Ode To Cynthia (Lyrics)

Lyrics: Ben Jonson
Vocals: Maddy Prior and Sally Oldfield

Queen and huntress chaste and fair.
Now the sun is laid to sleep,
Seated in a silver chair,
State in wanted manner keep.
Earth let not an envious shade
Dare itself to interpose.
Cynthia’s shining orb was made
Heaven to cheer when day did close.
Lay the bow of pearl apart,
And the crystal-shining quiver,
Give unto the flying heart
Space to breathe how short so ever
Hesperus entreats thy light
Goddess excellently bright.
Bless us then with wished sight
Thou who makes a day of night.

North Point (Lyrics)

Vocals: Anita Hegerland

Have You Ever Been To North Point
To Spend Your Time And Pray?
The Prison Walls Are Dark And Cold And Grey
The Writing On The Wall At North Point
Speaks To A Silent Room
They Shut The Bars Down, Leave You To The Gloom

(Chorus)

How Could We Get Any Closer? So High Is The Wire
And The Guards Won’t Listen
They Won’t Believe Me
And Then It All Came Back
Somewhere Far Above Has A New Day Risen
Way Beyond The Searchlight, Comes Alive

Then On A Bright Day At North Point
The Gate Was Open Wide
They Chanced To Look At What Was Inside
There Were A Million Stars At North Point
And From The Silent Tomb
They Took It To The Heart
And Left For The Moon

(Repeat Chorus)

Have You Ever Been To North Point
To Spend Your Time And Pray?
The Prison Walls Are Dark And Cold And Grey

No Dream (Lyrics)

Vocals: Michael Oldfield

An empty chair
Is someone sitting there
Footsteps on the ground
Can you hear that sound
Like a wild goose crying on a lonely wind
Whispering leaves in the branches that bend

This ain’t no dream babe
Alone in the night
Turn on the light this ain’t no dream
This is no dream
You didn’t read this is no book
Go take a look this ain’t
No Dream

A restless flame
Someone calls your name
Through the empty hall casting shadows on the wall
In the sound of emptiness
Isolation
Nowhere left to run now the time has come

Chorus
An open door
Glass all on the floor
Hands have turned to white
In the cold breeze of the night
There’s a face at the window
Someone who you know
Or who you used to be
Could that somebody be me

Dream babe alone in the night
Turn on the light this ain’t no dream
This is no dream
This is no book
Go take a look this ain’t no dream

Mister Shame (Lyrics)

Vocals: Michael Oldfield

I know you’re out there Mr. Shame
I am calling your name Mr. Shame

There is no doubt
You need to find out about the river
But there’s no covert scheme
To help you find your dream
To the River

Down to the river
Was this all some cry for love?
It’s a cry for love
Are you a victim of that Money Bug?
In your blood

Mister Shame

Get down to the river
I know you ache
So come down to the river
The River of love Don’t hesitate

There’s no mean devise or key to paradise
To the river
No price you can pay to help you find your way
To the river

Down to the river
Is this all some cry for love?
It’s a cry for love
Don’t tell me you’re a victim of that Money Bug?
In your blood

Mister Shame

Get down to the river
I know you ache
So get down to the river
The River of love
Don’t hesitate

Mistake (Lyrics)

Vocals Maggie Reilly & Mike Oldfield
(Chorus)

(It Was A) Mistake
Under The Weather
One Shower’s Gonna Turn Into Another
It’s A Heartbreak
Under The Weather
Standing Out In The Cold

I Wake, It’s Frightening
Rain Hammering On Your Window
I Hate, Sheet Lightning
You Reach For The Telephone

(Repeat Chorus)

I Pray For Blue Skies
Rain Hammering On Your Window
On Your Way You Wonder Why
You Standing On Your Own

(Repeat Chorus)

I Took Him On The Radio
You Never Know How To Say
And The Things Supplited That Could Be On
Your Mind
Just To Manage In A Tragical Way

Get Lost In Dreaming
Rain Hammering On Your Window
Try To Catch The Meaning
You Dancing On Your Own

(Chorus)

I Took Him On The Radio
You Never Know How To Say
And The Things Supplited That Could Be On
Your Mind
Just To Manage In A Tragical Way

Hammering Meaning

(Repeat Chorus Three Times)

It Was A Mistake

Mastermind (Lyrics)

Vocals: Martay / Mike Oldfield

Mastermind
Mastermind
What Is Love?

(Repeat Twice)

Man In The Rain (Lyrics)

Vocals: Cara Dillan from Polar Star and Heather Burnett

You’re The One Who’s Nearly Breaking My Heart
Had Your Chance, You Just Threw It All Away
Living In A World That You Could Never Be A Part Of
And There’s Time To Walk Away

(Chorus)

You Can’t Stay, No You Can’t Stay
You’re No Loser, There’s Still Time To Ride That Train
And You Must Be On Your Way Tonight
Think Anew Right Through, You’re A Man In The Rain

What’s The Use In Hanging Round These Walls
Lamps Are Burning, But Nobody’s At Home
There’s A New Day Dawning As A Cold Rain Falls
And Now’s The Time To Walk Alone

(Repeat Chorus)

How’s It Feel When There’s Time To Remember
Branches Bare, Like The Trees In November
Had It All, Threw It All Away
Now’s The Time To Walk Away

(Repeat Chorus)

How’s It Feel When There’s Time To Remember
Branches Bare, Like The Trees In November
How’s It Feel When There’s Time To Remember
Branches Bare, Like The Trees In November

(Repeat Chorus Twice)

Make Make (Lyrics)

Vocals: Michael Oldfield

Make Make
There’s no way out no way in
To the hallowed halls
The inner ring
You’re just a face
In the crowd
You got no place when you’re down and out

Mona Lisa you can stop searching
Don’t you know we’re not Virgin
We’re on the Make Make
We only Take Take
We’re on the Make Make
We accumulate
We’re on the Make Make
Don’t mid it’s Fake Fake
We’re on the Make Make
We make heartbreak
Make Make

We build our tower
On shifting sand
You got no idea what’s changing hands
No chivalry
Who cares what you feel
This is not the place for high ideals

Mona Lisa you can stop searching
Don’t you know we’re not Virgin

Chorus
Mona Lisa you can stop searching
Don’t you know we’re not Virgin

We’re on the Make no sympathy we’re sacrosanct
We’re on the Make no charity no thanks
We’re on the Make Make

Magic Touch (Lyrics)

Vocals: Max Bacon (Album Europa: Jim Price)

Once In A Lifetime, You Find That Power
To Break Out And Run From The Devil’s Deep Clutch
All That You Need, It’s The Finest Hour
Is To Believe In The Magic Touch

(Chorus)

A Thief In The Night, Love Steals You Far Away
A Thief In The Night, Love Takes Your Breath Away
Can’t Believe It, Like No Other
Love Is A Gift And To Take You So Much
You Need The Blue Night To Discover
Only True Lovers Have The Magic Touch

Once In A Lifetime, You Find That Faith
When You’re Under The Spell And It Takes Control
Everything ‘Round You Just Falls In Place
And All That You Touch Seems To Turn To Gold

(Repeat Chorus)

Liberation (Lyrics)

When the birds sing outside,
and you see the trees changing to green
the sun invites one to be out in the open air
when the sky is so blue, then
oh then, I wish for so much!

And the best remedy, for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy
Is to go outside, somewhere, where they can be quite alone
with the heavens, nature and God

(Auszug aus dem Tagebuch der Anne Frank)

Islands (Lyrics)

Vocals: Bonnie Tyler

Islands from the first time we saw
we could wait for this moment, like rocks on the shore
we can never be closer somehow
for the moments that lasts, is this moment now

When the nights’s on fire will you keep the Candlelight Burning
Hold on to your hearts desire
When you see one bird into the wind another one’s turning
And the two can fly much higher

We are Islands but never too far, we are Islands
And I need your light tonight, and I need your light tonight,
We are Islands but never too far, we are Islands
And I need your light tonight, and I need your light tonight

Islands never been to before and we climb so high
to where the wild birds soar, there’s a new path that
we found just today I was lost in the forest and you
showed me the way

Chorus

Into Wonderland (Sally) (Lyrics)

Vocals: Wendy Roberts

May I say
One fine day
If you say you would,
we could run away.
Just say good-bye.
There’s no cloud in the sky.
This time, sunshine,
we’re gonna fly.
You can hear that whistle blow
there’s noone gonna know.
Take my hand and we can softly go.
When the stars come out to shine,
you are gonna be mine.
Sure as a love that jests
we are gonna be fine.
Take my hand
try to understand
We’ll fly, honey-pie,
into wonderland.
If you want me to,
I’ll come back with you.
Sure as a love that jests
I love you!

Incantations Part II (Lyrics)

Vocals Maddy Prior, Sally Oldfield & The Queens College Girls

Dah – Yaa – Naa
Looh – Ooh – Naa
Looh – She – Naa

(Repeat three times)

Looh – Naa

Dah – Yaa – Naa
Looh – Ooh – Naa
Looh – She – Naa

(Repeat three times)

Looh – Naa
Looh – Naa

Dah – Yaa – Naa
Looh – Ooh – Naa
Looh – She – Naa

(Repeat)

Looh – Naeh

Incantations Part I (Lyrics)

Vocals: Maddy Prior, Sally Oldfield & The Queens College Girls

Dah – Yaa – Naa
Looh – Ooh – Naa
Looh – She – Naa

(Repeat 18 times)

Looh – Naa
Looh – Ooh – Naa

Dah – Yaa – Naa
Looh – Ooh – Naa
Looh – She – Naa

Dah – Yaa – Naa
Looh
Looh – She – Naa
Looh – Naa

In The Beginning (Lyrics)

(Words from The Book Of Genesis)
Vocals: William Anders

In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

And the earth was without form, and void;
and darkness was upon the face of the deep.

And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

And God said,
Let there be light
and there was light.

And God saw the light,
that it was good…

(Diese Zeilen wurden bei der zweiten Mondumrundung, am 24.12.1968 von William A. Anders (Apollo 8) gesprochen.
Den ganzen Inhalt der Zeilen findet gibt es mit weiteren Hintergründen unter “Apollo 8”)

I Got Rhythm (Lyrics)

Vocals: Wendy Roberts

I Got Sunshine
I Got Blue Sky
I Got My Guy
Who Could Ask For Anything More
Old Man Trouble
I Don’t Mind Him
You Won’t Find Him
Hanging Round My Door
I Got Rhythm
I Got Music
I Got My Guy
Who Could Ask For Anything More
I Got Rhythm
I Got Music
I Got My Guy
Who Could Ask For Anything More
I Got Sunshine
I Got Blue Sky
I Got My Guy
Who Could Ask For Anything More
I Got Starlight
I Got Sweet Dreams
I Got My Guy
Who Could Ask For Anything More
Old Man Trouble
I Don’t Mind Him
You Won’t Find Him
Hanging Round My Door
I Got Rhythm
I Got Music
I Got My Guy
Who Could Ask For Anything More

Hymn To Diana from Incantations Part 4 (Lyrics)

Vocals: Maddy Prior

Queen And Huntress Chaste And Fair
Now The Sun Is Laid To Sleep
Seated In A Silver Chair
State In Wonted Manner Keep

Earth Let Not An Envious Shade
Dare Itself To Inter Pose
Cynthia’s Shining Orb Was Made
Heav’n To Cheer When Day Did Close

Lay The Bow Of Pearl Apart
And The Crystal Shining Quiver
Give Un To The Flying Hart
Space To Breathe How Short So Ever

Hesper Us Entreats Thy Light
Goddess Excellently Bright
Bless Us Then With Wished Sight
Thou Who Makes A Day Of Night

(From the play “Cynthia’s Revels”)

Hiawatha’s Departure (Lyrics)

Ausschnitt aus “Hiawatha” von Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Vocals: Maddy Prior

By the shores of Gitche Gumee,
By the shining Big-Sea-Water,
At the doorway of the wigwam,
In the early Summer morning,
Hiawatha stood and waited.
All the air was full of freshness,
All the earth was bright and joyous,
And before him, through the sunshine,
Westward toward the neighboring forest
Passed in golden swarms the Ahmo,
Passed the bees, the honey-makers,
Burning, singing in the sunshine.
Bright above him shone the heavens,
Level spread the lake before him;
From its bosom leaped the sturgeon,
Sparkling, flashing in the sunshine;
On its margin the great forest
Stood reflected in the water,
Every tree-top had its shadow,
Motionless beneath the water.
From the brow of Hiawatha
Gone was every trace of sorrow,
As the fog from off the water,
As the mist from off the meadow.
With a smile of joy and gladness,
With a look of exultation,
As of one who in a vision
Sees what is to be, but is not,
Stood and waited Hiawatha.
Toward the sun his hands were lifted,
Both the palms spread out toward it,
And between the parted fingers
Fell the sunshine on his features,
Flecked with light his naked shoulders,
As it falls and flecks an oak-tree
Through the rifted leaves and branches.
O’er the water floating, flying,
Something in the hazy distance,
Something in the mists of morning,
Loomed and lifted from the water,
Now seemed floating, now seemed flying,
Coming nearer, nearer, nearer.
Was it Shingebis the diver?
Or the pelican, the Shada?
Or the heron, the Shuh-shuh-gah?
Or the white goose, Waw-be-wana,
With the water dripping, flashing,
From its glossy neck and feathers?
It was neither goose nor diver,
Neither pelican nor heron,
O’er the water floating, flying,
Through the shining mist of morning,
But a birch canoe with paddles,
Rising, sinking on the water,
Dripping, flashing in the sunshine;
And within it came a people

(The Son of the Evening Star)
Can it be the sun descending
O’er the level plain of water?
Or the Red Swan floating, flying,
Wounded by the magic arrow,
Staining all the waves with crimson,
With the crimson of its life-blood,
Filling all the air with splendor,
Filling all the air with plumage?
Yes; it is the sun descending,
Sinking down into the water;
All the sky is stained with purple,
All the water flushed with crimson!
No; it is the Red Swan floating,
Diving down beneath the water;
To the sky its wings are lifted,
With its blood the waves are reddened!
Over it the Star of Evening
Melts and trembles through the purple,
Hangs suspended in the twilight,
Walks in silence through the heavens.

Hergest Ridge Part Two (Lyrics)

Vocals: Sally Oldfield, Clodagh Simmonds

Borda, Bee-ena,
Labarto, Oncorta, Armonia
Ongusto rekaro
Ongusto reka

Borda, Bee-ena,
Labarto, Oncorta, Armonia
Ongusto rekaro
Ongusto reka

Borda, Bee-ena,
Labarto, Oncorta, Armonia
Ongusto rekaro
On…

Borda, Bee-ena,
Labarto, Oncorta, Armonia
Ongusto rekaro
On…

Fantasiesprache ohne größere Bedeutung

Heaven’s Open (Lyrics)

Vocals: Michael Oldfield

This is that morning
It’s waiting for you
The face of destiny
Standing before you

This is zero hour now is for you
Can you feel that power inside of you

This priceless moment
In your posession
Answers to mysteries
Stand in succession

This is zero hour and there’s no way back
Can you feel that power in its arms you’re wrapped
All through the night-time
Till the sun comes in
Now Heaven’s Open
Fly right in

Now you stand in that garden
This is that vision
Out on the world’s edges
It’s your baptism

This is zero hour and your hands are free
Can you feel that power it’s ecstasy
All through the night-time
Let the blue sky in

Heaven’s Open
Sun comes in
Heaven’s Open
Let that blue sky in

Gimme Back (Lyrics)

Vocals: Michael Oldfield

I Need My Hands
I Need My Feet
Gimme My Soul
I’m Incomplete

I Need My Eyes
I Want My Teeth
Gimme My Scope
Give Me My Beliefs

(Chorus)

Oh, Here I Hang On This, Hook, Line And Sinker
Don’t Take The Skin Off My Fingers!

I Need My Arms
My Back Is Bent
I Want My Hope
I’m Deficient

I Need My Blood
I Want My Space
Gimme My Dream
I Rest My Case

(Repeat Chorus)

Like A Fire Without A Flame
Desert With No Rain

I Need My Face
I Want My Beat
Gimme My Pulse
I’m In Retreat

I Need My Hair
I Want My Voice
Gimme My Vision
Gimme Back My Choice

(Repeat Chorus)

Like A Fire Without A Flame
Desert With No Rain

Oh, Mountain High
I’m In So Deep
Look Down, On I
Take These Chains From Off My Feet

I’m A Fire Without A Flame
Desert With No Rain

I Want My Beat
I’m Incomplete
I Want My Face
I Rest My Case

Flying Start (Lyrics)

Vocals: Kevin Ayers

We Took A Place In The Sun
To See Just What Had Become
The Warm Wind Blows Constantly
Does The Answer Still Blow? Did You Find Your Chateau
In That Mediterranean Fantasy?

(Chorus)

Flying Start Made The Whole World Sing
They Had No Choice
Flying Start Like A Shining Pearl, They
Sang In One Voice

To Where The Sun Always Shines
Familiar Faces And Wines
The Warm Wind Blows Constantly
Knock On The Door But The Memory’s Poor
Is There Somebody In? Now Answer Me!
Two Dark Eyes From The Doorway Shine
So You Lost Your Dream In A Bottle Of Wine
I Knew You Had To Do It Your Way, Fine
But There’s No-One To Carry The Cross This Time

(Repeat Chorus)

On Dusty Roads And Tracks
Now It’s The Time To Turn Back
The Warm Wind Blows Constantly
Riding That Storm Since The Day You Were Born
Is There Somebody In? Now Answer Me!
Two Dark Eyes From The Doorway Shine
So You Lost Your Dream In A Bottle Of Wine
I Knew You Had To Do It Your Way, Fine
But There’s No-One To Carry The Cross This Time

(Repeat Chorus)

Five Miles Out (Lyrics)

Vocals: Mike Oldfield / Maggie Reilly

What Do You Do When Your Falling
You’ve Got 30 Degrees And You’re Stalling Out?
And It’s 24 Miles To Your Beacon
There’s A Crack In The Sky And The Warning’s Out

Don’t Take That Dive Again!
Push Through That Band Of Rain!

Five Miles Out
Just Hold Your Heading True
Got To Get Your Finest Out
You’re Number 1, Anticipating You

Climbing Out
Just Hold Your Heading True
Got To Get Your Finest Out
You’re Number 1, Anticipating You

Mayday! Mayday! Mayday!
Calling All Stations!
This Is Golf-Mike Oldfield-Oscar-Victor-Juliet
Imc Cu.nimb…Icing
In Great Difficulty, Over

The Traffic Controller Is Calling
“Victor-Juliet Your Identity
I Have You Lost In The Violent Storm!
Communicate Or Squawk ‘Emergency’!”

Don’t Take That Dive Again!
Push Through That Band Of Rain!

Lost In Static 18
And The Storm Is Closing In Now
Automatic 18!
(Got To Push Through!) Trapped In Living Hell!

Your A Prisoner Of The Dark Sky
The Propeller Blades Are Still!
And The Evil Eye Of The Hurricane’s
Coming In Now For The Kill

Our Hope’s With You
Rider In The Blue

Welcome’s Waiting
We’re Anticipating
You’ll Be Celebrating
When You’re Down And Braking

Climbing Out
(Climbing, Climbing)
Five Miles Out
(Climbing, Climbing)

Five Miles Out,
Just Hold Your Heading True
Got To Get Your Finest Out…
(Climbing, Climbing)

Sailing (Lyrics)

Lyrics: Mike Oldfield
Vocals: Luke Spiller

Let me out, I can’t breathe
Gotta get out of this concrete hole
I’m wrecked and I’m decked
I’ve gotta break free before I lose control

Cast the lines away
From the dock at the harbour 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

Give me space, I’m on fire
Banging my head against a hard brick wall
And I’m gone, so long
You can leave a message but I’ll never call

Cast the lines away
From the dock at the harbour bay
It’s a fine bright day
And the wind is blowing away
Lets go sailing, sailing
Yes we’re sailing, sailing

Cast the lines away
From the dock at the harbour bay
There’s no cares no worries no woes
And the wind is blowing away
Lets go sailing, sailing
Yes we’re sailing, sailing

You know that if you want to come with me baby you can sail away
Cast the line
If you’ve got time, come with me baby
Sailing, sailing
Sailing, sailing

Finale (Lyrics)

Vocal: John Cleese

Grand piano
Reed and pipeorgan
Glockenspiel
Bass guitar
Double speed guitar
Two slyghtly distorted guitars
Mandolin
Spanish guitar and introducing acoustic guitar
This Tubular Bells