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Robert Clark "Bob" Seger (born May 6, 1945) is an American rock and roll singer-songwriter, guitarist and pianist.
As a locally successful Detroit-area artist, he performed and recorded as Bob Seger and the Last Heard and Bob Seger System throughout the 1960s. By the early 1970s, he had dropped the "System" from his recordings, and he continued to strive for broader success with other various bands. In 1973, he put together The Silver Bullet Band, an evolving group of Detroit-area musicians, with whom he became most successful. In 1976, he achieved a national breakout with the album Night Moves. On his studio albums, he also worked extensively with the Alabama-based Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section, which appeared on several of Seger's best-selling singles and albums.
A roots rocker with a classic raspy, shouting voice, Seger wrote and recorded songs that dealt with blue-collar themes and was an exemplar of heartland rock. Seger has recorded many hits, including "Night Moves", "Turn the Page", "We've Got Tonight", "Against the Wind", and "Like a Rock", and also co-wrote the Eagles' number-one hit "Heartache Tonight". His iconic recording of "Old Time Rock and Roll" was named one of the Songs of the Century in 2001.
[music: M. Roderer / lyrics: A. Krull]
here, now and then
sin and hate
shall dominate
i have seen the fall of man
wages of sin
is death
in the still of evening
night frost on the eaerth
seven continents are bleeding
seven seas in red
posterity will never find
rapture or peace of mind
goddess of luck, bearer of glad
buried by mankind
down, down below
there is no love
at death's door
with life, life of sin
we have been
blessed and doomed
the nightfall of humanity
together we obtain
loosing sensibility
reaching death's domain
fiery temper growing strong
engender fiendishness
graven image taken wrong
trying to surpass
eclipse of the moon
down below
phantasmagoric creation
down below
down, down below
there is no love
at death's door
sun will never rise
only darkness beholds the eyes
irruption of spitefulness
celebrated chaos
deep beyong there are no rules
survival of the fittest
in the still of night
world torn to shreds
seven continents are gone
seven sease are dead
eclipse of the moon
down below
phantasmagoric creation
down below
...down on earth!