The first track from Rainbow’s debut album Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow.
In the liner notes to the 2003 compilation Stand Up And And Shout: The Anthology, Ronnie James Dio had this to say:
In Rainbow, Ritchie Blackmore was all about the riff. he’d come to me with the riff, and then we’d compose the...
[Verse 1]
I'm a wheel, I'm a wheel
I can roll, I can feel
And you can't stop me turning
Cause I'm the sun, I'm the sun
I can move, I can run
But you'll never stop me burning
[Chorus]
Come down with fire
Lift my spirit higher
Someone's screaming my name
Come and make me holy again
I'm the man on the silver mountain
I'm the man on the silver mountain
[Verse 2]
I'm the day, I'm the day
I can show you the way
And look, I'm right beside you
I'm the night, I'm the night
I'm the dark and the light
With eyes that see inside you
[Chorus]
Come down with fire
Lift my spirit higher
Someone's screaming my name
Come and make me holy again
I'm the man on the silver mountain
I'm the man on the silver mountain
[Guitar Solo]
[Chorus]
Come down with fire
And lift my spirit higher
Someone's screaming my name
Come and make me holy again
I'm the man on the silver mountain
I'm the man on the silver mountain
[Outro]
Well, I can help you, you know I can
I'm the man on the silver mountain
I'm the man on the silver mountain
Just look at me and listen
I'm the man, the man, give you my hand
I'm the man on the silver mountain
Come down with fire
And lift your spirit higher
I'm the man on the mountain
The man on the silver mountain
I'm the night, the light
The black and the white
The man on the silver mountain
Man on the Silver Mountain was written by Dio & Ritchie Blackmore.
Man on the Silver Mountain was produced by Dio & Martin Birch & Ritchie Blackmore.
Rainbow released Man on the Silver Mountain on Mon Aug 04 1975.
It’s a kind of a semi-religious song, in the respect that the man on the silver mountain is the kind of God figure that everyone is crying out to come down and save them, help them, and give them money and chicks and booze. You know, cure us from diseases and all that. And they just basically cry ou...