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Paradise/The Spell Lyrics
I feel you trying
Though in my heart I know you're lying
And though your love for me is dying,
I see you crying
It's the pain of your secret heart
Bringing you to tears, filling you with fears
For your mind and for your soul.
I touch you softly now,
Born on by hope until the end, somehow.
I am a man and I must keep my vows,
I must go on.
But the wall of your secret heart
Keeps my distance clear,
Helps my footsteps fall
Back in line inside my mind.
What's the use? You turned me loose
And left me here to cry.
Where's the love we talked about?
Where's my sunny sky?
Secret hearts and sorry tales
Will never help love grow,
Spread your wings my daunted soul,
The time has come to go.
I will not be hurried down
Or blackened by you lies,
I must go and find my dreams
And live in paradise.
What's the use? You turned me loose
And left me here to cry.
Where's the love we talked about?
Where's my sunny sky?
Secret hearts and sorry tales
Will never help love grow.
Spread your wings my daunted soul,
The time has come to go.
I will not be hurried down
Or blackened by you lies.
I must go and find my dreams
And live in paradise.
What's the use? You turned me loose
And left me here to cry.
Where's the love we talked about?
Where's my sunny sky?
What do you think I am? Do you think I'm dreaming?
Don't you know I know what it is you're scheming?
Who did you think gave you the right,
Hidden by the dead of night,
To take the world and turn it upside down,
When it should be round?
It seems I made it just in time
To use my reason and my rhyme
To save us from the evils of your mind.
I will cast the spell, be sure I cast it well.
I will light a fire, kindled with desire.
I'll fill you with fear so you'll know I'm here
And I won't be treated like a fool.
It's no good you pretending there'll be no happy ending,
I'm alive and darkness is my tool.
But when the night is over
And daytime steals your cover,
The goodness of the morning sun
Will warm away what you have done
And leave you cold.
I have no need for moonlight,
You're wrong to trust in sunlight.
For I exist not just in storms,
But in life itself, in so many forms
To leave you cold.
I will leave you now, but you won't defeat me.
You had best beware when you come to meet me.
Love and truth will follow me,
An army of reality,
Brought from every corner of the world.
You will never break the spell.
I summon all the fires of hell
And this is my advice for what it's worth
Let us not begin, this fight we cannot win.
Be sure you're watching me;
'Cause all through your life,
Every day and every night
You should know that I'll be watching you....
Though in my heart I know you're lying
And though your love for me is dying,
I see you crying
Bringing you to tears, filling you with fears
For your mind and for your soul.
Born on by hope until the end, somehow.
I am a man and I must keep my vows,
I must go on.
Keeps my distance clear,
Helps my footsteps fall
Back in line inside my mind.
And left me here to cry.
Where's the love we talked about?
Where's my sunny sky?
Will never help love grow,
Spread your wings my daunted soul,
The time has come to go.
Or blackened by you lies,
I must go and find my dreams
And live in paradise.
And left me here to cry.
Where's the love we talked about?
Where's my sunny sky?
Will never help love grow.
Spread your wings my daunted soul,
The time has come to go.
Or blackened by you lies.
I must go and find my dreams
And live in paradise.
And left me here to cry.
Where's the love we talked about?
Where's my sunny sky?
Don't you know I know what it is you're scheming?
Who did you think gave you the right,
Hidden by the dead of night,
To take the world and turn it upside down,
When it should be round?
To use my reason and my rhyme
To save us from the evils of your mind.
I will light a fire, kindled with desire.
And I won't be treated like a fool.
It's no good you pretending there'll be no happy ending,
I'm alive and darkness is my tool.
And daytime steals your cover,
The goodness of the morning sun
Will warm away what you have done
And leave you cold.
You're wrong to trust in sunlight.
For I exist not just in storms,
But in life itself, in so many forms
To leave you cold.
You had best beware when you come to meet me.
Love and truth will follow me,
An army of reality,
Brought from every corner of the world.
I summon all the fires of hell
And this is my advice for what it's worth
Be sure you're watching me;
'Cause all through your life,
Every day and every night
You should know that I'll be watching you....
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I love this song. What an enigmatic story. To me it's a dialogue between God and the Devil. God banishes his brother so he can follow his dreams of heaven. Later the Devil takes over the world, and God can't stop him.
God's abandonment of his brother led to this evil.
@Operations666 Mehhh, IDK about that, I see on this site a lot of new age type Christian rock fans trying to read into great classic songs a lot of imparting their own, too often newly-found religious fervor, imparting a lot of nonsense about writers coming from a Biblical perspective. Having written that I must say your perspective is spot-on in its reflection of the eternal struggle between good & evil, the forces of darkness vs the love of light. Satan or whomever the antagonist is here, reminds him that he is not found just in the darkness of night but...
@Operations666 Mehhh, IDK about that, I see on this site a lot of new age type Christian rock fans trying to read into great classic songs a lot of imparting their own, too often newly-found religious fervor, imparting a lot of nonsense about writers coming from a Biblical perspective. Having written that I must say your perspective is spot-on in its reflection of the eternal struggle between good & evil, the forces of darkness vs the love of light. Satan or whomever the antagonist is here, reminds him that he is not found just in the darkness of night but in so many different facets of life itself, in the end they wind up warning each other it seems, that each stands ready to do battle & each one will go forward with an eye peeled towards the other.