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Map To The Morning
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Recorded at La Chunky Towers Studios Glasgow Produced by Alan Mundie and James Alan Gourley Mixed and mastered by Colin McGeoch
acoustic scotland glasgow james alan gourley ten miles out of midnight liars edge
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Dreamy, haunting, ethereal, thought-provoking, wistful, spiritual, melancholic, uplifting...A few words that can be used to describe the music and songs of Jame
Dreamy, haunting, ethereal, thought-provoking, wistful, spiritual, melancholic, uplifting...A few words that can be used to describe the music and songs of James Alan Gourley...A highly original fingerpick style, poignant, emotive and powerful lyrics, strong and heartfelt vocal presentation and a distinctive guitar sound combine to leave the listener with a lasting impression of genuine quality, real talent and musical integrity.
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Genre
Acoustic • Acoustic General
Charts
Peak #170
Peak in subgenre #55
Author
James Alan Gourley
Rights
James Alan Gourley
Uploaded
November 27, 2007
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MP3 5.1 MB • 128 kbps • 5:33
Story behind the song
This is a song about freedom of spirit, love, rising above the mundane worries of day to day life and escaping to that special place (that only perhaps exists in our imaginations) to celebrate quality time free from worry and fear with the person you love. It can be interpreted as that search (the "map") for innocence (the "morning") which, as adults, we can only briefly reach for a short fleeting time before we have to return to the responsibilities of day to day life. It is a song that uses beautiful lyrical and poetic imagery imploring a chance to escape to Neverland, to childhood, to put aside worries and emnities and to celebrate a fleeting moment of peace and wonder in a wonderful, (illusionary?) land with someone you love deeply.
Lyrics
Won't you come with me Through sapphire skies and diamond eyes To “Tranquility” Where the mermaids play At the side of the bay What do you think you'll find If you trade in an eye to be king In the land of the blind? I want to see Atlantis serene In aquamarine Open your eyes And I'll make out A map to the morning Open your mind And I'll build A bridge to the sky Open your eyes And I'll make out A map to the morning In a land where the unicorn run And the phoenix still flies to the sun Somewhere to dance Beneath a snowdrift of stars Tell me where would you rather be Just stuck in the smoke Or seduced by the sound of the sea I want to feel That whats here is the dream And whats there isn't real So which is the priceless find The large nugget of gold Or a small piece of mind? I want to to try To recall how to laugh And forget how to cry Open your eyes And I'll make out A map to the morning Open your mind And I'll build A bridge to the sky Open your eyes And I'll make out A map to the morning I'm sure we could slip away soon So I'll meet you out under the moon We can slip off our shoes Sign our souls in the sand Open your eyes And I'll make out A map to the morning Open your mind And I'll build A bridge to the sky Open your eyes And I'll make out A map to the morning In that land where the unicorn run - The phoenix still flies to the sun Somewhere to dance Beneath a snowdrift of stars Open your eyes And I'll make out That map to the morning Open your mind And I'll build A bridge to the sky Open your eyes And I'll make out A map to the morning I'm so sure we could slip away soon So I'll meet you out under the moon We can slip off our shoes Sign our souls in the sand (c) James Alan Gourley 2007
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