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White as a cotton clown
Silence sea and sky
Innocent as the child
Always asking why
I can take you there
I can show you
I can take you there
I'll be there
Gently catching you as you fall
Hearing you when you call
Smiling as we climb
Smiling crocodiling
Certainly as the sun
Bakes a Sahara day
Ancient as the hills
Crumbling into clay.
I can take you there
(Rest of chorus)
It's pleasure and pain
No loss no gain
Pleasure and pain
Again and again
Pleasure and pain.
I can take you there
(Rest of chorus)
This madness, this laughter
Outward feelings I can't control
Those coloured lights are leading me
Is it you?
Is it me?
Silence sea and sky
Innocent as the child
Always asking why
I can take you there
I can show you
I can take you there
I'll be there
Gently catching you as you fall
Hearing you when you call
Smiling as we climb
Smiling crocodiling
Certainly as the sun
Bakes a Sahara day
Ancient as the hills
Crumbling into clay.
I can take you there
(Rest of chorus)
It's pleasure and pain
No loss no gain
Pleasure and pain
Again and again
Pleasure and pain.
I can take you there
(Rest of chorus)
This madness, this laughter
Outward feelings I can't control
Those coloured lights are leading me
Is it you?
Is it me?
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Pleasure and Pain Lyrics as written by John Lever Dave Fielding
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
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It's about a sense of innocence and wonder, as well as the dichotomy between pleasure and pain. The first stanza paints a peaceful scene of an innocent world that is waiting to be explored. The narrator offers to take the listener there and be there for them, catching them when they fall and smiling as they climb.
The second stanza acknowledges the harshness of the world, comparing it to a baking Sahara day and ancient hills crumbling into clay. The repeated refrain of "pleasure and pain, no loss no gain" highlights the duality of life, with its joys and sorrows, and the idea that one cannot exist without the other.
The lyrics also touch on the idea of control, with the narrator acknowledging that they can't control their outward feelings and that the colored lights are leading them. This suggests a sense of surrender to the unknown, which may be both thrilling and frightening.