At first I thought it was about a (romantic) couple breaking up. Upon listening to it a few times (quite a few times), I think it's Ian (Gillan) again swiping at Ritchie Blackmore. They already started having problems by this albums recording and Gillan would be gone after it.
So, that makes 3 songs complaining about Ritchie:
Smooth Dancer (Deep Purple/Who Do We Think We Are)
Rainbow in the Dark (Dio/Holy Diver)
Spanish Archer (Deep Purple/House of Blue Light)
maybe more.
Blackmore must be doing something right!
At first I thought it was about a (romantic) couple breaking up. Upon listening to it a few times (quite a few times), I think it's Ian (Gillan) again swiping at Ritchie Blackmore. They already started having problems by this albums recording and Gillan would be gone after it.
So, that makes 3 songs complaining about Ritchie: