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A Place In The Sun
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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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Acoustic • Acoustic General
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#10,511 today Peak #180
#3,533 in subgenre Peak #61
Author
James Alan Gourley
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James Alan Gourley
Uploaded
November 29, 2007
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MP3 5.2 MB • 128 kbps • 5:40
Story behind the song
This is the closing track on "Ten Miles Out Of Midnight" and one of the most lyrically complex. It is a very personal piece dealing with the "Them" and "Us" syndrome.."Them" being the people who breeze through life seemingly unthinkingly, are happy consumers of their capitalist culture and religion, who rarely touch on "deep" or intellectual issues and who's highlight of the year (or of their lives?) seems to be a fortnight in the sun (thus the "place in the sun" can be interpreted as a physical place or a mental and intellectual "sleep-mode". The "Us" are the thinkers, the worriers, the ones prone to depression and related mental illnesses. The last verse and chorus are a heartfelt plea for understanding of the illness of depression and the devastating effect it can have on one's entire existance. The "place in the stars" is perhaps a plea for recognition - surely there must be some reward for living with depression in a world that seems to barely acknowledge the existance of the illness and the profound effects it has on the individual. Is the final line a cynical twist of the godless depressive wondering if the church going "happy" people are only oblivious to the illness because they have their fragile faith? Hmm... If you listen closely at the end of the song you will hear a few seconds of a rainy night in Glasgow....
Lyrics
Sign on the line for the life of your time You don't have to say what you see You can scar with a word, an obsession absurd Carved too deep a shadow in me Face to the wall with the thrill of it all I may as well scream at the sky Left with no voice or alternative choice I may as well learn how to fly So you turn on your TV And learn what you should be And if you do this You'll be all that you could be Through anoraks eyes You see cellulite thighs So send us an cheque And we'll sure exorcize And I'm sure there's a place in the sun for people like you Yes I'm sure there's a place in the sun for people like you Come meet the demands of the heart on your hands Please try to grin as you bear Must carry the can for the child and the man Weighed down with the burden of care Up to my eyes in the shit and surprise I may as well turn on the fan Dragged down to the wire with the depth and desire I don't know if I could - If I can You can pool your long faces Your airs and disgraces Paste plasterboard smiles In the dark empty spaces - Fuel up the fires Of your darkest desires While hypocracy hangs From your steeples and spires And I'm sure there's a place in the sun for people like you Yes I'm sure there's a place in the sun for people like you And I go to the clinic A terminal cynic They pass me some pills for the fine art of mimic I rake through the bins For my soul and my sins Far too few tonics and too many djinns But I hope there's a place in the stars for people like me Yes I hope there's a place in the stars for people like me Oh there must be a place in the stars for people like me Shall I pray there's a place in the stars for people like me? (c) James Alan Gourley 2007
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