Fates Warning - Guardian (OFFICIAL)

[@dvdroshin]

No song can make my raise my fist for my metal brothers the same as this one. I BELIEVE IN YOUUUU

[@ironhammer8935]

The Best Fates Warning song ever.

[@darthmeow1370]

Tied for number one with like most of the songs on this album and many of their others... perfection is perfection and few bands hit that lofty mark as often as Fates Warning did.

[@hayabusa5930]

It's funny cause this is like my least favorite song they put out. The Apparition and Exodus are tied for their best in my opinion.

[@childofthemist6174]

I love this song almost makes me cry 😭

[@SuperRowdyone]

@@hayabusa5930 yep spot on💯🤘🏻Oh and almost forgot Fata Morgana

[@hayabusa5930]

@@SuperRowdyone Easily

[@lostmemory8645]

This album is pure magic....

[@mb6977]

I'm 35 years old and heard this for the first time when I was 16. I have been in love with it since!!

[@darringottko1514]

One of my all time favorite albums and this song is magical

[@richardbarger1390]

I'm so glad for everyone who discovers Fates Warning , they've been timeless for me. 🤘

[@liquifex]

Agree. I wish they were more well known. They sure as hell deserve it. With John or Ray they're awesome. Even today, they do projects with both now which is cool. I just wish they got more recognition.

[@weirdsounds-f3616]

Im 1 minute into the first fates warning song I’ve ever heard and it’s pretty good

[@EHou01]

Imagine being 16 years old in 1986 and listening to this release on LP. I was mesmerized ... this was the most amazing piece of art I've ever heard, and it still makes me feel like that 16 year old.

[@Dark.Star.Infernica777]

​@@liquifexi love this band

[@MatthewP-Gr]

@@EHou01 We probably are same age. In your comment i read my story ;)

[@VladBall-x7r]

I am old..I have sang for 30 years in metal bands..but... this song is epic...beyond words.

[@winsomelosesome1961]

The whole album is amazing. The power and beauty of it all gives a wide range of emotions as u listen. Very few albums can compare to this masterpiece.

[@Phantasm2Cuda]

Miss these days when this came out

[@ezeid137]

One of my favorites!

[@wimvanderstraeten6521]

One of the most moving songs I've ever heard.

[@navajo4731]

One of the greatest songs of all time

[@JudasPriest16021991]

How can anyone dislike this - this is an absolute masterpiece of metal!!!

[@nukedrums]

Never will a more masterful piece of music be written,or,performed.Every part of this song is perfect.Thank you,Matheos,DiBiase,Aresti,Arch,and Zimmerman for your service to art and music! You fine gentlemen,along with this masterpiece, inspired me to pursue my musical interests.

[@choichris9677]

One of the most Great songs ever in Human history!

[@h1e2x3]

I do agree.

[@DarkEyesofSorrow]

These walls are stained engraved with pain You will find them under shadows casting shame Some it's all they've ever known, Angels of the fortunate sons come and go ... You may not Entities pass in the night Guardians and the Reaper fight the will to live shall win Mares of hope ride through their dreams blinding light awakens sleeping dawn it seems It was all a dream an endless dream I will wish upon a star I believe in you And if my will has strayed afar I remembered you Will you remember me I the one you sentenced penance unabsolved Answer me save my will have you forgotten me Pace the hallway blind man for a million miles of stars His mind has seen. Think you may he lives in darkness We're the dark he's seen the light of dream Karen's been asleep forever I know she hears me She has so much to say, the machine sparks Her eggshell mind a tear streams from her face Into my hand, to my heart I will wish upon a star I believe in you And if my will has strayed afar I remembered you Will you remember me I the one you sentenced penance unabsolved Answer me save my will I'm a fire without a flame helpless child without a name With broken wings catch me I'm falling I'm a question with no answer who are you that takes my life away from me unveil the boundaries of the black I had a dream I was you strong as the fire In my veins and when I called out your Name I would remain to witness the pain I am beyond silent black I will be back As your guardian Angels in white you have sacrificed you witness and bury the pain You walk hand and hand with the fear stricken child Strengthen the weak and the lame Have you seen beyond the unborn the pillars of penance and lore Perpetual journey into the realm the sovereign servitor I will wish upon a star I believe in you And if my will has strayed afar I remembered you Will you remember me I the one you sentenced penance unabsolved Answer me save my will Have you forgotten me Answer me save my will Have you forgotten me Answer me save my will Have you forgotten me (Intro acoustic solo - J. M.) (1st solo - F.A.) (2nd solo - J.M.)

[@jasondanley256]

Thank you.

[@OperationAnnihilation]

Catch me Im falling🎶 🎶.. You rock DarkEyes !!!

[@zb8021]

gives one chills

[@chrishohney7493]

I love this song

[@weltie03]

Epic masterpiece ... . Answer me ... Save my will! Have you forgotten me? 😢

[@rickyclay32]

First listened to this about 35 years ago. Love it as much now, as I ever did. Timeless Metal

[@bugalooanzal4564]

Thats about the same time I 1st heard them. 😊. I think it was "The Metal Shop".. Great stuff!

[@nukedrums]

@@bugalooanzal4564 Yep! Metal Shop.I remember hearing Fata Morgana and thinking,"Fuck man,I've found MY band! Bought Awaken on cassette shortly thereafter.Great times!

[@deniz0528]

this whole album is hidden gem. truly a masterpiece.

[@ecouture33]

I love the why the bass brings in the first power chord, then Steve kills it with the snare drum!!

[@ronfifer2085]

Incredible... John Arc crushes it! The lyrics are intense

[@gcampbell6126]

31 years ago i first listened to this masterpiece and was blown away!

[@benedictdonald4338]

1986 has lomg been regarded as the BEST year in metal. Literally every band seemingly released a classic during that wonderful year. And this relase by FW rules them all. Master, Reign, and SIT bow down before this colossal meisterwork.

[@jmpsthrufyre]

Wasn't Warning by Queensryche released or selling that same year? The Spectre Within from FW is also great. Especially when compared to what was around then. People compare them to Maiden, but they had their own style. I remember vividly how bizzare it was at first. All the strange times and added or skipped beats with totally alien guitar chord progressions and harmonies, same with the vocals, holy shit those melodies. Still one of my all time favorites.

[@veetube75]

@@jmpsthrufyre Queensryche's Warning was released in 1984. Rage For Order was in 1986.

[@chanewinthrop1089]

@@jmpsthrufyre No, but Crimson Glory's ST was. Have you heard it? It's fucking amazing.

[@benedictdonald4338]

@@chanewinthrop1089 Great record, yes, but this blows it away. Hard to believe mere mortals can write stuff this esoteric and godlike.

[@dr.juerdotitsgo5119]

I'm no prog metal fan but you can tell right off the bat this is no Dream Theater. It has complex harmonies, weird molodic choices, while DT is just poppy/boring music all jacked up together with a metal setting and lots of vituosity.

[@epicmemer7543]

Right in the fucking feels.

[@luisonofre7951]

Tear streams down her face Onto my hand and into my heart

[@volvlov759]

This is on the short list of my all time favorite songs.

[@johnnyb357]

The BEST Fates Warning album PERIOD!

[@Enemyremains000]

Best CD Ever for Metal in those days..

[@thecoin8042]

Finally found this song. Listen to it in 1987 but forgotten name of the band. Great song!

[@ryanmorris7146]

My favourite metal band with arch just another level nothing else like it for me

[@dreamwish2000]

this album got me researching Mythology my younger years. Great album.

[@roncardenas2582]

This never gets old, back when music was just that,!,

[@ramjr935]

This is one of the most beautiful songs in metal hands down!!!!

[@nukedrums]

It is" THE ",most beautiful metal song,ever!

[@prithamdsouza]

Masterpiece

[@apocalypticacoma]

Guardian These walls are stained engraved with pain You will find them under shadows casting shame Some it's all they've ever known, Angels of the fortunate sons come and go... You may not Entities pass in the night Guardians and the Reaper fight the will to live shall win Mares of hope ride through their dreams blinding light awakens sleeping dawn it seems It was all a dream, an endless dream.. I will wish upon a star I believe in you And if my will has strayed afar I rememebered you Will you remember me I the one you sentenced Pennance unabsolved Answer me save my will have you forgotten me Pace the hallway blindman for a million miles of stars His mind has seen. think you may he lives in darkness We're the dark he's seen the light of dream Karen, she's been asleep forever I know she hears me She has so much to say, The machine shoots sparks through Her eggshell mind A tear streams from her face Into my hand, into my heart I will wish upon a star I believe in you And if my will has strayed afar I rememebered you Will you remember me I the one you sentenced Pennance unabsolved Answer me save my will have you forgotten me I'm a fire without a flame A helpless child without a name With broken wings catch me I'm falling I'm a question with no answer Who are you that takes my life away from me Unveil the bondaries of the black I had a dream I was you strong as the fire in your veins Then when I called out your name I would remain to witness the pain I am beyond silent black I will be back As your guardian Angels in white you have sacrificed You witness and bury the pain You walk hand and hand with the fear stricken child Strengthen the weak and the lame Have you seen beyond the unborn The pillars of pennance and lore Perpetual journey into the realm the sovereign servitor I will wish upon a star I believe in you And if my will has strayed afar I rememebered you Will you remember me I the one you sentenced Pennance unabsolved Answer me save my will have you forgotten me Answer me save my will have you forgotten me Answer me save my will have you forgotten me..............

[@benedictdonald4338]

I've always wondered what these lyrics mean -- what's the story being told here? Can anyone interpret these for me?

[@The-Autistic-Rat]

@@benedictdonald4338 I'm guessing it's about a protagonist stuck in some sort of hospital for invalids and questioning his god (guardian) why he and other innocent people ("Karen's been asleep forever...") have to go through such day-to-day hell with their handicaps, in a facility that feels like as much of prison as their crippled bodies and minds.

[@darthmeow1370]

@@benedictdonald4338 It's about a man whose daughter Karen is in a coma, and he watches over her desperately hoping for the day she awakens from the living death she suffers. He's so close and yet impossibly far, unable to communicate with her yet he believes she somehow in her slumber knows he's near and watching over her. She, trapped in darkness for no reason that she can understand, prays to whatever gods or eternal forces that she be freed from her prison of endless sleep and allowed to live. He, helpless to do more than simply watch over her and protect her as best he can, prays that if that is to be his role then let him play it eternally --if he dies before her, he wishes to be allowed to return as her guardian angel. ...and now you're crying. Join the club.

[@metalhawk66]

except of being a really great song, this intro is one of the most beautiful i have ever heard!!

[@siribal]

best song ever

[@shoheiimamura4067]

Quite possibly, at least one of the greatest metal songs ever no doubt.

[@ryanmorris7146]

To right epic

[@martinlehotan8373]

Timeless...

[@Bobzilla67]

John Arch is a God among mere Mortal Vocalists

[@JohnMaher]

Yeah! this is awesome!

[@dragondog5941]

Love the lyrics, and the vocals, guitar, bass, and drums,

[@jmpsthrufyre]

Yup

[@LisaBellaDonnaMusic]

Such a truly prophetic and eternal lyric

[@jmpsthrufyre]

About a relative or loved one in a coma if I'm not mistaken. Great lyrics and melodies and guitar bass and drumming regardless

[@strenelopez9116]

Hey LBD if you want to go around the same time as the same place as long as love be in heart always 💖

[@strenelopez9116]

@@jmpsthrufyre Hey I will be able to get together soon

[@strenelopez9116]

Need to get a new Friend all about music and

[@strenelopez9116]

@jmpsthrifyre*665 years ago

[@patrickcastelo354]

The acoustic intro is beautiful

[@AntonSander]

I love how they're uploading oldschool stuff like this!! Now if only I could find it on CD......

[@Ando2k10]

I found a re-mastered CD on Amazon this past summer, as well as The Spectre Within.

[@jmpsthrufyre]

I have the Vinyl from the year it was released. Magic days those were. Seeing them in CT at the Agora Ballroom. So good.

[@bluekoi455]

After being a metal head for 40 years, this is my " desert island" album

[@yogsothoth9890]

Great fucking choice, brother! 🤘

[@nukedrums]

Mine too!

[@Dbother]

What this song did for me back then! I will never forget the way it took me away and still does🤘🤘

[@wesparkerguitar]

I remember walking around in The Wall and seeing the album art. Once I saw that it was Fates Warning I though "Dream Theater loves these dudes!" so I bought it without hesitation. GODDAMN. I couldn't stop listening to this record for the longest times. Still in my top 5 to this day and has had a tremendous impact on my playing and writing. So good!

[@tonyaeaton712]

SO EPIC! SO TALENTED! SO AHEAD OF THAT TIME! TALENT!

[@Chetallica]

John Arch rules!

[@Lulxiit]

This sounds good.

[@jmpsthrufyre]

Understated

[@terrihufnagleackley8496]

Love Fate Warning Music Awesome n Amazing❤️🤘

[@janparadowski4894]

The combined talents of mrs Arch and Matheos have given us some sublime music.

[@mrtrollstomp]

Yes!

[@ludichrist3648]

Dieses Album und gerade diesen song werde ich mit Fata Morgana lieben bis aufs Sterbebett! Wer da kalt bleibt ist schon tot und weiß es nur selbst noch nicht!

[@jmpsthrufyre]

They rule. This was a very special time in New England when this ( and the other 2) came out. It's awesome to see it is lived worldwide!

[@franciscoortegaarevalo9260]

Muchas veces no disponemos de información sobre cosas que merecen la pena. Y esta banda es CALIDAD SUPERIOR. Afortunado soy por conocerla. Cierto,

[@sindybernal5212]

speechless xo

[@evandromazzarino7220]

Simply Amazing, what else?

[@cgoodluck2000]

2022. Still Rocking!

[@JoJo-qj7vp]

Old school all the way I love it great voice vocals

[@TRAYANOVA]

LYRICS: These walls are stained engraved with pain You will find them under shadows casting Shame Some it's all they'll ever know, Angels of The fortunate sons come and go ... You May not Entities pass in the night Guardians and the Reaper fight the will to live shall win Mares of hope ride through their dreams Blinding light awakens sleeping dawn it Seems It was all a dream endless dream I will wish upon a star I believe in you And if my will has strayed afar I Rememebered you Will you remember me I the one you sentenced Pennance Unabsolved Answer me save my will have you forgotten Me Pace the hallway blindman for a million Miles of stars His mind has seen. think you may he lives In darkness We're the dark he's seen the light of dream Karen's been asleep forever I know she Hears me She has so much to say, Machine shoots Sparks through Face Unto my hand, unto my heart I'm a fire without a flame helpless child Without a name With broken wings catch me I'm falling I'm a question with no answer who are You that takes my life away from me Unveil the bondaries of the black I had a dream I was you strong as the fire In your veins then when I called out your Name I would remain and witness the pain I am beyond silent black I will be back As your guardian Angels in white you have sacrificed witness And bury the pain Walk hand and hand with the fear stricken Child Strengthen the weak and the lame Pillar of pennance and lore Perpetual journey into the realm the Sovereign servitor

[@josephgarcia6725]

Awesome album and Artwork too !!!

[@pamelamalpartida2988]

Cool guitars and voice ;)

[@DarkEyesofSorrow]

Singer's name is John Arch and he has a solo album. Also teamed up with his old Fates axman to create Arch Matheos

[@pamelamalpartida2988]

thanks James :)

[@jmpsthrufyre]

All of it is incredible

[@nukedrums]

Greatest song ever written!

[@diannalalone882]

Brings Joy to My Soul

[@xavierestrada5676]

This was the song that separated Fates from all the metal bands following the Iron Maiden/Judas Priest model, and they carved out a new genre of progressive metal, with amazing riffs, lyrics and mood for the next 40 years

[@charleshernandez9307]

High school jams yeah

[@donnyrankin8330]

🤘🏻

[@GasFayce]

This album was a "blind buy" for me, bought it on cassette because of the artwork, not realizing that I would listen to this until the tape wore out! I have it on vinyl which I highly recommend, the inner sleeve has all the lyrics, such an epic and timeless album!

[@mikematenkosky]

Same here. I was stationed at Keesler AFB in Mississippi around 1986 for training and saw it at the record store. I think the "ad" said that Fates Warning was "similar" to Iron Maiden, so based on that and the artwork, I bought the cassette.

[@andrecarvalho6300]

Answer Me, Save my will...!!!

[@ZeroTheHeroGOAT]

Doesn't matter if Arch has limitations, Fates Warning made its best material when he was in the band.

[@hammeredseb7198]

Agreed!!! Ray Alder did good,he's not Jon Arch

[@metal1mark73]

Ray Adler has been more consistent in singing career wise!

[@jmpsthrufyre]

@@metal1mark73 No

[@stevewarren4813]

Apples and oranges. I love Ray and John. Jim became a better song writer as time went on, as well.

[@ianb9749]

Alder is soul and Arch is passion. Both near perfect in their own ways

[@mrganesh9196]

Greatest fucking song ever written!

[@ianb9749]

5:56 COMMENCE THRASHING HEADBANGING

[@jaykam7058]

My favorite album of all-time

[@mostafahossaintuhin]

These walls are stained engraved with pain You will find them under shadows casting Shame Some it's all they'll ever know, Angels of The fortunate sons come and go ... You May not Entities pass in the night Guardians and the Reaper fight the will to live shall win Mares of hope ride through their dreams Blinding light awakens sleeping dawn it Seems It was all a dream endless dream I will wish upon a star I believe in you And if my will has strayed afar I Rememebered you Will you remember me I the one you sentenced Pennance Unabsolved Answer me save my will have you forgotten Me Pace the hallway blindman for a million Miles of stars His mind has seen. think you may he lives In darkness We're the dark he's seen the light of dream Karen's been asleep forever I know she Hears me She has so much to say, Machine shoots Sparks through Face Unto my hand, unto my heart I'm a fire without a flame helpless child Without a name With broken wings catch me I'm falling I'm a question with no answer who are You that takes my life away from me Unveil the bondaries of the black I had a dream I was you strong as the fire In your veins then when I called out your Name I would remain and witness the pain I am beyond silent black I will be back As your guardian Angels in white you have sacrificed witness And bury the pain Walk hand and hand with the fear stricken Child Strengthen the weak and the lame Pillar of pennance and lore Perpetual journey into the realm the Sovereign servitor

[@seekah1]

How majestic is this, fuck fuck fuck.

[@craigharrison5406]

These guys paved the way for Dream theater

[@dr.juerdotitsgo5119]

I'm no prog metal fan but you can tell right off the bat this is no Dream Theater. It has complex harmonies, weird molodic choices, while DT is just poppy/boring music all jacked up together with a metal setting and lots of vituosity.

[@craigharrison5406]

@@dr.juerdotitsgo5119 Dream theater themselves (Mike Portnoy and John Petrucci) have said these guys paved the way for prog metal including themselves kzbin.info/www/bejne/aauraJqjga-rrdU

[@easyas314]

Have you forgotten meeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhAHHahhhhAHaaaaaaahhhhh...... Love it.

[@Ichnos76]

Tears in my eyes.

[@matthewmcrightallright4081]

it gets me every time. i may be a sentimental fuck, but this fates warning changed my life

[@clebersonmaiden4378]

top de mais

[@screamkeeper]

🤘🏻Still Rockin in 23'-

[@mep1fj]

0:44 at this point my air guitar is on fire!

[@ianb9749]

never fails to give goosebumps

[@anton2581]

Fates will always be and I believe in the message of metal and the right side of music isn't necessarily pleasant. Like songs about death you have no reason to fear. It's people not the songs they made which should be cause for concern. Tony the Terrible I hear is the good guy.... maybe.🧚

[@accipiter]

Süper

[@deniz0528]

evet öyle..

[@JonathanHarrisAOD]

🤘❤️❤️😭🤘 lost this record in a move never to see again .

[@ripplesr5655]

I was extremely lucky to be exposed to fates warning in my late adolescence. It was around 2009. Still blow this album often upon waking up. Good fucking days, makes me forget about the fucked up early 30s shits.

[@eyejougan7564]

19/August/2020 From Malaysia

[@Metalholica1]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@Counsel-fires]

Best prog metal album 👊

[@teacherruns9440]

Didn't get this for so many years! Shame on me!! It is so otherworldly...

[@strenelopez9116]

In United we are

[@spencergrady5501]

Are there many metal songs as emotional as this (and The Ocean's Permian: The Great Dying)? If so, please name them.

[@mikecarr7188]

Could this be more fitting now I quote. 52 falling stars are lighting up the sky. As our country and its 52 states crumble. Yes 52

[@addingtonjuan9636]

I love this song because it was my fist date with a Head Banger chick

[@h1e2x3]

Darek, przyjacielu, przepraszam Cię.

[@Stalkyer0]

very Rush

[@DrumsTillDeath]

Your trippin. No comparison More like Queensryche.

[@leandroblensalinasgarcia2085]

Best American band after Dream Theater

[@philipscoggins9827]

GBS for life🛡Angelgrip MG

[@jaimehernandezjr5099]

Who is the guardiam

[@costafinkel]

The unborn child

[@davidsavoie663]

Good luck On your help e and f the way to work the same as the way home you guys are doing good

[@jmpsthrufyre]

Try not air drumming And air singing I dare you

[@strenelopez9116]

Why it's so good