Sunday, May 16, 2010

Holy Diver

Well news is that Ronnie James Dio passed away on the 16th of May, 2010. This is one of my favourites from Dio, "Holy Diver". Hard to think I've been playing his stuff for most of my life.

As often happens with good songs, this one has been covered by several artists over time with Killswitch Engage and Pat Boone being my preferred covers.

Hmmmmhmmmm
Yeah Yeah

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, yeah

(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, yeah

Holy Diver
You're the star of the masquerade
No need to look so afraid

Jump Jump
Jump on the tiger
You can feel his heart but you know he's mean
Some light can never be seen, yeah



Holy Diver
You've been down too long in the midnight sea
Oh what's becoming of me, no! Yeah!

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, get away
Gotta get away, get away, yeah yeah
Holy Diver
Sole survivor
Your heart is clean
Yeah Holy Diver
Holy Diver
Holy Diver
Holy Diver
Your caught in the middle coming after you Holy Diver
Oh Holy Diver
Holy Diver
Get away, get away, get away, come on


RIP Ronnie.

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