Στις 25 Μαΐου του 1983 ο γίγαντας κοντός Ronnie James Dio -RIP- κυκλοφόρησε τον πρώτο του προσωπικό δίσκο με τίτλο Holy DiverΈχει ψηφιστεί ως ο 8ος καλύτερος δίσκος απο τα Top 25 Metal Albums.
Μπορεί το peak των charts να ήταν το #13 στην Αγγλία και το #56 στην Αμερική ,αλλά ο δίσκος μετά απο σχεδόν 30 χρόνια εξακολουθεί να τα σπάει...
Δεν κουράζει καθόλου, γιατί έχει πολλές εναλλαγές στους ρυθμούς και στην δυναμική του κάθε τραγουδιού.
Οι περισσότεροι ίσως να γνωρίζουν το ομώνυμο και το Rainbow In The Dark...
Ε λοιπόν σας έχω νέα...όσοι είστε fan του Rainbow In The Dark, πρέπει να μάθετε ότι ο Dio δεν το γούσταρε μια το τραγούδι με τα έντονα πλήκτρα, γιατί ήταν πολύ pop για τα γούστα του... (όπως επίσης ήταν κι ένας λόγος που έφυγε απο τους Rainbow του Blackmore)
Γεια σου ρε αθάνατε κοντέ...
To πολλά βαρύ -και όχι- track list είναι το εξής:
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
Credits: Ronnie James Dio - φωνή - Vivian Cambell - κιθάρα - Jimmy Bain - μπάσο - και Vinnie Appice - τύμπανα -
Για τους μη-μυημένους προτείνω τα Caught In The Middle -διαβάστε και τους στίχους αξίζει- Don't Talk To Strangers -επίσης- και το Rainbow In The Dark...
Τρελά αγαπημένο είναι το Shame On The Night.......ΚΑΘΕ φορά με ταξιδεύει....
Οι υπόλοιποι....
N'joy
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
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 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
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
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
The vision never dies
Life's a never ending wheel
Holy Diver
You're the star of the masquerade
No need to look so afraid
Jump on the tiger
You can feel his heart but you know he's mean
Some light can never be seen
Gotta get away
Get away
Gotta get away
Get away yeah
Holy Diver
sole survivor
your armours clean
Holy Diver
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
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
So I'm ridin'
I've been ridin' on the gypsy
On the gypsy queen
So she cracked my brain
With magic pain
And turned my left around to right, right
Looking inside of yourself
You might see someone you don't know
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
Flying away int the clouds
You know you're loosing your control
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 fell 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
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
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'll only bring you down
Hey you you know me you've touched I'm real
I'm forever the one that lets you look and see and
Feel me I'm danger - I'm the stranger
I I'm darkness I'm anger I'm pain
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 away run away
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, 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
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
Shout to the wind
How can you hurt me this way
Oh once it begins
It looks like it's coming to stay
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
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 the the light, the answer right
Inside her coming down
I can go away
I can leave here
I can be invisible
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 really stay
Is to walk right out the door
You can go away
Lord you know it's right to leave here
So I just become invisible
When there's 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
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 alive 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
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 . . .
Your a Rainbow in the Da a a a a ark
Just a Rainbow in the Dark
No sign of the morning
Just a Rainbow in the Dark
Shame on the night
For places I've been
And what I've seen
For giving me the strangest dreams
But you'll never let me know just what they mean
Oh, So shame on the night
alright...
And Shame on you
You 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 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
Shame on the night
Shame shame on you
Shame on a dream
Shame on the sun and you
Shame on the night
Well i lost my hold in a magic flame
But Now i know your name
Shame on the night
Shame on you
Shame on all of you
