Legendary guitarist Ritchie Blackmore (Deep Purple & Rainbow) met ethereal … Read Full Bio ↴Legendary guitarist Ritchie Blackmore (Deep Purple & Rainbow) met ethereal vocalist Candice Night in 1989. Ritchie had always loved Renaissance music. The haunting songs were a departure from Blackmore's decades in rock, but were folk rock renaissance infused melodies that became a journey that Ritchie and Candice felt in their souls & continue to explore and tour with now over 20 years later. Their main wish was to revisit songs from hundreds of years ago and reinterpret them with new arrangements, lyrics written by Night and new instrumentation. Their first songs became 1997's Shadow of the Moon. Play Minstrel Play featured Jethro Tull frontman Ian Anderson on flute. Under A Violet Moon (1999) brought crowd pleasing favorites, like the title track. In Fires At Midnight, (2001) the band revisited the roots of songs from medieval times but with Blackmore's electric guitar and Candice introduced her double reed woodwind instruments to retain the spirits of the songs they reinterpreted. Ghost of A Rose (2003) was orchestrally inspired. The Village Lanterne came in (2006). Then: Secret Voyage (2008), Autumn Sky (2010), Dancer and the Moon (2013), and All Our Yesterdays (2015). They have 3 full length dvds and an award winning Christmas cd, Winter Carols. They are a favorite of the Renaissance Faire-goers. Fans often come to the concerts in renaissance garb and are a strong community. Their new studio album, Nature's Light, was released in March 2021.

World of Stone
Blackmore's Night Lyrics

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Bring to me all of my arrows
Bring to me my crossbow too
I fear we might need them both
Before the night is through

Once a world of glittering hope
This world is not the world we knew
The only light left to shine

Is between me and you

On our own
In a World of Stone
We are not alone

I had once believed in angels
They were everywhere I looked
A gentle hand guiding me
To give more than I took

But I have died a thousand times
Watching all these angels fall
Their lonely eyes haunt me still
We will avenge them all

Bring me mead and bring me ale
To help us face this fight again
Good fortune will shine down on us
Together we will win

And they will never break our spirit
We will never turn and run

And we will rise stronger still
When we stand as one!

Overall Meaning

In Blackmore's Night's song "World of Stone," the singer is preparing for a battle and asking for all the necessary weapons to be retrieved. The lyrics convey a sense of impending danger and uncertainty about the future. The world they once knew was full of hope, but now it has changed, and the only thing that lights their way is the connection between the two people.

The singer once believed in angels, but they have watched them fall, and their haunting eyes continue to remind the singer of their loss. In preparation for the upcoming fight, they call for mead and ale to bolster their spirits, and a conviction that they are not alone and will not be defeated. They stand strong in the face of adversity, knowing that their resilience will make them stronger.

Line by Line Meaning

Bring to me all of my arrows
I request my arrows

Bring to me my crossbow too
I request my crossbow

I fear we might need them both
I am scared that we may have to use them

Before the night is through
Before the night is over

Once a world of glittering hope
This world was once full of hope

This world is not the world we knew
This world has changed

The only light left to shine
Our love is the only positive thing remaining

Is between me and you
Our love is what we have left

On our own
We are alone

In a World of Stone
In a world that is hard and unforgiving

We are not alone
We have each other

I had once believed in angels
I used to believe in goodness and purity

They were everywhere I looked
I used to see good in everything

A gentle hand guiding me
I used to feel like I was being helped

To give more than I took
To be selfless

But I have died a thousand times
I have felt like I'm losing everything

Watching all these angels fall
Seeing all the good in the world disappear

Their lonely eyes haunt me still
The sadness of their downfall still affects me

We will avenge them all
We will fight for what's right

Bring me mead and bring me ale
Give me something to drink

To help us face this fight again
To give us strength for the next battle

Good fortune will shine down on us
We will have good luck

Together we will win
Our unity will lead us to victory

And they will never break our spirit
We will not let anything defeat us

We will never turn and run
We will face our problems head on

And we will rise stronger still
We will come out stronger than ever

When we stand as one!
When we are united!

Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: CANDICE NIGHT, RITCHIE BLACKMORE

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