Song 11 ( Savatage - Believe )

This song is kind of serves as the epilogue to the 1991 Rock Opera record Streets. This rock opera is about a metal singer named D.T. (down town) Jesus that is in the gutter from substance abuse and comes back, falls even further, and comes back again.
After the death of guitarist Chris Oliva, brother of lead singer Jon Oliva, the song kind of became an anthem to him in his memory. This is one of my favourite, if not my favorite, Savatage track. One of my favorite aspects of this song is the way it builds and builds and then at the bridge/guitar solo the song comes to a climax and then brings you back down at the end the way the song started.

Here is the studio version on YouTube.
Here is a live performance from Chris Oliva's memorial concert with Somewhere in Time preceding Believe on YouTube.
Here is a live performance circa '98 on YouTube.

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