Arkangel
John Wetton
℗ 1998
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- 1. The Circle of St. Giles [02:04]
- 2. The Last Thing on My Mind [03:50]
- 3. Desperate Times [05:01]
- 4. Can't Lie Anymore [04:14]
- 5. Arkangel [04:17]
- 6. You Against the World [03:57]
- 7. Be Careful what You Wish for [05:28]
- 8. Emma [03:01]
- 9. Nothing Happens for Nothing [04:05]
- 10. All Grown Up [05:07]
- 11. After All [04:15]
- 12. The Celtic Cross [03:52]
- 13. Magazines [03:50]
- 14. Woman [04:15]
Тексты:
The Last Thing on My Mind
It's late in the evening and there's no-one at home I'm making the most of being on my own Avowed intention is to be alone But I'm one step closer to the danger zone Between uncertainty and what is real Lies never exactly knowing how I feel I shake my head, inhale the cold night air And I say to myself, yeah… You were The last thing on my mind But never far behind The first thing that I'd find Eight in the morning, and it's happened again I'm walking the street to find that long-lost friend Destroying Angel is the lover of mine Through the doors, down to darkness at the golden sign On every corner, on any day She'll pick me up and chase my blues away I know her face, but may as well be blind Cause I say to myself… You were The last thing on my mind Never far behind But the first thing that I'd find
Desperate Times
You called my name you knew my number You told me everything was gonna be fine You touched my hand, and took me away from this place And I keep on thinking I'm going out of my mind Someone out there calling me I don't know what I can't see I dread to think what might be there I'm shaking now with so much fear I know, I feel I'm living in desperate times I looked to the ground, I couldn't believe my eyes The world I'm from was never that tough The life I've known is falling away from me And all of my strength may not be enough Now all is gone that I held true Am I bound to lose you too? The choking smoke obscures the sun I see so clear what I've become I know, I feel We're living in desperate times I held the world in the palm of my hand And I threw it away like a petulant child Someone out there calling me I don't know what I can't see I dread to think what might be there I'm shaking now with so much fear I know, I feel I'm living in desperate times
Can't Lie Anymore
Mama said it would be alright Keeping it all to myself Johnny's secrets would stay out of sight If they all could stay on the shelf Papa swore he'd lose his temper If I breathed a word to a soul And that no-one would remember Or believe the stories I told I've been living an illusion And things are going from bad to worse It seems there's only one solution But the truth is going to hurt Oh Oh Oh I can't lie anymore Mama never did apologize When I always shouldered the blame Papa's defense was to terrorize And I burned with anger and shame I've got to come out once and scream it Got to say what's on my mind Got to rage and shout and mean it I don't like to be unkind, But I can't lie, no I can't lie anymore Only darkness and confusion Lie behind the bedroom door I'd like to say that it's been some fun But the damage is done I don't want this anymore....
Arkangel
You're with me always You hold my very soul You never know uncertainty Without you I am not whole You are my Arkangel, my heart and my right hand When in the face of danger we stand You are my courage You are my ecstasy You give me hope, when there is none And sinners just like me Your wings will enfold me, hold me through the night You are my Arkangel, my light Forever faithful Throughout my frailty The times you had to carry me The times you let me see A candle in the darkness, oil upon the sea The star that was guiding me I feel your presence Your voice I know so well You caught me when I stumbled down The steepest steps of Hell The trials of my childhood, will be the death of me Stay with me, Arkangel, with me
You Against the World
Did you fight your evil demons Or did you walk away in tears Did you hold your head within your hands After all those years? Did you tell them of your story? How you fought till you were done At the end of the day when you'd had your say Well, the big guns won When you talked to me of glory I know you held your banners high But for all the good it did you You made a grown man cry And for those of us who loved you And couldn't bear to see the pain When the lights went out inside you Something died in vain It was you against the world With a wounded heart you'd try to be a woman A fragile little bird With the wings that wouldn't fly You denied yourself the childhood you deserved It was you against the world And you were just a little girl Could you think about forgiveness Could you find it in your heart To release all the anger you feel And make a brave new start To forget about your battles There's no shame in your defeat Love will only make you stronger Make your life complete And be that little girl For soon enough you will become a woman High above the world So precious and so proud Your wings soar through the cloud towards your freedom But remember, mighty bird When you were just a little girl And it was you against the world
Be Careful what You Wish for
Finding forgiveness at the foot of your bed Down on your bended knees Listen to the voice replying inside you head "Just leave your message please…" Sometimes your life may seem it's turned upside down And the strangest things are happening But you just don't give a thought about it Can you fix it with a drug or a drink? And you're out of control So you just can't stand to talk about it God knows Be careful what you wish for Be careful what you wish for Can you get frightened as the thought of the truth? Or are you gonna win at last? (I don't think so) Sometimes you wish you hadn't sinned in your youth 'Cos now you're living in the past Honesty is not a word that springs into mind In the dead of night, when if just ain't right And you really could be losing it You pray, "Dear Lord, just take those ghosts from my sight!" But the line is dead, dial collect instead Operator keeps refusing it…
Emma
It's so good to see your face tonight I could have sworn it was a trick of light I've been haunted, I been so alone In no-man's-land, in a twilight zone Oh Emma, oh please Help now I'm on my knees Oh Emma, hold tight Just don't let go of me tonight Like a wrung-out rag, I've been hanging on a line I'm washed-out and I'm empty, and I'm barely alive Way too tired of running, and my luck is all burned out The grain of truth remaining tells me how I need you now Oh Emma, don't leave me I'm on my knees believe me Oh Emma, hold tight Don't let me slip away tonight Give me hope and give me strength, pull me back into this world Give me life again to love you, and I promise that I will… Oh Emma, please help me These feelings overwhelming me Oh Emma, hold tight Just don't let go of me tonight…
Nothing Happens for Nothing
Venus and Mars collide tonight But I was looking the other way Still we cannot decide what's right Each and every day Pay attention to every detail Take care of your health Got a fact that I've been dying to tell you Been keeping it to myself Nothing happens for nothing, baby Everything must have a reason Nothing happens for nothing, maybe That's worth believing You really started something But it just don't seem to register with me I see a new day coming It could set us free For every action, there's a chain reaction That we just can't help Take these words that a good friend once told me Don't keep them to yourself… Nothing happens for nothing, baby Everything must have a reason Nothing happens for nothing, maybe That's worth believing
All Grown Up
Remember the father You thought you had The best of your heart And the heat in the fields Then one day They took him away For sins that weren't revealed And you cried every night For no-one heard your pain You struggled and fought Against men who had sought To silence your voice Kill or be killed is the only law of the jungle It doesn't matter Now you're all grown up You have their attention, they almost salute It's so different now You lead them by the hand Isn't it strange the things children do What children can do You made a vow That's a promise now To turn the tables round You worked for respect And the power that it brings They look to you for the future You hold it in your hands Don't despair Don't look back Don't give in
After All
After all your day is done Time for sleep, the night time's come Hopes and dreams are reborn In the quiet of your room After all the songs are sung All the actors come and gone The stage is dark and empty But one candle burns alone After all the pain has gone How can I forget, your memory goes on After all your pain has gone My life goes on… All the wounds you held inside And your stubborn sense of pride Take the love we feel for you Try to help us understand If the wish were left to me This final act would never be You give wings to our hearts And our thoughts are with you now After all the pain is gone Only memories linger on After all the pain is gone Has gone is gone After all the pain has gone And in the darkness, when I call Tell me please, that there is light, after all
Magazines
Was it you, gazing out from magazines, magazines? Sun through the blinds, mornings in Rome Talking so fine, feeling so low Bright magazines, strewn on the floor Took their revenge, chose to ignore Roman spring, coloured everything with days in store Was it you, gazing out from magazines, magazines? Inside information, glossy invitations from Galaxies of laughing souls And the wine, made you dance in time Time to see the dawn Knights in arms, lie in sympathy, bleeding on the lawn Was it you, gazing out from magazines, magazines? Inside information, the glossy invitations To chronicles of love and pain… Come the Fall, on your balcony, against the wall Feel a chill, turn around to find, no-one there at all …Just magazines
Woman
When you say that you will never part from me I believe you always, come what may I sometimes have doubts, but when you speak to me In seconds they're all washed away And I know it never would occur to you That you mean the world and more to me Say that you'll stay for eternity For it's you gives me reason to be Woman oh woman, if you could only see Woman oh woman, just what you mean to me At times I know I am impossible I can ignore you, but you should know by now One look from you and I understand And the frown disappears from by brow In my life the girls were a necessity There were others but none compared to you I'll give you that life if you want it now In the end that is all I can do Well I tell myself this is the last time I want the whole thing, nothing less will do No-one else can give me just what I need So always I come back to you… Woman oh woman Woman oh woman