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.

Rudy Sarzo, Craig Goldy, Ronnie James Dio, Scott Warren and Simon Wright

Song lyrics

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

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

• 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

• 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?

• 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)

Together we can kill the day.

• 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)

Give me a choice
between pleasure and pain
I choose pain

• 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)

This is your here
This is your now
Let it be magical

• 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)

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

• 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 belong

  In the face of the rising wind
  We all sing Gloria
  Is there flame without fire
  Most unlikely

  • Rock & Roll

Master of the Moon (2004)

The melody's gone
And fools have got the sunshine

• 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

External links

• Official website