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A gypsy of a strange and distant time
Travelling in panic all direction blind
Aching for the warmth of a burning sun
Freezing in the emptiness of where he'd come from
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh, oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
Left without a hope of coming home.
Speeding through a shadow of a million years
Darkness is the only sound to reach his ears
Frightening him with the visions of eternity
Screaming for the future that can never be
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh, oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
Left without a hope of coming home.
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh, oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
A gypsy of a strange and distant time
Travelling in panic all direction blind
Aching for the warmth of a burning sun
Freezing in the emptiness of where he'd come from
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh, oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
Left without a hope of coming home.
Left without a hope of coming home
Left without a hope of coming home
Travelling in panic all direction blind
Aching for the warmth of a burning sun
Freezing in the emptiness of where he'd come from
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh, oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
Left without a hope of coming home.
Speeding through a shadow of a million years
Darkness is the only sound to reach his ears
Frightening him with the visions of eternity
Screaming for the future that can never be
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh, oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
Left without a hope of coming home.
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh, oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
A gypsy of a strange and distant time
Travelling in panic all direction blind
Aching for the warmth of a burning sun
Freezing in the emptiness of where he'd come from
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh, oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
Left without a hope of coming home.
Left without a hope of coming home
Left without a hope of coming home
Lyrics submitted by weezerific:cutlery
Gypsy Lyrics as written by Justin Hayward
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, T.R.O. INC.
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Great song, severely underrated, such as most Moodies songs. I think people should listen to this song and other less-known songs, because in my opinon, they surpass such songs as Nights in White Satin by far. Nights in White Satin is still a great song, but to say it is the best is ignorance.
@Jkmuff I have to agree, almost every song in their repertoire evokes such powerful emotions, the orchestral refrains & deeply philosophical lyrics can just make you soar or send you to the depths of despair.
Indeed, I would say this is the best Moodies song.
@Tom_And_Jerry, meh.
I would be surprised if this song was not about a satellite or space probe such as voyageur.
I totally agree with you, TheNinth!!! I swear, I can't help but think about Doctor Who when I hear this song!
In order to understand this song, one must look at the theme of the album and a very historic event of that year of 1969 "One Giant Leap for Mankind". The whole album is about mankinds journey into space, inner and outter space. The Gypsy to me is the journey of a robitic deep space probe such as Voyger. Launched millions of years ago "without a hope of every coming home". It's sensors have stopped working millions of years ago, and is now "all direction blind". It now travels through cold, dark, and infinitly vast intersteller space alone "Left without a hope of every coming home".
@richardadr Spot on! However, I don't think it's so "clever" to suggest a satellite, comet, asteroid, yada yada, they only dehumanize/depersonalize the lyrics with such references. They're all products of the garbage being fed to us by a disinforming & downright lying bunch of bastards in charge of our government & our media.
I've always thought this song refers to a comet or asteroid. A comet is of course an insentient object, but in the song takes on human emotions. The writer imagines a mythological creature streaming across the universe, 'traveling in a panic all direction blind' and 'aching for the warmth of a distant sun'. Stars and planets are relatively fixed in position, but a comet, like a gypsy, is not fixed, but roams free across the galaxy.
@munderwood30, I agree. This has always been my interpretation. A comet seems the perfect analog of a gypsy in outer space. And, yes, the "aching for the warmth of a distant sun" fits right in with that, as comets are so clearly affected by their proximity to a star. Other interpretations focusing on a manufactured space probe is something I hadn\'t considered. But I still see a comet as a better fit.
@munderwood30 Yet why do you want to depersonalize the very human emotions he's writing about here?
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@Spooky_Tooth Spot on my friend, too many people make do with just the "hits" that get a bit of airplay and fail to buy the albums & explore all the great music in their repertoire. Next to the Beatles, they were my favorite band of all time.
I'm having a hard time convincing myself that it's NOT about Dr Who.
@TheNinth Wtf is Dr Who & why would he be writing about that?
The song is a Justin Hayward autobiography, "traveling in panic all direction blind", maybe influenced by certain substances.
@dhiles1 Why does it have to be about "substances," maybe it's just plain old human emotions to which he refers?
Most all songs by Hayward or Lodge have some expression of their Christian faith. This is very clearly about Lucifer, who fell from Heaven and can never go back. This occurred untold millennia ago, hence "million years." He is now blind, cold and lonely because of what he has done. This fits very well with the theme of the entire album, which has many mentions of eternal things . . .
@Teryt, where in the world did you pick up that bit of bullsh*t? Nowhere do they come close to saying or referring to a "deep Christian faith!" Come back with a referenced source and I'll remove my post!