Rainbow - A light in the Black (RIP Dio)

A light in the Black by Rainbow, from Rising (1976) album

Rainbow line up:
* Ronnie James Dio vocals
* Ritchie Blackmore guitar
* Tony Carey keyboards
* Jimmy Bain bass
* Cozy Powell drums

Lyrics:

6. Light In The Black

Can't forget his face
What a lonely place
Has he really let us go?

All the time that's lost
What's the final cost
Will I really get away?

All my life it seems
Just a crazy dream
Reaching for somebody's star

Can't believe it all
Did he really fall
What to do now I don't know

Something's called me back
There's a light in the black
Am I ready to go?
I'm coming home

Breathed the air before
Heard the thunder roar
Never knew it was for me

Always looking down
Lost and never found
Eyes that look but not to see

All my life it seems
Just a crazy dream
Reaching for somebody's star

Like an open door
That you've passed before
But you've never had the key

Something's calling me back
There's a light in the black
Am I ready to go?

I'm coming home, I'm coming home, yeah
I'm going back to my home

I'm going home, home, home
Going home, home, home
I'm coming back

Don't forget his face
What a lonely place
Did he really let us go

All the time that's lost
What's the final cost
Will I really get away?

All my life it seems
Just a crazy dream
Reaching for somebody's star

Can't believe it all
Did he really fall
What to do now, well I don't know

Something's calling me back
Like a light in the black
Yes, I?m ready to go
I'm coming home, home, yeah

I've got my way back home
To the sky
There in the sky
I see your star

Category:

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Tags:

• rainbow
• rising
• light
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• the
• dark
• 1976
• ronnie
• james
• dio
• rj
• ritchie
• blackmore
• blackmore's
• black
• sabbath
• deep
• purple
• elf
• night

[johnjohnTL]

Anyone feel like this song is supposed to be a sort of sequel to "Stargazer"? The line where he says "All my life it seems just a crazy dream, chasing for somebody's star" I think it's about a guy who had to build the tower for the wizard in that song.

[I3lindGuardian]

Its music, stop arguing and listen.

[antony1234560]

dio is not dead cause gods never die!!

[xXJustTheTwoOfUs]

@johnjohnTL according to Blackmore and Dio it's not....

[Anjohl]

@johnjohnTL mos def.

[bluu999]

Good download. Excellent, wide open, hi-fi sound quality. Thanks so much.

[SithLordOfDarkness]

5:44 - 6:09 PUTA QUE PARIU!

[Nick01701]

@johnjohnTL Dude.. That was a sick connection haha

[MegaPlebian]

@BalladOfThinMan That's awesome dude. I've always wanted the first four myself (Rising in particular). They're just such an epic band. Rock on man!

[wallyabb]

@johnjohnTL Yes.. is the story of the returning of the slaves. The pinnacle of rock music.

[57250tr]

@johnjohnTL Stargazer, like you said, is about the wizard enslaving people to build him a tower to reach a star that can't be reached. This is indeed a followup song, about how the wizard has fallen but the author has been chasing the wizard's dream for so long that even after being freed he decides to continue building the tower to nowhere. With that background in mind, the ending is incredibly epic (and the rest of the song for that matter)

[SydMichaelShepperd]

@johnjohnTL It is, yes. You can see it in all the lyrics.