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Rainbow in the Dark is a song originally by heavy metal band Dio, released on their 1983 album Holy Diver. The Mountain Goats have covered it during a few live shows.

Lyrics[]

When there's lightning, you know it always brings me down
'Cause it's free and I see that it's me
Who's lost and never found
I cry out for magic, I feel it dancing in the night
It was cold, lost my hold
To the shadows of the night

There's no sign of the morning coming
You've been left on your own
Like a rainbow in the dark
 
Do your demons, do they ever let you go
When you've tried, deep inside, just to hide
Is it someone that you know
You're just a picture, you're an image lost in time
We're a lie, you and I
We're words without a rhyme

There's no sign of the morning coming
You've been left on your own
Like a rainbow in the dark

When I see lightning, you know it always brings me down
'Cause it's free and I see that it's me
Who's lost and never found

There's no sign of the morning coming
You've been left on your own
Like a rainbow

Comments by John Darnielle About this Song[]

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Live Shows this Song Was Played at[]

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