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Fire
04:32
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the very last kiss is the one you forget
as you lie all alone in the dark in a sweat
was it you in my mind? were you there from the start?
what I thought was the fire was it only the spark?
were you there in my head, was it just mindless fun
when you said it was my idea that we should come?
were you there in my heart? were you still my desire?
what I thought was the spark was it really the fire?
so I’m biding my time and I’m wasting my chance.
was this all just a crazy excuse for romance?
am I still in your thoughts? am I still in your heart?
once we started the fire did we still have the spark?
The very last kiss is the one you forget
when it’s all in the past choking down the regret.
did you ever once doubt? would you call me a liar?
you might quench the spark, but you never can put out the fire
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Ordinary Day
04:41
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This story has no ending, it’s just words without a meaning
I don’t even really know where it begins.
The truth is in here somewhere like a secret to unlock
A tale of hate, a tale of joy, a tale of sins.
Oh to live it again
And so unfolds the mystery of our never written history.
If my words make little sense, it’s no surprise.
No language can translate the hopes and dreams we sewed that day
A day of love, a day of hate, a day of lies.
And when the Sun is up, she smiles. Sometimes.
And when darkness falls, her fears arise,
she needs someone to hold her close.
It’s just an ordinary day
another ordinary day,
and now she falls down under the fear of losing the pain.
She looks up into my face. I turn away.
She offered no resistance as I looked into the distance.
Simply turned away and would not meet my eye.
I choose to not regret a single choice I’ve ever made,
but when I look back on that day, I wonder why.
It’s just an ordinary day,
another ordinary day ,
She could be making a fool of you could be playing a game
She could be taking a chance on you, could be making you sane.
She could be taking a ride with you, could be calling the shots.
She could be showing her hand to you, giving all she’s got.
She looks up into my face.
I turn away.
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New In My World
04:15
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I've seen the sun set over Laganas
I've seen the Legion of the Dawn
I've seen the Shadow Over Innsmouth
I've seen a world since it was born.
Nothing is happening, cos I've seen it all and I've done it all before
Nothing is new within my world
Where is that part of me that the spirit moves, is this what I really am?
Nothing is new within my heart.
I've seen the Lights of Zetar
I've heard the piper call the tune
I've seen the Houses of the Holy
I've seen the Dark Side of the Moon
Nothing is happening, cos I've seen it all and I've done it all before
Nothing is new within my world
Where is that part of me that the spirit moves, is this what I really am?
Nothing is new within my heart.
Reading a book by Brian Aldiss
Or I'm watching a film with Michael Caine
Suddenly something touches my heart
A bright ray of sunshine through the rain
But what is happening? I thought I'd seen it all, thought I'd done it all before
something is new inside my world.
Right here inside of me, where I never thought I would ever find a path
Something is new inside my heart.
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And so it’s time to turn the final key
to open up the treasure store,
but it’s no good telling me it’s alright
or we could make a million for you overnight.
It’s a tough old world but don’t give up the fight for your life
And so I face you on the final day,
I see the tears well in your eyes,
but it’s no good telling me it’s okay
or you don’t believe a single word that I say
take the time to realise you’re on your way to the World
and if i hear you on the radio,
would you sound just like an ordinary guy?
would you say time was passing me by?
would i believe you and break down and cry?
and if i saw you on a tv show
would you look just like any other man?
would you still play from a weaker hand,
or would the jokers fall as planned?
And so I sit here as the years roll by
misunderstanding, all you say,
but it’s no good telling me I’m getting old
because I don’t believe a single word that I’m told
when you’ve come this far, you find the future and folds on itself.
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World of My Dreams
02:12
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When I Close my eyes at night I can see your face again.
When our season comes around we can walk through fields of rain.
Rain in our faces as we walk through all our familiar places.
Rain, rain in our faces when the summertime comes again.
I’ve been hoping day and night just to look into your eyes.
When our summer comes along, there's a love I just can’t hide.
Hide in my memory all those summer days where I still can be
in the world of my dreams with you
So I’m waiting here my love just to feel your lips on mine.
When the future starts for us and our star begins to shine,
shine on our history as our lives unfold, and we both can be
in the world of my dreams with you
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Princess
05:33
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we met beneath november skies
our love was just a dream
you looked at me and smiled
we were only seventeen.
at our first kiss the day began
and winter lost its sting
our hearts were full, our love was young
as we played
through those early days of spring
you were the princess of the holy hour
the goddess of the free
and i'd like to come and see you for a while
all the world would know the way we felt
it was always you and me
and if i could see you now i'd like to hold you in my arms
and make you smile.
the warmth of love through all those nights
began to take control.
the passion of the springtime caught us
we could not let go.
the happiest summer i have known
we laughed, we danced, we cried
i wonder if we knew then you would
be my only princess passing by
'cos you're the princess of the holy hour
the goddess of the free
and i'd like to come and see you for a while
all the world would know the way we felt
it was always you and me
and if i could see you now i'd like to hold you in my arms
and make you smile.
the days were long, our love was strong
and joy was all around
these were the best of days
the truth was you and me, love.
but days grew cold, our love grew old
as autumn took its toll
and in the dead of night
i heard you call my name
the truth was you and i
but not what we became
and so we went our separate ways
our love was in the past
the poet tells a love like ours
was never meant to last.
that happiest summer i have known
returns now to my mind
i don't believe we realised then
you'd be the only princess for all time.
'cos you're the princess of the holy hour
the goddess of the free
and i'd like to come and see you for a while
all the world would know the way we felt
it was always you and me
and if i could see you now i'd like to hold you in my arms
and make you smile.
just .... for a while ...
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Strange Love
04:37
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Your love isn’t what I’ve been searching for
it isn’t you that I need, but the feeling is new
Your heart isn’t what I’ve been dreaming of.
I may have hurt you tonight, but my motives were true.
I suppose I would’ve acted the same,
would’ve still brought the pain if I lived it again
But the last thing that I want to do is hurt you more
Didn’t mean to go this far, but now I don’t know how to tell you that
Your eyes are not the eyes in my thoughts at night.
I love you for what you are, but it’s not what it seems
And if I dream, I don’t believe you'd be part of me.
I’m sorry now but I could not foresee
how such a strange love could have tempted me.
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8. |
A New Song
02:41
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this is the new day you were promised long ago
it's here to stay
open your eyes and feel the warmth.
this is the new way you were shown before
but now you have no choice
release your fears and let your spirit fly so high
in the knowledge of the truth
let go and fly
leave the world you know behind
the day has come, the seed is sown.
this is the new world, look and touch the things
you never can deny
open your mind and breathe the air.
this is the answer you have waited for
and now it's time to fly.
unlock your feelings, let truth become your guide.
sail the seas of earth.
there is no time to hide,
let the world just slip away
the time has come, the seed is grown.
this is my new song, let the words flow through you.
listen with your mind.
don't try to reason what i say.
this is the path that you can follow if you choose,
don't be so blind.
forget these words now, believe in what you know.
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my precious one, she looks at me
and hidden deep within those pretty baby-blue eyes
i can see the truth she holds there in her heart
locked deep inside - the pain that doesn't need to heal
just to remind ...
oh look into her eyes
see through the pain to the soul inside
this flesh won't last for ever
but the soul inside will leave you never
and now she's standing at my feet
she smiles at me across the years
across the oceams in between
and i know this has always been before our eyes
the hidden truths of the hidden words of the soul inside
oh look into her eyes
see through the pain to the soul inside
this flesh won't last for ever
but the soul inside will leave you never
everywhere i see her face
i feel her touch against my body
every single day
and so i'm taking up her hand to lead her home
where she belongs here by my side
my muse, my lover and my friend
and we can feel the love thats burned into our hearts
right from the start of time until the very end
oh look into her eyes
see through the pain to the soul inside
this flesh won't last for ever
but the soul inside will leave you never
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10. |
Breath
07:00
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Half a life on this rocky road
I can’t believe I’m coming home
I see your eyes when I look into my mind
Gazing down into your face.
I’ll give you my leather. I’ll take your lace
Gazing down at you.
It’s everything I wanna do.
Gazing down at you girl,
you take my breath away.
I look across the space that lies between us every day
I see your face looking back at me
I see your smile.
I see your eyes
see the hunger
feel my hands
Holding onto you.
It’s everything I wanna do
holding onto you girl,
I’ll take your breath away.
I’ll take you by the hand
and lead you on a journey in your mind
and when the day is done,
I’ll lead you home again to my arms.
Feel my hands upon you now
as looking down, I wipe a tear away.
I smile at you, and that feeling's there again
and the hunger and the pain
I see them there again,
looking down into your face
I’ll give you my leather
I’ll take your lace
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Tony Billings Chelmsford, UK
old git that didnt have stuff like bandcamp around back in the day, so now i'm trying to put together new recordings of all the stuff ive written over the last 40 years or so
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