
Firebird
Listening to White Summer, this song is just meant to be sung by Keith St. John. His classic-oriental-rock-kind of melodies make the song just perfect. The Kingdom Come / Led Zep feel is drippin' all over the place. It's hard to imagine that Keith would not have been on the song, if everything had happened as planned. Since Keith was working on some other songs in the middle of 2019, I approached other singers to do White Summer. It took quite a while to find out it did not work out as I had hoped for, so in October 2019 I more or less begged Keith to do White Summer, after he had finished his other tracks for me.
The basics of White Summer were written during my 2018 summer holiday in Portugal, which was just a very creative period, working everyday on the porch of my apartment by the beach. 'From your mouth' comes from the same sessions, just like some tracks that will see the light of day in the future on a next album or so.
Initially the progress was pretty good, with Stéphan Forté doing the guitar solo's early 2019, emphasizing the oriental feel of the song in a great way. This was the last song of the album that was was finished in November 2020. To me this is one of the better tracks of the album!
Keith wrote the lyrics of 'White Summer', and it is about a boys realizations of his inner metamorphosis as manhood awakens factions of himself through his discovery of his fated bond with woman. At the core of all the fire between man and woman (which is seemingly ritualized through "satan's" song)... lies the ultimate peace and the ultimate light.....the "White Summer
FIREBIRD
Intro Guitar Solo: Gus G.
Take the hole in your heart
and feed your serpent’s red eyes
You wanna unbreak your wings
And rage inside your dirty destiny tonight
Fools games, cold chains
Fate’s got your back to the wall
Hellstorm promises torn
Dyin’ when everything falls
But listen close
Cause your mind’s still drivin’ home
Your memories drownin’ deep
Forsaken their God
Fallen angels, and witched dance into your fire tonight
Fools games, cold chains
Tearing your soul from within
Hellstorm promises torn
Feeling your darkness begin
But listen close
Cause your mind’s still drivin’ home
Still drives you home
Guitar Solo: Gus G.
Take the hole in your heart
And bleed your love from this life
You wanna spread your new wings
And fly up like a red hot firebird tonight
Guitar Solo: Gus G.
Rise up and fly
Fly
Fly
Music: Ron Coolen
Lyrics: Keith St. John
Vocals: Keith St. John
Guitar Solos: Gus G.
Rhythm Guitar, Bass, Drums, Keyboards, Percussion: Ron Coolen