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Liedertexte 26. Sendung

 Al Stewart On the Border

The fishing boats go out across the evening water
Smuggling guns and arms across the Spanish border
The wind whips up the waves so loud
The ghost moon sails among the clouds
Turns the rifles into silver on the border

On my wall the colours of the maps are running
From Africa the winds they talk of changes coming
The torches flare up in the night
The hand that sets the farms alight
Has spread the word to those who're waiting on the border

In the village where I grew up
Nothing seems the same
Still you never see the change from day to day
And no-one notices the customs slip away

Late last night the rain was knocking at my window
I moved across the darkened room and in the lampglow
I thought I saw down in the street
The spirit of the century
Telling us that we're all standing on the border

In the islands where I grew up
Nothing seems the same
It's just the patterns that remain
An empty shell
But there's a strangeness in the air you feel too well

The fishing boats go out across the evening water
Smuggling guns and arms across the Spanish border
The wind whips up the waves so loud
The ghost moon sails among the clouds
Turns the rifles into silver on the border

On the border
On the border
On the border
 
 
Sylvan   About To Leave

About to leave…
Cling to intimacy you used to feel
No-one ever blames you for your fears
It’s nothing but your destiny and
Though it’s contratdictory
You just leave
Leave…don’t turn from separation deserately
outgrow the sadness you can not conceal
A journey to an unknown land
A journey that might change it all
No matter who decides…
And so you leave!

You’ll fill the gap between these worlds.
You’ll grab for destiny
You will pronounce unspoken words.
A strange conspiracy
Open your eyes!
Oh yes, you will create chaotic rules
You’ll change normality
You came from sun and air and moon.
Fulfill your prophecy
Open your eyes!

 

 

Antimatter  Goodbye

Goodbye to you,
I almost fell by the colours cast at your side
Goodbye to you, you never were well
And your symptoms testified

Here in heart, this house of mine,
I'll learn from your leasson so well

Goodbye to you, you're unhooked from my world
So this battle I have won
But is it too late to bid farewell,
when you're only almost gone?
When you're only almost gone
 
 

Unitopia  Here I Am

Lying alone wrapped in a cocoon
Staring out from a brand new life
Helpless and needing, constant feeding
I'm out of the dark...

Years come and go and time flies past
Suddenly days take a challenging turn
Chemical changes, at war with the world
At war with myself

Here I Am... questions, all are made to ask
Here I Am... hoping, this precious gift will last
Here I Am... questions, all are made to ask
Here I Am... hoping, this precious gift will...

Carry me on as the cycle repeats
As the life force comes from within
Fully dependent, the care that I give
Is the only reality

Many more summers and winters have gone
But not many seasons ahead
Is it too late to make my peace
With a world I left behind

Here I Am... questions, all are made to ask
Here I Am... hoping, this precious gift will last
Here I Am... questions, all are made to ask
Here I Am... hoping, this precious gift will last.
 
 

Kompendium  Lost

Sunshine through the days, the memory so clear
Where two lived as one
Oceans roar, we're loving through the moonlit night
New life had begun
With friends around us
(With your friends around me)
They say 'Live for the day'
(We will live for the day)
Knowing are the words
Our love the guiding light
The love of spirits so free

Looking back at all that, living day by day
With you by my side
All alone this time, just living day by day
Emotions to hide
With friends around you
(With your friends around me)
They say 'You'll live again'
(We will live for this day)
Hollow are the words
For me to live again
The feel of love's gentle touch

A heart torn by loss, a broken mind
But life keeps rolling along
Just to share that one dream
to hold it there, safe in your arms
But the light it fades
So quiet in the night
All love lies dying alone
(All love lies dying alone)
Feel tears try to fall
(Feel tears try to fall)
Start to build a wall

Face the truth at last, of living separate ways
Hear you call my name
Can't look back, the pain
Just hide it all away
Hear you cry in vain
With friends around me
(With your friends around you)
They'll say, 'You'll live again'
(You will live again)
Knowing are the words
For me to live again
The feel of love's gentle touch

Lost to the sea
I can't deny my love
A wall no more
See my soul laid bare
No more love to share
Mourn a life that's lost
Can I count the cost
Of my love
So much love
So much love...
 
 
Sylvan  All These Years / Home

In a corner of her head lies a known but dead-end place
Where the torments hunt her down since she found Pandoras case
In her hand she holds a note, it was buried here all those painful years, all her life
... and it strikes her down!
As she sinks down on the floor, as she cries just to deplore the disgrace with tears on her face:
"What have you done? Why did you throw me away?"

"My dear, did I quite let you down? And I thought I followed you through all these years ...
My love, I was always around! I was the cold wind, brought you shivers of fears! "

In her mind the time stands still and no sound can reach her ear
Singularity of sense ... then the words just reappear
They were written long ago, soaked in tearfulness, a bitter consequence ... even now
... and it strikes her down!
All the relics of this world, all the reasons they were kept in this case ... she screams in a rage
"Mother, you lied! How could you throw me away?"

"My dear, did I quite let you down? And I thought I followed you through all these years ...
My love, I was always around! I was the cold wind, brought you shivers of fears! "

"Hold me, tight ... enough for me now ...
Lead me, right ... enough for me now ...
Know me, wise ... enough for me now ...
Show me, in sight ..."

 

Home

Here ... she sits down and cries ... with the case, in the flickering light, beside ...
Now ... it's time to decide ... and the breeze of her mother, with time, falls quiet ...

And now, that they have brought to life a treasure that has grown inside
Devoid of fears, beyond the past, they realise it's worth at last

The case is gone, the wind has ceased, each day they value now with ease
And closer to the sky, it seems, they finally arrived ...

"When you wake I'll receive you, and that moment I'll greet you ...
With a rose I will paint you ... and today it will shine!"

 

 

Transatlantic  We All Need Some Light

Some people think, think they have none
They might as well stay down
Running in circles like bulls in a ring
'Til the sword finds its way down

While the creep beats the rap on appeal
And the cop who can't stop
Shows the kids how to steal

And we all need some light now
We all need some light now
Yes, we all need some light now
Turn on your light
And wash the darkness away

Hey you, on the brink, waiting to fall
To become human surplus
The movie's still shooting
You might still get the roll
And man, it's all just a circus

But the clown left town long ago
Maybe he'll come back and give us a show

And we all need some light now
We all need some light now
Yes, we all need some light now
Turn on your light
And wash the darkness away

And we all need some light now
We all need some light now
Yes, we all need some light now
Turn on your light
And wash the darkness away

And we all need some light now
We all need some light now
Yes, we all need some light now
Turn on your light
And wash the darkness away

And we all need some light now
We all need some light now
Yes, we all need some light now
Turn on your light
And wash the darkness away
 
 

Liedertexte 25. Sendung

 U2 - Pride (In the Name of Love)

One man come in the name of love
One man come and go
One man come he to justify
One man to overthrow

In the name of love
What more in the name of love
In the name of love
What more in the name of love

One man caught on a barbed wire fence
One man he resist
One man washed on an empty beach
One man betrayed with a kiss

In the name of love
What more in the name of love
In the name of love
What more in the name of love

Early morning, April four
Shot rings out in the Memphis sky
Free at last, they took your life
They could not take your pride

In the name of love
What more in the name of love
In the name of love
What more in the name of love

In the name of love
What more in the name of love
In the name of love
What more in the name of love

 

 

TANNAS - Sabhal Ia'n 'Ic Uisdean

 

 

Lyrics:

English Translation:

 

 

Iùraibh à, horaibh à

Iùraibh à, horaibh à

B'aighearach an uiridh mi

Joyful was I last year

Iùraibh à, horaibh à

Iùraibh à, horaibh à

Sabhal Ia'n 'ic Uisdean

In John MacEwan's barn

Iùraibh à, horaibh à

Iùraibh à, horaibh à

B'aighearach an uiridh mi

Joyful was I last year

Iùraibh à, horaibh à

Iùraibh à, horaibh à

Sabhal Ia'n 'ic Uisdean

In John MacEwan's barn

 

 

Nuair thòisich ruidhle nam pòg

When the kissing-reel began

Siud far'n robh 'n cridhealas

There was great hilarity

Chluinnte farum am bròg

The stomping of boots could be heard

Ann am bail'an tùra

In Castletown

Nuair thòisich ruidhle nam pòg

When the kissing-reel began

Siud far'n robh 'n cridhealas

There was great hilarity

Chluinnte farum am bròg

The stomping of boots could be heard

Ann am bail'an tùra

In Castletown

 

 

Iùraibh à, horaibh à

Iùraibh à, horaibh à

B'aighearach an uiridh mi

Joyful was I last year

Iùraibh à, horaibh à

Iùraibh à, horaibh à

Sabhal Ia'n 'ic Uisdean

In John MacEwan's barn

Iùraibh à, horaibh à

Iùraibh à, horaibh à

B'aighearach an uiridh mi

Joyful was I last year

Iùraibh à, horaibh à

Iùraibh à, horaibh à

Sabhal Ia'n 'ic Uisdean

In John MacEwan's barn

 

 

Pòg a Chalum a Rudha

A kiss for Calum from the headland

Pòg dha na h-uile fear

A kiss for every man

Pòg a Chalum a Rudha

A kiss for Calum from the headland

'Sa dh'fhear Rudha 'an Dunain

And for the man from Doune Point

Pòg a Chalum a Rudha

A kiss for Calum from the headland

Pòg dha na h-uile fear

A kiss for every man

Pòg a Chalum a Rudha

A kiss for Calum from the headland

'Sa dh'fhear Rudha 'an Dunain

And for the man from Doune Point

 

 

Iùraibh à, horaibh à

Iùraibh à, horaibh à

Iùraibh à, sabhal Ia'n 'ic Uisdean

Iùraibh à, in John MacEwan's barn

Iùraibh à, horaibh à

Iùraibh à, horaibh à

Iùraibh à, sabhal Ia'n 'ic Uisdean

Iùraibh à, in John MacEwan's barn

 

 

Iùraibh à, horaibh à

Iùraibh à, horaibh à

B'aighearach an uiridh mi

Joyful was I last year

Iùraibh à, horaibh à

Iùraibh à, horaibh à

Sabhal Ia'n 'ic Uisdean

In John MacEwan's barn

Iùraibh à, horaibh à

Iùraibh à, horaibh à

B'aighearach an uiridh mi

Joyful was I last year

Iùraibh à, horaibh à

Iùraibh à, horaibh à

Sabhal Ia'n 'ic Uisdean

In John MacEwan's barn

 

 

Nuair thòisich ruidhle nam pòg

When the kissing-reel began

Siud far'n robh 'n cridhealas

There was great hilarity

Chluinnte farum am bròg

The stomping of boots could be heard

Ann am bail'an tùra

In Castletown

Nuair thòisich ruidhle nam pòg

When the kissing-reel began

Siud far'n robh 'n cridhealas

There was great hilarity

Chluinnte farum am bròg

The stomping of boots could be heard

Ann am bail'an tùra

In Castletown

 

 

Iùraibh à, horaibh à

Iùraibh à, horaibh à

B'aighearach an uiridh mi

Joyful was I last year

Iùraibh à, horaibh à

Iùraibh à, horaibh à

Sabhal Ia'n 'ic Uisdean

In John MacEwan's barn

Iùraibh à, horaibh à

Iùraibh à, horaibh à

B'aighearach an uiridh mi

Joyful was I last year

Iùraibh à, horaibh à

Iùraibh à, horaibh à

Sabhal Ia'n 'ic Uisdean

In John MacEwan's barn

 

 

 

 

Simple Minds - Belfast Child

When my love said to me
Meet me down by the gallow tree
For it's sad news I bring
About this old town and all that it's offering
Some say troubles abound
Some day soon they're gonna pull the old town down

One day we'll return here
When the Belfast Child sings again

Brothers, sisters, where are you now?
As I look for you right through the crowd
All my life here I've spent
With my faith in God the Church and the Government
Some say troubles abound
Some day soon they're gonna pull the old town down

One day we'll return here
When the Belfast child sings again
When the Belfast child sings again

So come back Billy, won't you come on home?
Come back Mary, you've been away so long
The streets are empty, and your mother's gone
The girls are crying, it's been, oh, so long
And your father's calling, come on home
Won't you come on home? Come on home

Come back people, you've been gone a while
And the war is raging, through the Emerald Isle
That's flesh and blood man, that's flesh and blood
All the girls are crying but all's not lost

The streets are empty, the streets are cold
Won't you come on home? Come on home

The streets are empty
Life goes on

One day we'll return here
When the Belfast child sings again
When the Belfast child sings again

 

 

Gary Moore - Over the Hills and Far Away

They came for him one winter's night.
Arrested, he was bound.
They said there'd been a robbery,
His pistol had been found.

They marched him to the station house,
He waited till the dawn.
And as they led him to the dock,
He knew that he'd been wronged.
"You stand accused of robbery,"
He heard the bailiff say.
He knew without an alibi,
Tomorrow's light would mourn his freedom.

Over the hills and far away,
For ten long years he'll count the days.
Over the mountains and the seas,
A prisoner's life for him there'll be.

He knew that it would cost him dear,
But yet he dare not say.
Just where he'd been that fateful night,
A secret it must stay.
He had to fight back tears of rage.
His heart beat like a drum.
For with the wife of his best friend,
He spent his final night of freedom.

Over the hills and far away,
He swears he will return one day.
Far from the mountains and the seas,
Back in her arms again he'll be.
Over the hills and far away.

Over the hills and,
Over the hills and,
Over the hills and far away.

Each night within his prison cell,
He looks out through the bars.
He reads the letters that she wrote.
One day he'll know the taste of freedom.

Over the hills and far away,
She prays he will return one day.
As sure as the rivers reach the seas,
Back in his arms again she'll be.

Over the hills and far away,
He swears he will return one day.
As sure as the river reach the seas,
Back in his arms is where she'll be.

Over the hills and far away,
She prays he will return one day.
As sure as the rivers reach the sea,
Back in her arms is where he'll be.

Over the hills,
Over the hills and far away.

Over the hills,
Over the hills and far away.

 

 

 

Thin Lizzy - Whisky In The Jar

As I was goin' over the Cork and Kerry mountains
I saw captain Farrell and his money he was countin'
I first produced my pistol and then produced my rapier
I said stand o'er and deliver or the devil he may take ya

Musha ring dum a do dum a da
Whack for my daddy-o
Whack for my daddy-o
There's whiskey in the jar-o

I took all of his money and it was a pretty penny
I took all of his money and I brought it home to Molly
She swore that she'd love me, never would she leave me
But the devil take that woman for you know she tricked me easy

Musha ring dum a do dum a da
Whack for my daddy-o
Whack for my daddy-o
There's whiskey in the jar-o

Being drunk and weary I went to Molly's chamber
Takin' my money with me and I never knew the danger
For about six or maybe seven in walked captain Farrell
I jumped up, fired off my pistols and I shot him with both barrels

Musha ring dum a do dum a da
Whack for my daddy-o
Whack for my daddy-o
There's whiskey in the jar-o

Now some men like the fishin' and some men like the fowlin'
And some men like to hear a cannon ball a roarin'
Me, I like sleepin' specially in my Molly's chamber
But here I am in prison, here I am with a ball and chain, yeah

Musha ring dum a do dum a da
Whack for my daddy-o
Whack for my daddy-o
There's whiskey in the jar-o

And I got drunk on whiskey-o
And I love, I love, I love, I love, I love, I love my Molly-o



 

 

 

Sylvan - Black and White

Thoughts, sometimes sad and sometimes bright, once conceived won't go away
With time, somehow cruel and volatile, they intensify
Somewhere they have reached her, unperceived, so faint, so quiet
And she is so fragile, like the vulnerable child that she keeps inside...

The paintings that you draw in your world, so easily they grace and they shine
A fancy from your childhood returned, but sometimes you just draw it black and white

Dreams, sometimes shaded, sometimes light,
once they're forged they fade away
At times, with a stroke of wing they fly off eternally...

The paintings that you draw in your world,
so easily they grace and they shine
A fancy from your childhood returned,
but sometimes you just draw it black and white

Stillness spreads out slowly, makes itself at home
In this house where she thrived, she now feels alone

Whispers from a foretime fill her heart with rain
Once somebody left here all the grief that never died away

 

 

Pineapple Thief - Coming Home

I've just one wish
You're coming home with me
You're coming home with me

I know we're gonna pay
I know we're gonna pay

I know we're gonna pay
I know we're gonna pay

I have my wish
You're coming home with me
You're coming home with me

Now we have everything
You're coming home with me
You're coming home with me

I know we're gonna pay
I know we're gonna pay

I know we're gonna pay
I know we're gonna pay

 

 

Sylvan - God of Rubbish

That's far too different
Too insignificant,
You know
What are those harmonies?
Progressive?
Useless complexity...

Watch out, I'll come!
Watch out, I'll show you!
Watch out my friend!
I should ignore you!
No frippery!
Please not artistic!
And not profound!
Keep it simplistic!
Airy-fairy tales...

I'm not sluggish, I'm the God of rubbish
I'm a crap creator, tickled pink gold saver
I am great, God knows it!
Kick it fast, compose shit!
I'm a billion brilliant billboard dream...

Come out and here!
Come out and listen!
My music sells!
So grasp my wisdom!
No symphony!
Just for the money!
King radio
Will kiss you, honey!
Airy-fairy tales...

I'm not sluggish, I'm the God of rubbish
I'm a crap creator, tickled pink gold saver
I am great, God knows it!
Kick it fast, compose shit!
I'm a billion brilliant billboard dream...

Interested in success?
Come baby, kiss my ass!
I'm not sluggish, I'm the God of rubbish
I'm a crap creator, tickled pink gold saver
I am great, God knows it!
Kick it fast, compose shit!
I'm a billion brilliant billboard dream...
I'm not sluggish, I'm the God of rubbish
I'm a crap crease,
Did I start to sleep?
Watch the clouds drift by...
Look out and I feel,
Small and so unreal,
I think of me
Sight's not clear, I am losing me,
I'm begging, please,
Who can hear me?

Flying to the stars, way down or far up?
Feel the time runs out...
Thinking of the past,
If this day's my last
Who'll think of me?

In my eyes
I fly a long way back in time...
And I fly
In the midst of bluish skies...
See me
As my flight comes to a close
See me
When I dared to let it go
In my eyes where the wind provokes my tears of shame
In my eyes where my memories take the fuel away

While I fly
See the man that I became
Losing height
As the pressure rises again
See me,
But I cannot understand
See me,
When the choice lay in my hands
In my eyes when the wind provokes my tears of shame
In my eyes where my memories take the fuel away
In my eyes rage the storms that make my landing fail
In my eyes see the shadows of my vapour trail

Then faces, in a sort of flashback
Hey the faces, don't you stare at me!
The faces mumble words... I lose track
And the faces whisper dazzlingly

The faces, how the hell they've found me?
But the faces know the answer well
The faces, quite a few that I see
What the faces round me try to tell?
All faces, in a kind of weird show
All these faces, I know them personally
But there's one face that I really don't know
And this lonely hollow face that's me!

Now that I flew back here... and here I cry
All this time
Felt my emptiness inside
See me
As my plane is falling low
See me
As the sight begins to grow
In my eyes when the wind provokes my tears of shame
In my eyes where my memories take the fuel away
In my eyes rage the storms that make my landing fail
In my eyes see the shadows of my vapour trail

Flying from my past, way up and above
Leave the time behind
Heading for the stars, for the ones I love,
I think of you
Do you dream or think of me?
I'm hoping please, can you hear me?

 

Liedertexte 24. Sendung

Marillion Kayleigh

Do you remember chalk hearts melting on a playground wall
Do you remember dawn escapes from moon washed college halls
Do you remember the cherry blossom in the market square
Do you remember I thought it was confetti in our hair

By the way didn't I break your heart?
Please excuse me, I never meant to break your heart
So sorry, I never meant to break your heart
But you broke mine

Kayleigh is it too late to say I'm sorry?
And Kayleigh could we get it together again?
I just can't go on pretending that it came to a natural end

Kayleigh, oh I never thought I'd miss you
And Kayleigh I thought that we'd always be friends
We said our love would last forever
So how did it come to this bitter end?

Oh, yeah

Do you remember barefoot on the lawn with shooting stars
Do you remember loving on the floor in Belsize park
Do you remember dancing in stilettos in the snow
Do you remember you never understood I had to go

By the way, didn't I break your heart?
Please excuse me, I never meant to break your heart
So sorry, I never meant to break your heart
But you broke mine

Kayleigh I just wanna say I'm sorry
But Kayleigh I'm too scared to pick up the phone
To hear you've found another lover
To patch up our broken home

Kayleigh I'm still trying to write that love song
Kayleigh it's more important to me now you're gone
Maybe it will prove that we were right
Or ever prove that I was wrong



Lazuli Homo sapiens

Nous avons marché sur des braises
Et flirté avec des falaises;
Contre vents et marées,
A contre-courant, contre-pied.
Nous avons couru des jours, des semaines:
Couru à en perdre haleine
Sans nous soucier que sonne le glas
Et qu'on n'en revienne pas.

Nous avons avalé des forêts entières
Jusqu'à la li- jusqu'à la lisière,
Et pleuré sur l'épaule de notre Mère
Des larmes de banquise polaire.
Nous avons écrit des proverbes, des adages,
Des chansons pour se donner du courage;
Érigé des mémoriaux,
Pauvres perchoirs à moineaux.
Nous avons croisé le fer, sonné le chaos;
De nos étraves, fendu les flots.
Fait et refait toutes les guerres,
Rempli de nos sangs des rivières.
Nous avons traqué les fous jusqu'à plus soif,
Gravé nos propres épitaphes.
Rédigé des romans-fleuves,
Des litanies pour nos veuves.



Pain of Salvation To the Shoreline

I'm far from sober.
And she's far from sane.
When she takes my hand.
And she pulls me away.
She leads me down to the shoreline.
She leads me down to the sea.
She pulls me into the water.
And then she whispers to me:
"Love you know that I can make you stronger.
Love you know that I can make you brave.
But there's one thing that you must remember:
That I am too far gone for you to save."
Sand through her fingers.
The night slips away.
She gave me her body.
But never her name.
I followed her to the shoreline.
I'd follow her to the grave.
Two sinking ships in the darkness.
And we are much too close to break away.
And I know that she will make me stronger.
And I know that she will make me see.
And I know that she will make me younger.
But I don't know what more she'll do to me.
And she said: "You know that I can make you stronger.
Love you know that I can make you brave.
But there's one thing that you must remember:
That I am too far gone for you to save."

 

 

Riverside Celebrity Touch

I can't afford to be silent
I can't afford to lose my stand
What matters is to be in view
I am seen therefore I am
I can satisfy my hunger
I can satisfy my thirst
What about the feeling of importance
Now I've got my chance

This is just what I need
To be in everyone's eyes
To be hard-wired to all brains
And control all their minds

In the center of attention
TV
Glossy magazines
My private life is public
I sell everything
Days are getting shorter
They'll forget about me soon
So I jump on the bandwagon
With no taboos

This is just what I need
To be in everyone's eyes
To be hard-wired to all brains
And control all their minds

But what if we start to talk
Not only say out loud
What if we sift the babble
From what really counts
What if we disappear
Go deeply underground
What if we hide away
From being stupefied

You and I
Thousand eyes



Sylvan In Between

Rockets waiting to traverse the iron wall
Threateningly towering above it all
Targeting a homeland that's about to change
Every house and every home is within range... and...

From those cold days soars a breath to touch her face
When, back here, she opens up the tempting case
What she reads unveils a feel she used to know
Bring back images from thirty years ago

Don't you let it out!

When she was a child she often felt alone
Without family and always without love, without home
And she often wondered where to find her source
That's when history was just about to take its course

In between those rockets she was not afraid
For there was no homeland to annihilate
When she puts the old article back inside
Once again she feels just like the orphaned child

Don't you let it out!

Soldiers waiting to invade and governments who escalate
When psychopaths can play the boss and no-one cares of human loss
Raving nuclear armament, huge flattops, anti-aircraft tanks
And I can't sort thing out, no, I can't sort it, I can't get it!

Troops intimidating us with wild testosteronic lust
And a child is sitting in between, my home, where deserts should be green
Will childhood innocence transform to something different?
How could I?

Nothing grows on wrong, nothing grows on right...
Nothing sees the day when it can not stand the night...

... and the situation starts to escalate...
... as bilateral tensions now exacerbate...
... diplomatic ties were broken off tonight...
... red alert proclaimed this morning nationwide...

 

Camel Highways of the Sun

(Latimer/Bardens)
We are sailing in a ship that's got no sails
We are riding on a train right off the rails
We are in an old sedan that's lost a wheel
But it makes no difference to the way we feel

It's been a long time - seems like a lifetime
To be where we are
Take a little tumble, fall and maybe stumble
Now we've gone so far

All along the highways of the sun

No one knows how far it is we have to go
Because every step we take reveals some more
But we'll keep right on as far as the eye can see
Over there where land and sky appear to be

Crusing down the highways of the sun

All along the highways of the sun

Andrew Latimer Lead Vocals, Acoustic Guitar
Peter Bardens El & Ac Piano, Organ, Minimoog, String Synthesizer
Richard Sinclair Bass
Andy Ward Drums, Percussion
Mel Collins Bass & Concert Flutes

 

 

Sylvan God of Rubbish

That's far too different
Too insignificant,
You know
What are those harmonies?
Progressive?
Useless complexity...

Watch out, I'll come!
Watch out, I'll show you!
Watch out my friend!
I should ignore you!
No frippery!
Please not artistic!
And not profound!
Keep it simplistic!
Airy-fairy tales...

I'm not sluggish, I'm the God of rubbish
I'm a crap creator, tickled pink gold saver
I am great, God knows it!
Kick it fast, compose shit!
I'm a billion brilliant billboard dream...

Come out and here!
Come out and listen!
My music sells!
So grasp my wisdom!
No symphony!
Just for the money!
King radio
Will kiss you, honey!
Airy-fairy tales...

I'm not sluggish, I'm the God of rubbish
I'm a crap creator, tickled pink gold saver
I am great, God knows it!
Kick it fast, compose shit!
I'm a billion brilliant billboard dream...

Interested in success?
Come baby, kiss my ass!
I'm not sluggish, I'm the God of rubbish
I'm a crap creator, tickled pink gold saver
I am great, God knows it!
Kick it fast, compose shit!
I'm a billion brilliant billboard dream...
I'm not sluggish, I'm the God of rubbish
I'm a crap crease,
Did I start to sleep?
Watch the clouds drift by...
Look out and I feel,
Small and so unreal,
I think of me
Sight's not clear, I am losing me,
I'm begging, please,
Who can hear me?

Flying to the stars, way down or far up?
Feel the time runs out...
Thinking of the past,
If this day's my last
Who'll think of me?

In my eyes
I fly a long way back in time...
And I fly
In the midst of bluish skies...
See me
As my flight comes to a close
See me
When I dared to let it go
In my eyes where the wind provokes my tears of shame
In my eyes where my memories take the fuel away

While I fly
See the man that I became
Losing height
As the pressure rises again
See me,
But I cannot understand
See me,
When the choice lay in my hands
In my eyes when the wind provokes my tears of shame
In my eyes where my memories take the fuel away
In my eyes rage the storms that make my landing fail
In my eyes see the shadows of my vapour trail

Then faces, in a sort of flashback
Hey the faces, don't you stare at me!
The faces mumble words... I lose track
And the faces whisper dazzlingly

The faces, how the hell they've found me?
But the faces know the answer well
The faces, quite a few that I see
What the faces round me try to tell?
All faces, in a kind of weird show
All these faces, I know them personally
But there's one face that I really don't know
And this lonely hollow face that's me!

Now that I flew back here... and here I cry
All this time
Felt my emptiness inside
See me
As my plane is falling low
See me
As the sight begins to grow
In my eyes when the wind provokes my tears of shame
In my eyes where my memories take the fuel away
In my eyes rage the storms that make my landing fail
In my eyes see the shadows of my vapour trail

Flying from my past, way up and above
Leave the time behind
Heading for the stars, for the ones I love,
I think of you
Do you dream or think of me?
I'm hoping please, can you hear me?