In regards to the meaning of this song:
Before a live performance on the EP Five Stories Falling, Geoff states “It’s about the last time I went to visit my grandmother in Columbus, and I saw that she was dying and it was the last time I was going to see her. It is about realizing how young you are, but how quickly you can go.”
That’s the thing about Geoff and his sublime poetry, you think it’s about one thing, but really it’s about something entirely different. But the lyrics are still universal and omnipresent, ubiquitous, even. So relatable. That’s one thing I love about this band. I also love their live performances, raw energy and Geoff’s beautiful, imperfectly perfect vocals. His voice soothes my aching soul.
Black night is not right
I don't feel so bright
I don't care to sit tight
Maybe I'll find on the way down the line that I'm free
Free to be me.
Black night is a long way from home
I don't need a dark tree
I don't want a rough sea
I can't feel, I can't see
Maybe I'll find on the way down the line that I'm free
Free to be me
Black night is a long way from home
Black night, black night
I don't need black night
I can't see dark night
Maybe I'll find on the way down the line that I'm free
Free to be me
Black night is a long way from home
I don't feel so bright
I don't care to sit tight
Maybe I'll find on the way down the line that I'm free
Free to be me.
Black night is a long way from home
I don't need a dark tree
I don't want a rough sea
I can't feel, I can't see
Maybe I'll find on the way down the line that I'm free
Free to be me
Black night is a long way from home
Black night, black night
I don't need black night
I can't see dark night
Maybe I'll find on the way down the line that I'm free
Free to be me
Black night is a long way from home
Add your thoughts
Log in now to tell us what you think this song means.
Don’t have an account? Create an account with SongMeanings to post comments, submit lyrics, and more. It’s super easy, we promise!
More Featured Meanings
Standing On The Edge Of Summer
Thursday
Thursday
Mental Istid
Ebba Grön
Ebba Grön
This is one of my favorite songs. https://fnfgo.io
Magical
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran
How would you describe the feeling of being in love? For Ed Sheeran, the word is “Magical.” in HIS three-minute album opener, he makes an attempt to capture the beauty and delicacy of true love with words. He describes the magic of it all over a bright Pop song produced by Aaron Dessner.
Amazing
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran tells a story of unsuccessfully trying to feel “Amazing.” This track is about the being weighed down by emotional stress despite valiant attempts to find some positivity in the situation. This track was written by Ed Sheeran from the perspective of his friend. From the track, we see this person fall deeper into the negative thoughts and slide further down the path of mental torment with every lyric.
Plastic Bag
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran
“Plastic Bag” is a song about searching for an escape from personal problems and hoping to find it in the lively atmosphere of a Saturday night party. Ed Sheeran tells the story of his friend and the myriad of troubles he is going through. Unable to find any solutions, this friend seeks a last resort in a party and the vanity that comes with it.
“I overthink and have trouble sleepin’ / All purpose gone and don’t have a reason / And there’s no doctor to stop this bleedin’ / So I left home and jumped in the deep end,” Ed Sheeran sings in verse one. He continues by adding that this person is feeling the weight of having disappointed his father and doesn’t have any friends to rely on in this difficult moment. In the second verse, Ed sings about the role of grief in his friend’s plight and his dwindling faith in prayer. “Saturday night is givin’ me a reason to rely on the strobe lights / The lifeline of a promise in a shot glass, and I’ll take that / If you’re givin’ out love from a plastic bag,” Ed sings on the chorus, as his friend turns to new vices in hopes of feeling better.
Allegedly written in a drunken stupor...the music has tinges of both "We Ain't) Got Nothin' Yet" by the Blue Magoos (as RR mentioned) & Ricky Nelson's "Summertime". Created only because the record company insisted on one more song that could be released as a single, as the record company deemed that not much else from "In Rock" was really very marketable as a single - from their standpoint. Musically it holds together quite well, lyrically it's pretty inane & banal...not reflective at all of Gillan & Glover's better efforts.
Well, here is an announcement that Gillan made 2001 in Melbourne (Soundboard Series CD) for Black Night:
"We were talking the other day in the bath.. I mean in the bar. And we remembered this old song. And we were totally... he said to me 'Do you know what that means?' I said 'No. It's a bit of soap.' So... wait a minute. I don't know what it means at all. Anyway. We still don't know what it means, but it's called Black Night."
guess that says it all^^
one of the coolest Deep Purple songs ever, and a good metal song too.
што да кажам,уше не сум ја преслушал оваа песна!!!
Not much meaning here, but it got to number 3 in the UK singles chart back in 1970. Unbelievably catchy, and a lot packed into a short song!
The main riff in this song sounds a lot like "(We Ain't Got) Nothin' Yet" by Blues Magoos
AWESOME song.. I love it!
This is a great song... one of my all time favourites. It reached the top of the Uk charts. This iwas the first song the markII lineup of the band ever written and look what we have.. a masterpiece. I especially like the live versions of this one where the crown goes humming the riff melody in the beginning.
Awesome !!!!!!!!!!!!!! Deep Purple Rules !!!!!!!!!!
The words are pretty incidental really but sounds like it is about feeling down and pressured by demands of work or a relationship
Brill musically!
It has a nice rolling drum intro as well as killer guitar riffs.