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Shadow Play Lyrics
In the flinty light, it's midnight,
And the stars collide.
Shadows run, in full flight,
To run, seek and hide.
I'm still not sure what part I play,
In this shadow play, shadow play.
In the half-light, on this mad night,
I hear a voice in time.
Well, I look back, see a half-smile,
Then it's gone from sight.
Tell me, how I can find my way,
In this shadow play, this shadow play,
In this shadow play, this shadowplay.
Sounds come crashing,
And I hear laughing,
All those lights just blaze away.
I feel a little strange inside,
A little bit of Jekyll, a little Mr. Hyde.
Sounds come crashing,
And I hear laughing,
All those lights just blaze away.
I feel a little strange inside,
A little Mr. Jekyll, a little Mr. Hyde.
Yeah.........
Thoughts run wild, free as a child,
Into the night.
Across the screen a thin beam,
Of magic light.
There are things that just don't look the same,
In this shadow play, shadow play,
Shadow play, shadow play
I can't run away.
From this shadow play,
shadow play, this shadow play
Well help me find my way,
In this shadow play,
Yeah..........
Can't believe this awesome song has no comments? Beautiful piece of art!
I heard he wrote the lyrics while he was ill and forced to stey in bed
As a very young man , Rory toured with bands in several European cities including Hamburg. I imagine Shadowplay refers to him walking through the entertainment district, (The Reeperbahn) and trying to make sense of the bright neon signs and shady characters. Rory never married or had children. Perhaps the seedier side of the city left him bewildered enough to write a song about it, later in life. "Stars collide" may refer to the names of Top entertainers in neon lights , blurring into each other from the streetvew of Rory walking along the pavement. The "thin beam of magic light" is a cinema.