“Immortal” is second single from Clutch’s fifth album. Atlantic Records contacted Mountain guitarist Leslie West and asked him to help the band craft a single for radio.
West wrote the music for “Immortal” heavily based on his own song “Baby I’m Down”. He also contributed vocals and a guitar solo d...
Who’s the man who stole fire for the people?
Who causes trembling in the bones of evil?
Who carved a mountain into a cathedral?
I am immortal
Half-blind and spitting straight into the wind
Down, down, trying to drag me down
It’s all right, I go to dreaming
It’s all right, I go to dreaming
In dog years
The blood of lions
I, liquefying
I ain’t dying
I am immortal
Who rides the solar cycle with no hands ma?
Who found the ark inside texarkana?
Who asks the questions that have no answers?
Half-blind and spitting straight into the wind
Down, down, trying to drag me down
In dog years
I am immortal
I am immortal
I am immortal
In dog years
The blood of lions
I, liquefying
I ain’t dying
I am immortal
Leslie West of Mountain told Howard Stern on July 30, 2002:
What happened was I produced this group called Clutch, 22 year old, heavy metal group. And they needed a single and they needed a producer … Atlantic [Records] said, “You gotta mix one of their songs for radio.” He said, “They don’t have...