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A rare political song from the Stones, Mick sings about the Irish civil war known as “The Troubles”.
He most likely got the inspiration from staying around Dublin in 1993 when the Band was recording Voodoo Lounge at Windmill Lane Studios.
[Verse 1]
Did you ever feel the pain that he felt upon the cross?
Did you ever feel the knife tearing flesh that's oh so soft?
Did you ever touch the night, did you ever count the cost?
Do you hide away the fear, put down paradise as lost?
[Chorus 1]
Yeah, you're blinded by rainbows
Watching the wind blow
Blinded by rainbows
Do you dream at night, do you sleep at night?
I doubt it
[Verse 2]
Did you ever feel the blast as the Semtex bomb goes off?
Do you ever hear the screams as the limbs are all torn off?
Did you ever kiss the child who just saw his father shot?
Do you ever shed a tear as the war drags on and on?
Did you ever touch the night, or is it just another job?
Do you fear the final hours, put down paradise as lost?
[Chorus 2]
Yeah, you're blinded by rainbows
And faces in windows
Blinded by rainbows
Do you dream at night, do you sleep at night?
I doubt it, yeah
[Verse 3]
Do you ever fear the night, could it be the war is lost?
Do you fear the final hour, do you kneel before the cross?
[Chorus 3]
You're blinded by rainbows
And watching the wind blow
Blinded by rainbows
[Outro]
Do you dream at night, do you scream at night?
Do you smell the fear, is your conscience clear?
Are you caked in sweat, are your clothes all wet?
Do you see the light, is the end in sight?
See the face of Christ, enter paradise?
I doubt it
Blinded by Rainbows was written by Mick Jagger & Keith Richards.
Blinded by Rainbows was produced by Don Was & Mick Jagger & Keith Richards.
The Rolling Stones released Blinded by Rainbows on Mon Jul 11 1994.