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Pictures of Home

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Somebody's shouting
Up at a mountain
Only my own words return
Nobody's up there
It's a deception
When will I ever learn?

CHORUS:

I'm alone here
With emptiness eagles and snow
Unfriendliness chilling my body
And whispering pictures of home

Wondering blindly
How can they find me
Maybe they don't even know
My body is shaking
Anticipating
The call of the black footed crow...

Chorus

Here in this prison
Of my own making
Year after day I have grown
Into a hero
But there's no worship
Where have they hidden my thrown...

Chorus

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skeetstan On Dec 31, 2004

Smoke on the Water

Child In Time

Highway Star

Knocking At Your Back Door

Burn

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2004-12-31 04:22:19

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by archagon

21y ago

This...song...rocks!

Seems to be about the singer's mistake in coming to a certain place (his career?) and longing for his home.

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by tufrusky

21y ago

ian gillan said this song is about the small furry creatures sometimes found in Roger Glovers pockets.

awesome song, paices drumming outstanding!!

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by Homegrown55 3y ago

@tufrusky Furry creatures? Really? Wow.

by pieroyin

21y ago

rocks!!!deep purple rocks!!!! about being lost without anything familiar

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by MMM88

19y ago

What can i say... its another amazing DP classic. Listen to the solo courtsey of mr.Blackmore.. it was the first shades of neo-classical metal which years later will be perfected by the likes of Yngwie Malmsteen and Michael Romeo.. and even though Yngwie says that the classic influence in his music comes from classical artists other than Ritchie.. but he only wished to be like Ritchie. Yngwie Malmsteen covers this tune from time to time in live concerts..

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by Homegrown55 3y ago

@MMM88 \I guess you can SAY whaever you wish!

by NJJ

17y ago

IIRC it's about when they were recording Machine Head & it was really cold & miserable weather the band were longing for home.

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by Homegrown55 3y ago

@NJJ Yep! They recorded that album in December 1971 in a very cold Montreaux, Switzerland. It was their 6th studio album which I wasn't aware of.

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