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Gutter Ballet Lyrics
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
A concrete paradise
Sirens screaming in the heat
Neon cuts the eye
As the jester sighs
At the world beneath his feet
Just a menagerie
Still the orchestra plays
On a dark and lonely night
To a distant fading light
Little parts of lives
Such a strange reality
Kill the unicorn
Just to have its horn
Soon he's just a fantasy
Just a menagerie
Still the orchestra plays
On a dark and lonely night
To a distant fading light
Slips into the crowd
As the actors fade away
Another death to mourn
Another child is born
Another chapter in the play
Just a menagerie
Still the orchestra plays
On a dark and lonely night
To a distant fading light
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A song about the trials of being homeless: Trying to survive by any means possible...
"The title song 'Gutter Ballet' deals with the contemporary reality in the streets of every major city...as the problem of "Of Rage And War" is evident, there's nothing you can do about it. It's not touchable. The probems out on the streets, on the other hand, are; you see them in front of you daily. It's especially about how unfriendly the streets can be, how confusing and how violent. But on the other hand, the streets can also be very beautiful, cosy and moving. The lyrics come forth from the mind of someone walking through a major city. Whether it is New York, Detroit or Chicago really doesn't matter. While writing the piano intro, I was thinking of a sunrise above a skyline of skyscrapers. Very peaceful. Until the city comes to life, and that's where the rest of the band comes in. Purposely this was done very abruptly, because all of a sudden the city changes into a madhouse."
Oniren's comment.
This song is not seen by the eyes of someone on the streets, but from the Jester's tower, removed from all that troubling menagerie.
This song is not seen by the eyes of someone on the streets, but from the Jester's tower, removed from all that troubling menagerie.
what an amazing song. savatage remains one of the greatest progressive metal bands ever please listen to savatage dream theater queensryche fates warning symphony x dio and danzing and iron maiden and judas priest and ..................................