Fates Warning the most underrated group ever

[ΛΑΘΕ ΒΙΩΣΑΣ]

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I know that I don't know you
And you couldn't know me
But time and space collided
And here we are, here we are

I know that you don't understand
And I can't explain
But circumstance conspired
And here we are, here we are

"the time is four nineteen..."
"time flies..."
"???"
"the answer is no..."
And I know we can't turn back all the years
Time reflected in a shade of gray
But I often wonder what could have been
And I still hold on to yesterday

And I know we're not children any more
Innocence lost in a sea of gray
But I often wonder what else could be
And I still dream of running away

So where do we begin
And what else can we say?
When the lines are all drawn
What should we do today?

[ΛΑΘΕ ΒΙΩΣΑΣ]

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This shade of gray
This certain sadness
This cold morning light
And this silent madness
It hangs in the air
It hangs like a memory
It hangs like a cloud
It hangs on desperately
Between dark and light
Between was and be
Between young and old
Between you and me
Between you and me
I remember cities
And I remember rain
Like the sound of your voice, falling
These memories and more remain
I remember winter
And I remember strain
Like the sound of your voice, breaking
These memories and more remain
I remember the nights
And I remember pain
Like the sound of your voice, alone
These memories and more remain

So where do we begin
And what else can we say?
When the lines are all drawn
What should we do today?

Close our eyes awhile
As morning shadows play
And listen to the rain
Wash the long night away
Face to face we'll awake
To see another day
And with hope in our hearts
Embrace this shade of gray
This pleasant shade of gray

[ΛΑΘΕ ΒΙΩΣΑΣ]

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I know its getting late
But I feel I need, I need to explain
All the laughter and the lies
Can't stay the fear or hide the pain

Somewhere along the way
We exchanged our dreams for selfish pride
There was a common goal
But somehow that vision has died

Is it so hard to understand
The facts that you ignore
And we've grown so tired of trying
Wasting our time criticizing

And nothing's easy anymore
Nothing's easy anymore

Is it too late to understand
The writing that's on the walls
While we watch time slip through our hands
We're deaf to our own demands

When the eleventh hour calls
The eleventh hour calls

And nothing's easy anymore
When the eleventh hour calls
The eleventh hour calls

I know it's getting late
But I feel I need, I need to explain

[ΛΑΘΕ ΒΙΩΣΑΣ]

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I've watched in silence, without seeing
As a stranger within me grew
Detached and distanced from the day
While youth's precious years flew

Chasing time through the empty skies
Of endless hours
Living for the future

Visions of brighter days to come
Kept the shadows from my sight
Made the present bearable
And obscured the fading light

Chasing time through the cold void
Of solitary days
Living for the future

Today is within my reach
And tomorrow is so illusive
But I'm still chasing time
Through increasing disillusion
Forever living for
The future of an illusion

[ΛΑΘΕ ΒΙΩΣΑΣ]

[ΛΑΘΕ ΒΙΩΣΑΣ]

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I thought I reached the final stage
Time enough now to catch my breath
Holding on to each fleeting moment
Until the winds of change come blowing through

And all the things I
Thought I needed
Go sailing out of you

I thought I reached a new beginning;
Faint, distant glow on the horizon
Holding on to the promise of the day
Until the sunset hides sea from shore
And all the things I
Thought I needed
Don't mean much anymore

Circles within circles
Hoping one more turn
Will bring us to the end
When truth and fiction finally meet
We find again
New beginnings become old ends

Circles within circles
Hoping one more turn
Will bring us to the end
When the circles complete
We find ourselves
Starting all over again

Too many things left undone
Too late to turn back
I can change course before the end
But when all is said and done
All I really want is a chance
To start again

Circles within circles
Hoping one more turn
Will bring us the end
When truth and fiction finally meet
We find again
New beginnings become old ends

[ΛΑΘΕ ΒΙΩΣΑΣ]

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I saw you once again last night
Through a sea of sullen faces
Admiring eyes following
The path that the spotlight traces

Eye to eye
And the miles still divide
Eye to eye

What was it YOU saw last night
When YOU gave yourself to me
Was it the thread of a common bond
Or the touch of cold reality

Eye to eye
And the miles still divide
We can move each other to tears
But we can't see
Eye to eye
And the miles still divide
Each of us alone in silence
When we meet
Eye to eye

All we can really share
Is the coldness we feel
And the silent memory
Of the moment we met

Eye to eye
And the miles still divide
We can move each other to tears
But we can't see
Eye to eye
And the miles still divide
Each of us alone in silence
When we meet
Eye to eye
And the miles still divide
We can move each other to tears
But we can't see
Eye to eye

[ΛΑΘΕ ΒΙΩΣΑΣ]

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Ours is the cry of the helpless, told
In the timeless truth of the written word

Trapped by the tempest of the blind
Our muted calls can't be heard

Helpless as we stand
Amidst the push of thoughtless hands

We are adrift without direction
In a raging storm on a calm sea
Clinging to our expectations
To stem the tide of destiny

Helpless as we fall
Beneath the crush of waters walls

[Arisvilla]

Δεν θα το έλεγες και underrated group. Σίγουρα δεν έγιναν σαν τους Dream Theater αλλά έκαναν σχετική επιτυχία στα τέλη των 80ς και στις αρχές των 90s. Από το power με τον John Arch στα φωνητικά των πρώτων δίσκων στο progressive μετά το no exit. Ειχα την τύχη και να τους δω live μετα το pleasant shade of gray το 1999. Καλύτερη περίοδος τους η περιοδος 1988-1992 με τέσσερις δίσκους πολύ καλούς. Μετά έβγαλαν το σχετικά μέτριο inside out (που οταν το αγόρασα μου άρεσε βέβαια) και το αρκετά πειραματικό a pleasant shade of gray. Στην μετέπειτα πορεία τους έβγαλαν και καλές αλλά και μέτριες δουλειές αλλά ποτε δεν έφτασαν τις κορυφές του 1988-1992. Perfect Symmetry και Parallels διαμάντια του metal must buy δισκοι για κάθε σκεπτόμενο οπαδό της μουσικής.

[foscilis]

Θεωρώ πως οι Tool είναι κλάσεις ανώτεροι από όλους αυτούς.

Δείτε ρε μαλάκες τι ρυθμό φτιάχνουν εδώ, κάτι ανάμεσα σε ζεμπεκιά και μπλουζ (και σίγουρα από τις καλύτερες φωνές του κόσμου και πάρα πολύ διαβασμένος) :



Πάντως γενικά το είδος πάσχει από τεράστιες διάρκειες.

[ΛΑΘΕ ΒΙΩΣΑΣ]

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I had so much to say
But no words to speak
The feelings were strong
But I was only weak

So there we were again
Tragic and absurd
Choking on every line
And every final word

A few pages from an old diary
A dusty shelf, an unread history
All these words and memories
Are all of you that's really left for me

And a fading memory
Can't cloud the pain
When the voice is gone
The words still remains

And the years that fall away
Can't stop the rains
When illusion's gone
The truth still remains

A few lines from life's long soliloquy
A dying voice in one part harmony
All these words and memories
Are all of you that's really left for me

And a fading memory
Can't cloud the pain
When the voice is gone
The words still remains

And the years that fall away
Can't stop the rains
When illusion's gone
The truth still remains

A final moment of clarity
A touch, a look, a last apology
All these words and memories
Are all of you that's left for me

And a fading memory
Can't cloud the pain
When the voice is gone
The words still remains

And the years that fall away
Can't stop the rains
When illusion's gone
The truth still remains

Where is the way
Where is direction
The ever open arms
Of over protection
Where is the hope
Where is laughter
The wild winter dreams
Of happy ever after

Deep in the night
Underneath the darkest skies
Searching for some sign or some distant light
Screaming yet unheard
Repeating every line
And every final word

They remain, they remain
You still remain
All these words and memories
And everything you were to me
They remain, they remain
You still remain

And here I am again
Tragic and absurd
Repeating every line
And every final word