MARTIN BARRE: THE MEETING

The Meeting

Where sand meets a blue sky
Desert storms attack
A man might stumble blindly
For days and lonely nights

Seas reach a grey sky
Wind bites without respite
Brave men throughout the ages
Have fought and never won

In the long run
We will meet again
Nothing comes between us
The Meeting

Concrete guards the park land
City fumes they invade
The runner pounds on bravely
He's too scared to stop and rest

Tall trees greet the highway
Rain feeds the hungry earth
The driver breaks his journey
Then grins back at natures treat

Where thin air meets the darkness
People stare in awe
No journey could stir our spirit more
Or danger stir the heart
 

The Potion

And when he makes me mad
I have to smile inside
Try not to lose my self control

Waiting for, watching for
Where is the potion I need
Time is the healer
And faith is the medicine
And I need a cure
And I need total control

Oh when your fire is high
The heat seems to radiate
Burning a hole through my resolve

Waiting for, watching for
Where is the potion I need

And when we make our peace
Finding our feet again
Nobody claims the day is won

Where is the potion I need
Time is the healer, faith is the medicine
And I need a cure
And I need total control

Time is the healer
And faith is the medicine
I need a cure
I need total control, total control
 

Outer Circle

[Instrumental]
 

I Know Your Face

Its been a long time since I laid my head down
Felt yes I do belong
I think of all those places I once knew
I got an ache inside, what do I do
Must return so I can say

I know this place
It seems like yesterday
I've walked along these streets
Seen them before

I look around me always searching
For someone I once knew
A friend for life I was sure
Then I turned around had to go my own way
Leaving you without one thought

I know your face
I've seen you in my very dreams
I know your every sweet expression
Never forget

I know your face
You've haunted all my waking hours
We walked along these streets
On misty nights
I know this place
 

Misere

[Instrumental]
 

Time After Time

Last night I woke up to the dawn
The same old dream I can never shake
I heard the soldiers cry out loud
Don't punish us - we are duty bound

The lessons we have learnt, once meaningful
When will the teacher find his goal?

Time after time consistently
Throw care to the wind and sail on blind

I heard them cry out from the dark
The books we burnt and no one writes anymore
The rules have changed from hand to hand
The father's fathers proved them wrong

Once we were thought of wisely
Deaf to the warnings

Where were you then
Filing down the highways - staring ahead
Too scared to look beyond the edge

The blind lead the blind
No one to pull us back in line
Marching by us as if they are one
Glassy eyes that do not blink
Stony stares that do not flinch
Vacant dreams are never realised

Time after time
 

Spanner

[Instrumental]
 

Running Free

Don't you ever feel like throwing care to the wind
Rest your weary mind, take your tired soul.
Shake yourself awake, raise your spirits high
Brush away the dust, sweep away objections.
There's a new place, waiting to be found
Its a brave face that comes around.

I'm getting closer, I can see
Now I'm running, running free

Take you lifestyle, turn it inside out
Take a one way journey, see where it will lead.
In a hotel room you're just another name
A face sat at the window, sipping cold champagne
Leave the building you're walking on air
You have earned the chance to find your feet again.

Now I'm running, now I'm free
Now I'm running, running free.

There is a purpose out there, waiting to be found
Drawing you together, binding our two ways.
For everyone that finds love, many are left behind
It's in your nature to win loves little games.
I'm walking free and it feels so good
Don't look behind but then I never could.

I'm getting closer, I can see
Now I'm running, running free.
 

Tom's

[Instrumental]
 

Dreamer

For every person no matter where
There's a dream we all must share
City streets or country lane
The dark has gone, the dreams the same
Take me to the highest point
Lay the world around my feet
The dizzy heights the air so thin
My head is swimming with sweet delight

Take me to the mountain
Show me where the river flows
Take me to the snowy peaks
Show me where the trees are tall
I am a dreamer, I have a dream for you
I am a dreamer, I have a dream for you

A place where no man feels safe
A pretty woman hides her face
Where children learn of little hope
Wait till night to dream for more
Take us far from this grey place
River sweet with kind embrace
Wash us clean, rest our ears
Carry it with our happy tears
Take me to the mountain
Show me where the river flows
Take me to the snowy peaks
Show me where the trees are tall
I am a dreamer, I have a dream for you
I am a dreamer, I have a dream for you
 

The Audition

When the sun
Shines through the leaves of the apple tree.

When the sun
Makes shadows of the leaves of the apple tree.

From one leaf to another, from one leaf to its brother