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Rating: The English brothers Danny and Richard McNamara, drummer Heaton and bassist Firth, in short the Embrace, produce an album full of melodic ballads alternated with stadium anthem songs; are they doing it to please everyone a little? I would say no, these are the Embrace... do you remember them in The God will out? Ballads to be appreciated in sweet company were alternated with songs to be sung in chorus.
But let's get into the details, it starts with "Ashes" (hard not to sing along while listening to it!) and then let yourself be lulled by the poignant "Gravity" (a track surely destined to fill the charts), since the ballad is too intense our dear Englishmen dive into "Someday", which starts slowly to explode impetuously; too much energy? The Embrace know how to help us catch our breath, and here comes the long-awaited "Looking as you are" followed by the ballad with harmonica titled "Wish 'em All Away" (this is a great track, could it make it big in the USA? We'll see!) and the melodic "Keeping", which allows the vocalist to showcase remarkable vocal runs.
At this point, we need an energy boost and once again we are satisfied, "Spell it out" provides the charge, but we quickly return to a dreamlike world listening to the amazing "Glorius Day" and the psychedelic "Near life"; ending with happiness? Embrace don’t think about it for a moment and close with a sad and dark piece named after the album "Out of nothing".
For those who love brit-pop, it’s an album not to be missed, also because after the less fortunate Drawn from memory, Embrace return to the levels of The god will out.
Tracklist Lyrics and Videos
01 Ashes (04:22)
I've waited and given the chance again
I'd do it all the same but either way
I'm always out played up on your down days
I left in the right way to start again
Now watch me rise up and leave
all the ashes you made out of me
when you said that we were wrong, life goes on
just look at how long I've agreed
Now watch me rise up and leave
all the ashes you made out of me
when you said that we were wrong, life goes on
just look at how long I've agreed
Out of place like a gem on a coal face
lost on the right way, it's all the same
Cause I've had my hopes raised, right in the wrong ways
scared when you felt safe to start again
Now watch me rise up and leave
all the ashes you made out of me
when you said that we were wrong, life goes on
just look at how long I've agreed
Now watch me rise up and leave
all the ashes you made out of me
when you said that we were wrong, life goes on
just look at how long I've agreed
I sink like a stone, I lost my control
I sink like a stone, I lost my control
I sink like a stone, I lost my control
02 Gravity (04:40)
honey,
it's been a long time coming,
and i can't stop now
such a long time running,
and i can't stop now
do you hear my heart beating?
can you hear that sound?
'cause i can't help thinking
that i don't look down
and then i looked up at the sun
and i could see
oh, the way that gravity turns for you and me
and then i looked up at the sky
and saw the sun
and the way that gravity pulls on everyone
on everyone
baby,
it's been a long time waiting,
such a long, long time
and i can't stop smiling,
oh i can't stop now
but do you hear my heart beating?
ah can you hear that sound?
'cause i can't help crying
and i won't look down
and then i looked up at the sun
and i could see
oh, the way that gravity turns on you and me
and then i looked up at the sun
and saw the sky
and the way that gravity pulls on you and i
on you and i
03 Someday (05:38)
Someday, you're gonna see the way I see things
Break out the box they keep you sealed in
Someday, you find the real thing
Someday, you're gonna feel the isolation
'cause no one wants you with them
Someday, I'm gonna bring you back
and you wont know how to act
the world you think is safe, is changing fast
and all the runaways, will run their last
If you turn away, you can't turn back
The time has come to make way
And you just don't matter too much to me
If you can't run 'cause I will carry
You upon my back until you're safe
And you will feel the way I feel someday
Someday, you're gonna feel the way I'm feeling
But all the bad you think I'm suffering, won't break
It only heals me
And you just don't matter too much to me
If you can't run 'cause I will carry
You upon my back until you're safe
And you will feel the way I feel someday
For every stone you throw you'll carry
A million more and you'll be sorry
No one will escape who knows the way
And we will not sow as we reap someday
A light is gonna shine on you and i
A light is gonna shine on you and i
And you just don't matter too much to me
If you can't run 'cause I will carry
You upon my back until you're safe
And you will feel the way I feel someday
For every stone you throw you'll carry
A million more and you'll be sorry
No one will escape who knows the way
And we will not sow as we reap someday
Someday, you're gonna see the way I see things
Break out the box they keep you sealed in
Someday, we're gonna bring you back....
[yeah]
Now, a light is gonna shine - on you and I
A light is gonna shine
Yeah, a light is gonna shine
04 Looking as You Are (04:06)
I told the Devil and the deep blue sea to hide
I thought that you were after them
I was right
But it's a picture I'll always keep in mind
Where you say I've never been even liked
For anything truly mine
And you did it looking as you are
Looking as you are
Love enters, and leaves you through your eyes
You threw away the only thing that I like
And ought tell ya, that things will be alright
It never really seems that way, late at night
When you did it looking as you are
Looking as you are
Now I know, that the world's not waiting for you, nor for me
And I know that the world gets heavy, will change?
'Cause you did it looking as you are
looking as you are
Now you're gone, I stand on my own
05 Wish 'em All Away (03:59)
Stars are wheeling in the sky
I guard the last of my line
Like a sleeping army I will wait
So drum the devils out your dreams
and send them all to meet me
I will lay me down until you're safe
So you'll have nothing to face
Close your eyes and
Wish 'em all,
Wish 'em all,
Wish 'em all,
Wish 'em all away,
And everything will change
Though the last of your defense
would crumble at the first test
I will stop it all from happening
Tomorrow you will rise and sing
and never want for anything at all
I will bring, I will bring.
No you'll have nothing to face
close your eyes
Wish 'em all,
Wish 'em all,
Wish 'em all,
Wish 'em all away,
And everything will change
Close your eyes and
Wish 'em all,
Wish 'em all,
Wish 'em all,
Wish 'em all away
Now if you look how you fight
Standing in a line
Just understand you're safe
Understand that everything will change
If you just
Wish 'em all,
Wish 'em all,
Wish 'em all,
Wish 'em all away,
Everything will change, understand
I wish 'em all,
Wish 'em all,
Wish 'em all,
Wish 'em all away,
Wish 'em all away...
07 Spell It Out (04:56)
Here's my list of all the things I should have said and done
The boats I missed and all the fights I lost I really should have won
And i'm not the only one
But I won't bow or take the world as you would hand it down
So leave me out of all your plans 'cause I don't need them now
I'll find my own way out
'Cause when you're left with nothing
There's nothing left to lose
That's when they'll come looking for me and you
Once we wanted nothing and everything was new
It was all laid out just for me and you now
Wave goodbye I know that I'll believe if you spell it out for me,
Spell it out so everyone can see
All that really matters now to me is that I could set you free
But my hands are tied and I can't find my feet
Sit by me for long enough and watch your enemies float downstream one by one until you realise you're free
There's no one left but me
'Cause when you're left with nothing
There's nothing left to lose
That's when they'll come looking for me and you.
Once we wanted nothing and everything was new
It was all laid out just for me and you now
Wave goodbye 'cause I know I'll believe if you spell it out for me
Spell it out so everyone can see
All that really matters now to me is that I could set you free
But my hands are tied and I can't find my feet
This sweet old world will give it out until it's time to leave
I won't hurt for you when all you want's a flawless victory
How wrong could anyone be?
'Cause when you're left with nothing
There's nothing left to lose
That's when they'll come looking for me and you.
Once we wanted nothing and everything was new
It was all laid out just for me and you now
Wave goodbye I know that I'll believe if you spell it out for me
Spell it out so everyone can see
All that really matters now to me is that I could set you free
But my hands are tied and I can't find my feet
08 A Glorious Day (03:52)
who can send something so pure to loathe me away
ive fought with the last of my breathe
but you came along on a glorious day
by the time that you left i was crawling again
yeah you came along on a glorious day
now i want you to save me again
oh oh oh, oh oh oh
oh oh etc.........
the fire that they said would burn just lights up the way
i lie in the place where i fell
and three is on this nine day wonder wont go away
till you bring an end to my hell
and you came along on a glorious day
by the time that you left i was crawling again
yeah you came along on a glorious day
now i want you to save me again
right them all keep their plans
cause all i want, is in my hands
and i cant look down
back then i had it all
and now i wont get it back that's all
and i cant get out
oh oh oh, oh oh oh
oh oh etc.........
you came along on a glorious day
by the time that you left i was crawling again
yeah you came along on a glorious day
now i want you to save me again
now i want you to save me again
now i want you to save me again
10 Out of Nothing (05:31)
Out of nothing you came to my arms and you're right
I fell every time
You're the first and the last time that I'll ever try
So dry your eyes, I'll say goodbye, I say goodbye...
I'm left hanging like all dancing bears
I need rope to keep me in line
I can't stop them, there's more bombshells coming
I choke
More words, more lies
I'll say goodbye, I'll say goodbye...
I can't believe its come to this
Banging on a sinking ship, hoping someone hears my list
For every trial I take a fall, you never notice it no more
What we had won't conquer all
While the shots still ringing out
You do the worst to bring me down
You do the worst to take me out
I'll say goodbye, I'll say goodbye...
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