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The first album Love Is Here was a true goldmine: Tie Up My Hands, Poor Misguided Fool, Alcoholic, Way To Fall, Fever, Good Souls... Many accused them of losing the sincerity of their first work in Silence Is Easy, which in my opinion symbolizes change and evolution, decidedly more electric, and it was also a successful album not only in their homeland but also here (I've been told that they're very appreciated in Belgium) from which excellent singles like the title track Silence Is Easy and Four To The Floor emerged (the latter was subject to an avoidable and questionable remix version that even took it into the discos).
In short, I liked Starsailor so far. Before listening to the new album, I had already had the chance to appreciate the first single from this new work, In The Crossfire, a very energetic and intense piece, full of guitar riffs, a song symbolic of the new direction taken by the band in their new work.
The album is full of electric guitars, the acoustics are sidelined, but what stands out the most is the prominence of the bass in all the tracks. This album is much harsher in sound than the previous ones, not in terms of melody but in terms of the impact of the sound. The first track is indeed In The Crossfire, excellent, then there's Counterfeit Life, very beautiful and explosive in the pre-chorus. But above all stands out Faith Hope Love, very rock-like, with a chorus that could become a new generational anthem. I Don't Know is excellent as well. All the other tracks, although not exceptional, are very pleasant and all are emblematic of a new style.
Despite the successes, Starsailor has been able to evolve towards new forms of song, a choice that in my opinion has had exceptional results.
Tracklist Lyrics and Samples
01 In the Crossfire (03:18)
I don't see myself when I look in the mirror
I see who I should be
I don't see myself when I look in your eyes
Thank God for that
I don't see myself when I look cross the river
I see where I should be
I don't see myself when I look from the sky
Thank God for that
I hear them screaming
On the radio
Its getting louder
In the crossfire
Trying to find some hope
From the ashes of their broken homes
I don't see myself when they fail to deliver
I see what I should be
I don't see myself when I look at the flag
Thank God for that
I hear them screaming
On the radio
It's getting louder
In the crossfire
Trying to find some hope
Our day will come
We'll find the sun
We'll find the fire
We'll sanctify
The love we gave
Our one desire
I hear them screaming
On the radio
Its getting louder
In the crossfire
Trying to find some hope
I hear them screaming
On the radio
Its getting louder
In the crossfire
Trying to find some hope
From the ashes of their broken homes
I don't see myself when I look in the mirror
02 Counterfeit Life (03:32)
Come down, slowly
Hotel lobby
Our lives are counterfeit if we don't lay down
I should be used to it, but I'm losing my strength now
Come a time when
This darkness, will end
A war for corporate glory
Re-told as a fairy story
Come a time when
This darkness
Will end
I got enough respite to keep on trying
I got enough respite to keep from crying
Come a time when
This darkness
Will end
We should be used to it
Our lives are counterfeit
So let's get back to earth and make the best of it
We should be used to it (I got enough respite)
Our lives are counterfeit (To keep on trying)
So let's get back to earth and make the best of it
[repeat x3]
(Trying, TRYING!)
03 In My Blood (03:56)
Oh, I feel it flow
Through my bones
If, we let it go
We shall grow
Please, now breathe for me,
Slow and slow
Brought something back to me
It's in My Blood
Lost in my memory
Not fast enough
Nothing in life is free
Love is the currency
Oh, I justify
All my lows
She, won't be denied
When she goes
Brought something back to me
It's in My Blood
Lost in my memory
Not fast enough
Nothing in life is free
Love is the currency
Glorious, red filled sky,
Take me up, make me high
Glorious, red filled dawn
Take my hand, I'm re-born
Brought something back to me
It's in My Blood
Lost in my memory
Not fast enough
Nothing in life is free
Love is the currency [repeat]
05 I Don't Know (03:22)
Woke up reeling
Lost all feeling
Heart on the floor
My eyes to the ceiling
Tried to stop me
But I was not listening
One more drink and I won't miss them
I don't know what love is
I don't know what love is
I don't know what love is
But I think I had it
See that poor girl
With the glint in her eye
She could turn you that way
If you're willing to try
Don't you worry about your friends
and the time they're having
They are on the outside and they're looking in
I don't know what love is
I don't know what love is
I don't know what love is
But I think I had it
See them wasting it all away
For the sake of a thrill and a game away
Oh they found him
Put him in prison
Could have been worse
They could have killed him
He's not the one
He was only dealing
But there's a killer on the loose
and he meets the description
I don't know what love is
I don't know what love is
I don't know what love is
But I think I had it
I don't know what love is
I don't know what love is
I don't know what love is
But I think I had it [repeats]
06 Way Back Home (03:11)
Be still my child
We'll overcome
The evil mind
behind the bomb
So lift your hearts
Open your minds
And leave no room
For words unkind
Be still my friends
We'll overcome
The evil mind
behind that bomb
Don't waste your words
I've already grown
I'm gonna find my way back home
Don't waste your words
I've already grown
I'm gonna find my way back home
Be still my friends
We'll overcome
The evil mind
behind that bomb
Don't waste your words
I've already grown
I'm gonna find my way back home
Don't waste your words
I've already grown
I'm gonna find my way back home [repeats]
07 Keep Us Together (03:48)
Folks from California
Can't live without their sun
They've actor politicians
To infiltrate their young
They live out in the province
To find their kingdom come
The suffering of the father
The sins of the son
OH!
OH!
Here I go
Feel a little guilt for
The damage that's been done
It should be where you're going
Not where you're coming from
OH! The bitter the taste ye'
OH! When they don't deliver
OH! Will keep us together
Here I go [rpt]
Lonely river
Carry further
Take me somewhere
I don't know
Like a platform
For my ideals
Where my hurt will never show
OH! The bitter the taste ye'
OH! When they don't deliver
OH! Will keep us together
Here I go [repeat]
09 This Time (03:33)
In that moment I was frozen out
Of a story that I knew all about
Then I called her in the evening
My depression started lifting
I won't let it kill me
This time
I won't let it kill me
This time
Up to the surface came a feeling
Left me useless
Left me reeling
I won't let it kill me
This time
I won't let it kill me
This time
When the beats run dry there's gonna be some blood
[repeat x6]
I won't let it kill me
This time
I won't let it kill me
This time
11 Jeremiah (03:42)
Went off to another land this evening
For to find some inner peace
And to see a better way of living
He only went to try to change something
His poor young life was pulled from under him
Found him by the motorway
Jeremiah ran away from something
Jeremiah's mother wept
For the answers they had left behind them
He only went to try and change something
His poor young life was pulled from under him
And everytime I see the sun go down I think of you
The polizei have swept it out of sight
There's nothing new
And everytime I see the sun go down I think of you
I hope someday someone will feel the need to tell the truth
Little one do not fear
The ways of the world
Will soon be clear
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