ã All songs
written by Gary Kemp
Produced by Tony
Swain, Steve Jolley & Spandau Ballet
Published by
reformation publishing co ltd.
Barricades – Introduction (instrumental)
Through all the walls in our
mind,
These are pleasures that
terrify so leave them behind.
You keep the chains that are
in your life,
We’ll take the flight of the
dove,
There’s only one way to
satisfy this feeling that’s love.
And I’ll say it again,
And I’ll say it again,
And if the power comes
between us oh I’ll know what to do,
I’m gonna say it to you.
Cross the line tonight,
Take this chance and show
your might,
All the worlds on the other
side,
Cross the line.
Raise a flag to our moral
crime
We’ll light a fire for this,
Make the papers by morning
time
And lay in our bliss.
So come on darling and share
my mind,
There is no need to stay and
hide
‘Cause all we are now is two
of a kind,
Can you believe what we did?
And I’ll say it again,
Oh and I’ll say it again,
That when the power comes
between us oh I’ll know what to do,
I’m gonna say it to you.
Cross the line tonight,
Take this chance and show
your might,
All the worlds on the other
side,
Cross the line.
Mother come to me now,
Take this hand now I’m
afraid,
Mother come to me,
I’m bleeding.
Through all the walls in our
mind,
These were the pleasures
that terrified,
We left them behind.
And I’ll say it again,
Ooh and I’ll say it again,
And if the power comes
between us oh I’ll know what to do,
I’m gonna say it, I’m gonna say it to you.
Cross the line tonight,
Take this chance and show
your might,
All the worlds on the other
side,
Cross the line.
Cross the line tonight,
Take this chance and show
your might,
All the worlds on the other
side,
Cross the line.
ã1986 Gary kemp published by Reformation Publishing Ltd
I’ve only myself to blame,
Now that I’m tangled up in
chains
So you say, ooh so you say.
Caught in this human cage,
trapped,
And I’m fired up with rage,
And somebody has got to pay.
I can never talk about it,
I can never say what I want
to say
So I’ll take your tip and
bite my lip
And hope it goes away.
You say I’m a man of straw,
well, baby,
I’m gonna break your law,
Then it’s war, ooh, yes it’s
war.
Love on a thin white line,
Love that was just a waste
of time,
Oh, not any more.
I can feel it coming at me,
I can feel it coming like
the wind,
But I’m locked away and I’m
bound to stay
So no one can get in.
I’m a man in chains,
I’m a man in chains,
Oh, I’m a man in chains,
I’m a man in chains,
I only pray that before I
die,
Just like the phoenix I will
rise and fly,
Tell me who’s to blame,
I’m a man
Now I’m a man in chains.
There must be a reason why
You’re pulling the wool down
on my eyes,
It’s a lie, it’s a lie.
Dragging this ball and
chain,
Oh how long can I take this
pain?
But somebody has got to try,
Yeah, oh I can feel the
pressure on me,
Oh, I can feel it taking me
from the start,
Sticks and stones smash my
bones
But never break my heart.
Oh, I’m a man in chains,
I’m a man in chains,
Oh, I’m a man in chains,
I’m a man in chains,
Oh, I only pray that before
I die,
Just like the phoenix I will
rise and fly,
Tell me who’s to blame,
Now I’m a man
Now I’m a man in chains
I can never talk about it,
Oh, I can never say what I
want to say
So I’ll take your tip and
I’ll bite my lip
And hope it goes away.
Oh, I’m a man in chains,
I’m a man in chains,
Oh, I’m a man in chains,
I’m a man in chains,
Oh, I only pray that before
I die,
Just like the phoenix I will
rise and fly,
Tell me who’s to blame,
Now I’m a man
Now I’m a man in chains
Just like the phoenix,
Just like the phoenix,
I will rise and fly
Just like the phoenix,
Just like the phoenix,
ã1986 Gary kemp published by Reformation Publishing Ltd
Once
there were times, once there were reasons filled with rhymes,
Everything
shared, everything told.
You keep
me so warm,
Protect
me from all those mighty storms and dreams seem so old.
So look
at us now, just look at us now,
With our
hands on our hearts oh and lines on our brow.
How many
lies must we tell?
How many
lies must we see?
How many
times must we say “it’s for the best”
And leave
the truth as the casualty?
Do you
read through the lines
Or
believe the TV and ‘the times’?
Where can
we find more ways to see?
You
strain on the truth
And make
believe all when you cry wolf
And the
lies you’re giving me.
So look at
us now, just look at us now,
With our
hands on our hearts oh and lines on our brow.
How many
lies must we tell?
How many
lies must we see?
How many
times must we say “it’s for the best”
And leave
the truth as the casualty?
Oh, well
the truth is hard so when they write the book
Fiction’s
what you wanna be,
Well it’s
your freedom of choice
But you
know that lies are the cancer of democracy,
You’ve
painted your face
And now
you’ve tainted your words
And now
your ready and armed with love
Well if
your head is steady and your soul is ready we’re going up above,
So
whatever you wanna be
Just come
on all along with me,
If
there’s truth in our hearts
Maybe we
can break free.
How many
lies must we tell?
How many
lies must we see?
How many
times must we say “it’s for the best”
And leave
the truth as the casualty?
How many
lies must we tell?
How many
lies must we see?
How many
times must we say “it’s for the best”
And leave
the truth as the casualty?
How many
times must we say “it’s for the best”
And leave
nothing, yeah.
ã1986 Gary kemp published by Reformation Publishing Ltd
I could tell you a
fairytale,
Hold your hand oh so small
and frail,
But these lies are to no
avail in these blues.
I could give you security,
Protect your eyes from what
you see,
But I can’t give you a
guarantee win or lose.
Just trust in my love now
baby,
I’ll show you what’s wrong,
Oh this is all I can give
you baby,
So sing this song, sing it,
sing it.
Oh we are virgin,
Just as bright as the
blinding snow,
Oh we are virgin and we just
don’t wanna let go,
We are virgin,
Your skin is new and your
eyes are wide,
Don’t let that evil get
inside
I know it’s hard to run and
hide in these times.
So hold your face to the sun
today
I’ll take your hand and
we’ll walk away,
Show them all you don’t have
to pay for these crimes.
Just trust in my love now
baby,
I’ll show you what’s wrong,
Oh this is all I can give
you baby,
So sing this song, sing it,
sing it.
Oh we are virgin,
Just as bright as the
blinding snow,
Oh we are virgin and we just
don’t wanna let go,
Oh, we are virgin,
Just as bright as the
blinding snow,
Oh we are virgin and we just
don’t wanna let go,
And so if you go away
I’ll keep the fire burning,
Keep the fire burning all
night,
All through the wind and the
rain
I’ll keep the fire burning,
Keep the fire burning.
Oh, just trust in my love
now baby, (trust in my love)
I’ll show you what’s wrong,
(keep you strong)
This is all I can give you
baby,
So sing this song, sing it,
sing along.
(oh we are virgin) just as
bright as the blinding snow,
oh, we are virgin and we
just don’t wanna let go,
oh, we are virgin.
Ooh, just as bright as the
blinding snow
oh, we are virgin and we
just don’t wanna let go,
we are virgin
(oh we are virgin) just as
bright as the blinding snow,
oh, we are virgin and we
just don’t wanna let go,
(oh we are virgin) just don’t wanna let go.
ã1986 Gary kemp published by Reformation Publishing Ltd
Everybody, we’ve got to fight for ourselves.
Everybody, we’ve got to fight for ourselves.
Everybody, we’ve got to fight for ourselves.
Everybody, we’ve got to fight for ourselves.
So many people so many problems,
There in the pretty city lights where we’ve thrown it all
away,
Well if life is here before my eyes
Then I find it hard to see
How the methods that we’re told to use
Are gonna make us free,
Until then I say
Everybody, we’ve got to fight for ourselves.
Everybody, we’ve got to fight for ourselves.
All through the mystery, all through the heartache,
She’s got the only single thing that I’ll never throw away.
Oh if lightning strikes for the second time,
Will you come and pull me through?
It’s a battle that we all must make
So show me what to
do,
And you said
Everybody, we’ve got to fight for ourselves.
(We’ve got to fight for ourselves)
Everybody,
we’ve got to fight for ourselves.
Well
there’s a feeling growing that is in this land
There’s a
soul that’s burning and it’s in your hand
Everybody,
we’ve got to fight for ourselves,
Fight for
ourselves
(Fight,
Fight).
Oh, so
many people so many problems
There in
the pretty city lights where we’ve thrown it all away,
Well if
life is here before my eyes
Then I
find it hard to see
How the
methods that we’re told to use
Are gonna
make us free,
Everybody,
we’ve got to fight for ourselves
(We’ve
got to fight for ourselves)
Everybody,
we’ve got to fight for ourselves
Oh
there’s a feeling growing that is in this land
There’s a
soul that’s burning and it’s in your hand
Everybody,
we’ve got to fight for ourselves,
Fight for
ourselves
Fight for
ourselves
We’ve got
to fight for ourselves
Everybody,
we’ve got to fight for ourselves
(Everybody,
we’ve got to fight for ourselves)
Everybody,
we’ve got to fight for ourselves
(Fight,
Fight).
Everybody,
fight for ourselves
Everybody,
fight for ourselves
(Everybody), we’ve got to fight for ourselves.
ã1986 Gary kemp published by Reformation
Publishing Ltd
Be careful what you say,
Loose talk could sink this
ship,
Well the way that I am
I’m as weak as a lamb,
See it on my shaky lip.
There’s more to these
actions
Than you could ever know,
With the moon and the tide,
I’m drawn to your side
And moving with the flow.
When it’s time to choose and
it’s sink or swim
I know I’ll drown this time,
When the cold wind blows and
I’m falling in – throw the line.
Now I’m swept and I’m lost
within my mind
On a love that makes me
blind
And this feeling I just
can’t forget,
Now I’m swept on a tide
that’s in my soul
And this feeling that I have
is losing me control
and I hope it doesn’t end
just yet,
Now I’m swept.
Mind over matter, no matter
where this mind will be,
There’s more to be said, oh,
for games in the head
Than anything you’ll ever
see.
There’s safety in dreaming
So wrap me in things that I
know,
With my head in the sand
I’m at your command and
moving with the flow.
When it’s time to choose and
it’s sink or swim
I know I’ll drown this time,
When the cold wind blows and
I’m falling in – throw the line.
Now I’m swept and I’m lost
within my mind
On a love that makes me
blind
And this feeling I just
can’t forget,
Now I’m swept on a tide
that’s in my soul
And this feeling that I have
is losing me control
and I hope it doesn’t end
just yet,
Now I’m swept.
Now I’m swept
Oh yeah, When it’s time to
choose and it’s sink or swim
I know I’ll drown this time,
When the cold wind blows and
I’m falling in – throw the line, throw the line.
Now I’m swept and I’m lost
within my mind
On a love that makes me
blind
And this feeling I just
can’t forget,
Now I’m swept on a tide
that’s in my soul
And this feeling that I have
is losing me control
and I hope it doesn’t end
just yet,
Now I’m swept.
ã1986 Gary kemp published by Reformation Publishing Ltd
Well there’s something at
our door,
Now we’re fighting together
as dogs of war.
When the moon is shining
And you’re wrapped around
our sins,
Then our souls start a-howling
And the show begins.
Over where the city starts
Something comes and slips
into its heart.
Snakes and lovers try and
shed our sins,
We’re under covers but it
slips beneath our skins.
Snakes and lovers, holding
on in the night – are you sleeping tight?
In our Garden of Eden, with
the poison in disguise,
We had grown love together
in paradise.
Now utopia is falling and
the messages are clear
That the evil is crawling
And fear in near.
Now temptation comes to try,
So I bite the apple of my
eye.
Snakes and lovers try and
shed our sins,
We’re under covers but it
slips beneath our skins.
Snakes and lovers, holding
on in the night – are you sleeping tight?
Now you’re alone in your
room,
And all the walls they are
turning.
And down on the streets where
I walk,
The light on my eyes it is
burning.
So come on and take me my
dear
And bare the fruits of what
we know
And our minds will be clear
And our hearts will not let
go.
Just one more step and we will be over
Snakes and lovers try and
shed our sins,
We’re under covers but it
slips beneath our skins.
Snakes and lovers, holding
on in the night – are you sleeping tight?
Holding on in the night – are you sleeping tight?
ã1986 Gary kemp published by Reformation Publishing Ltd
Mother
doesn’t know where love has gone,
She
says it must be youth that keeps us felling strong.
See
it in her face that’s turned to ice,
And
when she smiles she shows the lines of sacrifice.
And
now I know what they’re saying as our sun begins to fade,
And
we made our love on wasteland and through the barricades.
Father
made my history,
He
fought for what he thought would set us somehow free.
They
taught me what to say in school,
I
learned it off by heart but now that’s torn in two.
And
now I know what they’re saying in the music of the parade,
And
we made our love on wasteland and through the barricades.
Born
on different sides of life,
But
we feel the same and feel all of this strife,
So
come to me when I’m asleep
And
we’ll cross the line and dance upon the streets.
And
now I know what they’re saying as the drums begin to fade,
And
we made our love on wasteland and through the barricades.
Oh,
turn around and I’ll be there,
Well
there’s a scar right through my heart but I’ll bare it again.
Oh,
I thought we were the human race but we were just another borderline case,
And
the stars reach down and tell us that there’s always one escape.
Oh,
I don’t know were love has gone
And
in this troubled land desperation keeps us strong.
Friday’s
child is full of soul,
With
nothing left to lose there’s everything to go.
And
now I know what they’re saying,
It’s
a terrible beauty we’ve made
So
we make our love on wasteland and through the barricades
And
now I know what they’re saying as our hearts go to their graves
And
we made our love on wasteland and through the barricades.
ã1986 Gary kemp published by Reformation Publishing Ltd