Dio (band)
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Dio was an American heavy metal band formed in 1982 and led by vocalist Ronnie James Dio. The band dissolved in 2010 when Ronnie James Dio died of stomach cancer at the age of 67.
Song lyrics
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There's a truth that's hard as steel
The vision never dies
Life's a never ending wheel
All lyrics written by Ronnie James Dio.
Holy Diver (1983)
[edit]- You are the strongest chain
And not just some reflection
So never hide again- Stand Up and Shout
- Between the velvet lies
There's a truth that's hard as steel
The vision never dies
Life's a never ending wheel
- And it's a given rule
That we're all fools
And need to have a little sin- Gypsy
- 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- Caught in the Middle
- 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 Talk to Strangers
- 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- Straight Through the Heart
- 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- Invisible
- Do your demons
Do they ever let you go?
When you've tried, do they hide deep inside?
Is it someone that you know?
- 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- Shame on the Night
The Last in Line (1984)
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If we're evil or divine
We're the last in line
- We pray to someone
But when it's said and done
It's really all the same
With just a different name
- We'll know for the first time
If we're evil or divine
We're the last in line
- Two eyes from the east
It's the angel or the beast
And the answer lies
Between the good and bad- The Last in Line
- Living inside your mind
Who knows the things you'll find
There could be hell or rainbows- Breathless
- You've got some stairs to Heaven, you may be right
I only know in my world, I hate the light- I Speed at Night
- Do you watch, do you see, do you know the people in me
I'm the bite, I'm the bark, I'm the scream
Are you poor, are you sure, are you holy, are you pure
I can tell you tales you just might not believe- One Night in the City
- It's the call of the city
The way that blacks pretty to the purest heart
Its places of pleasure
They promise you treasure if you fly
And then there goes the soul of you and I- Evil Eyes
- When there's thunder, there should be rain
But it don't always follow the rule
And is the wise man always right? No he can play the fool- Mystery
- Each day you hear the sand
As it moves and whispers
Come and sail on my golden sea
Maybe one day you'll be just like me
And that's free- Egypt (The Chains Are On)
Sacred Heart (1985)
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you're holding the key
It opens the door to let you be free
- Whenever you dream you're holding the key
It opens the door to let you be free- Sacred Heart
- We are sunlight
We can sparkle and shine
And our dreams are what we're made of
- Don't look behind
Cause a tear that never dies
Can only make you blind- Like the Beat of a Heart
- Love can be a whisper
But pain will always
Shout to you- Like the Beat of a Heart
- You never sing for pleasure
You only make the sounds
You never feel the magic
'Cause you think the world is round- Just Another Day
- Now it's a matter of mind
You know you can be free forever
So the next time someone points a gun at youSay "Shoot, shoot
I don't care."- Shoot, Shoot
Dream Evil (1987)
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Do you like the way it moves?
Do you come alive when neon kills the sun?
- Do you like the dark?
Do you like the way it moves?
Do you come alive when neon kills the sun?- Night People
- The night has a thousand eyes
But he moves in only places
Where the eyes can never be- Sunset Superman
- We are the innocent
We are the damned
We were caught in the middle of the madness
Hunted by the lion and the lamb
- We are - evil
And we are all divine
Creations of the mindI see - clearly
Who's behind the wall
Yes, I can see us all- Faces in the Window
Lock Up the Wolves (1990)
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- Pretend that all you really feel is pain
Just hide behind some sorrow
How sad but you'd do it all again
Nobody changes 'round here- Wild One
- You can hide in a circle
It's a way to survive
Be another number
At least you'd be aliveOr you can ride with the gypsy
He can take you to hell
And the answer's screaming
In a voice you know so well- Born on the Sun
- When you move to the rhythm of shadows
You can hide from the heat of the sun
'Cause if you dance to the beat of the darkness
You burn before the fire's begun
Then comes the night, you come alive- Night Music
- In the night you're the song and the singer
You can choose what the band's gonna play
Write the words under cover of moonlight, oh
Make some magic with the things that you say
Together we can kill the day- Night Music
- There's no back door to heaven
Just a front door to hell, oh
In this corner of the world- Lock Up the Wolves
Strange Highways (1993)
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between pleasure and pain
I choose pain
- So here is my confession:
It's the only broken rule
Sometimes I crawl inside of me
Where I can't be the fool
On Strange Highways- Strange Highways
- Oh, neon names play neon games
Showing it to the public
I hate you and you hate me
And everybody smiles
So money talks and no-one walks
But everybody's crawling
Golden rags and body bags
Evilution- Evilution
- Give me a choice between pleasure and pain
I choose pain- Pain
Angry Machines (1996)
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This is your now
Let it be magical
- Pretty faces, young and clean
Watching you from magazines
All they want is something more
Kill the King and then we'll crown the whore- Big Sister
- This is your life
This is your time
What if the flame
Won't last forever?This is your here
This is your now
Let it be magical- This Is Your Life
- Live don't preach it
If you can't don't teach it
Accidental
God loves heavy metal
So I know he must want me- God Hates Heavy Metal
Speak to the blind 'cause they see
Truth is just a circle, spinning round
Until it meets the lies then dies
- We have examined the manuscript.
The information is complete, but does not conform to logical patterns.
Flesh cannot be mutated into stone and remorphed back to the body once again.
Continue the investigation with special attention given to one word.
Magica!- Discovery
- I love the night
So many shadows
Unholy light
Putting out the spark
Leave 'em in the dark - forever- Lord of the Last Day
- Don't care which god you follow
Whose promises you swallow- Lord of the Last Day
- Welcome to sun down
Welcome to the dark
Could it be that evil has heroes?- Turn to Stone
- Concerning the inhabitants of otherworld
There are many similarities to be found
Parallel to our own society
The individual must be absorbed
The collective must be as one- Turn to Stone
- No, don't believe with only eyes
Speak to the blind 'cause they see
Truth is just a circle, spinning round
Until it meets the lies then dies- Eriel
- Require, explanation, What is love?
Who is love? When is love?
Where is love? Why is love?- Challis
- Now we understand
All traces of Magica must be eliminated
Infection, infection
Delete
Delete
Delete- Magica (Reprise)
Killing the Dragon (2002)
[edit]- Kneel and behold your new king
Digital dreams
And wonderful things to tease youSmall gods with electrical hearts
And it all will end
Time to be killing the dragon- Killing the Dragon
- We bless the beautiful
Let us forgive you for your sins
These must be holy ones
How could we believe they'd let us in- Scream
- If they take away your song
You can finally hear the voices
Of the ones that don't belongIn the face of the rising wind
We all sing Gloria
Is there flame without fire
Most unlikely- Rock & Roll
Master of the Moon (2004)
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And fools have got the sunshine
- Don't get emotional but we're out of time
The melody's gone
And fools have got the sunshine- The End of the World
- Turn out the lights it won't matter
A bucket of blood and I'm fine
A black cat's only a color
But you can do it every time- Shivers
- What about the pictures
That smile from magazines
The ultimate temptation
Our new kings and all our queens- Living the Lie
Other
[edit]- The last one out of thunder
He will always survive
But if you are starting to wonder
No no, you can never surrender
You see through the mystery
And now you can fly
So take your magic carpet ride- Hide in the Rainbow, from the 1986 EP The Dio E.P.
- When the wolf is loose in the city
Then the city will fight to survive
You can hide in the streets of the city
But no one will care, no one will know you're alive
You've time to burn- Time to Burn, from the 1986 EP Intermission
- Nothing evil, nothing sacred
Just a power that's been created
There to take you and possess you
Shout it out with a voice from hellI am metal and I'll never die
We are metal and we'll never die- Metal Will Never Die, from the 2012 compilation album The Very Beast of Dio Vol. 2
