We were lying in bed, staring at the moon, and i was wondering if i was supposed to be in love.
But we couldn’t quite decide if the moon was full, but i thought, well, tonight it’s full enough.
And this morning i was casually trying to sniff my fingers on the way back home.
I could smell you and i felt like a little boy.
Now we’ve been on these open seas far too long so take a breath, take my hand, there’s land ahoy.
(mike oldfield)
Producer for bonnie: mike oldfield
Recorded in 1987 for mike oldfield’s album ‘islands’, lyrics taken from careful listening.
Islands
From the first time we saw
We could wait for this moment
Like rocks on the shore
We could never be closer somehow
For the moment that lasts
Is this moment now
When the night’s on fire
Oh, will you keep the candle-light burning
Hold onto your heart’s desire
(hearts on fire)
When you see one bird into the wind
Another one’s turning
And the two can fly much higher
(higher)
Chorus:
We are islands
But never too far
We are islands
And i need your light tonight
And i need your light tonight…(x2)
Islands
Never been to before
And we climb so high
To where the wild birds soar
There’s a new path
That we found just today
I was lost in the forest
And you showed me the way
When the night’s on fire
Oh, will you keep the candle-light burning
Hold onto your heart’s desire
(hearts on fire)
When you see one bird into the wind
Another one’s turning
And the two can fly much higher
(higher)
Chorus x 4
This song appears on four albums, and was first released on the seasons of the heart album, and has also been released on the earth songs, the john denver collection – sunshine on my shoulder an
Very best of john denver (single cd) albums.
Islands call out to me
Like the highlands that i always see
In my dreams of home
I am never alone when i am there
Islands like so many dreams
Are like canyons but off the main stream
And there’s no one there
The dreamer is always alone
And the mighty blue ocean
Keeps rolling on every shore
Like the spirit that binds us together
We are so much more than islands
Islands belong to the sea
Like the dark sands of my memory
When the morning comes
They are stepping stones to the sun
And the mighty blue ocean
Keeps rolling on every shore
Like the spirit that binds us together
We are so much more than islands
Words and music by john denver
This song appears on four albums, and was first released on the seasons of the heart album, and has also been released on the earth songs, the john denver collection – sunshine on my shoulder an
Very best of john denver (single cd) albums.
Islands call out to me
Like the highlands that i always see
In my dreams of home
I am never alone when i am there
Islands like so many dreams
Are like canyons but off the main stream
And there’s no one there
The dreamer is always alone
And the mighty blue ocean
Keeps rolling on every shore
Like the spirit that binds us together
We are so much more than islands
Islands belong to the sea
Like the dark sands of my memory
When the morning comes
They are stepping stones to the sun
And the mighty blue ocean
Keeps rolling on every shore
Like the spirit that binds us together
We are so much more than islands
Words and music by john denver
Earth, stream and tree encircled by sea
Waves sweep the sand from my island.
My sunsets fade.
Field and glade wait only for rain
Grain after grain love erodes my
High weathered walls which fend off the tide
Cradle the wind
To my island.
Gaunt granite climbs where gulls wheel and glide
Mournfully glide o’er my island.
My dawn bride’s veil, damp and pale,
Dissolves in the sun.
Love’s web is spun – cats prowl, mice run
Wreathe snatch-hand briars where owls know my eyes
Violet skies
Touch my island,
Touch me.
Beneath the wind turned wave
Infinite peace
Islands join hands
‘neathe heaven’s sea.
Dark harbour quays like fingers of stone
Hungrily reach from my island.
Clutch sailor’s words – pearls and gourds
Are strewn on my shore.
Equal in love, bound in circles.
Earth, stream and tree return to the sea
Waves sweep sand from my island,
From me.
Islands from the first time we saw
we could wait for this moment, like rocks on the shore
we can never be closer somehow
for the moments that lasts, is this moment now
Chorus
When the nights’s on fire will you keep the Candlelight Burning
Hold on to your hearts desire
When you see one bird into the wind another one’s turning
And the two can fly much higher
We are Islands but never too far, we are Islands
And I need your light tonight, and I need your light tonight,
We are Islands but never too far, we are Islands
And I need your light tonight, and I need your light tonight
Islands never been to before and we climb so high
to where the wild birds soar, there’s a new path that
we found just today I was lost in the forest and you
showed me the way
Chorus
Island in the sea
Are so much like me
They don’t ever change–no emotion, no emotion
Islands on the land
Dry like desert sand
Island in the city
All alone it’s such a pity
Chorus
It’s just a masquerade
Just painted laces
When will it change
Never
Islands in the seas
What’s come over me
We are both surrounded by the water–empty water
Give me mystery–and the fear it brings
Anything at all to break up the monotony
Chorus
Islands in the sea
Forever . . . forever
This song appears on four albums, and was first released on the seasons of the heart album, and has also been released on the earth songs, the john denver collection – sunshine on my shoulder an
Very best of john denver (single cd) albums.
Islands call out to me
Like the highlands that i always see
In my dreams of home
I am never alone when i am there
Islands like so many dreams
Are like canyons but off the main stream
And there’s no one there
The dreamer is always alone
And the mighty blue ocean
Keeps rolling on every shore
Like the spirit that binds us together
We are so much more than islands
Islands belong to the sea
Like the dark sands of my memory
When the morning comes
They are stepping stones to the sun
And the mighty blue ocean
Keeps rolling on every shore
Like the spirit that binds us together
We are so much more than islands
Words and music by john denver
