Das All-Star Hardrock Kollectiv BLACK SWAN besteht aus Robin McAuley (McAuley Schenker Group), Reb Beach (Winger, Whitesnake), Jeff Pilson (Foreigner, The End Machine, ex-Dokken), und Matt Starr (Ace Frehley, Mr. Big). Die vier melden sich heute mit ihrer neuen Single ´The Fire And The Flame´ zurück, nachdem das aktuelle Album „Generation Mind“ bereits aus dem Jahr 2022 datiert.
Robin McAuley kommentiert:
“The song is a powerful idiom and metaphor often found in religious literature and pop culture signifying a divine power, but also an insight into one’s personal struggles and perseverance. Fire can be seen as a divine presence while flame captures a passionate and never ending devotion in the midst of one’s personal struggles. Fire and flame, combined, emphasize’s the overall challenging experience at it’s most intense aspects. A time for reflection and rebirth perhaps?”
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Lyrics:
WHEN IT ALL BEGAN
YOU AND I WE BOTH WERE SINNERS WAITIN FOR THE SUN
HOPING WE COULD FIND FORGIVENESS ALL THAT WE’VE BECOME
NO MORE THAN AN EMPTY PROMISE NOW IT’S COME AND GONE
I SWEAR TO YOU AS GOD’S MY WITNESS
YOU WON’T FIND A PLACE
WHERE YOU WON’T SUFFER-FOREVER YOU WILL BE A PRISONER
YOUR TIME IS NOW OR NEVER
I’M THE FIRE AND THE FLAME THE HEALER AND THE PAIN I’M THE DESERT AND THE SKY ONE AND THE SAME
THE REASON WHY YOU LIVE OR DIE BUT DO YOU KNOW MY NAME OH!!! THE FIRE AND THE FLAME
NOT A SINGLE WORD
HAVE I HEARD IN RETRIBUTION
IT CANNOT BE IGNORED
NO MORE THAN THE EXECUTION IT WILL SURELY COME
THE FINAL BREATH A FAREWELL KISS BEFORE THE DAY IS DONE
AND LIGHTNING STRIKES INTO THE HEARTLESS
THERE’S NO HIDING PLACE THERE’S NO TOMORROW…..NO
WHEN YOU FALL AND ASK FOR GRACE YOUR WEAKNESS WAS YOUR SORROW
YES I KNOW WHEN WE GO BORROWED TIME WILL LET US KNOW AN OPEN DOOR NO WAY BACK
FOR ALL OF THOSE GONE BEFORE
I’M THE FIRE AND THE FLAME THE HEALER AND THE PAIN I’M THE DESERT AND THE SKY ONE AND THE SAME
I’M THE FIRE AND THE FLAME
BUT DO YOU KNOW MY NAME OH!!!
THE FIRE AND THE FLAME