Someone Must Have Blessed Us When He Gave Us Those Songs

Meat Loaf
1947 - 2022

One of the most talented performers who ever took the stage or stood in front of a camera has left this world last night at the age of 74.  There will absolutely never be another Meat Loaf.

No words could ever do justice to his legacy, so I'll close with the words of Jim Steinman that were performed by Meat Loaf on Bat Out Of Hell II.  It's just one of many of his songs that has been a source of comfort when times were hard, and an exclamation of joy shouted alone in the car on happy summer nights.

Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through

Meat Loaf (1993)

You can't run away forever

But there's nothing wrong with getting a good head start

You want to shut out the night

You want to shut down the sun

You want to shut away the pieces of a broken heart

Think of how we'd lay down together

We'd be listening to the radio so loud and so strong

Every golden nugget coming like a gift of the gods

Someone must have blessed us when he gave us those songs

I treasure your love

I never want to lose it

You've been through the fires of hell

And I know you've got the ashes to prove it   

I treasure your love

I want to show you how to use it

You've been through a lot of pain in the dirt

And I know you've got the scars to prove it

Remember everything that I told you

And I'm telling you again that it's true

When you're alone and afraid

And you're completely amazed

To find there's nothing anybody can do

There's always something magic

There's always something new

And when you really really need it the most

That's when rock and roll dreams come through

The beat is yours forever

The beat is always true

And when you really really need it the most

That's when rock and roll dreams come through for you

Once upon a time was a backbeat

Once upon a time all the chords came to life

And the angels had guitars even before they had wings

If you hold onto a chorus you can get through the night

I treasure your love

I never want to lose it

You've been through the fires of hell

And I know you've got the ashes to prove it

I treasure your love

I want to show you how to use it

You've been through a lot of pain in the dirt

And I know you've got the scars to prove it

Remember everything that I told you

And I'm telling you again that it's true

You're never alone 'cause you can put on the phones

And let the drummer tell your heart what to do

There's always something magic

There's always something new

And when you really really need it the most

That's when rock and roll dreams come through

The beat is yours forever

The beat is always true

And when you really really need it the most

That's when rock and roll dreams come through for you