THE SHINING
First released 2001
The Shining is one of the new tracks from the forthcoming album Pleased To Meet You which was written at the House In The Woods studios in Surrey and previewed on the Autumn 2000 tour. Tim ponders sailing uncharted oceans and breaking through or being broken, and there being a fine line between success and failure and how appearances can be deceptive - "I could be an angel or the devil in disguise". The more controversial line "I could be the Nazi or I could be the Jew" aired in the Autumn 2000 tour was dropped for the final studio version although it appears on the version on the b-side to Getting Away With It (All Messed Up).
WHERE TO GET
Album Version : Pleased To Meet You CAS (5861464) and CD (5861462)
Album Version : The Gathering Sound boxset USB stick
Live At Ridge Farm : Getting Away With It (All Messed Up) CDS (JIMDD25)
LYRICS
I hold a vision
That all visions are impure
The rising of the serpent
The apple in the fall
Don't trust the angels
May be devils in disguise
Don't trust the preacher
All his words don't make him wise
There are no promises that anyone can speak
The future's full of secrets
The past can never keep
Yes, I know I'm falling down
This incline is far too steep
Tell me when I hit the ground
You're too high for me to reach
We can weather uncharted oceans
Though the map reads
Lost at sea
When we break through
Or get broken
Will you stand here
Close to me
Close to me
You are the universe
And God knows I'm the fool
I've journeyed round the outer worlds
To return home to you
I've found a lover
Knows me better than myself
Sees through all my subtle lies
And touches me to health
We can weather uncharted oceans
Though the map reads
Lost at sea
When we break through
Or get broken
Will you stand here
Close to me
We can weather uncharted oceans
Though the map reads
Lost at sea
When we break through
Or get broken
Will you stand here
Close to me
Here comes the choices
It's consume or be consumed
Jump if you feel crazy
And jump if you're no fool