12/24/2022 0 Comments Deep purple soldier of fortune lyrics![]() Running for Cover 04:21 Show lyrics (loading. Available on … A soldier of fortune Many times I've been a traveller I looked for something new In days of old When nights were cold I wandered without you But those days I thougt my eyes Had seen you standing near Though blindness is confusing It shows that you're not here Now I feel I'm growing older And the songs that I have sung Echo in the distance Like. The verses tell us that the way of the holy man certainly will not save us from it.Soldier of fortune lyrics. The chorus repeats the theme of loneliness and longing for human connection. He plays the part of the guru but is bitter. His mother does not see her son in him and other people see a meditation man. He is back among us, but he is different - he did not find any answers but lost his illusion that there are any. He has wandered that desert path for too long, his original identity is lost among all the mumbojumbo. In the third verse, our hero(?) has gone far down the rabbit hole. I liken this to being taught basic meditation but thereafter having to continue by oneself in order to move on. ![]() In the second verse, our protagonist is exploring - he took a riverboat up that river figuratively speaking and came to roads end there - from where he is stepping ashore it is for himself to find the way. ![]() ![]() He claims to be inexperienced and unable to tell who is a true guru but is willing to be shown the way ("the river to follow"). In the first verse, our protagonist goes to catholic church ("called to Madonna") where he is berated for having hung out with some kind of guru (~speaking to a holy man about moon and sun"). The coming of age is told through the three verses. General CommentI think this is both a "coming of age" story told in first person as well as a commentary of gurus, religion/spiritualism and how these are empty shields against emptiness and loneliness. ![]()
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