Earlier today, the metal legend Ronnie James Dio passed away.

He was one of the guys that got me into metal not too long ago, and I loved what few songs of his I had back then. To this day he is still awesome, and always will be. <3 I dressed up as him once, old readers of this blog might recall.

Rest in peace, Ronnie.

I now present the lyrics (as close as I can get them) to one of my favorite songs of his, and one of the first ones I heard from him. : Holy Diver.

Holy Diver
You've been down too long in the midnight sea
Oh, what's becoming of me?

Ride the tiger
You can see his stripes but you know he's clean
Oh, don't you see what I mean?

Gotta get away
Holy Diver

Shiny diamonds
Like the eyes of a cat in the black and blue
Something is coming for you!

Look out!

Race for the morning
You can hide in the sun 'till you see the light
Oh, we will pray it's all right.

Gotta get away, get away

Between the velvet lies,
There's a truth that's hard as steel.
The vision never dies,
Life's a never ending wheel.

Holy Diver
You're the star of the masquerade
No need to look so afraid!

Jump on the tiger
You can feel his heart but you know he's mean
Some light can never be seen!

Holy Diver
You've been down too long in the midnight sea
Oh, what's becoming of me?

Ride the tiger
You can see his stripes but you know he's clean
Oh, don't you see what I mean?

Gotta get away, get away,
Gotta get away, get away,
Holy Diver!
Sole survivor!
You're the one who's clean!
Holy Diver!
Holy Diver!
There's a cat in the blue coming after you,
Holy Diver!
Get away, get away, get away,
Holy Diver~