Steve Vai Performing Guitar Solo of For the Love of God

As a kid, I recall a school trip to the mountains where we were lectured by a Native American Indian with regard to the Bald Eagle. He told us we could not be in possession of a precious Eagle featherunless we were Natives.  I remember being depressed by that and it had a profound impact on me.  Even though I am indigenous and have Native American blood — I am still not an official card carrier, yet.

That said, I have always had fond memories of guitar riffs growing up. Somehow it seems as if you can hear words through guitar riffs in somewhat of a Spiritual sense.

This guitar solo is a favorite of mine by Steve Vai he titled For the Love of God. It’s extremely soothing with maximum dopamine affect giving you chills. Today I asked what Vai’s guitar was saying to me if it could talk (because this is hella fun for me and is a massive creative outlet for me), and here is what the guitar said to me:

[If my lyrical words needed a title below, it would be EAGLE HIGH]

:15 Minute mark of this video
Elder, Can I feeeel and touch an Eagle’s feather, too?
I’d like to tooouch
The wings that’ll set me free…

:35 Minute mark
Oh, can I feeeeeel and touch an Eagle’s feather, too?
Wings that make you fly up high …
Can I fly, too?

:55 Minute mark
I know I’m not a Native to this land
I’m indigenous – Can you stand for that?

I’ll understand

1:05 Minute mark
But I am not “them”
Who in the name … under Manifest Destiny

1:14 Minute mark
Oh, can I feeeeeel and touch an Eagle’s feather, too?
I’d like to touch the wings that’ll set …that’ll set me free…

1:34 Minute mark
Oh set me free

1:36 Minute mark
On wings that make you fly up high …
Can I fly, too?

1:43 Minute mark
Wings that make … that make….. up .. up…up high…
SO HIGH
Can I have that, too?
Make me just like you….

1:54 Minute mark
So hiiiiiiiiiiigh
This Eagle’s finally way up high

2:04 Minute mark
It soooars
Can’t be floored
I see everything
I mean everything

2:13 Minute mark
Hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiigh!
Finally the Eagle way up high … so high
Can’t describe it right
Words can’t even describe it right
Oh I’m having difficulty
Expressing how this makes me see every…every…every…every…every everything

2:34 GUITAR BREAK TOO GOOD TO FIND WORDS….Because guitar goes too fast for me now.

3:13 Minute mark

Feelin … crescendo
Feelin … crescendo
Feelin … crescendo
Feelin … crescendo
Feelin … crescendo
Feelin … crescendo
Feelin … crescendo
Feelin … crescendo
Feelin … crescendo
Feelin … crescendo
Feelin … crescendo .. Summon rising freedom

3:27 – 3:31 Minute mark and guitar climax

3:32 Minute mark
Hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiigh
This Eagle is way up high
Can’t describe it right
Words can’t even describe it right

3:52 Minute mark
AWE!
SO IN AWE!
GOD!
God!
Oh God!

4:00 – 4:22 Minute mark with guitar eventually digressing

4:23 Minute mark
Feeling
Never leave me please
Never leave me please
Never leave me please

4:34 Minute Mark
Just enjoy this
Ride the Freedom’s wings
It’s a gift 4 you
Wings …. wings … wings