02 Sep 2019, 10:26 | #1 |
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Legend lyrics
I noticed Legend's lyrics are different from what is available online...
For instance, the part "The demons forge hammers and nails" is incorrect, at least to my ears. I swear he's saying "The demons forge hammers and bones" instead. The original mix of Legend makes this more audible than the remix. Here's what I think the lyrics actually are: Is everybody in? The ceremony's about to begin He is sitting on a hill A vapid knight is crawling through the vale The trees are fangs of transiency The demons forge hammers and bones He will travel all the ways That lead to the unknown lands Time has distorted his view An amen in his due The spring is in the air The silence in the skies The wind is in his hair The moon is in his eyes The rain turns on But he'll be gone Before the world has left the night He is gazing at the skies Without yearning in his eyes And he will follow the invisible trace When the sirens sing again The spring is in the air The silence in the skies The wind is in his hair The moon is in his eyes The rain turns on But he'll be gone Before the world has left the night The spring is in the air The silence in the skies The wind is in his hair The moon is in his eyes The rain turns on But he'll be gone Before the morning spreads its light There's a part which is unintelligible to me near the end. I can't make out what he's saying... I changed the "vapid night" to "vapid knight" as that seems more logical, but this very well could be wrong as every reference I've seen to this song has it as "night" instead... Mind you, I saw some lyrics for Legend here: https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/alph...gendremix.html Which indicate that the chorus says this: The spring is in the air The sirens in the skies The wind is in his hair The morning's in his eyes The rain turns on And he will be On the phone The world has left alone... Which is way off... I don't own Dreamscapes so I have no clue if it lists these lyrics somewhere, but it was interesting nonetheless. Instead of "The rain turns on" I usually hear "The rage is on" but the former sounds much more proper... I can't tell if he's saying "the silence in the skies" or "the sirens in the skies" btw. I like how the remix of this song has the extra "Before the world has left the night" part near the end (it plays 4 times). My guess is that was from a later (or earlier) demo mix... If anyone wants to take a shot at figuring out what Marian's saying near the end, be my guest!
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04 Sep 2019, 19:28 | #2 |
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The official lyrics published by Moonbase at the time were:
LEGEND he is sitting on a hill a vapid night is crawling through the vale the trees are fangs of transiency the demons forge hammers and nails the spring is in the air the sirens in the skies the wind is in his hair the morning`s in his eyes the rain turns on and he will be on the phone the world has left alone... he will travel all the ways that lead to the unknown lands time has distorted his view an amen in his due the spring is in the air the sirens in the skies the wind is in his hair the morning`s in his eyes the rain turns on and he will be on the phone the world has left alone... Not willing to add to the confusion, anyhow like you I hear a couple of differences: >>Time must've distorted his view >>The silence's in the skies >>The rain chills on (?) Will give it a try with my headphones though. |
05 Sep 2019, 04:36 | #3 |
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It seems like Marian improvises on tracks as he's recording the vocals, as In Bubblegum (also written by Janey) has different lyrics near the end... At least the lyrics which are widely available.
I almost hear "The rain cheers on" now that I listened to the chorus multiple times... I'm also hearing "chills on" as well! Not easy to understand him in some parts... The headlines demo is the same way. In the part after the chorus, I swear I hear this: Johnny says that we're a lonely species Thats why he's playing the fools And Bill is walking he lives in your feet sometimes I rollercoasters by the swimming pool If we turned on all our highlights We'd feel like Jesus on the water Cause we're sailors not soldiers So much more for the show And a guest appearance in the universe I doubt I was remotely accurate after the "playing the fools" part, but he's just about impossible to understand. The lyrics to the demo were never published, it seems... |
05 Sep 2019, 18:43 | #4 |
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By the way MGfan, we need your input on these lyrics:
https://www.alphaville.org/showthread.php?t=776 as the mystery has to be solved ;) |
05 Sep 2019, 22:12 | #5 |
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Added what I think he is saying... I'm likely not right on the last line, but the beginning is accurate, at least to my ears!
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