Dio (band)

thumb|Rudy Sarzo, Craig Goldy, Ronnie James Dio, Scott Warren and Simon Wright 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 thumb|Between the velvet liesThere's a truth that's hard as steelThe vision never diesLife's a never ending wheel All lyrics written by Ronnie James Dio. Holy Diver (1983) You are the strongest chainAnd not just some reflectionSo never hide again Stand Up and Shout Between the velvet liesThere's a truth that's hard as steelThe vision never diesLife's a never ending wheel Holy Diver And it's a given ruleThat we're all foolsAnd need to have a little sin Gypsy Looking inside of yourselfYou might see someone you don't knowMaybe it's just what you needLetting the river in you flow Caught in the Middle Don't talk to strangersCause they're only there to do you harmDon't write in starlight'Cause the words may come out realDon't hide in doorwaysYou may find the key that opens up your soulDon't go to Heaven cause it's really only Hell Don't Talk to Strangers Never tell a secret with your eyesIt's the eyes that let you downTell a little truth with many liesIt's the only way I've found Straight Through the Heart If your circle stays unbrokenThen you're a lucky man'Cause it never, never, never has for meIn the palace of the virginLies the chalice of the soulAnd it's likely you might find the answer there Invisible Do your demonsDo they ever let you go?When you've tried, do they hide deep inside?Is it someone that you know? Rainbow in the Dark Shame on the nightFor places I've been and what I've seenFor giving me the strangest dreamsBut you never let me know just what they mean Shame on the Night The Last in Line (1984) thumb|We'll know for the first timeIf we're evil or divineWe're the last in line We pray to someoneBut when it's said and doneIt's really all the sameWith just a different name We Rock We'll know for the first timeIf we're evil or divineWe're the last in line The Last in Line Two eyes from the eastIt's the angel or the beastAnd the answer liesBetween the good and bad The Last in Line Living inside your mindWho knows the things you'll findThere could be hell or rainbows Breathless You've got some stairs to Heaven, you may be rightI 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 meI'm the bite, I'm the bark, I'm the screamAre you poor, are you sure, are you holy, are you pureI can tell you tales you just might not believe One Night in the City It's the call of the cityThe way that blacks pretty to the purest heartIts places of pleasureThey promise you treasure if you flyAnd then there goes the soul of you and I Evil Eyes When there's thunder, there should be rainBut it don't always follow the ruleAnd is the wise man always right? No he can play the fool Mystery Each day you hear the sandAs it moves and whispersCome and sail on my golden seaMaybe one day you'll be just like meAnd that's free Egypt (The Chains Are On) Sacred Heart (1985) thumb|Whenever you dreamyou're holding the keyIt opens the door to let you be free Whenever you dream you're holding the keyIt opens the door to let you be free Sacred Heart We are sunlightWe can sparkle and shineAnd our dreams are what we're made of Hungry for Heaven Don't look behindCause a tear that never diesCan only make you blind Like the Beat of a Heart Love can be a whisperBut pain will alwaysShout to you Like the Beat of a Heart You never sing for pleasureYou only make the soundsYou never feel the magic'Cause you think the world is round Just Another Day Now it's a matter of mindYou know you can be free foreverSo the next time someone points a gun at youSay "Shoot, shootI don't care." Shoot, Shoot Dream Evil (1987) thumb|Do you like the dark?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 eyesBut he moves in only placesWhere the eyes can never be Sunset Superman We are the innocentWe are the damnedWe were caught in the middle of the madnessHunted by the lion and the lamb All the Fools Sailed Away We are - evilAnd we are all divineCreations of the mindI see - clearlyWho's behind the wallYes, I can see us all Faces in the Window Lock Up the Wolves (1990) thumb|Together we can kill the day. Pretend that all you really feel is painJust hide behind some sorrowHow sad but you'd do it all againNobody changes 'round here Wild One You can hide in a circleIt's a way to surviveBe another numberAt least you'd be aliveOr you can ride with the gypsyHe can take you to hellAnd the answer's screamingIn a voice you know so well Born on the Sun When you move to the rhythm of shadowsYou can hide from the heat of the sun'Cause if you dance to the beat of the darknessYou burn before the fire's begunThen comes the night, you come alive Night Music In the night you're the song and the singerYou can choose what the band's gonna playWrite the words under cover of moonlight, ohMake some magic with the things that you sayTogether we can kill the day Night Music There's no back door to heavenJust a front door to hell, ohIn this corner of the world Lock Up the Wolves Strange Highways (1993) thumb|Give me a choicebetween pleasure and painI choose pain So here is my confession:It's the only broken ruleSometimes I crawl inside of meWhere I can't be the foolOn Strange Highways Strange Highways Oh, neon names play neon gamesShowing it to the publicI hate you and you hate meAnd everybody smilesSo money talks and no-one walksBut everybody's crawlingGolden rags and body bagsEvilution Evilution Give me a choice between pleasure and painI choose pain Pain Angry Machines (1996) thumb|This is your hereThis is your nowLet it be magical Pretty faces, young and cleanWatching you from magazinesAll they want is something moreKill the King and then we'll crown the whore Big Sister This is your lifeThis is your timeWhat if the flameWon't last forever?This is your hereThis is your nowLet it be magical This Is Your Life Live don't preach itIf you can't don't teach itAccidentalGod loves heavy metalSo I know he must want me God Hates Heavy Metal Magica (2000) thumb|No, don't believe with only eyesSpeak to the blind 'cause they seeTruth is just a circle, spinning roundUntil 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 nightSo many shadowsUnholy lightPutting out the sparkLeave 'em in the dark - forever Lord of the Last Day Don't care which god you followWhose promises you swallow Lord of the Last Day Welcome to sun downWelcome to the darkCould it be that evil has heroes? Turn to Stone Concerning the inhabitants of otherworldThere are many similarities to be foundParallel to our own societyThe individual must be absorbedThe collective must be as one Turn to Stone No, don't believe with only eyesSpeak to the blind 'cause they seeTruth is just a circle, spinning roundUntil 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 understandAll traces of Magica must be eliminatedInfection, infectionDeleteDeleteDelete Magica (Reprise) Killing the Dragon (2002) Kneel and behold your new kingDigital dreamsAnd wonderful things to tease youSmall gods with electrical heartsAnd it all will endTime to be killing the dragon Killing the Dragon We bless the beautifulLet us forgive you for your sinsThese must be holy onesHow could we believe they'd let us in Scream If they take away your songYou can finally hear the voicesOf the ones that don't belongIn the face of the rising windWe all sing GloriaIs there flame without fireMost unlikely Rock & Roll Master of the Moon (2004) thumb|The melody's goneAnd fools have got the sunshine Don't get emotional but we're out of timeThe melody's goneAnd fools have got the sunshine The End of the World Turn out the lights it won't matterA bucket of blood and I'm fineA black cat's only a colorBut you can do it every time Shivers What about the picturesThat smile from magazinesThe ultimate temptationOur new kings and all our queens Living the Lie Other The last one out of thunderHe will always surviveBut if you are starting to wonderNo no, you can never surrenderYou see through the mysteryAnd now you can flySo take your magic carpet ride Hide in the Rainbow, from the 1986 EP The Dio E.P. When the wolf is loose in the cityThen the city will fight to surviveYou can hide in the streets of the cityBut no one will care, no one will know you're aliveYou've time to burn Time to Burn, from the 1986 EP Intermission Nothing evil, nothing sacredJust a power that's been createdThere to take you and possess youShout it out with a voice from hellI am metal and I'll never dieWe are metal and we'll never die Metal Will Never Die, from the 2012 compilation album The Very Beast of Dio Vol. 2 External links Dio Official website Category:American bands Category:Heavy metal bands