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Artist rating: 76.80 % (ranking: not set)
Highest rating: 77.63 % (1991)
Most recent trend: 64.32 % (2017)
Highest trend: 81.12 % (1988)

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Formed: 1979

Formed 45 years ago
 

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Ian Haugland, John Levén, Kee Marcello, Mic Michaeli, John Norum, Tony Reno, Joey Tempest
1988
84.67 %
1991
61.05 %
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2006
67.74 %
2009
68.71 %

Start from the Dark

Europe - Start from the Dark
61.02 %
(2009-01-24)
Date released: 2004-09-22
Type: studio
Genres: Hard Rock

In collection: CD (2005-10-03)
Best track:  
Average track length: 04:03
Average track rating:

Ranking

Europe:
9
/
11
Year (2004):
15
/
33
Decade (2000's):
218
/
363
Overall:
/
2711

Tracks

Credits

Band members

1Joey Tempest (41)
vocals, acoustic guitars

Lyrics

Got to Have Faith
03:11
The race is on
I found my way
Something has changed since I've been away
The fear is gone
and I can't wait
I feel the rut, still got dues to pay

Well I had enough
Gonna stand up straight
Rebuild my life
Well you gotta have faith
and it will be tough
gonna fight each day
'til I'm back on top
Well you gotta have faith

Full speed ahead
I waste no time
Now I know how to live my life
I've been knocked down - come back around
It put some soul in this heart of mine

Well I had enough
Gonna stand up straight
Rebuild my life
Well you gotta have faith
and it will be tough
gonna fight each day
'til I'm back on top
Well you gotta have faith

I get the feelin'
I can go that extra mile
I get the feelin'
I can reach that open sky
I get the feelin'
Things will never be the same
I get the feelin'
That I can WIN again!

Well I had enough
Gonna stand up straight
Rebuild my life
Well you gotta have faith
and it will be tough
gonna fight each day
'til I'm back on top
Well you gotta have faith
Well you gotta have faith
Well you gotta have faith
Start from the Dark
04:12
Thought you were ordinary
Would not amount too much
I guess they never knew you
You found the place they couldn't touch

Said you were nothing special
Always kept to yourself
You had to fight your own way
There's always been touch too much at stake.

What you gonna do?
'Cause you're just like me
What you gonna do?
Tonight, this is where we go
To find out who we really are
We've got nothing left to lose
Tonight, this is how we breathe
To put some strength back in our hearts
We've got nothing left to lose
We start from the dark

You'll never pass for someone
Who'll find a place in life
You'd sooner take that last breath
To give away your heart and mind

What you gonna do?
'Cause you're just like me
What you gonna do?
Tonight, this is where we go
To find out who we really are
We've got nothing left to lose
Tonight, this is how we breathe
To put some strength back in our hearts
We've got nothing left to lose
We start from the dark
Start from the dark

What you gonna do?
'Cause you're just like me
What you gonna do?
Tonight
Tonight, this is where we go
To find out who we really are
We've got nothing left to lose
Tonight, this is how we breathe
To put some strength back in our hearts
We've got nothing left to lose
We start from the dark
Start from the dark
Flames
03:56
The pressure is mounting,
I'm ready and countin'
There's something I've got to be

I'm fearless, I'm feeling
Scared senseless, who needs this,
Still something I've got to be

There is no going back, this is what we know
We come to entertain, asking you to follow
Be born to self-destruct, here it comes again
A desire to go down in flames

My heart's racing, my legs shakin',
Is more drama in the making
I had a feeling this day would come

So are we really good or just delirious,
But if you stop us now it could get serious
I'm sorry, mama, for what I've become

There is no going back, this is what we know
We come to entertain, asking you to follow
Be born to self-destruct, here it comes again
A desire to go down in flames

You can turn it off, but it never stops,
Madness or not, I risk everything I've got
And if I've got to do it all over again
I'd still believe in these friends
And the mess they get me in

There is no going back, this is what we know
We come to entertain, asking you to follow
Be born to self-destruct, here it comes again
A desire to go down in flames

Flames... Flames...
Hero
04:15
It's not like I wouldn't dream
If you had not shown the way
It's not like I wouldn't fight
Not knowing 'bout your life
It's not like I wouldn't stand
Right here with my friends

You threw us all alive
When our days slipped away
You gave us of your time

'Cause you are my hero
My fridaynight
You wrote the soundtrack to my life
And gave me something
To hold on to
When i was growing up
You were the rock
In my life

It's not like I live my days
By every word you spoke
Like I'm up every night
Drinking with your ghost
It's not like I can't look back
Without movin' on

You threw us all alive
When our days slipped away
You gave us of your time

You are my hero
My fridaynight
You wrote the soundtrack to my life
And gave us kiss
A chance to dream
Days when I had enough
You were the rock
In my life

You still throw me that like
As my days slipp away
You give me of your time

You're still my hero
My fridaynight
You wrote the soundtrack to my life
You give me something
To hold on to
As I'm still growing up
You are the rock
In my life
Wake Up Call
04:15
Hello what keeps you going
The way we're running through these years
I guess they're showing

I don't have no clever lines
To explain my state of mind
Well it doesn't matter
It's just a while since I could feel
This song is what I need
Like a wake up wake up call

Hello what made you come here
You defy all kinds of logic
When you don't stay clear

I don't talk the way you do
I guess you feel the same way too
But it doesn't matter
We meet somewhere in between
This song and what we need
Like a wake up wake up call

We're just laying down this track
Guess I'll have to call you back
But it doesn't matter
We'll connect again one day
An the song will find it's way
Like a wake up wake up call
Reason
04:38
And everybody will get to play
The hand they're given
And everybody will deserve
The space they live in
And everybody will get to feel
Some peace within
And everybody will get
Someone to talk with

Cause there must be a reason
Why you're keeping me alive
On broken days like this
There must be a reason
A hope that God exist

And everybody will lead a life
They feel will matter
And everybody will know such a simple thing
Like laughter

Cause there must be a reason
Why you're keeping me alive
On broken days like this
There must be a reason
A hope that God exist

After all the fear is gone
There's place where everybody goes
After all the feelings show
There's a secret everybody knows
After all the fear is gone
There's place where everybody goes
After all the feelings show
There's a secret everybody knows
Song No. 12
04:10
Hoping you will find this message
The words begin to leave my mouth
Through the capsule down the wire

Yeah you came for love setting of that killer spark
You came for love tearing all my doubts apart

Boost the signal need some gain
Amplify my deepest thoughts
The consol guides my masterplan

Cause you came for love setting of that killer spark
Yeah you came for love tearing all my doubts apart

And I'll reach you through the air
And I'll reach you through the air

Hoping you will find this message
As I watch the faders move
I think of how you make me feel

Cause you came for love setting of that killer spark
Yeah you came for love tearing all my doubts apart
I'll reach you through the air
Roll with You
04:30
When you feel out of place let me revolve around you
When your light fades I have the strength to find you

When what you're feeling is too intense
When the darkness seems to draw you in I roll with you
When you're so sorry and don't know why
It came to be a sad time in your life I roll with you we'll get you through

When you shut your eyes I'll show the images you're missing
When you've heard enough through me you can listen

When what you're feeling is too intense
And the darkness seems to draw you in I roll with you
And when you're crawling through all the hurt
And you can't find a real friend in this world I roll with you
We'll get you through

When you feel out place
Let me revolve around you
Sucker
03:42
She's worked hard to enjoy the weekend
All glammed up to describe the feeling
Making her way through the crowd
Something is driving her wild

She's turning up the stereo she wants everybody to know
She's fixing to see the show
She's a suh suh suh sucker for a guitar hero

Her obsession is legendary
And all her boyfriends temporary
Her idea of a perfect man
Plays a custom through a marshall amp

She's turning up the stereo she wants everybody to know
She's fixing to see the show
She's a suh suh suh sucker for a guitar hero

God knows she can't controll her weekness
Sometimes she settles for the local talent
And everyone knows it's a phase
Just happy to kill some time
Cause she'll be back in her rightful place
When those trucks roll into town

And now she won't need a stereo
Yeah cause everybody will know
That she's right there watching the show
She'll be throwing all her love around
Now the boys are back in town
Until she just can't take it no more
She's a suh suh suh sucker for a guitar hero
Spirit of the Underdog
04:26
Seen you round I know your face
Watched you try to grow up with grace
Seen that heart out on your sleeve
Like it's so much life you're dying to feel dying to feel

Cause if you got to steal you've got to steal the show
It's the spirit of the underdog
And if you got to break you've got to break the mould
It's the spirit of the underdog

I've seen you reach that main event
And make it look like an accident
Your need for love can't be replaced
Just put away at least for today at least for today

Cause if you got to steal you've got to steal the show
It's the spirit of the underdog
And if you got to break you've got to break the mould
It's the spirit of the underdog
America
03:36
You'd think by now I've learned to fake it
You'd think by now I'd find my peace
And there's no risk for me worth taking
You'd think that I'd go quietly
But the journey's still on for my America

You'd think by now I'd take the easy way
And be content with what I've seen
You'd think by now I'd get it in to my head
I'm the same boy I have always been
So the journey's still on for my America

You'd think by now I'd be to jaded
To feel what love can do
You'd think by now that I've done everything I can
In finally reaching you

But the journey's still on for my America
Settle for Love
03:50
Don't misunderstand me I was just a little kid
Thinking that the street life was the only way to live
Always holding out for another thrill

We've come a long long way
So tell me why can't we settle for love
Is it that hard at the end of the day
Tell me why can't we settle for love before it's too late

Whatever it is you think you're missing
Time to let your heart go
Cause when you've walked this kind of distance
We can't fool each other anymore
Maybe there is a light that won't go out

We've come a long long way
So tell me why can't we settle for love
Is it that hard at the end of the day
Tell me why can't we settle for love before it's too late