DZIEŁA, TEKSTY - Man on the rocks

Sailing Moonshine Man on the rocks Castaway Minutes Dreaming in the wind Nuclear Chariots Following the angels Irene I give myself away

SAILING
A song about being out on the ocean waves
A bit Pirates of the Caribbean!
Słowa: Mike Oldfield
Śpiewa: Luke Spiller

Let me out
I can't breathe
Gotta get out of this concrete hole
I'm wrecked
And I'm decked
I gotta break free before I lose control
Cast the lines away
From the dock at the harbor bay
And the wind is blowing our way

Set me free
I can't be
Locked in a cage before I lose my mind
I'm wired
And I'm tired
Got to loose my chains and
Leave it all behind
So cast the lines away
From the dock at the harbor bay
All those cares and worries and woes
You can save them for another day
Because we're

Sailing
Sailing
Yes we're sailing
Sailing
Sailing

Give me space
I'm on fire
Banging my head against a hard brick wall
I'm gone
So long
You can leave a message but I'll never call
Cast the lines away
From the dock at the harbor bay
It's a fine bright day
and the wind is blowing our way

We're sailing
Sailing
Let's go sailing
Sailing
Sailing

Cast the lines away
From the dock at the harbor bay
There's no cares no worries no woes
And the wind is blowing our way

We're sailing
Sailing
Let's go sailing
We're sailing
Sailing

MOONSHINE
About a Jaunt to the west coast of Ireland in the 1980s with my band members, thinking of all the Irish that made it to America
Słowa: Mike Oldfield
Śpiewa: Luke Spiller

Walking out
On a stormy day
The cold wind
The fine sea spray
Looking out
Over galway bay
The troubled sky all dark and grey
Far from these shores
There stands liberty
So let it be
But every while I would remember
The day we drank

Moonshine in the rain
And raised our glasses
To the wind
The day that we dreamed we could be free
Riding the wings of liberty
So here's
One more for our friends
And here's
One for our children
Feeling the cold rain on our fingertips
And moonshine on our lips

So we paid our dues
And we packed our rags
Made it through Ellis island's ranks
Across the waves to America
Heart's and souls to the stripes and stars
Far from our shores we found liberty
So let it be
But every while I would remember
The day we drank

So we made our way
Through the Cumberland gap
Appalachia
Never looking back
Through the wind and rain
And the cold and pain
But nothing evermore
Would feel the same
All of this life we strive to be free
So let it be
But every while I would remember
The day we drank

Ad libs

MAN ON THE ROCKS
About addictions and a way out of them
Słowa: Mike Oldfield
Śpiewa: Luke Spiller

So you come to my world
I can show you
Where they lead to
The footprints in the sand
On the path through the valleys
And canyons
To the veins in your arm
Take my hand
I'm the man
On the rocks
On the island
The black pearl
The fool on the hill
I'm the gold
At the end of the rainbow
If I ask you to follow
You will

So you come to my world
To find freedom
Give you wings to the stars
You can fly
Bring you hope
And a dream to believe in
As you float
Through the dark crimson sky
I'm the man
On the rocks
On the island
The jewel in the crown of the king
I'm the hope
In the hearts of the helpless
The choir where no one will sing

CHORUS

There's a trail out of the canyon
There's a new life waiting out there
It'll take you home
Out of this chasm
Where there's blue sky
Sunlight to share

So you come to my world
To escape it all
And you're running from the dragons
And the fools
Through the dark empty caverns
Deep in your soul
Chasing the tiger
The jewels
I'm the man on the rocks
On the island
I'm the beggar
The loser the cheat
So now you come to the gates
For redemption
With a ball and a chain at your feet

CHORUS

There's a trail out of the canyon
There's a new life waiting out there
It'll take you home
Out of this chasm
Where there's blue sky
Sunlight to share

The man on the rocks

On the island
The man on the rocks
On the island

CASTAWAY
Childhood memories of fighting in the home and the fear of a child.
Słowa: Mike Oldfield
Śpiewa: Luke Spiller

Midnight
All alone in the room
Streetlight
Shadows dance in the gloom
Cold as ice
In the dark of the moon
Soft cries
From the silent cocoon

Castaway
Castaway

Dark sounds
From the room next door
Heavy fall
I can hear through the wall
Stark light
No answer my call
This fight
There's no victor at all

Castaway
Castaway
Castaway
Castaway

One dream
Could it be true
One hope
To see this through
One heart
Caught on the ropes
One love
Gone up in smoke

Castaway
Castaway
Castaway
Castaway

So now
I just stand at the cross
Which path
Should I take it
Be lost
Oh Lord
Can't you give my some sign
So peace
Of the heart could be mine

Castaway
Castaway
Castaway
Castaway

MINUTES
About missing the ones you love
Słowa: Mike Oldfield
Śpiewa: Luke Spiller

Minutes
Seem like hours
And hours they seem like days
When the ones you want are missing
And they've gone their separate ways
Walking in a sunny garden
Empty like the moon
And birds that once could fly so high
Now sing a different tune

Walking in the park
The leaves are turning
Now it's fall
The time has come for leaving
In their eyes
They says it all
Pictures on the mantle
Tell the tales of better times
Moments from a long long time ago
When things were fine

One fine day
When the wild birds return
We'll look back and say
What a lesson in life I learned

So light a broad wick candle
In the window
Make it bright
You need to find your way home
In the dark
Deepest night
And if you're lost and homeless
On a lonely city night
Just follow back that winding road
That leads you to the light

One fine day
When the wild birds return
We'll look back and say
What a lesson in life learned

DREAMING IN THE WIND
About releasing the ashes of a person I never met on a small island in the Exumas.
Słowa: Mike Oldfield
Śpiewa: Luke Spiller

You may see a white bird
In a clear blue sky
I'm dreaming in the wind
Flying high
There's a whispering sound
In the air all round
I'm dreaming in the wind
As the sun goes down
You may see a bright star
In a clear night sky
I'm dreaming in the wind
As the Earth rolls by
There's a silver light
As the bird takes flight
I'm dreaming in the wind
As the days turns to night

You may hear the wind sigh
On a mountain high
I'm dreaming in the wind
I belong to the sky
On a distant shore
There's no one no more
I'm dreaming in the wind
I'm at heaven's door
There's a new sunrise
In the crimson skies
I'm dreaming in the wind
As the white bird cries
See the silver light
As the bird takes flight
I'm dreaming in the wind
As the day turns to night

Dreaming in the wind
Dreaming
Dreaming in the wind
I'm dreaming in the wind
Dreaming
Dreaming in the wind

NUCLEAR
About emotional suffering
Słowa: Mike Oldfield
Śpiewa: Luke Spiller

Standing
On the edge, of the crater
Like the prophets once said
And the ashes, all are cold now
No more bullets
And the embers are dead
Whispers
In the air
Tell the tails
Of the brothers gone
Desolation
Devastation
What a mess we made,
When it all went wrong

Watching
From the edge of the circus
For the games to begin
Gladiators, draw their swords
Form their ranks
For
Armageddon

Chorus

I'm nuclear
I'm wild
I'm breaking up inside
A heart of broken glass
Defiled
Deep inside
The abandoned child

Standing
On the edge of the underworld
Looking in the abyss
And I'm hoping
For some miracle
To break out
To escape from all this
Whispers, in the air
Tell the tail, of a life that's gone
Desolation
Devastation
What a mess we made
When it all went wrong

Chorus

I'm nuclear
I'm wild
I'm breaking up inside
A heart of broken glass
Defiled
Deep inside
The abandoned child

Guitar solo

Chorus

I'm nuclear
I'm wild
I'm breaking up inside
A heart of broken glass
Defiled
Deep inside
The abandoned child

CHARIOTS
About the trials of a relationship gone wrong
Słowa: Mike Oldfield
Śpiewa: Luke Spiller

There will be no mistake
Cos I watch every move you make
There'll be no where to hide
When the world knows the other side
Cos I get you in my sights again

Suspicion is the game
And it takes you down the road to ruin
Black shadows in the night
And the ranting and raving fight
Put an end to this tyrany
Cos we're fighting to be free

And there'll be
Chariots to carry us home
There will be
Chariots to carry us home
Chariots to carry us home
There will be
Chariots to carry us home

There's no use to be chained
When you know nothing's to be gained
So break out the army now
We will stand or we'll fall and bow
Put an end to this tyrany
Cos we're fighting to be free

And there'll be
Chariots to carry us home
There will be
Chariots to carry us home
Chariots to carry us home
There will be
Chariots to carry us home

Solo

Put and end to this tyrany
Cos we're fighting to be free

And there'll be
Chariots to carry us home
There will be
Chariots to carry us home
Chariots to carry us home
There will be
Chariots to carry us home

Chariots to carry us home
There will be
Chariots to carry us home
Chariots to carry us home
There will be
Chariots to carry us home

Chariots to carry us home
Chariots to carry us home
Chariots to carry us home
Chariots to carry us home

FOLLOWING THE ANGELS
My take on the Olympics Opening Ceremony, London 2012
Słowa: Mike Oldfield
Śpiewa: Luke Spiller

In that moment
There was peace
No one walked alone
On the streets
A migration
Of dancing light
Gathering
Returning home from the night

It came
Falling down
Following the angels down
Falling
Down
Following the angels down

As the sun went down
Over the bridge
And the music and dance
Reached it's pitch
Satellites they joined the word
In the games
Hope was born again
To live
In the flame

The came falling down
Following the angels down

Falling down
Following the angels down

If I never live to see another day
I wish
That it could always be
Just that way
Like a symphony of dancing light
Banishing the world's woes
Into the night

They came
Falling down
Following the angels down
Falling down
Following the angels down

Following the angels down
Following the angels down
Following the angels down
Following the angels down

About Hurricane Irene, 2011. A category 3 storm, the edge of eye cam over Nassau. It was wild.
Słowa: Mike Oldfield
Śpiewa: Luke Spiller

Irene
I said
Irene
She's coming

And we're running
Were' running running

Irene
She's rolling
There's no controlling
Irene
She'll wreck ya
You bet ya
Whoooahh

She's coming
Whooo
And we're running
Running running

Irene
She'll take ya
She'll break ya
Irene
We're running
Cos she's coming
Ooah

She'll break ya
She'll take ya

Rolling
She's rolling
She's rolling
Just keeps rolling

Ooo

Just keeps rolling

She's rolling rolling rolling
Just keeps rolling
She's rolling rolling
Just keeps rolling

I GIVE MYSELF AWAY
Worship song written by William McDowell
Słowa: William McDowell
Śpiewa: Luke Spiller

I give myself away
I give myself away
To you
Completely
I give myself away
I give myself away
It's true
Believe me

Here I am
Here I stand
All my life is in your hands
And I'm longing to see
What my life was meant to be
I give myself away
Away
I give myself away
To you
Completely

My life is not my own
To you I belong
I give myself I give myself to you
My old life is gone
To you I belong
I give myself give myself it's true

I give myself away
I give myself away
To you completely
I give myself away away
I give myself away
It's true believe me

Here I am
Here I stand
All my life is in your hands
And I'm longing to see
How my life was meant to be

My life is not my own
To you I belong
I give myself Give myself to you
My old life is gone
To you I belong
I give myself give myself to you

I give myself away

Solo

Here I am
Here I sand
All my life is in your hands
All my dreams
All my plans
I just place them in your hands

My life is not my own
To you I belong
I give myself I give myself to you
My old life is gone
To you I belong
I give myself give myself to you

I give myself away