Dio (band)



Dio was an American heavy metal band formed in 1982 and led by vocalist Ronnie James Dio. The band dissolved in 2010 when Ronnie James Dio died of stomach cancer at the age of 67.

Song lyrics


All lyrics written by Ronnie James Dio.

Holy Diver (1983)

 * You are the strongest chain And not just some reflection So never hide again
 * Stand Up and Shout


 * Between the velvet lies There's a truth that's hard as steel The vision never dies Life's a never ending wheel
 * Holy Diver


 * And it's a given rule That we're all fools And need to have a little sin
 * Gypsy


 * Looking inside of yourself You might see someone you don't know Maybe it's just what you need Letting the river in you flow
 * Caught in the Middle


 * Don't talk to strangers Cause they're only there to do you harm Don't write in starlight 'Cause the words may come out real Don't hide in doorways You may find the key that opens up your soul Don't go to Heaven cause it's really only Hell
 * Don't Talk to Strangers


 * Never tell a secret with your eyes It's the eyes that let you down Tell a little truth with many lies It's the only way I've found
 * Straight Through the Heart


 * If your circle stays unbroken Then you're a lucky man 'Cause it never, never, never has for me In the palace of the virgin Lies the chalice of the soul And it's likely you might find the answer there
 * Invisible


 * Do your demons Do they ever let you go? When you've tried, do they hide deep inside? Is it someone that you know?
 * Rainbow in the Dark


 * Shame on the night For places I've been and what I've seen For giving me the strangest dreams But you never let me know just what they mean
 * Shame on the Night

The Last in Line (1984)



 * We pray to someone But when it's said and done It's really all the same With just a different name
 * We Rock


 * We'll know for the first time If we're evil or divine We're the last in line
 * The Last in Line


 * Two eyes from the east It's the angel or the beast And the answer lies Between the good and bad
 * The Last in Line


 * Living inside your mind Who knows the things you'll find There could be hell or rainbows
 * Breathless


 * You've got some stairs to Heaven, you may be right I only know in my world, I hate the light
 * I Speed at Night


 * Do you watch, do you see, do you know the people in me I'm the bite, I'm the bark, I'm the scream Are you poor, are you sure, are you holy, are you pure I can tell you tales you just might not believe
 * One Night in the City


 * It's the call of the city The way that blacks pretty to the purest heart Its places of pleasure They promise you treasure if you fly And then there goes the soul of you and I
 * Evil Eyes


 * When there's thunder, there should be rain But it don't always follow the rule And is the wise man always right? No he can play the fool
 * Mystery


 * Each day you hear the sand As it moves and whispers Come and sail on my golden sea Maybe one day you'll be just like me And that's free
 * Egypt (The Chains Are On)

Sacred Heart (1985)



 * Whenever you dream you're holding the key It opens the door to let you be free
 * Sacred Heart


 * We are sunlight We can sparkle and shine And our dreams are what we're made of
 * Hungry for Heaven


 * Don't look behind Cause a tear that never dies Can only make you blind
 * Like the Beat of a Heart


 * Love can be a whisper But pain will always Shout to you
 * Like the Beat of a Heart


 * You never sing for pleasure You only make the sounds You never feel the magic 'Cause you think the world is round
 * Just Another Day


 * Now it's a matter of mind You know you can be free forever So the next time someone points a gun at you Say "Shoot, shoot I don't care."
 * Shoot, Shoot

Dream Evil (1987)



 * Do you like the dark? Do you like the way it moves? Do you come alive when neon kills the sun?
 * Night People


 * The night has a thousand eyes But he moves in only places Where the eyes can never be
 * Sunset Superman


 * We are the innocent We are the damned We were caught in the middle of the madness Hunted by the lion and the lamb
 * All the Fools Sailed Away


 * We are - evil And we are all divine Creations of the mind I see - clearly Who's behind the wall Yes, I can see us all
 * Faces in the Window

Lock Up the Wolves (1990)



 * Pretend that all you really feel is pain Just hide behind some sorrow How sad but you'd do it all again Nobody changes 'round here
 * Wild One


 * You can hide in a circle It's a way to survive Be another number At least you'd be alive Or you can ride with the gypsy He can take you to hell And the answer's screaming In a voice you know so well
 * Born on the Sun


 * When you move to the rhythm of shadows You can hide from the heat of the sun 'Cause if you dance to the beat of the darkness You burn before the fire's begun Then comes the night, you come alive
 * Night Music


 * In the night you're the song and the singer You can choose what the band's gonna play Write the words under cover of moonlight, oh Make some magic with the things that you say Together we can kill the day
 * Night Music


 * There's no back door to heaven Just a front door to hell, oh In this corner of the world
 * Lock Up the Wolves

Strange Highways (1993)



 * So here is my confession: It's the only broken rule Sometimes I crawl inside of me Where I can't be the fool On Strange Highways
 * Strange Highways


 * Oh, neon names play neon games Showing it to the public I hate you and you hate me And everybody smiles So money talks and no-one walks But everybody's crawling Golden rags and body bags Evilution
 * Evilution


 * Give me a choice between pleasure and pain I choose pain
 * Pain

Angry Machines (1996)



 * Pretty faces, young and clean Watching you from magazines All they want is something more Kill the King and then we'll crown the whore
 * Big Sister


 * This is your life This is your time What if the flame Won't last forever? This is your here This is your now Let it be magical
 * This Is Your Life


 * Live don't preach it If you can't don't teach it Accidental God loves heavy metal So I know he must want me
 * God Hates Heavy Metal

Magica (2000)



 * We have examined the manuscript. The information is complete, but does not conform to logical patterns. Flesh cannot be mutated into stone and remorphed back to the body once again. Continue the investigation with special attention given to one word. Magica!
 * Discovery


 * I love the night So many shadows Unholy light Putting out the spark Leave 'em in the dark - forever
 * Lord of the Last Day


 * Don't care which god you follow Whose promises you swallow
 * Lord of the Last Day


 * Welcome to sun down Welcome to the dark Could it be that evil has heroes?
 * Turn to Stone


 * Concerning the inhabitants of otherworld There are many similarities to be found Parallel to our own society The individual must be absorbed The collective must be as one
 * Turn to Stone


 * No, don't believe with only eyes Speak to the blind 'cause they see Truth is just a circle, spinning round Until it meets the lies then dies
 * Eriel


 * Require, explanation, What is love? Who is love? When is love? Where is love? Why is love?
 * Challis


 * Now we understand All traces of Magica must be eliminated Infection, infection Delete Delete Delete
 * Magica (Reprise)

Killing the Dragon (2002)

 * Kneel and behold your new king Digital dreams And wonderful things to tease you Small gods with electrical hearts And it all will end Time to be killing the dragon
 * Killing the Dragon


 * We bless the beautiful Let us forgive you for your sins These must be holy ones How could we believe they'd let us in
 * Scream


 * If they take away your song You can finally hear the voices Of the ones that don't belongIn the face of the rising wind We all sing Gloria Is there flame without fire Most unlikely
 * Rock & Roll

Master of the Moon (2004)



 * Don't get emotional but we're out of time The melody's gone And fools have got the sunshine
 * The End of the World


 * Turn out the lights it won't matter A bucket of blood and I'm fine A black cat's only a color But you can do it every time
 * Shivers


 * What about the pictures That smile from magazines The ultimate temptation Our new kings and all our queens
 * Living the Lie

Other

 * The last one out of thunder He will always survive But if you are starting to wonder No no, you can never surrender You see through the mystery And now you can fly So take your magic carpet ride
 * Hide in the Rainbow, from the 1986 EP The Dio E.P.


 * When the wolf is loose in the city Then the city will fight to survive You can hide in the streets of the city But no one will care, no one will know you're alive You've time to burn
 * Time to Burn, from the 1986 EP Intermission


 * Nothing evil, nothing sacred Just a power that's been created There to take you and possess you Shout it out with a voice from hell I am metal and I'll never die We are metal and we'll never die
 * Metal Will Never Die, from the 2012 compilation album The Very Beast of Dio Vol. 2