I really want to know
What you had in store
I couldn't really tell
Perhaps was just as well
I came here with a dream
And I just had to see
If my dream would soar
I knocked on every door
His whole life was written
Written there inside
His new weekly bible
The modern T.V. Guide
Every night he stares back at the screen
A man only sees what he wants to see
When he's in his mind
Where he is what he wants to be
Living in a world where he's safe from reality
Won't you take a chance on this night child
and follow me
Don't need no super heroes
Don't need no movie stars
Don't need no politicians
In big black shiny cars
Don't need no cowboys [actually sings "Don't need no preacher who's
Smokin' Marlboro cigarettes Church is my T.V."
A man only sees what he wants to see
When he's in his mind
Where he is what he wants to be
Living in a world where he's safe from reality
Won't you take a chance on this night
And follow
Me
Once was a broken hero
The kind that we all know
The kind that hides inside us
The kind we never show
The kind we say that could never be me
His whole life was written
Written there inside
His new weekly bible
The modern T.V. Guide
Stare back at that screen
A man only see what he wants to see
What you had in store
I couldn't really tell
Perhaps was just as well
I came here with a dream
And I just had to see
If my dream would soar
I knocked on every door
Written there inside
His new weekly bible
The modern T.V. Guide
Every night he stares back at the screen
When he's in his mind
Where he is what he wants to be
Living in a world where he's safe from reality
Won't you take a chance on this night child
and follow me
Don't need no movie stars
Don't need no politicians
In big black shiny cars
Don't need no cowboys [actually sings "Don't need no preacher who's
Smokin' Marlboro cigarettes Church is my T.V."
When he's in his mind
Where he is what he wants to be
Living in a world where he's safe from reality
Won't you take a chance on this night
And follow
Me
The kind that we all know
The kind that hides inside us
The kind we never show
The kind we say that could never be me
Written there inside
His new weekly bible
The modern T.V. Guide
Stare back at that screen
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Its about the corrupt church nowadays when people replace it with the preachers on T.V.
This song is about broken dreams and broken lives. Dreams are a common theme with Savatage, especially Streets: A Rock Opera and forward. The telling line are "I came here with a dream" and "If my dream would soar". The persued their dream but ended up a shell of a person. Their life is now driven by escapism, reality hurts too much. They are cynical of people and icons that promise a better life or the ideal of what life should be. They have been broken, yet still hope, yeah desire, to be wanted, to be given one more chance. They need someone to take the initiative because they are spent and have have not the power, being the shell of a person.