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Savatage - Gutter Ballet Meaning

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Gutter Ballet Lyrics

Another sleepless night
A concrete paradise
Sirens screaming in the heat
Neon cuts the eye
As the jester sighs
At the world beneath his feet

It's a gutter ballet
Just a menagerie
Still the orchestra plays
On a dark and lonely night
To...

  1. Oniren
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    Feb 14th 2010 !⃝

    In the words of Jon Oliva, Savatage's lead singer and co-founder:

    "The title song 'Gutter Ballet' deals with the contemporary reality in the streets of every major city...as the problem of "Of Rage And War" is evident, there's nothing you can do about it. It's not touchable. The probems out on the streets, on the other hand, are; you see them in front of you daily. It's especially about how unfriendly the streets can be, how confusing and how violent. But on the other hand, the streets can also be very beautiful, cosy and moving. The lyrics come forth from the mind of someone walking through a major city. Whether it is New York, Detroit or Chicago really doesn't matter. While writing the piano intro, I was thinking of a sunrise above a skyline of skyscrapers. Very peaceful. Until the city comes to life, and that's where the rest of the band comes in. Purposely this was done very abruptly, because all of a sudden the city changes into a madhouse."


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