Savatage – When The Crowds Are Gone lyrics

(Oliva/O'Neill)

I don't know
Where the years have gone
Memories can
Only last so long
Like faded photographs
Forgotten songs
And the things
I never knew
When the skin is thin
The heart show through
Please believe me
When I tell you its true
Where's the lights
Turn them on again
One more night
To believe in them
Another note
For my requiem
I never really carry on
The story's over
When the crowds are gone

All my friends
Been crucified
Made live
Love suicide true
This remember
Figure out the rules
But I'm still alive
My fingers feel
Gonna play on
Till the final reels through
And read the credits
From a different view

Where's the lights
Turn them on again
One more night
To believe in them
Another note
For my requiem
I never really carry on
The stories over
When the crowds are gone
When the crowds are gone

[awesome guitar solo and then change key up]

When the crowds are gone
And I'm all alone
Playing the saddest song
Now that the lights are gone

Turn them on again
One more time for me my friend
Turn them on again

I never wanted to know
Never wanted to see
I wasted my time
Til time wasted me
Never wanted to go
Only (always) wanted to stay
Cause the person I am
Are the parts that I play

So I plotted and I planned
Unfinished schemes
To the lure of the night
Filled with unfinished dreams
I'm holding on tight
To a world gone astray
As they charge me for years
I cannot not repay

When the crowds are gone

Turn them on again
Turn them on again
Turn them on again
Turn them on again
Turn them on again
Turn them on again

I never wanted to know
Never wanted to see
I wasted my time
Til time wasted me
I Never wanted to go
Only (always) wanted to stay
Cause the person I am
Are the parts that I play

I play
I play

Dim the lights
Turn them off my friend
And the ghost
We'll just let them end

Because in the dark
It's easier to see