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These are doctorinfierno's notes on Rainbow In The Dark by Dio.

When there's lightning
You know, it always brings me down
‘Cause it's free and I see that it's me
Who's lost and never found
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I’m crying for magic
I feel it dancing in the light
It was cold, lost my hold
To the shadows of the night


No sign of the morning coming
You've been left on your own
Like a rainbow in the dark

A rainbow in the dark

Do your demons
Do they ever let you go?

When you've tried do they hide deep inside?
Is it someone that you know?

You're just a picture
You're an image caught in time
We're a lie, you and I
We're words without a rhyme


There's no sign of the morning coming
You've been left on your own
Like a rainbow in the dark
Just a rainbow in the dark, yeah

When I see lightning
You know it always brings me down
‘Cause it's free and I see that it's me
Who's lost and never found

Feel the magic
I feel it floating in the air
But it's fear and you'll hear
It calling you, beware
, look out

There's no sight of the morning coming
There's no sign of the day
You've been left on your own
Like a rainbow

Like a rainbow in the dark, yeah
You’re a rainbow in the dark
Just a rainbow in the dark
No sign of the morning
You’re a rainbow in the dark, woah

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One of the great depression metaphors, in this song lead singer Ronnie James Dio is feeling isolated and trapped, unable to release the tremendous potential inside him - like a rainbow in the dark. Dio has mentioned his time as Black Sabbath lead singer as inspiration for the lyrics; he felt "alone and rejected" when he left the band. Along with Sabbath drummer Vinny Appice, he formed Dio in 1983.

Taken from Songfacts