Babylon Vampires
Avantasia; Robert Mason; Tobias Sammet Lyrics

A lot of good advice
There's a lot of good advice out there

nobody‘s keeping for themselves
But people aren't keeping it for themselves

If you‘re playing by the rules
If you're playing it safe

you‘ll be a trophy on a shelf
You'll become someone who is viewed for their achievements only

Give in to the ordinary run of things
Just follow the normal path

like it is meant to be
As if there's just one destiny for everyone

There‘s nothing left of me
But if you do that, you'll lose who you really are

Praying for salvation, floating with the tide
Sometimes you might just pray for help and let the world guide you

The very first temptation
The first thing that pulls you towards your desires

drags you to the other side
It can be really seductive

You learn to walk and run
But we all have to learn how to navigate through life

You fly until you fall as far as I can see
And it's like we soar until something goes wrong

The future ahead was not what it used to be
And even though we had a vision of the future, it's always changing

Blessed was the darkness, veiling hypocrisy
So somehow the darkness hid the truth that was too difficult to see

Babylon is burning, shining from afar
Babylon is in trouble, but it's still visible from a distance

From sunset to sunrise
It's been burning all night

and you‘re glowing like a fiery star
And you're shining like a star

And no one can tell if we've been for real
It's hard for people to know whether we're really ourselves

They say it‘s coming by the night
And there are always rumors of things happening at night

to engraft into the brain
Like something that will stay with you forever

what a scientific tongue won‘t recall
Even though science can't explain it

or even phrase
There are some things that can't even be put into words

It‘s crawling up your spine
And whatever it is, it feels creepy

to breed a wicked freak of nature
Like it's something that will make you abnormal

We will be a new society
And whatever it is, it will change the world

Headless congregation, a vortex needing more
It's like we're all blindly following something that will just suck us in

The road to good intentions is evil to the core
And even if we start out with good intentions, it can lead to evil

The devil and the deep blue sea are waiting
And there's real danger, both on land and at sea

The sweet scent of poison
But there are some temptations that smell irresistible

hazing the dread away
All that fear is gone

This side of the moon I‘ll confess to... another day
But, we can't share it all, at least not yet

Ever since I can remember
There are some dreams and goals that I've had my whole life

I've been shooting up that road with a dream
And I've always been pursuing those goals with everything I've got

I saw gold at the end of the rainbow
And I was able to see success in my future

I was given an idea of what life should be
So I always had an idea of what I wanted my life to look like

Ain't there a light above the shadow
But sometimes something will come to light that will give us hope

Ain't there blood in the machine
And sometimes we need a little chaos to move things forward

Ain't there flesh they'd been misleading
And sometimes we can't even believe our own senses

Ain't there a longing soul within?
But there is always something inside of us that wants something more

I've seen believers on the wayside
And I've seen other people questioning things, too

And I‘m afraid to say, I think just like you
And I can actually relate to them

That failed to pretend
But there are some things that can't just be ignored

they could cope with what they'd find
And sometimes we're not ready for what's ahead

When they didn't have a clue - just like you
Just like me

Babylon is burning
So it's like everything is crashing down

Babylon is burning
It's in trouble

and you‘re glowing like a fiery star
But there are still people who are making an impact, shining like a star

And no one can tell if we've been for real, oh
But sometimes it's hard to tell if we're really just playing our part