X - 1996
Release Date: May 15, 1996
Label: Now & Then Records (NTHEN 27)
Producer: Gary Hughes, Mike Stone
Tracklisting:
All songs written by Gary Hughes except where noted.
1.The Crusades/It's All About Love – 8:06
(Hughes/Vinny Burns)
2.After the Love Has Gone – 5:27
3.Yesterday Lies In the Flames – 5:06
4.The Torch – 5:25
5.Stay With Me – 5:52
6.Close Your Eyes and Dream – 6:24
7.Eyes of a Child – 5:02
8.Can't Slow Down – 5:29
9.Lamb to the Slaughter – 4:50
10.Soliloquy/The Loneliest Place In the World – 10:30
Personnel:
Gary Hughes – lead and backing vocals
Vinny Burns – guitars
Greg Morgan – drums and percussion
Mark Harrison – bass guitar
Lee Goulding – keyboards
Howard Smith – keyboards
Andy Thompson – keyboards
Francis Cummings – first violin
Peter Leighton-Jones – first violin
John Wade – first violin
Fiona Payne – second violin
Julia Parsons – second violin
Jean Ambrose – viola
Anne Morrison – viola
Anna Frazer – cello
Production:
Executive Producers – Mark Ashton and Vinny Burns
Mixing – Mike Stone
Engineer – Mike Stone, Audu Obaje, Ray Brophy, Gavin Fernie
and Kirk Podmore
LYRICS
1. The Crusades
(Instrumental)
It’s All About Love
Taken in the night
From my wildest dreams
She was drawn into the light
Where she became reality
Now the days roll by like thunder
In the lightfield maze
Nature resounds as
We’re called to ground
And brought into phase
When she holds me so close
I swear I wanna die in her arms
And she loves me so much I taste
The paradise in her heart
Like a shooting star…
It’s all about love…
The war we’re fighting for
It’s all about love
It’s all about love…
The war to find a cause
It’s all about love
She’s beautiful, she’s a princess,
No shoes on her feet
I was haunted by the nightmares
‘Till she came to set me free
Now we live as one in the kingdom
Where passion reigns
In the midst of making love I feel it
Coarse through her veins
With her touch and her sighs I get
Adrenalized with desire
As I stare in her eyes she makes me
Energize in the fire
Let the flames burn higher…
2. After The Love Has Gone
If we should come too close,
We run away
Didn’t we want this after all
Climbing so high that
We become afraid
What if we can’t survive the fall
For as we dance the orchestra plays
Blind and scoreless
Still the symphony never strays
Even when the moonlight turns your
Heart to stone
Lying side by side, feels like
You’re all alone
Those eyes, wide awake ‘til dawn
Watch an endless night
After the love has gone
Are we just faces from a masquerade?
Banging our heads against the wall
These are the days we rush
To come of age
No turning back, but I recall…
A place where midsummer madness
Played with the senses
On the edge of a timeless page
Once upon a cold night
On the wings of a storm
In enchanted light,
Lovers and dreams were born
Soul rise, life’s eternal sun
That grows old and dies
After the love has gone
Love is the tapestry life can fray
At the corners
But its colours should never fade
When your love has gone
Love becomes a fine wine
Slowly spilt from the grail
It’s a bed of nails no-one can lie upon.
3. Yesterday Lies In The Flames
What can I do,
I get insane without you near
How can I sleep without you here
You touch me in a way
That words cannot explain
But how it feels. is more than real
I never knew that it could be
This way with you
Making me whole, feeding my soul
And nothing can deface
The temples we embrace
Until the dawn, we journey on
I’m on fire tonight
Yesterday lies in the flames
Burning with emotion we rise
On this pyre tonight,
Yesterday dies in the flames,
We watch our destiny rise
From the flames
If I can choose
This love will never be abused
Always be near, warm and sincere
I’ll never let you know that pain of
What it means to be alone
I need you so
Day after day
None of the energy decays
Nothing to fear, everything’s clear
The frequencies of love,
To give receiving of
Becoming one… It has begun
I’m on fire tonight
Yesterday lies in the flames
Burning with emotion we rise
On this pyre tonight,
Yesterday dies in the flames,
As a phoenix we rise from the flames.
4. The Torch
One precious moment
One measure of proof
Is all I need to make me run to you
A flash of light beyond
A guide sign blue
In those eyes no disguise
Could hide the truth
You’re almost human
When you show how you feel
But things you say can cloak
What love reveals
I need the woman
That your words conceal
For tonight only flesh and blood
Is real…
Lady turn you light on,
Make me know that you’re there
I can’t wait anymore
We could fly if you dare
So turn your light on,
For I’m waiting for you
Let the woman inside you
Pull me through…
To carry the torch
Make love ‘till daybreak
And I can’t keep away
As no two nights are ever
Quite the same
For when I think that all
My strength is drained
Then I crawl on my knees
To you again
As daylight breaks
Across the morning sky
She saved a dance
To greet the dawning light
I realize that as I watch her flow
There are things only I will ever know…
5. Stay With Me
If you look into my eyes
Say you don’t need paradise
Then I won’t wait around for your call
But I don’t think you can,
For the truth is I’m your man
Baby lead me with your heart
And you’re mine
Stay with me,
Reach for the light, keep us together
Stay with me,
Give me a call tonight…
Darling,
Stay with me,
May you and I go on forever
Stay with me,
Give love another try
Are you thinking of me
Is he thin reality
Do I walk through your dreams
In the night
Cause for you, can’t you see
That no-one compares with me
So wake up baby,
You know that you’re mine…
After all this time
There’ll come a day
When baby you will know
I’m deep inside you
And I touch your soul
So give into something
You can’t control
After all this time baby,
You can’t let me go
Stay with me… You’re mine
You know that you’re mine…
I’m everything you need
I love you baby… You love me baby…
And there’s no way out
Stay with me
I think you know that you’re mine
I could be yours for life, darling
Stay with me
Search you heart and you’ll find me there
Give love another try…
6. Close Your Eyes And Dream
I watch you sleep
You’re everything I hoped for
But never dreamed of finding
I can’t believe, that all I’ve ever wanted
Is lying here beside me
Hold me now, there’s a beacon
And it shines in me like gold
Tonight, for it cannot be
Denied in me so
Hold me now, I can see a new horizon
In my soul,
So lose control
Close your eyes and dream
You’re safe within my arms tonight
And this love will last a lifetime
Everything we need
Is ours under the stars tonight
Every wish is my command
The words that lie behind your eyes
Mean everything to me
So I’ll hold you while you
Close your eyes and dream
You’re safe with me
I’ll chase away the nightmares
I’ll shield you ’till the storm
Runs and you will see
I’ll always leave a light there
To burn until the dawn comes
Hold me now, there’s a beacon
And it shines in me like gold
Tonight, for it cannot be
Denied in me so
Hold me now, I can see a new horizon
In my soul,
I won’t let go
Close your eyes and dream
You’re safe within my arms tonight
And this love will last a lifetime
Everything we need
Is ours under the stars tonight
Every wish is my command
The words that lie behind your eyes
Mean everything to me
So I’ll hold you while you
Close your eyes and dream
7. Eyes Of A Child
Prologue:
You and I, life’s great ravine
On separate sides
A hundred miles between
But my love, all is not lost
For life is just another bridge to cross
Little girls say “Little boys… don’t grow up just change their toys”
Trade the innocence, passion for purity
Cast away those silly games
Leaving only stale remains
Then we fool ourselves,
Call it maturity
When we fool ourselves,
Call it maturity
It’s little wonder such a sad refrain
Dulls our spirit of adventure
On the way
Now I’m asking so you have to tell
“Are you still my comic Angel?”
Looking through the
Eyes of a child tonight
Driving me wild tonight
Can I unwrap you girl?
Looking through the
Eyes of a child tonight
Try to decide tonight
How I can trap you girl
Trust me I’m a doctor
God I need a nurse…
Take me for a physical
Little boys say “Little girls grow materialistic curves, sell their souls for wealth, call it security”
They invariably find loveless
Money leaves behind
Such a bitter taste
Love is the only way
Where’s the laughter we exhibited
Is it lying by the wayside where it fell
When did we become inhibited
Be yourself my comic Angel
You can be the captain
I’m all the crew you need…
Ready for a mutiny
Show me, you’re the teacher
I would like to learn…
Catch a girl, Kiss a girl
Epilogue:
Childhood scenes of you and me
Still reaching out to live our fantasies
Part of you, another side
That you won’t ever have to
Hide from me
We can see this world will be
A better place,
It’s not too late to dream…
9. Lamb To The Slaughter
She’s getting’ ready, burnin’ with desire
She’s got a flame in her heart
There’s no way that you can
Put out that fire
You’re gonna get it,
Got you in her sights
She’s gonna tear you apart
For no chains could try
To hold her tonight
And when you’re not quite sure
If she’s gonna let her lover survive
She puts her pedal to the metal
Screamin’ that she won’t be denied
She’ll lead you like a
Lamb to the slaughter
Kissing the knife, she’s an animal
Man to the slaughter
Wild in the sheets… Man she’s a killer
She’s getting’ ready, sheds another skin
And by the look on her face
It’s a dangerous position you’re in
Her aim is steady, in for the attack
And she may purr like a cat
But her claws will leave
Some scars on your back
In the jungle night
She’s no stranger to the danger zone
And the candlelight
Is no place to face the lion alone
She’s the perfect lover
So much better than the other before
But you pay her debt
When you fly, without a net
And you fall… You fall…
10. Soliloquy (Instrumental)
The Loneliest Place In The World
You’re my life, my past, my future
No-one can come close to you
Words are hard to summon
But I’ve never loved a woman
How I love you… So completely true
There are books of lives and lovers
Mine begins and ends with you
There between the covers
Lies a love so many others
Only dream to feel… But for us it’s real
So shelter me in your caress
Our love outshines the diamond,
Pales the pearl
Any place without you near
Is the loneliest place in the world
Under you, my darling Angel
I have built a pedestal
As my soul companion,
There’s a canyon setting you
And womankind apart…
Deep within my heart
So shelter me in your caress,
Our love has weathered storms
And still come through
But isn’t that the way it is
I’m not trying to hide
What I’m feeling inside
I can’t live without you,
There’s nowhere to hide
When the coldest steel is emptiness
Without your love my life
Would be absurd
For I can see beyond the tears
To the loneliest place in the world
You are the girl who means
The world to me
You’re the most beautiful
There’s ever been
You have it all my love you’re all I see
Oh believe in me
There’s no way but you darling,
Nothing can keep us apart
Through the years the pen is slowing
Every line dries hard and yet
Let the pages crumble,
For as long as ink is flowing
I will never let you have one regret…
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