@[Diderik:33655] "Your a holiday!" Was a popular term used in the 50s/60s to compliment someone on their all around. For example, not only are they beautiful, but they are fun and kind too ... just an all around "holiday".
I think your first comment is closer to being accurate. The singer/song writers state "Millions of eyes can see, yet why am i so blind!? When the someone else is me, its unkind its unkind". I believe hes referring to the girl toying with him and using him. He wants something deeper with her, thats why he allows himself to be as a puppet (even though for her fun and games) as long as it makes her happy. But he knows deep down that she doesnt really want to be serious with him and thats what makes him.
When evening falls
She'll run to me
Like whispered dreams
Your eyes can't see
Soft and warm
She'll touch my face
A bed of straw
Against the lace
We believed we'd catch the rainbow
Ride the wind to the sun
Sail away on ships of wonder
But life's not a wheel
With chains made of steel
So bless me
Come the dawn
Come the dawn
Come the dawn
Come the dawn
We believed we'd catch the rainbow
Ride the wind to the sun
And sail away on ships of wonder
But life's not a wheel
With chains made of steel
So bless me, oh bless me, bless me
Come the dawn
Come the dawn
Come the dawn
Come the dawn
She'll run to me
Like whispered dreams
Your eyes can't see
Soft and warm
She'll touch my face
A bed of straw
Against the lace
We believed we'd catch the rainbow
Ride the wind to the sun
Sail away on ships of wonder
But life's not a wheel
With chains made of steel
So bless me
Come the dawn
Come the dawn
Come the dawn
Come the dawn
We believed we'd catch the rainbow
Ride the wind to the sun
And sail away on ships of wonder
But life's not a wheel
With chains made of steel
So bless me, oh bless me, bless me
Come the dawn
Come the dawn
Come the dawn
Come the dawn
Lyrics submitted by han2, edited by RonaldSing
Catch The Rainbow Lyrics as written by Ritchie Blackmore Ronnie Dio
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"Catch the rainbow is lyrically medieval in that it's concerning a stable boy who makes it with a lady of the court. She sneaks off to sleep on his bed of straw every night and they think it's all going to work but as we rudely find out, it never does and they kind of go their own way, but it's a track that I think Ritchie and I are very proud of."
Hail Rainbow R.I.P. RJD
I think many of you are very close, and have found very valid meanings in this song. Which is just as good as what I am to present. While I cannot give a source, I remember an interview where Ronnie James Dio explained the meaning behind the song. His inspiration for it was a princess and a stableboy falling in love, which fits perfect with the lines:
"A bed of straw Against the lace"
After all, a straw bed is something a poor person would have been sleeping on, while lace is a fabric only rich people could afford in any historical age. As you can see from the chorus, they would eventually be torn apart by the different worlds they belonged to.
Then again, and I cannot stress this enough, there is not enough information in the song lyrics to get what the real story is, so like with many of his songs, Ronnie wanted us to find our own meaning in it. Therefore, the opinions presented here are just as valid as what Ronnie originally came up with.
I don't have an idea about what does this song mean....but I think it's about high hopes in somethings .... : we believed we'd catch the rainbow but finally, life isn't that easy : life's a chains made with steel.. GREAT GREAT song, I have the live one it's like 10 minutes long and Ritchie Blackmore (the guitarist) plays a 3 minute solo, great song.
The live version of this song is 4 times as amazing as the original, anybody who hasnt got the live version of this song and loves the original get it fast
This song is great.. Thats all I can say about it.. makes anything feel special at anytime.. specially when you want to get into a " romantic " moment witha girl lol :P
Check it out:
youtube.com/watch
Nowhere close to the classic but an admirable effort no less!
What does the phrase "come the dawn" mean?
@Mr. Crowley this is what i believe, light represents goodness and happiness, a rainbow only happens in light, the person can not catch the rainbow and remain in light so dawn comes and darkness comes because the person could not catch the rainbow
The live version of this,is one of the best songs ever.Check it out.Richie just makes love on stage.
I LOVE THIS SONG 2 DEATH ITS SO BEAUTIFUL, THE WORDS, THE VOICE & THE MUSIC! AS WITH ANY RAINBOW SONG WITH DIO & BLACKMORE BEHIND THE LYRICS, I DON'T GET ANY IMPRESSION THAT THIS SONG HAS ANY KIND OF DEEP MEANING OR SUBLIMINAL MESSAGE. I SIMPLY THINK, LIKE MANY OF THERE OTHERS IT IS SIMPLY A FANTASTICAL STORY PUT 2 MUSIC. IN MY OPINION, GENIUS. I THINK THIS STORY IN PARTICULAR IS ABOUT A PAIR OF MEDIEVAL ILLICIT LOVERS. (WHEN EVENING FALLS SHE'L RUN 2 ME) SUGESTING THAT THE MEETING MUST BE DONE IN SECRET UNDER COVER OF NIGHT FALL. MY REASONING BEHIND WHY I THINK THEY HAVE TO HIDE THERE LOVE IS BECAUSE SHE IS PROBABLY A PRINCESS OR AT LEAST A WEALTHY WOMAN (I LIKE 2 BELIEVE A PRINCESS) & HE IS A STABLE BOY. (A BED OF STRAW UNDERNEATH THE LACE) LACE BEING FROM THE WOMANS DRESS WHICH ONLY THE RICH WOULD HAVE. THEY HAD ALL THESE DREAMS THAT 1 DAY THEY COULD B 2GEATHER & ACHIEVE ANYTHING. (WE BELIEVED WE'D CATCH THE RAINBOW....ETC-METAPHOR) BUT UNFORTUNATELY LIFE IS NOT THAT SIMPLE & THINGS NEVER RUN SMOOTHLY, NOTHING IS GUARANTEED.(BUT LIFES NOT A WHEEL WITH CHAINS MADE OF STEEL) I INTERPRET THE LINE "BLESS ME COME THE DAWN" 2 B THE STABLE BOY LITERALY SAYING "GOD HELP ME IN THE MORNING" BECAUSE HE DOESNT WANT 2 B FOUND WITH HIS RICH LOVER AS HE KNOWS SHE WILL B TAKEN AWAY FROM HIM & HE WILL MOST LIKELY B MURDERED & POSSIBLY SO WILL SHE 4 CAUSING SUCH SHAME. TONI IOMMI PERFORMED THIS AT RONNIE JAMES DIO'S FUNERAL. GOD BLESS U RONNIE!
I think that the Catch the Rainbow lyrics may be about high hopes, as dylanrocks has said, but high hopes gone unfulfilled. I really like this song very much. It's so calm compared to their other hard rockin' songs. The group's ability to create both types of songs successfully is what makes them so awesome.