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67 Flight of the Rat

(Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord, Paice)
Frå Deep Purple albumet Deep Purple in Rock

Dette var under overgangen frå Jack the Lad til kva enn eg vart etterpå, på reisa til der eg er no. Deep Purple satte i gang ein stor forandring i livet mitt, så eg måtte tenke på korleis eg kunne takle det.

Eg hadde byrja å meditere cirka eit år før og var byrja å få dreisen på det. Ganske primitivte og ulærde greier til å byrje med, men der var eit hint av håp i det eg tok litt kontroll over levemåten min; da eg var ganske sikker på at eg visste allt, inntil dette punktet - ah, ungdommens dumskap.

Når eg reflekterar no, hadde mesteparten av dei tidlige låtane ein kjærkommen naivitet kring dei. Og dette forsøket på å viske vekk min mørke side var ganske oppløftande. Sjølvsagt, Mr. Yin og Mrs. Yang kranglar forsatt over tankane mine, men mitt alter ego har tatt kontroll over oppførselen min - det har tatt lengre tid enn forventa, men eg nærmar meg.

Flight of the Rat

(Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord, Paice)

Spread the word around
The rat is leaving town
The message is a song
The misery is gone

Once I had a dream
To sing before the queen
She didn't want to know
She wouldn't see the show

What a fright
I couldn't do it right
Oh what a night

Mystic Demons fly
All about the sky
With memories of a clown
The saddest show in town

When I was seventeen
My mother said to me
Be careful what you touch
You shouldn't take so much

I blew my mind
She was so kind
I could have cried

In my mind
I had to find
A kind of new way
Of being oh so cool
Like a blue blooded
Well studded
English fool

Speak about the past
Times are changing fast
Once I was so weak
I couldn't even speak

Shaking out a curse
Nothing could be worse
Walking through the door
Who could ask for more

Now I'm free
And I can see
And I can see

Spread the word around
The rat is leaving town
The message is a song
The misery is gone

Shaking out a curse
Nothing could be worse
Walking though the door
Who could ask for more

Now I'm free
And I can see
And I am me

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