Nothing else matters...

John Byam Liston Shaw: Now is Pilgrim Fair Autumn's Charge

Made for loving you

Frank Frazetta: Female Vampire

Dreamer

John William Waterhouse: Nymphs Finding the Head of Orpheus

He is down by the riverside

Late one night

He's tryin' to count the stars

In each of the signs

All alone by the riverside

And time passes by

Gathering thoughts of the past

And maybe he'll cry

So they say he's a madman

And he don't understand

But I know that he's tryin' hard

To act like a man

All those years he has suffered, my friends

All those years of pain

But I don't think he knows for sure

If those years were in vain

He's a dreamer

And he's fightin' for his life

He's tryin' to understand

He's a dreamer

But he wants to carry on

Yet I know he's a lonely man

(Europe: Dreamer)

I feel I'm growing older...

Edward Burne-Jones: The Wheel of Fortune

I have often told you stories

About the way

I lived the life of a drifter

Waiting for the day

When I'd take your hand

And sing you songs

Then maybe you would say

Come lay with me love me

And I would surely stay

But I feel I'm growing older

And the songs that I have sung

Echo in the distance

Like the sound

Of a windmill goin' 'round

I guess I'll always be...

A soldier of fortune

Many times I've been a traveler

I looked for something new

In days of old

When nights were cold

I wandered without you

But those days I thought my eyes

Had seen you standing near

Though blindness is confusing

It shows that you're not here

Now I feel I'm growing older

And the songs that I have sung

Echo in the distance

Like the sound

Of a windmill goin' 'round

I guess I'll always be...

A soldier of fortune

Yes, I can hear the sound

Of a windmill goin' 'round

I guess I'll always be

A soldier of fortune

(Deep Purple: Soldier of fortune)

The flowers of carnage

(Aya Sugimoto)

(Gong Li)

Sacred Metal

Frank Frazetta: Death Dealer

Sympathy

Dante Gabriel Rossetti: Ligeia the Siren

Sympathy just doesn't mean

That much to me

Compassion's not

The fashion in my mind

And if you're looking for

A shoulder to cry on

Don't turn your head my way

'Cause I'd rather have

My music any day

You and I are

Masters of our destiny

We look for consolation all the time

Until we find out things are not

What they were meant to be, oh no

And if it doesn't suit our mood

We'll call it crime

Dedication's not an obligation

Or a figment of

Someone's imagination

It's the only way they say

To live from day to day

To make each passing way

A small sensation

Dreams are the possession of

The simple man

Reality the fantasy of youth

But living is a problem that

Is common to us all

With love the only

Common road to truth

(Uriah Heep: Sympathy)

Out of fashion...

Arthur Hughes: Overthrowing of the Rusty Knight

Total Eclipse

Frank Frazetta: The moon's rapture

Bella Dona

Jules Joseph Lefevbre: Odalisque

Oh Belladonna never knew the pain

Maybe I'm crazy, maybe it'll drive you insane

The open letter just carelessly placed

And you move in silence, the tea so delicately laced

Out of reach, out of touch

How you've learned to hate so much

Came from passion, and you gave it a name

The fingers are poisoned like needles in the drivin' rain

So smile discreetly as you watch with such grace

Now I must slip away, but can you forget my face

Still loving you

Frederick Lord Leighton: Wedded

All night long

(Betty Page)

Wasted Time...

Sir Lawrence Alma Tadema: Expectations

You get a shiver in the dark...

She's gone

John William Waterhouse: Gone But Not Forgotten

(Black Sabbath: She's gone)

Back to Back

Boris Vallejo: I 've Got Your Back

Ride
They came at dawn
into the morning light
black shadows ridin' on the mist
prepared for battle
swords were shinin' bright
filled with anger and harm
came to kill not to charm

The sound of metal
screamin' in the air
the time has come where justice rules
the endless victims
looking up in fear
now who were the fools

[Chorus:]
Oh here they come
riders of the sun
and they will fight
back to back - back to back

They're fighting hard
their way of victory
dead bodies lying on the ground
they are the soldiers of eternity
and their swords spinnin' around

[Chorus]

They're fightin' with power, ready to ride let go

They got it all
they'll never fall
but they will fight
The night is fallin'
light will disappear
a magic silence fills the place
could read the warning
shinin' crystal clear
now they were lost for the chase

[Chorus]
No - no - no - no

Dreaming (tell me)

Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema: The Tepidarium

Shades of night, fall upon my eyes

Lonely world fades away

Misty light, shadows starts to rise

Lonely world fades away

In my dreams your face is all I see

Through the night you share your love with me

Dreaming visions of you

Feeling all the love I never knew

Here we are on the crossroads of forever

Shining star lights the way

Walk with me on the winds of time

Love's mystery is for us to find

Dreaming visions of you

Feeling all the love I never knew, I never knew

Until that day, the day until I find you

I won't rest, I won't let go

Somehow, some way, I know I'll be beside you

To warm my heart and fill my soul

(Y.J. Malmsteen: Dreaming)

Red roses in a forgotten diary...

Eleanor Fortescue - Brickdale: Romance

Lonely at the top

Boris Vallejo: Conan opening a bottle

It's a long way down from the top to the bottom

And I'm slipping all the time

So many people around me

Trying to take whats really mine

I made it all alone

Not a single helping hand

So many people are afraid of

The things they don't understand

It's lonely at the top

Everybody's trying to do you in

All the losers down below

Trying to drag you back there again

It's lonely at the top

It's a long, long lonely drop

And I feel I'm slipping day by day

My number isn't listed

But they stop me in the street

Catch me in the elevator

Now they're turning on the heat

I think I'm going crazy

But I know I'm not alone

There's a private detective in the car behind

And a bugging device on the phone

It's lonely at the top

Everybody's trying to do you in

All the losers down below

Trying to drag you back there again

It's lonely at the top

It's a long, long lonely drop

And I feel I'm slipping day by day

It's lonely at the top

Everybody's trying to do you in

All the losers down below

Trying to drag you back there again

It's lonely at the top

It's a long, long lonely drop

And I feel I'm slipping day by day

Beyond here lies nothin'

Here I go again...

J.W. Waterhouse:  Touchstone, the Jester

I don't know where I'm goin

But I sure know where I've been

Hanging on the promises in songs of yesterday.

An' I've made up my mind, I ain't wasting no more time

But here I go again, here I go again.

Tho' I keep searching for an answer

I never seem to find what I'm looking for.

Oh Lord, I pray you give me strength to carry on

'Cause I know what it means to walk along the lonely street of dreams.

Here I go again on my own

Goin' down the only road I've ever known.

Like a drifter I was born to walk alone.

An' I've made up my mind, I ain't wasting no more time.

Just another heart in need of rescue

Waiting on love's sweet charity

An' I'm gonna hold on for the rest of my days

'Cause I know what it means to walk along the lonely street of dreams.

Here I go again on my own

Goin' down the only road I've ever known.

Like a drifter I was born to walk alone.

An' I've made up my mind, I ain't wasting no more time

But here I go again, here I go again,

Here I go again, here I go.

An' I've made up my mind, I ain't wasting no more time.

Here I go again on my own

Goin' down the only road I've ever known.

Like a drifter I was born to walk alone

'Cause I know what it means to walk along the lonely street of dreams.

Here I go again on my own

Goin' down the only road I've ever known.

Like a drifter I was born to walk alone.

An' I've made up my mind, I ain't wasting no more time

But here I go again, here I go again,

Here I go again, here I go,

Here I go again.

Bye bye beautiful

Frank Frazetta: Top of morning

Did you ever hear what I told you?

Did you ever read what I wrote you?

Did you ever listen to what we played?

Did you ever let in what the world said?

Did we get this far just to feel your hate?

Did we play to become only pawns in the game?

How blind can you be, don't you see?

You chose the long road, but we'll be waiting

Bye, bye, beautiful!

Bye, bye, beautiful!

Ballad of the senses

Herbert Draper: Sea Melodies

Like lightning! (Iceman revisited)

Guillaume Geefs: La Genie du mal (The genius of evil) or Lucifer of Liege

(Satan: The IceMan)

Dreams come through...

You can't run away forever

But there's nothing wrong

With getting a good head start

You want to shut out the night,

You want to shut down the sun

You want to shut away the pieces of a broken heart

Think of how we'd lay down together

We'd be listening to the radio so loud and so strong

Every golden nugget coming like a gift of the gods

Someone must have blessed us when he gave us those songs

I treasure your love, I never want to lose it

You've been through the fires of hell

And I know you've got the ashes to prove it

I treasure your love, I want to show you how to use it

You've been through a lot of pain in the dirt

And I know you've got the scars to prove it

Remember everything that I told you,

And I'm telling you again that it's true

When you're alone and afraid, and you're completely amazed

To find there's nothing anybody can do

Keep on believing, and you'll discover baby

There's always something magic,

There's always something new

And when you really really need it the most

That's when rock and roll dreams come through

The beat is yours forever, the beat is always true

And when you really really need it the most

That's when rock and roll dreams come through for you

Once upon a time was a backbeat,

Once upon a time all the chords came to life

And the angels had guitars even before they had wings

If you hold onto a chorus you can get through the night

Remember everything that I told you,

And I'm telling you again that it's true

You're never alone cause you can put on the phones

And let the drummer tell your heart what to do

Keep on believing, and you'll discover baby

The beat is yours forever

That's when rock and roll dreams come through

(18 yr old Angelina in 1993 Meatloaf video)

Unbreak my heart...

Herbert Draper: Tristan and Izolde

Hazy shade of winter

(Winter boots)

Time, time, time, see what's become of me

While I looked around

For my possibilities

I was so hard to please

But look around, leaves are brown

And the sky is a hazy shade of winter

Hear the salvation army band

Down by the riverside, it's bound to be a better ride

Than what you've got planned

Carry your cup in your hand

And look around, leaves are brown now

And the sky is a hazy shade of winter

Hang on to your hopes, my friend

That's an easy thing to say, but if your hopes should pass away

Simply pretend

That you can build them again

Look around, the grass is high

The fields are ripe, it's the springtime of my life

Ahhh, seasons change with the scenery

Weaving time in a tapestry

Won't you stop and remember me

But look around, leaves are brown now

And the sky is a hazy shade of winter

Look around, leaves are brown

There's a patch of snow on the ground...

Animals

Ciruelo: Heavy metal

I'm on the prowl and i watch you closely
I lie waiting for you
I'm the wolf with the sheepsskins clothing
I lick my chops and your tasting good

Joe Jusko: Tiger swim

I come round, round i come feel your love 

Tie you down, down i come steal your love 

I come round, round i come feel your love 

Tie you down, down i come steal your love 

Come ride, savage seduction 

Ride, ride, ride 

Ken Kelly: Heavy metal

Ode to life

Frederic Lord Leighton: Idilio

(Κ. Παλαμάς - Ύμνος της ζωής)

Ζωή! δεν είναι τίποτε γλυκύτερο στον κόσμο

απ’ την πεντάμορφη ζωή, την ηλιοφωτισμένη!

Ζωή, κι αν έρχεσαι γοργά κι από χαρές γεμάτη

κι αν έρχεσαι με βάσανα και μ’ έγνοιες και μ’ αρρώστιες

… και μ’ όλες τις καλοκαιριές και μ’ όλους τους χειμώνες

ζωή, κι όπως κι αν δείχνεσαι, Ζωή, κι ό,τι κι αν είσαι

αν είσαι πράγμα ή όνειρο, καλή κακή κι αν είσαι

χαρά σ’ εσέ, δόξα σ’ εσέ κι αγάπες και τραγούδια!

… Από τον ήλιον η ζωή παίρνει ζωή μονάχα.

Αγάπα και ξεφάντωνε και δούλεψε και ζήσε

και προσηλώσου στη ζωή σαν τον κισσό στο δέντρο

και δέσου με την γην αυτή, στρείδι στο βράχο επάνω

και μη σε μέλει πού θα πας τα μάτια σου όταν κλείσης.

 … Ζωή! χαρά, δόξα σ’ εσέ κι αγάπες και τραγούδια!

A cry in the night

Jeffrey Jones: As A Child

(Virgin Steele: A cry in the night)