| “Black Fire” | |||||
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| Song by DragonForce from the album Valley of the Damned | |||||
| Released | 25 February 2003 | ||||
| Format | CD | ||||
| Recorded | 2002 | ||||
| Genre | Power Metal | ||||
| Length | 5:47 | ||||
| Label | Sanctuary, Roadrunner (U.K.) Roadrunner, Universal (U.S.) | ||||
| Writer(s) | Sam Totman, ZP Theart | ||||
| Valley of the Damned chronology | |||||
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Black Fire is the third track of DragonForce's Valley of the Damned (2003) album. Along with all the songs in the album (excluding Disciples of Babylon, Evening Star, and Where Dragons Rule), the lyrics of the song was written by Sam and Theart and the music of the song was written by Sam Totman. There is another remastered recording of this song, which was released in the 2010 re-release of DragonForce's Valley of the Damned album, which heavily varied from the 2003 release, being that instead of Diccon Harper and Didier Almouzni being featured in the 2010 re-release of the song, Frédéric Leclercq and Dave Mackintosh are featured instead.
Lyrics[]
We come from...
Over the dark horizon sky
With twisted tales of sacrifice
To imagine or believe all the glory of the free
Hunting all day an endless cry
The things I've seen I can't deny
Sinners, saints all mixed in one
The dawn of time has begun
Why can't you see what they're doing to me?
Is it fair that I'm dying in vain...?
Once in a land of sacrifice
Now only valleys of demise
Shadows of a pale blue moonlight,
Ride the waves of entity
Why can't you see what they're doing to thee?
Is it fair that you all die in vain?
Ride with the steel and the power of the sword
Stand up and fight now and forever more
Rise through the night sky with daylight's desire
To be free there must be
Black fire
Through the day and through the night
With dragons heart the warrior strikes
This is the day that they'll be known as my enemy
Why can't you see what they're doing
To what we believe in we rise through the pain
Ride with the steel and the power of the sword
Stand up and fight now and forever more
Rise through the night sky with daylight's desire
To be free there must be
Black fire
We come from distant lands we travel so far
Can you see the bleeding scar?
The prizes of life we fail to win
Cause we doubt the power within
Woh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
Woh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh!
Why can't you see what they're doing to
What we believe in we rise through the pain...
Ride with the steel and the power of the sword
Stand up and fight now and forever more
Rise through the night sky with daylight's desire
To be free there must be
Black fire!
Black Fire!!!
Trivia[]
- The Original [Demo] Version of this song does exist, however, being that it is "Extremely Rare," it is barely possible to get, which due to being unreleased.
- The song, "Beyond the Stars" by Power Quest, has the very similar - if not the same - music as Black Fire.