Savatage - When The Crowds Are Gone Meaning

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When The Crowds Are Gone Lyrics

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 shows through
Please believe me what I tell you is true

Where's the...

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Feb 17th 2010 !⃝
In the words of Jon Oliva, Savatage's lead singer and co-founder:

"It's my favorite song on the album, and also the song that took the biggest effort to write, because it's a very personal piece. It's the life story of a musician who has been trying to become successful all his life. In vain, of course and so finally he breaks down. However, that's not the main issue, because this can happen in many different ways. Suicide, an overdose of drugs... I've seen it happen around me, so I know what I'm talking about. And that goes for our producer, Paul O'Neill, who helped me write the lyrics, as well. He also knew musicians who went down because of the lack of success. The musician that this song is about spent his whole life composing one song, that was meant to be his absolute masterpiece. Finally, he completes the song, but then he's too old himself to accomplish anything with it. He's past the height of his glory. Then finally when the song gets airplay, it is too late, because it is at his own funeral. The way it's written, it is of course purely imaginative, but the reasons to write the lyrics the way they were, unfortunately are very true. It has cost me a lot to sing this song. Because it was so personal, and because I wanted it to carry the right emotion, vocally. Listen to the end of the song, then you'll understand what I'm talking about."

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