Rainbow - Stargazer Lyrics Meaning
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Sep 23rd 2011!⃝I'm gonna support a the theory of Dio writing about Blackmore and the abnd at that time based on the lyrics, this theory may be wrong, but strangely it fulfills the history of the band:
High noon
Oh Id sell my soul for water
(Here Dio tells about his attempts to get recognised as a musician and what he will do to get that position)
Nine years worth
Of breakin my back
(9 years since Dio began his musical career in 1967... he had put a lot of effort in becoming a star, but he hadn't reached his objective)
Theres no sun in the shadow of the wizard
See how he glides
Why hes lighter than air
Oh I see his face
(Richie is the wizard, he does need to work to become a rockstar 'cause he's already one)
Where is your star
Is it far, is it far, is it far
(Richie wants to become even greater than he is at that moment)
When do we leave
I believe, yes, I believe
(Dio shares the dream of Richie, and to get that dream, they become a sort of partners)
in the heat and the rain
With whips and chains
Just to see him fly
(Working with Blackmore should be a pain in the ass, but he promises glory for all of them)
So many die
(Not only Dio's ex-ELF mates, but also Deep Purple's members, as Gillian, Coverdale, Hughes... etc)
We built a tower of stone
With our flesh and bone
Just to see him fly
Dont know why
(They where kind of Blackmore's slaves... they were so enchanted by Richie's dream that they forgot their own dreams)
Now where do we go
(At this point Dio's pointing to one of Richie's objectives: to enter in the american market)
Hot wind moving fast across the desert
We feel that our time has arrived
The world spins while we put his wing together
A tower of stone to take him straight to the sky
(Dio thinks they have reached their objective)
All eyes see the figure of the wizard
As he climbs to the top of the world
No sound as he falls instead of rising
Time standing still
Then theres blood on the sand
(Richie wanted so much to enter in the american market that he was decided to try a more comercial sound. Blood in the sand may be a reference to some argues between Dio and him)
Where was your star
Was it far, was it far
When did we leave
We believe, we believe, we believe
(Dio's realize his dream wasn't Blackmore's dream, Richie hasn't got his star... he had believed in him, but at last Richie's betrayed him)
Look at this tower of stone
I see a rainbow rising
Look there on the horizon
And Im coming home
Coming home, Im coming home
(Dio decides to leave Rainbow in search for his own dream, his home)
Time is standing still
He gave me back my will
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Going home
Im going home
My eyes are bleeding
And my heart is weeping
(Richie's lost his control over Dio, he's going to leave the band, but that makes him sad... at last Richie's was the responsable of Dio's success, so he feels that he's also betraying his master)
We still hope, we still hope, oh
(A last chance for Richie... at the end Richie's stuck with his idea of turning Rainbow a more commercial band, so Dio left Rainbow...)
Interesting? a genius like Dio is able to write epic lyrics based on everyday's events...