25년만에 완벽한 오리지널 결성 멤버들에 의해 창조된 'ASIA'의 2008년 새 앨범. 베이시스트겸 보컬리스트 존 웨튼"JOHN WETTON: 킹크림슨, 유라이어 힙, UK", 기타리스트 스티브 하우"STEVE HOWE: 예스", 드러머 칼 파머"CARL PALMER: 아토믹 루스터, EL&P", 키보디스트 지오프 다운스"GEOFF DOWNES: 예스, 버글스"라는 프로그레시브/아트록 계의 초특급 스타들로 1982년에 결성되어 전 세계 록팬들을 열광시켰던 슈퍼그룹 ASIA"아시아"! 완벽한 오리지널 멤버들로서는 82년 데뷔작 [ASIA], 83년의 2집 앨범 [ALPHA]에 이어 25년만에 발표하는 전 세계 록팬들이 너무나 기다려왔던 새로운 정규 앨범입니다. 2006년과 2007년에 오리지널 멤버 재결성 이후 치루어낸 성공적인 월드투어와 그로 인한 놀라운 결과물인 실황앨범 [FANTAASIA : LIVE IN TOKYO]에 이어 드디어 완성한 오리지널 ASIA다운 사운드가 듬뿍담긴 멋진 앨범입니다. 호쾌한 오프닝 트랙 ‘NEVER AGAIN’ 아름다운 발라드곡 ‘I WILL REMEMBER YOU’등 모든 수록곡들이 팬들의 기대에 부응할 것 입니다. .... ....
I saw the universe, I held it in my hand The planets and the stars, merely grains of sand The darkness that I knew, it is no more The Sun will shine for me, of that I can be sure This is the day, the day of my ascendance A time for life, a time for independence
Chorus Never again will I bear arms against my brothers Never again will I dishonour anyone Never again will I wish evil on another Never again will I bear arms against my brothers
The age of Gemini, a dazzling creation A new enlightenment, a great illumination Dark acts of history must never be repeated I know I must treat you the way I'd be treated This is the day, the day of my ascendance A time for life, a time for independence
Chorus
Never again Never again
I'm climbing now, I'm gaining altitude And now my hands can feel the grip My head is spinning with a synergy The power that takes me up and
Never again will I bear arms against my brothers Never again will I spill blood of any mother's son Never again, oo Never again, ah Never again, oo Never again, ah Never again will I bear arms against my brothers Never again will I dishonour anyone Never again will I wish evil on another Never again will I spill blood of any mother's son Never again
Last night, I roamed in San Francisco Tomorrow ,Shibuya is my home I will be waiting in the darkness in the pouring rain And always I'm alone
Walking the streets of New York City Light years away from where I'm born I study the faces of the people while I'm standing In the shadows of their final dawn
Chorus You know that nothing's forever, it's just for today Can't live for the future, forget yesterday And hold on to life, for in moments it can fade away
Maybe I'm following too closely Sometimes you feel you've had enough Making the most of what you have today Just hope and pray for those you really love
Chorus
Nothing's forever
Chorus
You know that nothing's forever, it's just for today Can't live for the future, forget yesterday Nothing from nothing is nothing, amen, so I say
Nothing's forever Ashes to ashes Nothing's forever Ashes to ashes Nothing's forever Ashes to ashes Nothing's forever
I hold the razor blade up to my face I feel the pulse beneath my skin The crimson line describes the outer trace Of my broken heart within
I thought I was invincible Until the sky fell down on me
You are my heroine, do with me what you will This is no time to die, no time to kill My heroine, my lover to the end You give me life again, you are my heroine
I turn my mind back not so long ago When I was cast upon the ground Then utter chaos rained into my life What I had lost could not be found
And I thought I'd live forever My time on Earth had ceased to be
You are my heroine, do with me what you will This is no time to die, no time to kill The gentle waves of rolling sea Washing my demons from me You are my heroine, all that matters to me
I may have loved you for a thousand years But then you've known that all along I always saw you as an eagle high in the sky So tell me why Only you hold the key to set me free
And I thought I saw eternity With my own eyes too blind to see
You are my heroine, do with me what you will This is no time to die, no time to kill My heroine, my lover to the end You give me life again with peace you send The gentle waves of rolling sea To wash all the demons from me You are my heroine, all that matters to me
Somewhere I'll see you again These words are true Inside I carry a flame It burns for you
Sometimes I reach for you But you're not there The place you take me to I know not where
CHORUS In dreams you come to me I'm never free For I know wherever I go, whatever I do I will remember you
Locked in my memory Your silhouette The only face I see I can't forget
CHORUS
BRIDGE And if I should light a candle For all the others I've known No matter how I try You're there before my eye And the thought will never subside forever I will remember you These streets and these houses All of the places I've seen If I run from you, no matter what I do The fire will always survive The embers are still alive, and I will remember you
Words trip from my tongue Saying, "be strong, always be strong" Scenes flash past my eyes Telling me here is the where we belong
If you believe what I believe Then we're home, yeah, we're home
CHORUS I should have seen it coming I could have worked it out Your feminine mentality Reveals the things I cannot see I should have seen it coming I could have worked it out The danger signs have left my mind It's way beyond a shadow of a doubt
So it won't be long Stay with me now, where you belong It's our right to fly to the stars Just for one night this world is ours
If you believe what I believe Then we're home, yeah, we're home
Don't taint this ground With the colour of the past Are the sounds in bloom with you? 'Cause you seem like An orchard of mines Just take one step at a time
CHORUS Oh, and you seem to break like time So fragile on the inside You climb these grapevines Would you look now Unto this pit of me on the ground? And you wander through these To climb these grapevines
Vines
I'll say it to be proud Won't have my life turned upside down Says the man with some gold-forged plan Of life so incomplete Like weights strapped around my feet Tread careful, one step at a time
CHORUS
BRIDGE To know, to feel To play me once again Do you denote From what we feel? Do you not know?
If our only chance was in today Let it lift us up above some way As the evening shadows fall I'll confide in you once more
Over, over and over again We will resolve our true destiny Only through Love, our passage guaranteed Let it lift me up above
We are on a journey, to where we can't be sure When we are as one, it opens every door I don't want to take you across the great divide This horizon's nearer, much easier to find
A perfect day, or so I say From where I'm standing This rollercoaster ride, fate will decide The ending
Love everlasting, or lost on the way
The smiles and the frowns, the ups and downs Of fortune turning The twists and turns, the lessons learned The bridges burning
Nights to remember and never forget
CHORUS Go, seize the day Wake up and say This is an extraordinary life, oh Enjoy today Come what may This is an extraordinary
I gave it all, my cards have fallen But I'm still alive And in the end, believe my friend I will survive
Glory or heartache and some of the joy
CHORUS
All of the good times, all of the bad Responsibility is totally mine I know I rightly stand accused But I believe that I can change Yes, I can change my world