Queensrÿche has sold over 20 million albums worldwide, including over 6 million albums in the United States. They are considered one of the leaders of the progressive metal scene of the mid-to-late 1980s, and often referred to as one of the "Big Three" of the genre, along with Dream Theater and Fates Warning. The band received worldwide acclaim after the release of their 1988 album Operation: Mindcrime, which is often considered one of the greatest heavy metal concept albums of all time. Their follow-up release, Empire, released in 1990, was also very successful and included the hit single "Silent Lucidity". The band has received three Grammy Award nominations for songs from both albums. In 1998, drummer Rockenfield received an individual Grammy nomination.
Also in 1998, guitarist and primary songwriter Chris DeGarmo left the band for personal reasons, returning briefly in 2003 to write and record the Tribe album. Over the years, his replacements have been Kelly Gray, Mike Stone, and Parker Lundgren. Following a highly publicized backstage altercation before a show in São Paulo, Brazil, in April 2012, Tate was fired from the band and replaced with then-Crimson Glory singer Todd La Torre. In response to his dismissal, Tate and his wife Susan (who served as the band's manager from 2005 to 2012) filed a lawsuit in a Washington court, claiming that he was wrongfully terminated. The ruling in the preliminary injunction was that both parties were allowed to use the name Queensrÿche until a court ruling or a settlement decided who would get to use the name. A settlement was reached on April 17, 2014, in which founding members Wilton, Rockenfield and Jackson were awarded the rights to the band trademark, continuing to play with the lineup that additionally includes singer La Torre and guitarist Lundgren.
During the time, both parties could use the name Queensrÿche, Tate created his own lineup featuring former guitarist Gray and musicians from bands including Blue Öyster Cult, Ozzy Osbourne, Whitesnake, Dio, AC/DC and Quiet Riot. This version of Queensrÿche with Geoff Tate released the album Frequency Unknown on April 23, 2013, while Queensrÿche (with La Torre replacing Tate) released their eponymous album on June 24 and 25, 2013 (European and American release date, respectively). Both bands toured in 2013 and 2014.
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Studio albums
The Warning (1984)
Rage for Order (1986)
Operation: Mindcrime (1988)
Empire (1990)
Promised Land (1994)
Hear in the Now Frontier (1997)
Q2K (1999)
Tribe (2003)
Operation: Mindcrime II (2006)
Take Cover (2007)
American Soldier (2009)
Dedicated to Chaos (2011)
Queensrÿche (2013)
Condition Hüman (2015)
The Verdict (2019)
Digital Noise Alliance (2022)
Geoff Tate's Queensrÿche
Frequency Unknown (2013)
All I Want
Queensrÿche Lyrics
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You're telling me you're leaving, that you're going away
To take a trip to find, and leave behind the love.
I've got a destination, a suggestion for you.
You won't need a jet plane or a luxury cruise.
Just take a look in my eyes, and realize the love.
So I hope that you will
Stay with me forever.
It's all I want from you.
The thought of our disintegration is killing me.
I love you.
Living blind without you,
Don't want to try to live without your love.
I feel so lonely now with you gone.
But don't take for granted, your condition of me,
'Cause there'll be retribution, the kind you wouldn't believe
Let's get back to living, see what tomorrow brings.
Stay with me forever.
It's all I want from you.
And if we stay together,
All our dreams will come true
Stay with me forever.
It's all I want from you.
The thought of our disintegration is killing me.
I love you.
The lyrics of Queensrÿche's song All I Want seem to be about a person experiencing heartbreak and pleading with their partner not to leave them. The first stanza suggests that the partner is leaving to find themselves and leave behind the love they once shared. However, the singer offers a solution: to look into their eyes and realize the love that they still share. They say that they cannot live without "us" and plead with the partner to stay with them forever. The singer is consumed with fear at the thought of their disintegration and says that they are lonely without their partner.
The second stanza reveals a threat that the partner should not take the singer for granted, as the singer warns of retribution of a kind they wouldn't believe. They urge their partner to come back to them and start living again, saying that they should see what tomorrow brings. The chorus repeats the plea for the partner to stay with them forever, and if they do, all their dreams will come true.
Overall, the lyrics suggest a desperation to hold onto a failing relationship, with the singer imploring their partner to give the relationship another chance.
Line by Line Meaning
You mystify with the things that you say.
You confuse me with your words and actions.
You're telling me you're leaving, that you're going away To take a trip to find, and leave behind the love.
You're saying that you're leaving to find something else and leave our love behind.
I've got a destination, a suggestion for you. You won't need a jet plane or a luxury cruise. Just take a look in my eyes, and realize the love.
I have a suggestion for you. Instead of leaving, look at me and see how much we love each other. You don't need anything fancy to feel it.
I can't live without us, So I hope that you will Stay with me forever. It's all I want from you. The thought of our disintegration is killing me. I love you.
I can't imagine living without you. Please stay with me forever, it's all I want. The idea of us breaking up is too painful. I love you.
Living blind without you, Don't want to try to live without your love. I feel so lonely now with you gone.
I feel lost and lonely without you. I don't want to live my life without your love.
But don't take for granted, your condition of me, 'Cause there'll be retribution, the kind you wouldn't believe Let's get back to living, see what tomorrow brings.
Don't assume you have power over me, because if you hurt me there will be consequences. Let's focus on living and see what the future holds.
Stay with me forever. It's all I want from you. And if we stay together, All our dreams will come true
Please stay with me forever, it's all I want. If we stay together, we can achieve all our dreams.
Stay with me forever. It's all I want from you. The thought of our disintegration is killing me. I love you.
Please stay with me forever, it's all I want. The idea of us breaking up is too painful. I love you.
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