- Mi puoi dire dov'è il mio paese? - Genesis - La storia
Il mito dei Genesis deve essere rivisitato una volta di più, e questo per rettificare schiere di musicologi (p. es. Dave Browler & Bryan Dray; Genesis. A Biography. Sidgewick & Jackson, London) che hanno cercato di dissociarli dal prog rock.
I Genesis erano un gruppo decisamente progressive, con una propria spiccata identità, come i Pink Floyd, i Van der Graaf Generator, i Gentle Giant, i King Crimson.
La partenza non di Peter Gabriel, ma piuttosto quella di Steve Hackett segnò la fine dei Genesis. Dopo The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway, che sancì l'addio di Peter, vi furono infatti altri ottimi album (tutta la serie fino a Wind & Wuthering). Steve rimase l'anello di congiunzione tra le sonorità prog e la leggerezza "jazzeggiante" di Collins. Il nostalgico ...And Then They Were Three aveva ancora atmosfere prog (anche se è lungi dal raggiungere la grandezza di Wish You Were Here, l'omaggio dei Pink Floyd al fratello perduto Syd Barrett), ma da Duke in poi, con Collins definitivamente sulla plancia di comando, la band avrebbe fatto meglio a cambiare nome.
Anche se nel frattempo la distanza temporale ha gettato una luce meno spietata su Duke, Abacab e tutti gli album successivi, è chiaro che gli anni fatidici per il gruppo sono il 1975 e il 1977, rispettivamente quelli del distacco di Peter Gabriel e di Steve Hackett. Il gruppo è riuscito comunque a costruirsi un munumento in poco più di un quinquennio, e ascoltando le loro opere di allora non si può fare a meno di riconoscerne il ruolo di battistrada per tutti quelli che arrivarono dopo.
La favola dei Genesis inizia nel lontano 1965 alla Charterhouse Public School, uno dei più antichi istituti scolastici privati d'inghilterra. Lì, il tastierista Tony Banks formò il duo "The Garden Wall" con il cantante Peter Gabriel. Nella stessa scuola si era intanto costituito un trio: "Anon", i cui componenti erano Mike Rutherford (basso), Anthony Phillips (chitarra) e Chris Stewart (batteria). Dopo qualche dissenso per appropriarsi dell'unico pianoforte sito all'interno della music room, I cinque ragazzi iniziarono a suonare insieme, e nel 1967 furono scoperti e lanciati dall'ex alunno della Charterhouse Jonathan King, che li battezzò "Genesis". In seguito il "proletario" Phil Collins avrebbe occupato il posto dietro alle percussioni (dopo Chris Stewart venne John Silver, e a questi succedette John Mayhew, prima che Phil, appunto, si rivelasse essere il batterista più adatto) e Steve Hackett avrebbe sostituito Phillips alle vibranti corde d'acciaio...
Leggi la presentazione e le recensioni degli album:
From Genesis To Revelation (1969)
Trespass (1970)
Nursery Cryme (1971)
Foxtrot (1972)
Selling England By The Pound (1973)
The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway (1974).
I Genesis nel 1972, con i due nuovi arrivati Collins e Hackett (a sinistra e a destra nella foto)
The Lamb...: per molti, il loro disco migliore
1: From Genesis To Revelation
Quando nel 2001 Jonathan King fu arrestato per un brutto affare di pedofilia, molti inglesi non furono particolarmente shockati dalla notizia: King, produttore musicale di successo e noto conduttore radiofonico, faceva parte di un mondo dove è necessario calare le brache solo per poterne varcare la soglia; e lui, essendo promotore di un pop marca "bubblegum", non poteva certo possedere una moralità al di sopra di ogni sospetto.
Charterhouse School
Le accuse gli piombarono addosso dal passato: a quanto pare, negli Anni '70 e '80 era solito aggirarsi per Londra sulla sua Rolls Royce offrendo passaggi a spaesati adolescenti (tredici-quindicenni) che, dopo gli "attacks", venivano congedati con una t-shirt o un disco autografato a mo' di regalo.
Dalla fonografia alla pornografia, per così dire.
Uscì di prigione anzitempo, nel 2005, grazie anche agli sforzi del suo avvocato Giovanni di Stefano (evidentissima l'origine italiana). Non si tratta dunque di un personaggio simpatico, anche se continuò a giurare di essere innocente. Lo scandalo comunque ci fu e gettò una luce a dir poco obliqua sull'uomo che per primo ripose fiducia sui Genesis. Avrebbe successivamente lanciato anche The Bay City Rollers e 10cc, ma all'epoca in cui la nostra storia ha inizio Jonathan King era noto soprattutto per un suo hit entrato nei Top 10 ("Everyone Has Gone To The Moon", 1965) e l'unico altro gruppo di cui fino ad allora si era occupato erano gli Hedgehoppers Anonymous, oggi universalmente ignoti.
King, ex alunno della Charterhouse School frequentata da Peter Gabriel, Tony Banks, Anthony Phillips e Mike Rutherford, si ritrovò un giorno ad ascoltare un demo fattogli recapitare dai ragazzi, e immediatamente comprese le potenzialità del gruppo. Decise di contattarli e l'album che risultò da questa collaborazione, From Genesis To Revelation, sarebbe apparso un anno dopo, preannunciato da un paio di 45 giri.
L'LP aveva una copertina nera con il titolo scritto a caratteri vagamente gotici color oro, cosa che in molti negozi lo fece finire sugli scaffali di musica religiosa. Sulla cover non era riportato nemmeno il nome del gruppo, in quanto in America esisteva già una formazione che si chiamava Genesis. A Peter e compagni il nome da assumere fu suggerito dallo stesso King. Ma anche in questo caso si trattò di calcolo personale: per l'ex scolaro della Charterhouse era in fondo la "genesi" (l'inizio) della sua carriera di produttore.
I giovani componenti della band furono abbastanza felici della scelta: "Genesis" suggeriva storie e situazioni mistiche, "dark", intricate, che loro amavano. Loro stessi erano nati dalla fusione degli Anon (Phillips, Rutherford) con The Garden Wall (Gabriel, Banks), e ritenevano che né l'una né l'altra denominazione dovesse essere più rispolverata. Qualcuno - lo stesso King? - suggerì addirittura come alternativa "Gabriel's Angels"; ma, a parte lo stesso Peter Gabriel, gli altri si mostrarono tutt'altro che entusiasti della proposta. Fino a quel momento, in realtà, non avevano neppure pensato al nome. Erano musicisti in erba (tutti 17enni e 18enni, non dimentichiamolo!) pieni di ardore creativo, che litigavano per accaparrarsi il diritto di impadronirsi dell'unico pianoforte presente nella music room della scuola. Per il solo privilegio di ottenere un contratto discografico, erano disposti persino a legarsi a vita a Jonathan King e alla Decca Records...
1968Pieni di idee ed equipaggiati con strumenti raccapezzati qua e là, entrarono dunque in sala di registrazione. Correva l'anno 1968. I Rolling Stones sfornavano Beggar's Banquet, uno dei loro lavori migliori in assoluto; Leonard Cohen scalava le classifiche con le sue Songs; Jimi Hendrix esplodeva con Electric Ladyland; i Beatles emettevano già il loro canto del cigno con The White Album; e Dylan & The Band consegnavano al mondo i Basement Tapes. Ma era anche il periodo d'oro dei fratelli australiani Gibbs, i quali, noti con l'appellativo Bee Gees, confezionavano melodie e testi che andavano per la maggiore e per cui anche Jonathan King stravedeva. (Fortunatamente, i Bee Gees erano ancora assai distanti dalle febbri del sabato sera celebrate in isterico falsetto; quello sarebbe stato il loro secondo periodo d'oro).
Peter Gabriel & Co. non nascosero il disappunto nell'ascoltare il prodotto finito di From Genesis To Revelation. Il buon King aveva fatto aggiungere a quasi tutti i pezzi una sezione di archi, infondendo ad essi atmosfere beegeesiane. Loro invece volevano "rockare"! E, effettivamente, questo desiderio risulta evidente se riascoltiamo "The Conqueror", "In The Beginning" e il bonus track "One-Eyed Hound". Ciò che venne fuori dal ri-arrangiamento in studio fu invece qualcosa di generalmente catalogabile alla voce "soul-pop". Tutta la pubblicità fatta a "Silent Sun" sia dal DJ Kenny Everett della BBC, sia dall'emittente pirata Radio Caroline, non servì a far decollare né il single in questione, né l'album da cui esso era ricavato. Della prima edizione dell'LP si vendettero, sia detto per inciso, appena 600 copie.
"Successo" è una nozione relativa, come dimostra la storia di From Genesis To Revelation.
Più tardi, quando volevano investigare sui trascorsi di quei sensazionali rappresentanti del prog rock, i giornalisti andavano a intervistare Jonathan King a proposito di quell'eccentrico, bizzarro debutto. E lui raccomandava puntualmente: "Compratelo! Comprate il disco. E' veramente bello, e ognuna delle canzoni potrebbe diventare anche oggi un hit..."
Obiettivamente, l'ascolto è piacevole. Si tratta di piccoli gioielli senza tempo, solo leggermente velati dalla patina di una tecnica di registrazione che ai nostri giorni ci appare arcaica. Per i romantici che amano le melodie dolci e il progressive marca Moody Blues, almeno sette titoli possono benissimo trovare posto nella loro audioteca ideale: "Fireside Song", "Am I Very Wrong?", "In The Wilderness", "In Hiding", "Window", "Silent Song" e "A Place To Call My Own".
Jonathan King faceva bene a consigliare l'acquisto di quell'opera prima: lui incassava - e incassa! - le royalties...
Ma, a parte tutto, a King va uno dei meriti maggiori, e cioè aver avuto il fegato di investire su quei ragazzi sconosciuti, contribuendo così alla nascita di una leggenda.
Il filo rosso che si dipana attraverso From Genesis To Revelation è quello della storia dell'umanità, raccontata in una decina di brani (ma arrivano a sedici o diciassette con i solchi-bonus aggiunti in seguito). L'album contiene già un accenno ai miti e alle fiabe che i Genesis avrebbero poi largamente sviluppato; è, quindi, il degno prologo a una sequela di cinque capolavori: Trespass, Nursery Cryme, Foxtrot, Selling England By The Pound e The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway. Un periodo davvero magico, prima che Gabriel gettasse la spugna e che Phil Collins trasfigurasse il gruppo, sfruttandone la crescente popolarità per autopromuoversi similmente a un Giano bifronte: da una parte iniziando un'imbarazzante carriera di cantante "easy", e dall'altra andando nella direzione totalmente opposta, divenendo leader di un gruppo avanguardistico come i Brand X.
Original Genesis
Original Genesis
Tracks:
1. Where The Sour Turns So Sweet
1. Where The Sour Turns So Sweet
2. In The Beginning
3. Fireside Song
4. The Serpent
5. Am I Very Wrong?
6. In The Wilderness
7. The Conqueror
8. In Hiding
9. One Day
10. Window
11. In Limbo
12. Silent Sun
13. A Place To Call My Own
14. A Winter's Tale
15. One Eyed Hound
16. That's Me
17. Silent Sun (single version)
Ordine alternativo:
1. Where The Sour Turns To Sweet
2. In The Beginning
3. Fireside Song
4. The Serpent
5. Am I Very Wrong?
6. In The Wilderness
7. The Conqueror
8. In Hiding
9. One Day
10. Window
11. In Limbo
12. Silent Sun
13. A Place To Call My Own
14. That's Me
15. A Winter's Tale
16. One-Eyed Hound
17. The Silent Sun (single mix)
18. Image Blown Out (Early demo - On new release of From Genesis To...)
19. She's So Beautiful (Early demo - On new release of From Genesis To...) - early version of The Serpent
3. Fireside Song
4. The Serpent
5. Am I Very Wrong?
6. In The Wilderness
7. The Conqueror
8. In Hiding
9. One Day
10. Window
11. In Limbo
12. Silent Sun
13. A Place To Call My Own
14. A Winter's Tale
15. One Eyed Hound
16. That's Me
17. Silent Sun (single version)
Ordine alternativo:
1. Where The Sour Turns To Sweet
2. In The Beginning
3. Fireside Song
4. The Serpent
5. Am I Very Wrong?
6. In The Wilderness
7. The Conqueror
8. In Hiding
9. One Day
10. Window
11. In Limbo
12. Silent Sun
13. A Place To Call My Own
14. That's Me
15. A Winter's Tale
16. One-Eyed Hound
17. The Silent Sun (single mix)
18. Image Blown Out (Early demo - On new release of From Genesis To...)
19. She's So Beautiful (Early demo - On new release of From Genesis To...) - early version of The Serpent
Tutti i testi di From Genesis To Revelation
(Banks/Gabriel)
We're waiting for you Come and join us now We need you with us Come and join us now Look inside your mind See the darkness is creeping out I can see in the softness there Where the sunshine is gliding in Fill your mind with love Find the world of future glory You can meet yourself Where the sour turns to sweet Leave your ugly selfish shell To melt in the glowing flames Can you sense the change? See your eyes, now listen We're waiting for you Come and join us now We want you with us Come and join us now Paint your face all white To show the peace inside Drift away while the saffron burns To the land where the rainbow ends Can you sense the change? See your eyes in focus We're waiting for you Come and join us now We need you with us Come and join us now We're waiting for you Come and join us now We need you with us Come and join us now We want you with us Come and join us now We need you with us Come and join us now
In The Beginning
(Phillips/Gabriel)
Ocean of motion Squirming around and up and down Pushing together Scattering mountains all around you That is the sound of a new born world And the light from a curious sky It has begun You're in the hands of destiny Thrashing with violence Hurling its lava up and down Furnace of frenzy Burning with power uncontrolled That is the sound of a new born world And the light from a curious sky It has begun You're in the hands of destiny Is that the chariot with stallions gold? Is that a prince of heaven on the ground? Is that the roar of a thundercrash? This is my world and it's waiting to be crowned Father, son, looks down with happiness Life is on its way Ocean of motion Squirming around and up and down Pushing together Scattering mountains all around you That is the sound of a new born world And the light from a curious sky It has begun You're in the hands of destiny Is that the chariot with stallions gold? Is that a prince of heaven on the ground? Is that the roar of a thundercrash? This is my world and it's waiting to be crowned Father, son, looks down with happiness Life is on its way
Fireside Song
(Banks/Phillips/Rutherford)
As daybreak breaks the mist upon the earth It came to pass that beauty settled there forever more And as the steam clings close to things to come It came to pass that solid rock did part for humble life Once upon a time there was confusion Disappointment, fear and disillusion Now there's hope reborn with every morning See the future clearly at its dawning Forever drifting slowly towards a hazy emptiness Whilst water slips into the sea The father's sad to see it's free As shadows creep towards their master night It came to pass that trees defied the wind who shook their leaves And as the peace descended all around It came to pass that nature's creatures came to face the world Once upon a time there was confusion Disappointment, fear and disillusion Now there's hope reborn with every morning See the future clearly at its dawning Forever drifting slowly towards a hazy emptiness Whilst water slips into the sea The father's sad to see it's free Once upon a time there was confusion Disappointment, fear and disillusion Now there's hope reborn with every morning See the future clearly at its dawning Once upon a time there was confusion Disappointment, fear and disillusion
The Serpent
(Banks/Gabriel)
Dark night, planets are set Creator prepares for the dawn of man You're waking up, the day of incarnation Said you're waking up to life Images he made to love Images of gods in flesh Man is wonderful, very wonderful Look at him Beware the future Here is my world and it's waiting for me Paradise before my eyes I am alive in a new born world This heaven will always be mine I'm waking up, the day of man has come I'm waking up, the day of man has come And god created man from dust With a soul inside his mould And god created womankind The vessel of satan's hold Creator made the serpent wise Evil in his tempting eyes Man is wonderful, very wonderful Look at him Beware the future Here is my world and it's waiting for me Paradise before my eyes I am alive in a new born world This heaven will always be mine I'm waking up, the day of man has come I'm waking up, the day of man has come Dark night, planets are set Creator prepares for the dawn of man You're waking up, the day of incarnation Said you're waking up to life Here I stand a child in a lonely world, oh no Watch the serpent tempting me to evil The guiding hand will help me on Guiding hand will help me on The guiding hand will help me on Guiding hand will help me on
Am I Very Wrong?
(Gabriel/Banks)
Am I very wrong To hide behind the glare from an open minded stare Am I very wrong To wander in the fear of a never ending lie Am I very wrong To try to close my ears to the sound they play so loud Am I very wrong The happiness machine is trying hard to sing my song Today's your birthday friend, everything all right Let us our greetings to you send Happy friend, everything all right We hope your life will never end Am I very wrong To want to steal a pin then I'll check that I have skin Am I very wrong To want to leave my friends and the curse of the happiness machine Today's your birthday friend, everything all right Let us our greetings to you send Happy friend, everything all right We hope your life will never end They say, we hope your life will never end They say never end, never end, never end, never end, never end They say never end - no They say never end, never end...
In The Wilderness
(Phillips/Gabriel/Banks/Rutherford)
Leaving all the world to play they disappear And the leaves have gathered dust to run like deer Tearing pieces from our lives to feed the dawn Mist surrounds the seagulls christened by the storm Music, all I hear is music - guaranteed to please And I look for something else Rain drops pouring down the rooftops Flowing in the drains As the people run their lives As their lives are run by time Fighting enemies with weapons made to kill Death is easy as a substitute for pride Victors join together, happy in their bed Leaving cold outside the children of the dead Music, all I hear is music - guaranteed to please And I look for something else Rain drops pouring down the rooftops Flowing in the drains As the people run their lives As their lives are run by time...
The Conqueror
(Banks/Gabriel)
He climbs inside the looking glass And points at anything he hates He calls to you, "Hey look out son There's a gun they're pointing at your pretty face" And the heads they are a rolling Cos the conqueror is on his way And the justice day is coming For the conqueror is on his way Five hundred little women Are calling at their hero's door Yes, their hero is working overtime He's squirming on an empty floor And the heads they are a rolling Cos the conqueror is on his way And the justice day is coming For the conqueror is on his way He's bought the castle on the hill He's bought it just to knock it down The local power shout him down They say he's just an empty-headed clown And the heads they are a rolling Cos the conqueror is on his way And the justice day is coming For the conqueror is on his way He's busy building monuments To hide inside his empty grave You there, can you find some souls He's looking for some people to save And the heads they are a rolling Cos the conqueror is on his way And the justice day is coming For the conqueror is on his way And the words of love are killing him The conqueror is on his way And the words of love were lying on an empty floor Just in the place where the conqueror lay...
In Hiding
(Phillips/Gabriel)
Pick me up, put me down Push me in, turn me round Switch me on, let me go - I have a mind of my own In hiding Far from the city of night And the factories of truth I stand upon the mountain A million miles from my home And the faces of fear I have freedom to think In hiding I may take off my clothes That I wear on my face I float upon a river A million miles from the plains That are piercing the clouds I am lost in the beauty In hiding Pick me up, put me down Push me in, turn me round Switch me on, let me go - I have a mind of my own I wish you were here In hiding I lie silent at last I'm free from my past I walk among the tall trees This is beauty I know I'm in love with it all I have freedom to love In hiding Pick me up, put me down Push me in, turn me round Switch me on, let me go - I have a mind of my own Pick me up, put me down Push me in, turn me round Switch me on, let me go - I have a mind of my own
One Day
(Banks/Gabriel)
Don't get me wrong I think I'm in love But the feeling in the word is more Than your crystal eyes will ever see in me Don't get me wrong Open your eyes Although I cannot show my heart I'll watch and hope while you are near to me One day I'll capture you And call you to my side One day I'll take you from The boredom of our lives One day we'll fly away To the kingdom of my dreams One day I'll find myself And wrap it in my love for you Birds of the sky, may I borrow your wings? Very soon I'll ask my love To travel with me to the world outside Cherry trees, may I borrow your bloom? Very soon I'll ask my love To come inside the nest I'll build alone One day I'll capture you And call you to my side One day I'll take you from The boredom of our lives One day we'll fly away To the kingdom of my dreams One day I'll find myself And wrap it in my love for you Animal friends Help me decide When should I ask my love to leave? I'll beg of you that she'll say yes to me Breathe in deep Now is the time She looks at me and gently smiles As if she knew I'd ask her all the time One day I'll capture you And call you to my side One day I'll take you from The boredom of our lives One day we'll fly away To the kingdom of my dreams One day I'll find myself And wrap it in my love for you
Window
(Phillips/Rutherford)
Slowly I stretch out my arms, freely Shadows of night disappear Rise from the slough of despond, find the pathway Guiding us forward through pastures of dream day Days to enjoy, peace I knew once before me Dawning to dusk on the hills until morning Come see me take my hand Come see me in my land Flying invisibly high, watch me All on a beautiful sky, I'll be Clear and serene in the love I've discovered Long search is over, the soul is uncovered Resting on joy that abounds without ceasing Bidding farewell to the fears now decreasing Come see me take my hand Come see me in my land High on a golden crested wave she sits The little nymphs dance in her hair The trees all beckon to the sky to bless their empty lives Horizons come to sip wine there The veiled mist reveals the wandering ship upon the reef The albatross flies to the stern But only Jack Frost saw the kiss you gave him in return Crossing the mountains of truth see them Soaring majestically high, and then Stop at the warning light, see it flash brightly Thunder awakes me, the crashes beside me Shatters the scene and brings chaos to beauty Leading us forward where destiny may be Come see me take my hand View from another land...
In Limbo
(Genesis)
Please take me away Far from this place Leaving me here Take me away To the furthest star in the sky Take me away To the deepest cave of the night Take me away Voices of love, here am I In the sad sad world of fear Take me away From the power of my ambition And I'll be happy I, I've conquered time Where will I go? Am I still mine? Take me away To the furthest star in the sky Take me away To the deepest cave of the night Take me away Voices of love, here am I In the sad sad world of fear Take me away From the power of my ambition And I'll be happy Peace - floating in limbo Limbo - leading me nowhere Peace - now without motion I cry - when will I die? God - where is my soul now? My world, please set me free
Silent Sun
(Banks/Gabriel)
The silent sun that never shines She is the warmth of my lonely heart The motion of a turning wheel Can't you stop it and look around? Baby you feel so close I wish you could see my love Baby you've changed my life I'm trying to show you... A tiny stone that hides from me Can't you see that I'm just outside? A mountain stream that chills the sea Can't you feel in your useless pride? Baby you feel so close I wish you could see my love Baby you've changed my life I'm trying to show you... When night reveals a star-filled sky I want to hold it in my hands When snowflakes heal the ugly ground Your beauty hides the joy I've found Baby you feel so close I wish you could see my love Baby you've changed my life I'm trying to show you...
A Place To Call My Own
(Phillips/Gabriel)
And I've nearly found a place to call my own Waking gently feel her presence near Devil shattered, warmth is everywhere I am only a child of hers, my guardian goddess Now, I'm reaching my journey's end inside her womb And I think I've found a place to call my own
That's Me
(Phillips/Rutherford)
Every morning when the people are out
And I'm free move around on my own
I look into the sun and I see a reflection
Of a sad and lonely shrivelled man
That's me, that's me
And I know it's how I'm always gonna be
Nothing to do, nothing to say
Nothing to hope, and nothing to pray
I can see, I can feel
I've forgotten what I'm meant to be
Won't come back, not if I try
They told me things about me that I didn't know
But I could tell they've told me lies
And it really goes to show
That everyone was wrong
And they don't understand my ways
But it's not me that's going wrong, it's them
I can see, I can feel
I've forgotten what I'm meant to be
Won't come back, not if I try
They told me things about me that I didn't know
But I could tell they've told me lies
And it really goes to show
That everyone was wrong
And they don't understand my ways
But it's not me that's going wrong, it's them
Every morning when the people are out
And I'm free move around my own
I look into the sun and I see a reflection
Of a sad and lonely shrivelled man
That's me, that's me
And I know it's how I'm always gonna be
That's me, that's me
And I know it's how I'm always gonna be
Shrivelled old man
Who hides from a world
He's never seen the light
That can set him free
His vicious life
Is such a shame
I wanna find out who's to blame
And that's me, oh that's me, aaoh
Set me free
A Winter's Tale
(Banks/Gabriel)
The winter's bitterness is lost
It's the fireside warmth that comforts me
The peace for all my thoughts
The night brings shadows to the street
It's the time for dreams of things to come
To creep inside their lives
You're concealing every feeling
Can you find me, deep inside you
Let me touch you, let me keep you
Let me know you're there
You're concealing every feeling
Can you find me, no
Yes deep inside you're a part of me
Every day I need to know I'm there, I'm there, I'm there
[with previous verse sung behind]
The evening fantasy begins
In the sandy lanes that cross the fields
The gentle rain will fall
The morning sweeps away the night
And the dreams of you still haunt my thoughts
Bring meaning to my life
You're concealing every feeling
Can you find me, deep inside you
Let me touch you, let me keep you
Let me know you're there
You're concealing every feeling
Can you find me, no
Yes deep inside you're a part of me
Every day I need to know I'm there, I'm there, I'm there
[with previous verse sung behind]
[ad lib to fade]
Can you hold me with your small hand
Prepare much, length and beauty of our tiny lives
Future's brighter now
Our world is everything to me, to know, I'm there
Lord! You see the world is brighter than the sky
The sky is shining everywhere in our world
You know you never said in your many times, all in me instead
One-Eyed Hound
(Banks/Gabriel)
Mister you've been caught at last
Chasing dogs in the moonlight
This man committed a sin
This man he never can win
Mister you've got one more chance
If you catch the hound when the sun shines
This man committed a sin
This man he never can win
And it's all gone wrong
Night is the time for chasing the one-eyed hound
And it's all been tried before
Night is the time for chasing the one-eyed hound
Have you seen the one-eyed hound?
Tell me where he's going
This man committed a sin
This man he never can win
Every place that I have been
No-one else has seen him
This man committed a sin
This man he never can win
And it's all gone wrong
Night is the time for chasing the one-eyed hound
And it's all been tried before
Night is the time for chasing the one-eyed hound
Everybody's telling me exactly where to go
This man committed a sin
This man he never can win
People call and people talk
But they don't reach agreement
This man committed a sin
This man he never can win
And it's all gone wrong
Night is the time for chasing the one-eyed hound
And it's all been tried before
Night is the time for chasing the one-eyed hound
Night is the time for chasing the one-eyed hound
Image Blown Out
(Early demo - Only on new release of From Genesis To Revelation)
People moving about the town upside down, you know why Little bits of coloured glass in the sky Children pushing Mummy down to the park, in a pram Look out the pavement's changing to jam See them running Now where are they going to To follow them, leads you nowhere Shout to them quickly but no one can hear you All they can do is to stare Your bowler hats are turning green Your city suits are coloured cream You, you who changed my life You made it misery, sadness reins alone Wonder why you do this, to me When I've tried so hard for you People talking to the man who's digging a hole, in his mind He's no need to worry, he's deaf and blind See the dustman doing his round in a Rolls made of glass He's gained everything because he's got class Friends are leaving me when I did everything Just as they used to behave Trying to copy them, losing my real self Floating away in a cloud Your minds have blown you out of step The rules you taught you never kept You, you who changed my life You made it misery, sadness reins alone Wonder why you do this, to me When I've tried so hard for you
She's So Beautiful
(Early demo - Only on new release of From Genesis To Revelation)
Cool as ice yet brittle as glass A nervous wreck with a sweet facade You're breaking up You're breaking up now baby You're breaking up your life Into little pieces Baby Vanity arrived with fame How she loved to see her name She is beautiful, very beautiful Look at her, and she's a model Hey girl I love you but you won't listen To what I'm trying to say Things won't work out if you plan them now Don't throw your love away Give it up, baby Honey give it up and come back to me You know your just an able sum To get more money For them you're just a product For me you're the one I love Baby Vanity arrived with fame How she loved to see her name She is beautiful, very beautiful Look at her, and she's a model Hey girl I love you but you won't listen To what I'm trying to say Things won't work out if you plan them now Don't throw your love away Give it up, baby Honey give it up and come back to me Cool as ice yet brittle as glass A nervous wreck with a sweet facade You're breaking up You're breaking up now baby You're breaking up your life Into little pieces Baby Don't take my love away from my arms Oh no, I need her near me every single day Please don't take her away I need my love
