I think this song is about religion and how it tells us what is good and what is not, but in the end nothing is black/white, heaven/hell, good/evil as religion tries to teach us.
"Sing me a song, you're a singer
Do me a wrong, you're a bringer of evil" - religions tend to divide peolpe into categories = do a good action and you get the eternal life, do someone a wrong and you're damned.
"The closer you get to the meaning
The sooner you'll know that you're dreaming" - religious teachings are full of contradictions and are impossible to understand
Meaning becomes more clear when it refers to someone in particular "They say life is a carousel... they'll tell you black is really white". "They " stands for the church, or religion in general.
Songs like this or children of the sea are why dio is an awesome lyricist.
The line that haunts me the most in this song is the line "Love Can Be Seen As The Answer But No Body Bleeds For The Dancer" It appears to me that Ronnie is denying that the blood of Jesus Christ is able to save sinners. I believe this even more because when I saw Black Sabbath perform this song years ago. Dio looked up at a light in the ceiling during the middle of the song where the music gets quiet and said something like "a still small voice called out to me from heaven saying come to me...
The line that haunts me the most in this song is the line "Love Can Be Seen As The Answer But No Body Bleeds For The Dancer" It appears to me that Ronnie is denying that the blood of Jesus Christ is able to save sinners. I believe this even more because when I saw Black Sabbath perform this song years ago. Dio looked up at a light in the ceiling during the middle of the song where the music gets quiet and said something like "a still small voice called out to me from heaven saying come to me and I said go away I want to burn in hell with all of you!" It seems clear that he meant the biblical Heaven and Hell from this. I think he was telling a story and didnt take it seriously but God only knows what he meant. I liked Dio and I hope he is in peace especially because of the horrible fight he had with stomach cancer at the end of his life.
I think this song is about religion and how it tells us what is good and what is not, but in the end nothing is black/white, heaven/hell, good/evil as religion tries to teach us.
"Sing me a song, you're a singer Do me a wrong, you're a bringer of evil" - religions tend to divide peolpe into categories = do a good action and you get the eternal life, do someone a wrong and you're damned.
"The closer you get to the meaning The sooner you'll know that you're dreaming" - religious teachings are full of contradictions and are impossible to understand
Meaning becomes more clear when it refers to someone in particular "They say life is a carousel... they'll tell you black is really white". "They " stands for the church, or religion in general.
Songs like this or children of the sea are why dio is an awesome lyricist.
The line that haunts me the most in this song is the line "Love Can Be Seen As The Answer But No Body Bleeds For The Dancer" It appears to me that Ronnie is denying that the blood of Jesus Christ is able to save sinners. I believe this even more because when I saw Black Sabbath perform this song years ago. Dio looked up at a light in the ceiling during the middle of the song where the music gets quiet and said something like "a still small voice called out to me from heaven saying come to me...
The line that haunts me the most in this song is the line "Love Can Be Seen As The Answer But No Body Bleeds For The Dancer" It appears to me that Ronnie is denying that the blood of Jesus Christ is able to save sinners. I believe this even more because when I saw Black Sabbath perform this song years ago. Dio looked up at a light in the ceiling during the middle of the song where the music gets quiet and said something like "a still small voice called out to me from heaven saying come to me and I said go away I want to burn in hell with all of you!" It seems clear that he meant the biblical Heaven and Hell from this. I think he was telling a story and didnt take it seriously but God only knows what he meant. I liked Dio and I hope he is in peace especially because of the horrible fight he had with stomach cancer at the end of his life.