The roots of TSO are found in Savatage, a traditional heavy metal band that gradually progressed into a symphonic metal act. Savatage's rock operas, starting with STREETS, began the experimentation with what would become TSO culminating on the track "Christmas Eve (Sarajevo 12/24)" from DEAD WINTER DEAD. This track was a minor hit for the struggling band, and demonstrated that there might be an audience for the symphonic metal approach to holiday themes.
The concept for a band playing Christmas carols in a rock opera style was not received warmly by the industry, but quickly proved a success with adults as well as young people. In the recording studio, Trans-Siberian Orchestra uses a full 60-piece orchestra and a choir.
As of 2004, their touring band included 14 vocalists, 14 musicians, and 2 narrators. Trans-Siberian Orchestra released their debut album Christmas Eve and Other Stories in 1996, and it remains their best-selling album. Their 1998 release The Christmas Attic was similarly a concept album with a Christmas theme. In 2000, they released their first non-Christmas album, Beethoven's Last Night. Beethoven's Last Night is a concept album about Ludwig van Beethoven's last night on earth, during which he meets Mephistopheles (possible Satan, or one of his underlings).
After a few years of touring, they returned to the studio with another full-length album, Lost Christmas Eve, and the accompanying DVD/3-CD release The Christmas Trilogy, which contained all three of their Christmas albums to date.
During their winter tours of 2005 and 2006, the band had announced that they were working on the new album, set to release later that year (this was said both years). During the summer of 2007, the official myspace for TSO stated that they were recording, with the expression 'inspired'. Finally, on October 27, 2007, the long awaited new album (and second non-Christmas) arrived "Night Castle". The album is another concept album, spanning 2 cd's, and is the telling of the story of a soldier's experience during the Killing Fields of the Khmer Rouge. As always, it's about faith, hope, fate and the inherent belief that there is good in all people. The album was received with mixed reviews, from the praise of the band's fans, to the near burning of albums by those that are less than receptive to the album. Along with the songs for the story, the album also includes 4 tracks that are not part of the story, and yes, it features the band's rendition of "Carmina Burana (O Fortuna)", performed as a preview by the band during their winter tours, as well as one cover of a Savatage song.
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The Safest Way Into Tomorrow
Trans-Siberian Orchestra Lyrics
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Don't turn away
You are the safest way into
Tomorrow
Dreams
If you will stay
Or at least the best parts let us
Days are counted 'til they're gone
Nights are meant to carry on
Morpheus is at your side
Offering the wings to fly
And be there
Free from Earth to sail across this
Night
Where
Stars are all eternal and the mind
Dares
The evening signs
So close your eyes
And tell me what you see
Sleep
Don't turn away
You are the safest way into
Tomorrow
Dreams if you will stay
And carefully erase the sorrows
Letting sleep embrace its task
Placing sadness in the past
Morpheus is at your side
Offering the wings to fly
And be there
Free from Earth to sail across this
Night
Where
Stars are all eternal and the mind
Dares
So close your eyes
And tell me what you see
Be there
Be there
Be there
Be there now
The evening sighs
So close your eyes
And tell me what you see
The song "The Safest Way Into Tomorrow" by Trans-Siberian Orchestra talks about the importance of not turning away from sleep and dreams, as they represent the safest way into the future. The lyrics tell us that we should embrace sleep and let Morpheus guide us through the night as we set sail free from Earth. The song also suggests that we should not be afraid of our dreams and instead we should try to hold onto the best parts of them so that we can borrow them and use them to erase sorrows from our past.
The verses highlight the power of the night and how it is important to cherish every moment of it. The singer encourages us to close our eyes and share what we see with him; this is an allusion to the idea that dreams are personal experiences that belong to the dreamer alone. The song repeatedly reminds us that we should not let sorrows from the past hold us down because the future is waiting for us and we should embrace what it holds for us.
Line by Line Meaning
Sleep
Relax and close your eyes
Don't turn away
Don’t resist and continue to stay calm
You are the safest way into Tomorrow
Sleep is the doorway to a better future
Dreams
Imaginary experiences in the mind while sleeping
If you will stay
If you let yourself continue sleeping
Or at least the best parts let us Borrow
Or at least let us keep the positive thoughts from your dreams
Days are counted 'til they're gone
Life goes by quickly
Nights are meant to carry on
The night is a time for continuation
Morpheus is at your side
The Greek God of dreams and sleep is with you
Offering the wings to fly
Providing the ability to enter your dreams and imagination
And be there
To experience and explore
Free from Earth to sail across this Night
No restrictions or limitations to explore the limitless imagination
Where
In this place of the mind
Stars are all eternal and the mind Dares
The stars symbolize the everlasting nature of the mind’s imagination
The evening signs So close your eyes
As evening arrives, close your eyes and rest
And tell me what you see Be there
In your dreams, go to where your mind takes you and experience it fully
Letting sleep embrace its task
Allowing yourself to fully fall into sleep
Placing sadness in the past
Putting negative emotions aside for the moment of sleep
So close your eyes
Shut out the distractions around you
Be there now
Fully immerse yourself in the experience
Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: JOHN OLIVA, JOHN N. OLIVA, PAUL O'NEILL, PAUL F. O'NEILL
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