Temple of the king

Posted by Krishnan in Music on 26-01-2007 | one response

When I heard this song at Landmark, Gurgaon, I was instantly hooked. The song was played several times over in the three hour duration that I was in the store. The music sounded familiar, yet it was vaguely unfamiliar and the tune drove me crazy for a good few hours. I memorized a portion of the lyrics so I could get back and do my home work.

It was Doogie White singing Temple of the king for Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow.

The vocals had a magical effect on me. After about a dozen repeats, the song left me senseless as if I had been hit with a hammer. It did fill the void “of not having my type of songs”. Its been my biggest musical influence this year second only to Green day’s Boulevard of broken dreams. I’ve memorised the song by heart now. Peace can reign again.

Edit on 25th September 2007

One day, in the year of the fox
Came a time remembered well,
When the strong young man of the rising sun
Heard the tolling of the great black bell.
One day in the year of the fox,
When the bell began to ring,
It meant the time had come for one to go
To the temple of the king.

There in the middle of the circle he stands,
Searching, seeking.
With just one touch of his trembling hand,
The answer will be found.
Daylight waits while the old man sings,
Heaven help me!
And then like the rush of a thousand wings,
It shines upon the one.
And the day has just begun.

One day in the year of the fox
Came a time remembered well,
When the strong young man of the rising sun
Heard the tolling of the great black bell.
One day in the year of the fox,
When the bell began to sing
It meant the time had come for the one to go
To the temple of the king.

There in the middle of the people he stands,
Seeing, feeling.
With just a wave of the strong right hand, he’s gone
To the temple of the king.

Far from the circle, at the edge of the world,
He’s hoping, wondering.
Thinking back on the stories he’s heard of
What he’s going to see.
There, in the middle of a circle it lies.
Heaven help me!
Then all could see by the shine in his eyes
The answer had been found.

Back with the people in the circle he stands,
Giving, feeling.
With just one touch of a strong right hand, they know
Of the temple and the king.