The Hourglass Featuring Jon Oliva and Zak Stevens In Play The Pawn

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. DOWNLOAD THE SONG FROM HERE: www.reverbnation.com/thehourglassband our latest two albums are now available on iTunes. Resurrestion Of The Horrid Dream (2007) https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/resurrection-horrid-dream/id578516806 Ancient Hope (EP 2010) https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/ancient-hope-ep/id639960532 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 * i allowed my self to steal 2 sentences from all mighty Dio, cuz they just fit the sonf, black and white, good and evil, Heaven n Hell....just like a board of chess to watch the video of recording inside the studio https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwqJvLRLplM&list=UUvrwEPLKg9WLrVbA_4wIWHg&index=1&feature=plcp www.facebook.com/groups/thehourglass www.facebook.com/thehourglass.syria www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Jon-Oliva/11309614059 www.facebook.com/ZakStevensOfficial www.facebook.com/#!/NexttoneStudios

Added 16 Oct 2026