Testament - Return to Serenity
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- Testament - 10. Return to Serenity - The Ritual
[Music: Peterson]
[Lyrics: Billy, James, Peterson]
I'm gonna take you
To a place far from here
No one will see us
Watch the pain as it disappears
No time for anger
No time for despair
Won't you come with me
There's a room for us there
This innocent beauty
My words can't describe
This rebirth purity
Brings a sullen tear right to your eyes
No time for anger
No time for despair
Please let me take you
'cause I'm already there
I'm so alone
My head's my home
I'll return to serenity
Rhyme without reason is why children cry
They see through the system
That's breeding them just so they die
So please let me take you
And I'll show you the truth
Inside my reality
We shared in youth
[CHORUS :]
I'm so alone
My head's my home
And I feel
So alone
You know
At last
I'll return to serenity
Now that I've taken you
To a place far from here
I really must go back
Close your eyes and we'll disappear
Won't you come with me
Salvation we'll share
Inside of my head now
There's a room for us there
[CHORUS :]
Man this takes me back to my teenage years when life was amazing hanging out with best friends watching Headbanger's ball, smokin pot, hot girls and old muscle cars. Now 50 years old and serious health issues and don't see me living to see 55. I play this music and I'm back to being a happy teenager but then realize I'm so alone and will be til I pass away but hopefully were ever my soul goes I will still here this music 🖤
You lived through a golden age of metal music, you always have that.
Stay strong brother, I know... those were some special times. But everything ends at some point , and at every ending there is a new beginning. You have a friend in everyone
I want to say to you my brother that I wish you the very best of the rest of your life and the metal gods will be holding a place for us 'head bangers' when we attend that eternal gig in the sky 🌌🤘🖤
Serenity my brother!
abi...
One of the finest solos ever written.
Disples of the watch has a amazing solo as well
@@robertpacho9955 *Disciples of the watch
@@robertpacho9955I like the version from the first strike still deadly album
Trail of tears is amazing
Enough said 😭
Who would believe that a thrash metal band could have written such a poetic song? One of the finest pieces of music i have ever heard.
Metallica Fade to Black, Megadeth In My Darkest Hour
@@ali965 in my darkest hour is such a good song so is fade to black but the solos dont even come close to alex's
@@finallydan I agree. As far as solos go, Alex wins. But for lyrics and riffs, Megadeth and Metallica win
It is the thrash metal/or any metal bands that produce the best shit
All these old thrash bands were so diverse, to play the heaviest songs to the most beautiful songs , thats why gen x is so musically diverse lol imo 😮
This is one of the most beautiful songs ive ever heard...and it took a metal band to write it.
alxk78 so beautiful
Yes it is
Some of the best ballads are written by Metal bands
@@arvindshastry1178 I am new to metal and was looking for ballads or songs that are melodic.. can you recommend me some songs?
@@MrShahid0072 Metallica- Fade to Black
Testament- Trail of Tears
Testament- The Legacy
Metallica- Welcome Home (Sanitarium)
Megadeth- A toute le monde
Megadeth- in my darkest hour
Testament- Musical Death
Pantera- Cemetery Gates
Pantera- Hollow
Pantera- Suicide Note part 1
Judas Priest- Here comes the tears
Iron Maiden- Wasted Love
Pantera- This Love
Metallica- One
Slayer- Necrophiliac
Megadeth- Hangar 18
Megadeth- Tornado of Souls
Annihilator- Crystal Ann
Slayer- South of Heaven
Slayer- Spill the Blood
2020. This song still kicks ass and those solos are legendary!!
Year 999999999 and it will be the same.
and that lick...you know the one.🎸💕🤘
Fucken oath 🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼
And I feeeeel ... sooooo alone....!!
Cult
You won't hear today's bands make music at this level.
Actually, there are. They are the ones, the chosen ones, who kept the 80s and 90s alive. You will be surprised that they go to the extent to have the same sound as if it was recorded on analog gears.
That’s because in 2024 rock is dead
you just haven't found the right bands then. they're not as mainstream as the rap and pop music, but there are some rock, metal, and alternative music modern bands
Avenged sevenfold
Music is my favorite art form. Testament is my favorite art form.
2023 and Alex Skolnick still gets best guitar solo . Way underated guitar player. Love this song!
I agree on many levels but also😊 there are always new underestimated metal thrash death metal black metal whatever band niche. 😊
When i met James Hettfield he said this was his favorite song.
How did u meet james hetfield bro?
@@desandtroy7249 No shit in a Circle K here in Tucson he was hanging with the lead guitar from Atrophy. It was a weird minute of talk.
James Also is a Huge Fan of Mercifull Fate.
For 47 seconds, Alex is channeling God
Amen brother
Awesome
Wow that’s perfectly said killa!
After so many years looking for this song, I finally found it. I heard it for the first time thanks to my brother. I remember that I bought a CD of various Haevy metal, the best of all was this song, we listened to it so much that the CD was damaged in a very short time and to our misfortune both the name of the song and the artist were wrong, it said that the song It was from Megadeth. For this reason we never found it again, until this moment when I accidentally found it. It's a shame that my brother died a few months ago. I'm sure it would have gladdened his soul to hear this song one more time. I dedicate it to you every time I heard it brother. David Urbina. 28/10/2023.😢.
Rip 🕊️
I freakin love this song. It’s like Testament’s version of Fade to Black.
KoolKid 101 exactly what i thougt
way... way better than fade to black
@@SaxonChronicles I wouldn't go THAT far. They're both equally amazing songs. Fade to Black is my favorite song of all time!
Shits on fade to black
Exactly!!!
Bro, these solos are just 😩
Dreamy-AF!💭🎡🔮🤘
One of the greatest songs ever written. Horribly underrated. That guitar solo!
If it was any good it wouldn't be underrated, everyone would be fizzing over it. They're not. Greatest ever written 🤣🤣 Sure bud
Testament is just one of the best bands in all of metal
+Cristian Toadsage Yeah......Thank for testament sir.
testament is a great metal band, but do play a mean ballad!!
Fucking A
What r the other best bands???!
In all of music!
Man I fucking love finding gems like this
Testament is a national fucking treasure of the USA. The Native American roots run deep.
Long Live TESTAMENT! \m/ \m/
Thats right brother
Testament is awesome far beyond driven.....
part of the Pomo tribe
agreed, he is pomo tribe if you didn't know. peace
I fucking love this song.
+Odorf Swardson ..Me too..i've been putting it on repeat..The vocals,etc...Alex's guitar solo at the beginning of the song,and the 2nd solo are fuckin ripping!
+after shock Yes! The guitars get under my skin in the best way possible!
Hell yes!..Love his style of playing..one of my other favorites from them is the persecuted won't forget...
👍
+Nazgûl, Fool Frodo... Baggins....
Lyrics:
I'm gonna take you to a place far from here
No one will see us
Watch the pain as it disappears
No time for anger
No time for despair
Won't you come with me
There's room for us there
This innocent beauty
My words can't describe
This rebirth to purity
Brings a sullen tear right to your eyes
No time for anger
No time for despair
Please let me take you
'Cause I'm already there
I'm so alone
My head's my home
I'll return to serenity
Rhyme without reason is why children cry
They see through the system
That's breeding them just so they die
So please let me take you
And I'll show you the truth
Inside my reality
We shared in my youth
I'm so alone
My head's my home
And I feel
So alone (so)
You know
At last (at last)
I return to serenity
Now that I've taken you to a place far from here
I really must go back
Close your eyes and we'll disappear
Won't you come with me
Salvation we'll share
Inside of my head now
There's room for us there
I'm so alone
My head's my home
And I feel
So alone (so)
You know
At last (at last)
I return to serenity
Thank you!😀
And all we sign!!
Thanks
Sobbing listening to this, just so emotional
That solo gives me goosebumps no matter how many times I hear it.
mann same,
holy shit this is exactly what I tell people when I show them this song
Alex Fucking Skolnick!!
He's so badass that he is plays jazz too......
Yea, but the sodding thing was shorter on the original CD.
I got it when it came out and i swear he dropped the solo at like 4:13..
EDIT ... oh, here it is, look: ?v=gJKi8LQgixc
No matter how low you feel.
Just listen to that Solo.
Just listen...
I just ❤ it woman
Clearly one of the greatest solos in all metal. I was quite surprised when I heard this because literally no one talks about this being among the best solos in metal. Such an underrated classic.
No better song to enjoy loneliness , metal is the best medicine for the soul
This song reminds me of my 1st boyfriend: he showed me Testament. And we listened to this song a lot together when we were teens. It still brings me tears to my eyes when I listen to it.
He was a guitarist.
Return to Serenity and Legacy are best ballads not only of Testament, but all metal in general.
Agreed
And The Ballad.
Of all music in general, not just metal!!🖤
This song is till as fucking awesome now as it was when it came out.
Correct (y)
+Manuel Kraus yes it will live forever
John Baltes Amen brother it's the whole song too the other ones cut off part of it and I hate that!
John Baltes This song is a blissful journey!
Agreed!
Now this here is a real song
that solos gotta be one of the greatest of all time man
The best goddamn solo I've ever heard and that's years of listing to rock of all eras.
Yes
FKN right!!
Definitely was feeling that one....
It's good, but not the greatest. No way. Many many more are way better.
"I'm so alone. My head's my home"
And i feel...
So alone, so alone...
🤣
I return to serenity
Si
i remember listening to this with my step dad as a kid while he played duke nukem on windows 98 i think. god good times. life was good and nostalgia is better.
this song helps anyone who is turmoil or in a current state of hell find serenity .. thanks Testament .
this is true,i,find serenity with this song
I was planning to tell my crush that I love her by playing this track at school gig but last week I learnt she has a gf. I hope I can find her, find serenity.
Egemen Kaya that's some heavy duty shit
jeff cordova Do you know what's the worst? I am happy too when she is. But I don't know if she's happy or not. So, I sometimes think if she would be happier with me but, after all, I can't make her break up with his gf. I don't think I could stand seeing her sea-blue eyes like a muddy stream, misty and swollen. I can't make people -especially her- sad just to be happy.
jeff cordova There is another thing. Even if she breaks up and I succeed to sing/play this, and she refuses, I won't be able to forget her. Because I will see her everyday in school, like if she doesn't want me to forget her.
A definition of a perfect solo!!!
One of the best solos you will ever hear
This guitar speaks to my very soul. It's like having an out of body experience.
This song is one of those absolute things that have no time remain engraved in eternity as a thing that does not belong to any age and will never age suspended in eternity.
That solo gets me every time!
Great solo, great intro, great vocals. This song is obviously 10/10!
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actually not great vocals
Testament türk grubu zaten
unas de las bandas de trhrash metal menos considerada! sin embargo su poder es majestuoso! f'n rules!
Yet somehow the acoustic version is even better
THIS SHIFTS TIMELINES...PURE PEACE ❤
Ahhhh!!!!! I lov u mom !! U showed your boy good music you raised a good man Rip . Jut wish I could prove it more
That solo still goosebump inducing 30 years later 🤘
Love the good old days
one of the best solos ever. Alex is a genius.
HOLY S**T!!!! After all these years, that solo gives this old guy chills!!
Phil Jackman same here
Add one more
Me too
If that solo gave you goosebumps this ones gonna turn you 2 a block of ice!😍 Enjoy!!!
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Add me too
This band is soooo underrated, it is golden.
Literally one of the *BEST* pieces of music ever written
I'm gonna take you
To a place far from here
No one will see us
Watch the pain as it disappears
No time for anger
No time for despair
Won't you come with me
There's room for us there
This innocent beauty
My words can't describe
This rebirth to purity
Brings a sullen tear right to your eyes
No time for anger
No time for despair
Please let me take you
'Cause I'm already there
I'm so alone
My head's my home
I'll return to serenity
Rhyme without reason
Is why children cry
They see through the system
That's breeding them just so they die
So please let me take you
And I'll show you the truth
Inside my reality
We shared in my youth
I'm so alone
My head's my home
And I feel
So alone
You know
At last
I return to serenity
Now that I've taken you
To a place far from here
I really must go back
Close your eyes and we'll disappear
Won't you come with me
Salvation we'll share
Inside of my head now
There's room for us there
I'm so alone
My head's my home
And feel
So alone
So alone
At last
I return to serenity
One of the greatest guitar solos of all time!
Alex really is a tasteful player. As a kid i loved George Lynch and Marty Friedman , Alex also manages to put so much emotion through his instrument. Well done man!
Testament saved my life. I am forever indebted.
i just saw these guys at house of blues!! myrtle beach. and being 19. none of my friends even heard of them. my dad grew me up on these guys. one of the best bands ive ever heard. and most definitely the BEST and MOST amazing live concert ive ever been too. i didnt even care about slayer or the other band. once testament got on. it was a wrap. testament ROCKS. i can easily say they have not saved but set my life for me.
+zack smith They were just here at MYTH in MN. Carcass was the first act and they are certainly better live than catching up to their music on YT. TESTAMENT was for sure brutal!! Loved it all the way through that set. Billy looks good again and his mic is his favorite air guitar haha. Slayer was undoubtedly Slayer. Tommy seemed irked at Myths sound guy on the main vocals box and called out "Where's Jeremy? This guy should be fired". Tom said "As long as it sounds good to you guys" and the crowd erupted. But yeah, he was very quiet in between sets talking to the crowd like maybe he was ill. Still rocked my drums all the way home.
GOD BLESS YOU, MAN!!!!
How?
@@jonclarkson5911, usually testaments are accompanied by money and goods.
This solo is definitely among my top 10 all time favorites
8 months later..... I was just about to comment about this solo
before finding this.
@@zweihanderr221don't worry, I come back to this solo all the time too.
Mine too!
Whenever my 4 month old daughter has a crying fit and nothing else works I put this song on and instantly she stops
Matthew Gamma this is the best comment ever. Im gonna have to try this for my granddaughter when she gets here.
Matthew Gamma now that's parenting done right... :-D
skindred: nobody
Matthew Gamma now she’s a bit older does it still work?
That's the power of Testament! :)
This solo is soooooooo underrated... Yet it's in my opinion the absolute greatest solo ever
Funny I didn't know this band when I was looking for heavy bands to listen to. I was looking for some uplifting and heavy Christian songs and found this! This is what its all about. Love and the peace of Love. The world is full of lies and society is a lost place for lost souls who have been taught to be down on themselves for everything. It breeds fear and fear breeds hatred and anger and resentment for each other. Its all a lie! We don't hate anyone. We are encouraged to and we are only human with human emotions and weaknesses. We might get angry with others and the things they do but inside us we do not hate them. We are not each others enemies. We are all together trying to get through the same 24 hours together. No one of us is perfect and every one of us has done someone wrong in our lives and inside we did not feel good about it. We are not designed to hate each other. We were made to love each other and lift each other up. We all suffer in our own way. We can all take the suffering of one day but when we hold onto the past and worry about the future we get paralysed with fear and anxiety. Its not real! Today is real Now is real. Tomorrow is unborn and we have no stake in it. We can not reach tomorrow but through today and we can not get through today with out the here and now and who we are right now is who we are and we can chose love right now. Do not regret the past and do not be ashamed anymore. Its ok. We are not saints. We can make the change in our hearts today. Feel the love. Its real. It in you. When you see a person walking down the street you do not know think to yourself I love this person even though I do not know them. They are here in front of me and a wonder of nature. They have a life and a heart and troubles and pain. They know suffering and fear and are often confused and afraid. They are not as they might seem inside their hearts and they are one of us. We are all just human beings. We are stronger together and when we love each other we are all the same and a force to be reckoned with.
We are labeled and shuffled into a class system to keep us divided and to keep us from loving each other. Don't listen to the lies. Don't be fooled by the Devil because he wants you to suffer in loneliness. We don't have to suffer in loneliness. Maybe Love made you suffer when someone you lived so much left you or was lost forever. they are in you if they loved you and you loved them. We are one in Love and we become a part of each others so deeply and this is why it hurts so much. To know that hurt is to know love and to have known its wonder and comfort. Take the pain and embrace it and know that person is still with you in love. Love can not die or be broken. We never stop loving someone but we can get confused and lost in the sea of the world. Love is pure and true and never lies. God is love. We feel the Love he gave us. It is not something we earn. It is ours. We all come from the same seeds of life. We are literally brothers and sisters in the flesh and blood no matter what our background or beliefs or race or religion or age or size or shape. It is good to be loved but even better to love.
Smile at that stranger and know they feel the love when you smile at them Be kind to others and pay it forward for you have been loved. People need love today more than ever. Pay it forward. You can make an impact today. When we show love to a stranger they will in turn show love to another and so on. It causes a domino affect and when we do this every day we can see thee change in the community around us. We find we belong and have a purpose in our community and even a responsibility to it as part of it. We are all important. Very important. You are important to me today. I love you as I love my family or myself. I do not need to know who you have been to know who you are today today is a new day. I know you inside. I know your heart is like my heart. I know we all are at a different place in our walk and that's ok. Today is a new day to celebrate the air and sky and the beauty of nature and freedom of being in charge of our hearts. We have ourselves and np one can ever take that away form us until we leave this earth. No one can get inside and change us or force our hearts. We can be led and confused and misdirected but we have a chose today to listen to our consciences that are never wrong and never lie to us. Trust your gut feelings and let them guide you today. Be motivated to do right by your conscience and you will now who you are with no doubt in yourself. You are a good person inside and you are better than you think. Don't be held back and told not to believe in yourself. You are an amazing creation. You have a power in you that is stronger than fear or anxiety or unworthiness. You have the power trot impact the world around you with your heart.
testament makes the best ballads in metal
I was in school, when this song/album came out. No one in my class listened to this music except me. I'm proud, the music from Testament is still alive and being heard. :)
IxLOVExEMILY can relate to this also
Takes me back to my old days ,i was a teen by then i bought this casette ( those times there was no cd ) it was somewhere in 1994 I was a loner .I remember i use to sit alone at night in my room stoned or downed with a bit of whisky .Ahh those years i still recall.Testament ,Sodom many bands I had in my collection .I remember i had to throw two trunks of casette since CD player and DVD player has arrive in the market,and there were no spare parts for my deck (cassete player ) to repair .
That is the best guitar solo I've ever heard
That solo gives me Goosebumps every time man
One of the best solos ever
Skolnik should be on every damn top guitarist/solo list for this solo alone. Absolutely sick, easily my top five solos ever, and probably number one metal solo with Tornado of Souls for me. Skolnik and Friedman are immense.
Friedman is very, very good, and I love Alex's work in this song.
Yes skolnik is supertalented
Meu caro, concordo com voce mas esse guitarrista é o Glen Alvelais...
Ele fez parte do Testament e que na minha opnião foi umas das melhores formações: Chuck Billy / Paul Bostaph / Chuck Billy
Eric Peterson / Glen Alvelais,
2 of my favorites
Thank you Chuck. Thank you Eric. Thank you Alex. Thank all of you. This song has meant more to for decades than anyone could imagine. Not enough thank you's for it. The absolutely most beautiful metal song ever written. Nothing else i can say..
The guitar solo is total *SERENITY* 🤘🏻🔥🤘🏻
🤘😜 YESSSSS!!!! First Time I heard this whole album is when I was 10yrs old. What are the odds of me finding this album on the side of the rail road tracks....
This song speaks to my soul. Testament is by far one of the best bands on the planet!!!!!!!
Hope you already listened to their new album Brotherhood of the snake... It´s totally badass!!! I fuckin love this band forever...
never care santuary is never lost
They truly are.
`round 30 years ago I bought this CD (as one of my 1st ones)
now it`s somewhere in a 2nd hand, have left behind a lot of material stuff on my way, liberating (!)
Those guitar riffs in the middle of the song bring me back to a 15 year old ME.Listened to this CD with my very 1st boyfriend, wore a T - Shirt of this group even before listening to their music the 1st time ( cause there weren`t cellphones in every hand, there was no youtube to share in an instant with people you are fond of)...
A friend "triggered" serenity" by a "post", nowadays I`m - again, thankfully - more earth, mother Gaia related than "alone" - "no time for anger, no time for despair" - have been a part of a magical saturday at 21st of may - totally different music, healing type of live concert by "Il leone e il colibri" - thank you again, dear Georgia , dear Sergio for this magic day -
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This is my go to when my depression is crushing the life of of me. I cry every time I hear it, but it's a good, needed cry.
I used to listen to this song over and over again as a kid. Just got done doing it again. Miss those days so much.
My dad showed me this song in On July 3rd 2020 because he knew I loved Testament, and he absolutely loved this song when it came out and I’m glad he showed me this song because it’s definitely one of my favourites
Heavy Metal Blues for the soul man! Skolnicks guitar solo is just fuckin awesome! This album takes me back,TESTAMENT FOREVER!!!!🤘🤘🤘🤘
So beautiful it makes you cry.
I just think back to the time I first heard this song and where I was in life and remember thinking this is the most beautiful ballad I've ever heard from any metal band.
I shed a tear everytime I listen to this song.
So, Thank You Testament...
What a beauty you created!!
What a Damn Amazing Song!!! The Guitar Solo Is So Incredible Amazing
Gives Me Goosebumps Brilliant
hi hunny..yeah n ice song...
Shawn Khan
Hi. .Yeah It's Damn Incredible Amazing Awesome, I Love It
\m/♥\m/
great but you should have heard their 4 albums before this one
try listening to musical death a dirge.song off testaments second album called the new order. a true ballad masterpiece in my book
Hi baby...
Testament was one of the bands I discovered on my own. One of the only bands that was "mine". At 48, i still feel the same. Even though me mom used to call them "Testamony" in the late 80"s. LOL Still love this band.
I haven't heard this song in 15 years and I regret it! I still remember every note in it, I used to listen to this album all day on my cassette player! For some reason the lyrics of that album took me to a wonderful place.
+Mustafa Dasuki a place far from here?
I didn't no is so old. By the way
Nothing sends our minds flying backward through time like memorable music.
My days with this album were dark days, indeed. I would never want to relive them, but nor should I forget. They all but created me.
My ex-husband turned me onto this song way back in the 90’s. I’ve loved this song always
Just moved to another country for work, homesick as hell. Been blasting this more. Definitely therapeutic.
Masterpiece
damn... this song deserves 2 billion views
The Classix of all time!!!!! I want this song To be played In my Funeral!!!!!
This is the best song to linger on the car after a days' work and parking home. What a trip to serenity.
Never will get old!!
Found this album on vinyl at a record store today, immediately back into my teen years. Damn I forgot how good this band actually is
This album came out right at the end of my senior year in high school. Epic time for metal. So many kick ass albums and bands in the late 80's/early 90's.
CaptainColdyron222 You must've graduated same year as I did then in 92. For some reason I thought this was in the fall of 1990 when it came out.
my senior year also. I had almost forgotten it. that was a great album
God Bless this track !
I like that hard rock theme
Found that song right now, just when I’m facing my adiction in a rehab institute in 🇧🇷!
God bless the Metal!!! 🤘🏼
Ouve a versão acoustic live at the Fillmore
Such a beautiful song takes me to my teenage years gives me chills every time
In the vacuum of space when "hair metal" died out, and grunge rock was still being birthed in the American Northwest, we were gifted this.
Bow to it. Bow Deeply.
I remember when I first saw this back in 93' on headbanger's ball I was 11. After all these year's still been jamming this song.
Não há melhor lugar do que retornar para a serenidade!
Exatamente, ainda mais com um solo foda como dessa música. Não tem quem não retorne a serenidade kkkk
"Serenity Now😌Insanity Later🤬"
I love this song so much 💓
FlashesOfTheDay⚡🎰
Whenever I’m going through some shit, I always come back to this song. It levels me out……every time.
Alex Skolnick laid down one of the best solos of all time
One of the most underrated song ever !
Incredible, powerful, beautiful. The composition of the guitar solo is phenomenal. Very underrated song from an underrated band.
Testament is among the best bands in any world!!! Positive influence in so much of my life. Listen and learn!! LEGACY!!!!
Great solo by Skolnick.
I can so relate my heads my home!
I literally can’t relate to anyone and ground myself to whatever I have to this solo is my absolute fav the rifts are insane up down up down emotions. Hell yeah!!!🙌🙌🙌
This was the first Testament song I had ever heard and I fell in love with the band.
Same here. It's a beautiful song.
Jamed this in the back in the mid 90s ... I still love it !!!!
Beach Girl same here. This became one of my favorite songs by far. And Alex Skolnick my favorite guitar player.