEART

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, 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 thirteen years of teenage tears
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 called out
It said, I can go away, I can leave here
I can be invisible, I'll go away

He was just eighteen and in-between
A lady and a man
He's daddy's girl in momma's world
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 to call,
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 the stage
So I bought the book and then I 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 really stay
Is to walk right out the door

So I'll go away, I'm gonna leave here
I can be invisible, I'll go away again
I can go away, when I leave here
I can be invisible, I said
When I go away, Lord, you know I've got to leave here
So I just became invisible, I went away
Disappear before your eyes
You'll never touch me, you'll never feel me
You'll never see me again, because I'll just become unseen
When I'm a photograph that's been torn in half
We're all eighteen and we're in between
We need a helping hand through 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, 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 walk without a ride
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 I see lightning, you know it always brings 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 in the air
But it's fear, and you'll hear it calling you, beware, look out
There's no sight of the morning coming, there's no sign of the day
You've been left on your own, like a rainbow
Like a rainbow in the dark, yeah yeah
You're a rainbow in the dark, just a rainbow in the dark
No sign of the morning, you're a rainbow in the dark, whoooooa

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, and oh
So shame on the night, alright

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
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've 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, oh
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
You'll never, never, never know just what they mean, and oh
Shame on the night,
You don't care what you've done, here I go, I've got to run

Shame on the night, shame shame on you
Shame on my dreams, shame on the sun in you
Shame on the night
Well I've lost my hold on the magic flame
But now I know you're name
Shame on the night
Shame on you, shame on all of you, shame on the night

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