In the desert under sandfalls
a black box speaks in acid tongues
something like electricity from its mouth
calling to the pilgrims: come worship
and they wade through fire to find it
before the sandstorms come to bury them
Distortion in the air holding back the tide
and the ground ready to give way
to go down to the caverns below
where something like ecstasy awaits
the wail of a broken voice rising
above a thousand cries for absolution
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War Pigs & Heaven and Hell by Black Sabbath will forever be my go to songs to rock out to. What’s yours?
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The Light is On 
14 responses to “Through Fire”
I was more of a zeppelin fan. I also loved Chaka Khan. Great poem by the way my friend. Hugs, love and blessings coming your way. Love 💕 Joni
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Zeppelin is right up there with them. No Quarter, Whole Lotta Lova, Since I’ve Been Loving You… all incredible. Back at you!
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I love War Pigs “satan laughing spreads his wings.” Like above, Zep has been my main fallback. But there are sooo many!
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Led Zeppelin is one of the greatest for sure. Whenever I want to go in a journey I just put on Kashmir and close my eyes
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I like ’em both but I gotta go with Black Sabbath. They are just more. Listen to Sabbath Bloody Sabbath, Ozzy and the boys in their prime and killing it. I wore out my Heaven and Hell cassette tape listening to it on my Walkman (yes, you read that right!)! Maannnnn, now I gotta listen to my Sabbath catalog. Thanks Kid!
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Sounds about right!! Glad I could help (; I highly recommend you check out The Main Squeeze cover of War Pigs on YouTube. Not sure exactly what made them think it needed some keyboard solos but they definitely killed it. Though of course nothing can measure up to Ozzy and Iommi on vocals and guitar. They also covered a few Zeppelin songs and Have a Cigar by Pink Floyd (that cover honestly has one of the best guitar solos I’ve heard) though again there’s no one like Gilmour!
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DUDE! I mean…DUUUUUDDDE!!
I’m listening now, and,well…DUDE!
Thanks! If you want a little throwback, and you like guitar and rock falsetto, Check out Zebra, first album is self titled. One of the gems is ‘Take your fingers from my hair’. The whole album is great.
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Right? YouTube randomly suggested them to me one day I was blown away. I’ll definitely give Zebra a look. Been on a new music bender during all this which has been pretty great overall.
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Oh, and don’t miss ‘Tell me what you want’. That was the first song I heard from them. It still rocks!
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War Pigs is a bloody classic. I’m seeing a whole lotta love for zeppelin in the comments too, pun definitely intended. Recently, a relative introduced me to Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow, specifically the song ‘Stargazer’, and that’s getting plenty of plays.
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Ooh I’ll definitely check it out!
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Feed the Machine by RED
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Oof what a crazy music video. Great song, I hadn’t heard it before!
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Nice! RED has been my go-to favorite band since 2007 when I discovered them lol. Glad you enjoyed it.
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