THE HOURGLASS Release New Single Featuring Jon Oliva and Zak Stevens of SAVATAGE

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The Hourglass is a Syrian heavy metal band, formed in 2002, have 2 full length albums and one EP. This is the latest single (2012) with a very special guests Jon Oliva and Zak Stevens of Savatage.
Vocals: Jon Oliva & Zak Stevens
Guitars: Rawad Abdel Massih
Drums: Aram Kalousdian
Bass: Omar Harb
Keyboards and Piano: Nareg Abgian
Music, Lyrics and Production by Rawad Abdel Massih
Recorded, mixed and mastered by Omar Harb at NextTone Studio - Damascus - Syria
Vocals recorded in the USA
The Hourglass are:
Bassem Deaibess: Vocals
Rawad Abdel Massih: Guitars
Aram Kalousdian: Drums
Very special thanks to:
Jon Oliva
Zak Stevens
Our manager: Sharbel Kanoun
Lyrics:
Play The Pawn
A land of black and white known since the dawn of time
The wisdom of the centuries is carved by a sacred hand
"the world is full of kings and queens that blind your eyes
And steal ur dreams"*
Like parallel lines the two extremes can never meet
White pawns moving forward dying on ur colored screens
The world is watching, history this moment is writing
Bishops are gathering
Knights are raging
The castles are burning
The queen calling
Play the pawn at the gates of dawn
Guardians of our home have turned to our doom
heroes are calling, the whites are now ruling
chairs and thunder, fall and rumble. take ur final breath
Checkmate is the black king, he thought that he could win
This is not a board game
Not money or fame
This is the sun who will kill the night
"They'll tell you black but its really white"*
Play the pawn at the gates of dawn
Guardians of our home have turned to our doom
Suddenly it appeared to him, they're all attached to long strings
The players are much bigger, close this chapter and forget what's better
Bishops have gathered and the knights have raged
The castles have burned and the queen is dead
Play the pawn at the gates of dawn
Guardians of our home, play now the pawn
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