Hello!
Do you have an idea what Ronnie Dio meant by the words "fade away"? He used them in his song The Sign Of The Southern Cross (1981) and in a live performance of Heaven And Hell (1984 in the "Spectrum").
The Sign Of The Southern Cross
0:59 Fade away, fade away! Vanish into small! Fade away, fade away! Break the crystal ball!
Heaven And Hell
10:02 Fade away!
10:54 We'll fade away!