THE ROBE - 1997
Release Date: September 29, 1997
Label: MTM Records (MTM 199635)
Producer: Gary Hughes, Mike Stone
Tracklisting:
All songs written by Gary Hughes except where noted.
1.The Robe – 9:04
2.Bright On the Blade – 4:51
3.Standing On the Edge of Time – 5:03 (Hughes/Burns)
4.Virtual Reality – 5:49
5.Arcadia – 7:34
6.Battlelines – 4:18
7.You're In My Heart – 6:38
8.Fly Like an Eagle – 7:13
9.Ten Fathoms Deep – 7:10
10.Someday – 7:58 (Gary Hughes/Vinny Burns)
Personnel:
Gary Hughes – vocals and programming
Vinny Burns – guitars and programming
Ged Rylands – keyboards
Greg Morgan – drums and percussion
John Halliwell – guitars
Andrew Webb – bass guitar
Jason Thanos – backing vocals
Ray Brophy – backing vocals and programming
Ed Collins – trumpet and flugelhorn
Dru Baker – tenor and alto saxophone
Dave Chadwick – Voiceovers
Production:
Mixing – Mike Stone
Engineer – Ray Brophy
Additional Engineering – Audu Obaje, Tim Baxter and
Royston Hollyer
LYRICS
1. The Robe
Somewhere in time,
Concealed and sacred,
There is a place where Gods embrace,
To step inside, no man has entered
Awaiting a destiny that’s
Not in our hands,
Still if it’s meant to be…
On and on we dream as one,
Knowing that the day will come,
Searching on the edge of time and space for
The Robe,
To that place we travel on,
Northern lights to midnight sun,
Drawn towards the final resting place of
The Robe…
So long, ago, this light was taken,
Cold eyes, no tears, still blind by fear,
It turns inside, this rock of ages,
Until we find the truth…
Entwined in the destiny
Of an innocent man,
There for eternity…
Guardians, the first and last,
Keepers of the sacred task,
Each prepared to sacrifice his faith for
The Robe
Seal the quest to die upon,
Through the night the fire burns on,
Deep in every heart, there is a place for
The Robe…
Mortal man could never dream
Of this love, this synergy
In our hearts will always be
Space for The Robe…
Now for all eternity,
Searching for the surety
Of this love, this purity,
Faith in The Robe…
Centuries of travesty,
Dreams become reality,
Glory of his majesty,
Grace of The Robe…
Now we come and finally
Stand as one humanity
At the gates where fantasy
Waits for The Robe…
For centuries we traveled far,
Now tonight a timeless star,
Brings us to the edge of night and day
For the Robe…
We see the light that shines upon
The hearts and minds of everyone,
Could this be the final resting place
Of The Robe?
2. Bright On The Blade
Can you hear me?
Screaming from the cold, I’m asking
Do you feel me?
Deep in the afterglow.
Can you see me?
High above my soul unmasking
The spirit…
Shown to the world below…
So many nights, so many days
Watching the nightmares unfold,
So many sights, so many ways,
So much beyond our control…
Can you hear me?
Setting off a chain reaction
Do you feel me? Flesh and bone.
Can you see me?
It’s an animal attraction,
The spirit… Calling you home.
So many nights, so many days
That life was taking its toll
So many sights, so many ways
To make the pieces the whole…
Not since a man made the conquest of Eden
Has there been more to revere or be gained,
Now is the time you must fight
For your freedom
Blinding their eyes with your light
Bright on the blade
Can you hear me?
Echoing from every canyon
Do you feel me? Leading you on.
Can you see me?
Mirrored as my soul companion,
The spirit… Favours the one.
So many nights, so many days
To be a rock, not to roll.
So many sights, so many ways
To come in out of the cold…
Not since a man made the conquest of Eden
Has there been more to revere or be gained,
Don’t be a slave
Learn to master your demons
Cut them to size with your light
Bright on the blade
Not since a man made the conquest of Eden
Has there been more to revere or be gained,
Now is the time you must fight
For your freedom
Blinding their eyes with your light
Bright on the blade
Not since a man made the conquest of Eden
Has there been more to revere or be gained,
Don’t be a slave
Learn to master your demons
Burn like a meteorite
Bright on the blade
3. Standing On The Edge Of Time
Where should I start…
At the beginning lost in time,
Oceans apart,
Missing your hand in mine,
Wasting my time,
Cause you’re always on my mind,
Feeling so lonely,
If I could only talk to you tonight.
Here in my heart,
I’m being slowly torn apart,
What can I do?
When I’m so far away from you?
I close my eyes and you’re standing
By my side,
I feel like I’m falling,
Without a warning
Calling you tonight
Midnight,
Standing on the edge of time,
Moonlight,
Love has been a friend of mine,
You’re my Angel from above,
You, I believe in,
This light calls me
From another world,
Insight, far beyond the cover, girl,
You’re my one and only love,
Got to believe it.
Up in the sky…
The silent echoes of the night,
Into the light,
Out on our timeless flight,
Hot to the touch,
Girl I’ve wanted you so much,
Reaching to hold you,
All that I told you
Is coming true tonight.
Midnight,
Standing on the edge of time,
Moonlight,
Love has been a friend of mine,
You’re my Angel from above,
You, I believe in,
This light calls me from another world,
Insight, far beyond the cover, girl,
You’re my one and only love,
Got to believe it.
4. Virtual Reality
I look at you,
You’re unaware of all that
My eyes can see,
My love for you,
Beyond compare,
For nothing means more to me,
I just can’t define what I feel for you
Always help me make it through.
Sometimes I wake,
And in my mind,
I still can’t believe it’s true,
That I’m the one
You lie beside,
That I am enough for you,
Baby you’re the one
That I’ve waited for,
Everything I am is yours,
You are,
Lady you’re the one
Helping keep my sanity tonight,
You have in a moment become
Virtual reality…
Tonight…
I think of you,
It’s so intense
That life merges fantasy.
I know no fear of consequence,
I taste immortality
I just couldn’t live here
Without you now.
Nothing would exist somehow.
You are,
Lady you’re the one
Helping keep my sanity tonight,
You have in a moment become
Virtual reality…
Tonight…
You are,
Lady you’re the one
Helping keep my sanity tonight,
You have in a moment become
Virtual reality…
Tonight…
5. Arcadia
See the sunlight
On these golden gates,
Step inside another world awaits,
Which now remains,
Now we see that our society
Has come of age.
We descended from the gods themselves,
Made this mountainside our citadel.
Lost to the world.
Shaped the rock into these
Awe inspiring palisades,
Spring of life brings light eternal
Time and time again.
Arcadia.
Pages of history, magical mystery.
Shine your light for all to see,
This reality.
Arcadia.
Arcadia,
Ageless simplicity,
Pure synchronicity,
Now for all eternity,
It can only be
Arcadia…
Eastern lowlands
To the mountain peaks,
Empire further than the eye can see,
We took on the world.
Centuries of civil war
From which we have emerged
Leave us undisputed
Masters of the universe.
Arcadia,
Sweet land of liberty,
Timeless antiquity,
Shine your light for all to see,
This reality,
Arcadia,
Arcadia,
Feel the tranquility,
Grace and humility.
Now for all eternity,
It can only be
Arcadia…
City shine your light on me
Bright enough for all to see,
Now for all eternity, it can only be
Arcadia.
Arcadia…
6. Battlelines
Warning signs give your game away,
Inside I know where you are.
All this time a thousand miles away.
You wait to tear me apart.
So let this cold battlefield run with blood,
To hell below us, the heavens above,
Through every season, unchanging with time,
Just the elemental truth,
The blazing fire in your eyes.
For you and I draw
The Battlelines
And we never see the futility,
A day will come when the war is won,
Set the woman free…
And the man in me.
To the chase, a woman changing face,
Yet, in your eyes there’s a trace
Of a child, the heart’s a shallow place,
A lover fallen from grace.
Won’t you forgive me and save us this day,
I never meant to destroy what we made,
I had to leave you, my love, to return,
This is not about revenge;
You were my lover and my friend.
When you and I draw
The Battlelines
And we never see the futility,
You hate the truth;
You can’t erase the proof,
You’re in love with me…
Lady can’t you see.
So let this cold battlefield run with love,
To hell below us, the heavens above,
Through every season, unchanging with time,
Just the elemental truth,
The blazing fire in your eyes.
For you and I draw
The Battlelines
And we never see the futility,
A day will come when the war is won,
Set the woman free…
And the man in me.
You and I draw
The Battlelines
And we never see the futility,
You hate the truth,
You can’t erase the proof,
You’re in love with me…
Lady can’t you see.
Set woman free…
And the man in me.
7. You’re In My Heart
I’ve come to know the magic in your eyes,
I’ve come to know the way it feels
When a love is real.
You taught me not to hide behind disguise,
To let my heart reveal in time,
The belief inside.
That as long as we’re together,
I’ll be on your side forever,
Beside you all the way.
To love you come what may.
Now until the twelfth of never.
You will guide my life’s endeavours,
You’re everything I need.
You put the strength in me.
You’re in my heart; you’re in my soul,
When we’re apart,
It’s strong enough to hold.
I never doubt or question why
You are my life,
The truth it never lies.
This love will never die.
To paint with all the colours of your smile,
To sail the ocean in your eyes - is a paradise.
Along the road we chose to walk in time
We’ve created other lives,
From yours and mine.
Hidden in the way I held you.
Hidden in the way we kissed
A spark became an ember
That waited to exist.
I could never live to tell you
All that I have left to say.
For every moment I’m beside you
Takes my breath away.
You’re in my heart; you’re in my soul,
You give me hope and shelter from the cold,
For when we laugh and when we cry,
It’s in those eyes,
This love will never die…
You’re the stars that shine upon me,
You’re the sun and grace my day
As you shine and light my way.
When the clouds were all around us
In a thousand shades of grey.
You just blew them all away.
You’re in my heart; you’re in my soul,
When we’re apart,
It’s strong enough to hold.
I never doubt or question why
You are my life,
You watch my nights and days unfold,
My guiding light, my shelter from the cold.
For when we laugh and when we cry.
It’s in those eyes,
This love will never die…
Love will never die…
8. Fly Like An Eagle
Take my hand,
I’ll lift you on my shoulders
You know I’d never let you fall.
Shifting sands,
Sea and skies are colder.
We have to leave as winter calls.
Turning against the tide,
Maybe it all comes true this time,
Lady our love
Will light the way.
Sometimes in dreams I can
Fly like an Eagle.
Over the mountains
And on to the stars,
Just spread my wings and I
Fly like an Eagle
Crossing the bridge
To your heart.
We will find our
Deserted island.
We know it’s not so far away.
Not a sound to disturb the silence,
Just you and I in love remain.
Destiny on our side,
Lady we’ll leave this world behind.
Letting our love’s light
Guide the way.
If you believe, you can
Fly like an Eagle,
Glide on the wind
To the Heavens above,
Just spread your wings, you can
Fly like an Eagle,
Nothing’s as strong
As our love.
9. Ten Fathoms Deep
There where the sea meets
A dark brooding sky.
Blown by the winds on the mystical ocean.
Cross the abyss of a dream locked in time.
Lost in the mist with the secrets
The ocean keeps
The fathoms deep
She hails as the storm rips,
Cutting her way through spray and mist,
She sails where the ghost ships
Perish on such a night as this,
Prow dive as the west wave
Shatters its edge across the keel.
Up high as the crest spray
Buries the seal in tides of steel.
The storm rages on…
As the waves command, this ship is damned.
This pious sea, the sky decrees
What has to be…
There where the sea meets
A dark brooding sky.
Blow by the winds on the mystical ocean,
Cross the abyss of a dream locked in time.
Lost in the mist with the secrets
The ocean keeps
Ten fathoms deep.
Fork lightning, the whips tail
Lashing the decks enraged and cruel.
Hot knife through the mainsail
Snapping the brittle mast in two.
Now fatally wounded,
Broken and drenched in silent tears.
She climbs for a last breath
Surfacing once to disappear
And rest down below…
‘Till she sails again, this ship condemned
To tragically relive the scene,
For eternity…
There underneath where the lost sleeping lie
Draped in the wreath where
The grave never opens,
Rest in the peace where the brave never die,
Bury the beast with secrets
The ocean keeps
Ten fathoms deep.
There where the sea meets
The wide open sky.
Blown by the winds on a mystical ocean.
Cross the abyss of a dream locked in time,
Washed on the beach, but the secret
The ocean keeps
Ten fathoms deep.
10. Someday
She waits, she won’t leave
‘Till this night is through
Day breaks across her heart
As it shatters in two.
She aches, it’s no secret what love can do.
She prays but finds the answer
She already knew.
Feeling so alone in the night,
But lights on the Nile
Keep her dreams alive,
Flown in the night,
Like a soft veil of sleep to her weary eyes.
She lights another candle by one so dim,
She lays it on the ground
Where the others have been.
Each night, she kept the vigil,
Inside she knew
That fate would come between them.
But what could she do?
Sleeping all alone in the night,
But the lights in the Nile
Kept her dreams alive,
Blown in the night,
With the warm summer breeze
On her tears she cried
Someday, when the hands of the clock
Are sleeping,
My love, I believe.
Someday, from my arms
There’ll be no escaping
Our reign will begin…
She sees the city walls
Where her love is caged.
But now just like a prison there is no escape.
She knows that for a moment
They loved as one,
It’s hard to carry on
Now her reason is gone.
So she sleeps alone in the night,
With the lights on the Nile,
She prepares to die,
Shown in the night,
Is the light that will burn
‘Till the end of time.
Someday, when the hands of the clock
Are sleeping,
My love, I believe.
Someday, from my arms
There’ll be no escaping
Our reign will begin…
The children of Egypt, counting the cost,
Their other was fading
And still they could see
She was desperately lost,
Leaving her lambs to the chill,
To sleep until…
Someday, when the hands of the clock
Are sleeping,
My love, I believe.
Someday, from my arms
There’ll be no escaping
Our reign will begin…
Someday…
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