Blessing In Disguise

Blessing in Disguise Cover
© 1994 Hoffman Bros. Management, Inc.

Lyrics

© 1995 Englefield Green Music/Tony Visconti BMI (1-2, 7-10)
© 1995 Momentum Music, UK PRS US ASCAP (3,11)
© 1995 Stone and Muffin Music BMI (4)
© 1995 Sony Songs Inc., Counter Culture Music BMI (5)
© 1995 Key Wiz Music BMI (6)
© 1995 Biglin Music Co. ASCAP Sinko Music Pub Ltd. Japan Jasrac (11)
© 1995 Englefield Green Music/Blue Shift Music BMI (12)
© 1995 Englefield Green Music/Rave Tesar Music BMI (13)
© 1995 Englefield Green Music/Biglin Music Co. ASCAP (14)
Corrections by: Russell W. Elliot
Last Update: 22 September 1996

  1. Blessing In Disguise (Haslam/Visconti)
  2. Pool Of Tears (Haslam/Visconti)
  3. Love Lies, Love Dies (Newsinger/Dunford)
  4. Can't Turn The Night Off (Mohawk/Chapman)
  5. In Another Life (Sorber/Gold, Prestipino)
  6. Raindrops and Leaves (Roland/Rudess)
  7. A Whisper From Marseilles (for Julien) (Haslam/Visconti)
  8. I Light This Candle (Haslam/Visconti, Rudess)
  9. See This Through Your Eyes (Haslam/Visconti)
  10. What He Seeks (Haslam/Visconti)
  11. The Sweetest Kiss (Newsinger/Faure Pavanne)
  12. The Children (Of Medellin) (Haslam/Rossi)
  13. A New Life (Haslam/Tesar)
  14. After The Oceans Are Gone (Haslam/Biglin)

BLESSING IN DISGUISE

Every drop of water
descending like a pearl
lays upon the silken skin
of this perfect girl

The breeze around her body
moved upwards to her face
it held on like a baby
that found its resting place

Voices from the night before
cannot be denied
suddenly revealing
all the pain inside
Entering a well of thoughts
all her fears subside
all the bad things turning to
a blessing in disguise

She was the faintest flower
washed in by the tide
sending silent messages
to the world outside

Her face began to soften
her lips took on a smile
the people who had loved her
came rushing to her side

Voices from the night before
cannot be disguised
suddenly revealing
all the pain inside
Entering a well of thoughts
all her fears subside
all the bad things turning to
a blessing in disguise

POOL OF TEARS

Laying down beside a pool
staring down inside
I was taken to a place
somewhere new to hide
at first the scene was strange and blue
then
ghostly voices that I knew
a bed, a voice, a woman cried
a child a boy, a light inside
this my dream for all those years
turned into my deepest fears
despite the love I longed for
I fell into a pool of tears

Chorus:

Water swirling round my head
falling through my eyes
I see the woman on the bed
calling deep inside
calling out what might have been
all those moments never seen
all the grief flowed down the years
to a pool of tears

All those people didn't see
nothing else to do
empty space around me
no one ever knew
the ground beneath my feet fell through
then
music echoed thoughts of you
the chance you took to steal my pride
the pain, the joy the love that died
this my dream for all those years
turned into my deepest fears
despited the love I longed for
I fell into a pool of tears

Repeat chorus two times

LOVE LIES, LOVE DIES

I thought love so gentle, so pure
I knew love so sweet and so secure
turning with an open heart
with a touch we would never be apart

So much love just gone slipped away
so much pain to see that love betrays
I will never love again
for love lies and it will die in the end

If I knew then what I know now
if I had known it all somehow
always believing love is deceiving
I could have held my shattered dreams
seen all the things I should have seen
now I know love lies
now I know love is bound to die

Flames of love now ash just drifts away
here I am I'm lost and love's astray
I can never love again
for live lied and then it died in the end

Chorus:

I thought I saw love in his eyes
but now I know that love just lies
leaving me hollow nothing follow
so I will never give my heart
and I will be a woman apart
now I know love lies
now I know love is bound to die

And love was nothing but a need
devoured by an empty greed
the ashes fill my empty heart
I will always stand apart
this from love's beguiling mask
a kiss, the questions never asked
and now I know that love just lies
I know love is bound to die

Chorus

CAN'T TURN THE NIGHT OFF

Why must I wait for the morning sun to rise
that maybe then I can rest my eyes
so I won't think of you and our used-to-be's
cause I can't turn the night
no I can't turn the night
oh, I can't turn the night off

I watch the ceiling dance thru my midnight eyes
a screen on which I fantasize
all of our yesterdays and our used-to-be's
oh, I can't turn the night
no I can't turn the night
oh, I can't turn the night off

If only you and I were together now
we'd make it somehow
we were so young before; we didn't realize
you can't take back the goodbyes

And so I wait for the morning sun to rise
that maybe then I can close my eyes
so I won't look at you and our used-to-be's
and I can't turn the night
no, I can't turn the night
oh, I can't turn the night off

IN ANOTHER LIFE

If my loving you
could change the river's flow
I would not let you drift away from me
I'd never let go
I want to be by your side
but the water's too deep and wide

Chorus:

In another life
In another place
I have held you close
I have known your grace
in another world
in another time
you'll be mine
you'll be mine

If I touched you now
I'd only lose my mind
in a cruel world we live in
one life at a time
I don't know where or when
but we'll pass this way again

Repeat chorus two times

RAINDROPS AND LEAVES

Sung to sleep
by a distant lullaby
filtered through raindrops and leaves.
Suddenly he's aware, this is no dream
is this real
what's happening
for some nights now
I thought he lived in my dreams
but I hear him somewhere outside

Chorus:

Tempted and bewildered
standing spellbound
all the crazy questions
circling around
from my secret place
somewhere in these magic trees
I can see his spirit clearly

In the midst
of a thrash of rainy boughs
still the song rides on the wind
such a luminous sound.
He tried to trace
but it seems to come from all directions
hidden miracles
dancing just beyond our grasp
will they ever be revealed

Tempted and bewildered
standing spellbound
all the crazy questions
circling around

Chorus

A WHISPER FROM MARSEILLES (FOR JULIEN)

A touch upon my forehead
a kiss so soft and warm
a smile that faded in the night
that never meant me harm
he lives inside a special place
that's deep inside of me
sheltered by my feelings
that no one else will see

Chorus:

A whisper from Marseilles
a whisper from a friend
that drifts along an empty shore
his love he tries to send

Imagining an ocean
riding on the waves
things we used to talk about
the things we used to crave
no footsteps left behind him
or voice that can be heard
no questions left to ask now
love was the final word

Chorus

All things living, moving, breathing
all we want to see
all things living, moving breathing
all we'll ever be

Chorus

I LIGHT THIS CANDLE

I light this candle
with a wish
that I may travel on
to a higher place

I light this candle
at the time
of passing through a stage
let go and I move on
into the golden age

Chorus:

All my love
will melt the stone
held in a friendly hand
across the mountains
to the sea
the wind will kiss the sand

I light this candle
for my love
who hardly says a word
he looks with telling eyes
on the wings of snow white birds

I light this candle
with a thought
of how my life has grown
friends who gave hope and love
when I was far from home

Chorus

SEE THIS THROUGH YOUR EYES

Far off in the future
through a crystal ball
there is someone waiting
someone you have dreamed of
further in the future
he will take your hand
sit down right beside you
promising a lifetime
see this through your eyes

Chorus:

Life so far hasn't been good
but now you see a face
that shatters pieces of the past
and brings a new found peace

Take his ring of fortune
use it while you can
binding you forever
try to understand him
put the past behind your
let the man come in
don't deny your feelings
he is in your lifeline
see this through your eyes

Chorus

Laying down beside you
on a shooting star
burning deep inside you
like a flame eternal
he has taken over
now he's in your soul
never dying laughter
all you ever dreamed of
see this through your eyes

Chorus

WHAT HE SEEKS

Praying for a miracle
daylight had begun
he saw a woman dancing
dancing in the sun

Her silhouetted body
a jewel in the sky
became his only reason
his reason to survive

Chorus:

The colours of the casbah
the laughter in the streets
is this where her flame lives
and what he seeks
even though he feels it
he knows he's never seen
the flame that's eternal
and never dies - never dies

He'd never known this feeling
a perfect work of art
passion and the loving
of a newly opened heart

She became the miracle
as the night drew near
whispering a love song
that only angels hear

Repeat chorus two times

THE SWEETEST KISS

We will be a melody so free
a fragrance on the cooling breeze
you to me such gentle poetry
and who would not love days like these

Hold for us the crystal and the stream
the velvet night our claim for this
we will see with every waking dream
love smiles and brings the sweetest kiss

And it's true reflections casting shadow to the light
so still, it seems that we are etched in smoke tonight
we will remember this
the sweetest kiss

Should our dreams drift by as time unfolds
between the sea and sky above
we will stay together we will hold
the peace and purity of love

I see life and light it shines from you
a fragrance on the cooling breeze
we will see infinity come through
and who would not love days like these

And it's true, the music's flowing echoes in the light
quietly now we are sketched in the mist tonight
we will remember this, we will remember this
the sweetest kiss

We will be a melody so free
a fragrance on the cooling breeze
you to me such gentle poetry
and who would not love days like these

THE CHILDREN (OF MEDELLIN)

Hearing the wind blowing over the hill
over the mountains so tall and so still
down through the forests they're
walkng alone
walking alone
out on the corners and out in the streets
this is their home now there's nothing to eat
these are the children longing to play
maybe today will be the day

Chorus:

Children being brave
a symbol of the age
touching people far away
children kneel and pray
children long to play
some will find a way
to escape this living hell
now only time will tell

Down from the village and into the town
leaving their brothers and sisters behind
innocent voices that cry in the night
cry in the night
what did they do to deserve all this pain
most of them won't see their mothers again
taken from childhood they'll never return
crying inside a silent pain

Chorus

So small so weak
they rarely speak
the days go by
they wonder why
will someone help
take them away
their hearts just break
on each new day

Up in the morning they never do sleep
looking so helpless with nothing to keep
people walk past them not facing the truth
facing the truth
dirt on their faces and dust in their eyes
life passes them - not even a smile
holding their hands out is all that they know
holding each other in the cold

Chorus

A NEW LIFE

All those years you spent alone
all that wasted time
wondering if this would change
always the same
in your heart you're crying

Then one day someone appears
you don't even know
you don't have to say a word
when you realise
that love's arrived
and this time here to stay

Chorus:

Love comes to you
you've waited such a long time
now you're complete
and you're love

Yesterday was very hard
nowhere else to turn
now the timing's right you know
when you turn around
and there's not a sound
but a silent look of love

Chorus

Many days you've wanted to
enter a new life
now your troubles disappear
and the struggle dies

Sometimes when you think out loud
miracles come true
there's the proof in every day
you hear him say a new life

Chorus

AFTER THE OCEANS ARE GONE

We spend our nights in shared dreams
wrapped in a jade green mist
our hearts running wild, as the spirit is free
nothing compares to this
can you picture this a beauty unexplained
all the stories every told revealing

Chorus I:

After the ocean is gone
where do we go what do we do
can we carry on in a world without love
can I carry on in a world without you

Oooh

A message came to us all
across a moonlit sky
a love flowing endlessly
soft as a virgin sigh
can you picture this, a beauty unexplained
all the stories ever told revealing

Chorus I

Chorus II:

After the oceans are gone
what will we do where will we be
will we carry on in a world without blue
will you carry on in a world without me
Oooh, Oooh

Bring your out-thereness in here
in here, in here.

Don't be afraid to be yourself
love and light will wash away your tears
in here

We are all stars in the night
fish in the mountain stream
no reason to cry
nothing is as it seems
can you picture this, a beauty unexplained
all the stories ever told revealing

Chorus I

Repeat chrous II two times