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Rating: As I mentioned in the Redjetson review, there are truly good bands that take their time to give birth to new creations, and in the case of Stiltskin, a Scottish quartet, they produced a single resounding work "THE MIND'S EYE" (1994) before disbanding as a second album was in progress.
Ray Wilson (vocals) would replace Phil Collins in Genesis in 1997, and then, after 12 years, reunite with two original members of the initial formation, adding Nir to the drums, who was already the drummer for Genesis after Collins' departure, naming the new album "She." "The Mind's Eye" is as strong as steel (100% stanley), and it's also a gentle brushstroke of color with full shades of a distinct impression, completely conquering the United Kingdom and Europe, especially due to the now-famous "Inside," used in the popular Levi's ad, and receiving (with great effort) significant acclaim in the United States.
This album has an incredible energy, and even in this case, emotions abound; the tracks are on one hand as intense as an avalanche's force rushing down to the valley, and on the other hand, they caress the warmth of a sunset over the sea on an evening in August. Opinions and judgments are, as always, personal; it's up to each of us to judge and interpret them. Music is freedom of expression and thought, and I must also, unfortunately, say that we often find talented groups or soloists that let themselves go into less gratifying new experiences, attempting to tread alternative paths without exhilarating results, or fortunately, in some cases, they return to the previously abandoned path, rediscovering the desire to be reborn.
Now I proceed to express my personal sensation felt for each listened track "Intro" and "Scared of Ghosts" – the desire to push oneself to try everything that is extreme for a human being "Horse" - retracing life's memories, venting repressed anger and rejoicing in the desire to discover the mysterious infinite "Rest in peace" a sweet and joyful walk in a cool forest "Footsteps" – pure adrenaline "Sunshine and butterflies" – melancholic personal thoughts "Inside" – journey within the soul "An illusion" – feeling life as a supreme good "America" – a metallic whining chant "When my ship comes in" – desire to be atop a rock with eyes closed, raising arms as a strong wind envelops your body "Prayer before birth" – stumbling completely in total darkness… …
… and all of this, if one feels it, or however one feels it, is simply fantastic, because it is life, music, for me, is the individual expression of life.
Tracklist Lyrics and Videos
04 Rest in Peace (02:55)
Each night I taste the silence
Of the words in my throat
Each day we hide in laughter
When they turn round and float
Do you lie back and think of England
As they shout in your face
Stand up and give them flowers
Mary full of grace
Temper's out of control again
There's an itch in my soul again
If I scratch it I will rest in peace
Each day I'm in the future
Of a net curtaned past
Each day I'm out of pocket
Time didn't last
Each night I wake up smoking
And my eyes start to sting
Wish I could keep them open
When the trees start to sing
Temper's out of control again
There's an itch in my soul again
If I scratch it I will rest in peace
Each night I taste the silence
Of the words in my throat
Each day we hide in laughter
When they turn round and float
Temper's out of control again
There's an itch in my soul again
If I scratch it I will rest in peace
05 Footsteps (03:54)
You take him places I can't go
You tell him things I don't know
And even when the bonds hold fast
You make me hate the past
Walking in your footsteps
I used to walk by your side
How could you leave me
On the very edge of suicide
Suicide...
He leaves you traces I can see
He takes the things you gave to me
And even in the coldest place
I'm just an empty space
Walking in your footsteps
I used to walk by your side
How could you leave me
On the very edge of suicide
I'm lost without you
But well I know you go your own way
You never needed me no matter what you say
Walking in your footsteps
I used to walk by your side
How could you leave me
On the very edge of suicide
Suicide...
Walking in your footsteps
I used to walk by your side
How could you leave me
On the very edge of suicide
Suicide?
06 Sunshine and Butterflies (03:51)
Into a room
Old curtains broken chains
I walk in through
Dust on the wooden stairs
Stone by the trees
Lost days and faded names
Pain in my throat
No river stays the same
They won't be here anymore
They won't be here anymore
When time was new
Long days and laughing eyes
Walk through the fields
Sunshine and butterflies
A fragile place
Nothing ever stays for long
A foreign land
Take right and make it wrong
They won't be here anymore
They won't be here anymore
Its all lost to the wind
They won't be here anymore
Into a room
Old curtains broken chairs
I walk in through
Dust on the wooden stairs
They won't be here anymore
They won't be here anymore
Its all lost to the wind
They won't be here anymore
07 Inside (05:12)
Swing low In a dark glass hour
You turn and cower
See it turn to dust
Move on a stone dark night
We take to flight
Snowfall turns to rust
Seam in a fusing mine
Like a nursing rhyme
Fat man starts to fall
Here in a hostile place
I hear your face start to call
And if you think
That I've been losing my way
That's because I'm slightly blinded
And if you think
That I don't make too much sense
That's because I'm broken minded
Don't keep it...
Inside
If you believe it
Don't keep it all inside
Strong words
In a ganges sky
I have to lie
Shadows move in pairs
Ring out from a bruised postcard
In the shooting yard
Looking through the tears
Out of a black slate time
We move in line
But never reach an end
Fall in a long stray town
As the ice comes down
River starts to bend
And if you think
That I've been losing my way
That's because I'm slightly blinded
And if you think
That I don't make too much sense
That's because I'm broken minded
Don't keep it...
Inside
If you believe it
Don't keep it all inside..
09 America (03:17)
You've got to run to me
You've got to hide from me
You've got to look to me
You've got to close your ears
You've got to be like me
You've got to change from me
You've got to smile to me
You've got to cry your tears
Rhyme America
Rhyme America
Rhyme America
America is me (I'm in America)
America is me (I'm in America)
You've got to see through me
You've got to feel for me
You've got to kill for me
You've got to save my life
You've got to sell me
You've got to buy from me
You've got to watch with me
You've got to hide your eyes
Rhyme America
Rhyme America
Rhyme America
America is me (I'm in America)
America is me (I'm in America)
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