Touch (2025)
1. Couplets of the heart
Pain
Loss
Surrender
Acceptance
Pruning
Removing
Weeding
Letting go of the unneeded
Making
Keeping
Needing
Human
Out of
Losing
Feeling
Healing
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2. A Golden Thread
Verse 1
A golden thread leading to another world
The chords of hope light the room and darkened walls
Sound of the horn its magic fills the evening air
Sound of a horn in melancholy cheer
Chorus 1
Do not despair, music’s everywhere
Do not despair, music’s everywhere
For those who dwell on the magic of the evening air
Do not despair, music’s everywhere
Verse 2
The fading light at dusk begins to fall
And hunched he sits – guitar and face turned towards the wall
A London bedsit stands with shutters closed
But the thinnest string brings forth the sweetest notes
Chorus 2
Do not despair, music’s everywhere
Do not despair, music’s everywhere
For those who dwell on the magic of the evening air
Do not despair, music’s everywhere
Middle
Where is the secret land living by the breeze?
Where is the River Man hidden in the trees?
Verse 3
A golden thread leading to another world
The chords of hope warm the hearts and darkened walls
A horn does sound the parting of the day
A horn does sound the parting of the ways
Last Chorus (as above)
3. John’s colours
Verse 1
Rolling in on waves
Emotions rise and soar
Some days you feel them more
Healing comes in time
Moments in a day
You’re overwhelmed with pain
Feelings rise and grow
Colours swirl and glow
Like swallows on the flow
The freedom that you show
Chorus 1
John’s colours (x4)
Verse 2
A vision that you showed
Complexity and form
The brushwork shows it all
So positive and bold
The subtle detail show
The depth within your soul
A flame of orange fire
A yellow heart of hope
A castle and a moat
Intensity of light
Illuminate the sky
It’s here where you reside
Feelings rise and grow
Colours swirl and glow
Like swallows on the flow
The freedom that you show
Chorus 2 (as above)
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4. Where the Pole Star lies
Verse 1
The Great Bear’s riding high tonight
Majestic creature of the sky
I trace ‘the Pointers’ with my eye
They lead to where the Pole Star lies
An ever-fixed light
Chorus 1
A cooling breeze upon my brow
A burning fire within my soul
A darkened room without a door
An open cliff above an empty shore
And I’m crying out for love
I’m calling out for more
I’m walking all alone
I’m looking in the darkness in the door
Verse 2
You left me on a summer’s night
You took your place among the stars
The Great Bear sees my wounded heart
And turns towards the Northern sky
An ever-fixed light
Chorus 2
A cooling breeze upon my brow
A burning fire within my soul
A darkened room, an open door
An open path that leads towards the shore
And I’m walking with the stars
I’m lost within the night
I’m looking high above
I find your constellation as my guide.
Where the Pole Star lies
Verse 3 (as verse 1)
5. Heart wave
Waiting
Breathing
Seeking
Receiving
Trusting
Believing
Searching
Receiving
6. Touch
Verse 1
I walked across the hillside to the dawning of the day
I couldn’t take another step and rested on the gate
My wiry, old companion said it wouldn’t do to stay
To give up now is madness, find the strength find the way
Verse 2
I told him I would linger on the brow of this old hill
But the more I thought of tiredness the tireder I did feel
‘Listen to the music lying deep within your heart’
The words he said encouraged me and helped me carry on
Chorus 1
To Love till there’s nothing left love
Hope till there’s nothing left to hope
Feel when there’s nothing left to feel … ooh
Touch when there’s nothing left to touch
Verse 3
It seemed that all my hope had gone, and everything was dead
It seemed the sun had left the sky, the stars had gone to bed
One by one with reasons gone the peace within my heart
Drained of every ounce of strength, and all that I had known
Chorus 2
Love till there’s nothing left love
Hope till there’s nothing left to hope
Fight till there’s nothing left to fight
Cry till there’s nothing left to cry
Feel when there’s nothing left to feel
Touch when there’s nothing left to touch
7. Leave the Shadows
Introduction
Four grey walls, four grey towers overlook a space of flowers
A lady sits and weaves for hours
Caught amongst her web of shadows
A web of shadows.
Verse 1
Endlessly within her room, a lady sits and works the loom for hours
A mirror stands to help her see images she’d see if she took courage
Sounds of laughter enter in, the smell of summer grass
Remind her of a life outside waiting to be found
But long ago a spell was cast it trapped her in her mind
If she ever she did look outside, she’d wither and she’d die
Pre-chorus
If she walked across the room, see the water lilies bloom
Leave the shadows
Take three paces from the loom, see the dreams are waiting at her window
Chorus
You, you don’t have to be afraid
You leave the shadows far away
You’re not the Lady of Shalott
Last verse
Four grey walls, four grey towers overlook a space of flowers
A lady sits and weaves for hours caught amongst her web of shadows
Reflections of reality and all she’d like to be
Are caught within the mirror, but she’s longing to be free
Until one day the moment came when she could understand
The magic that would change her life lay waiting in her mind
Pre-chorus
She left the mirror and the loom, looked around and said:
‘I’m sick of shadows!’
She took three paces across the room
See the water lilies bloom, left the shadows.
Chorus
You, you don’t have to be afraid
You leave the shadows far away
Break the spell step outside and greet the day
You, you don’t have to be afraid
You leave the shadows far away
Break the spell step outside and greet the day
Step outside and greet the day
Step outside and greet the day
8. Lightness of touch
There is light at last
As the darkness begins to pass
There is hope in our hearts
And the warmth of our love
For the time that has passed
For the days that we’ve lost
For the years still to come
Touch