The Icicle Works - Hollow Horse

[Tin Bird]

This song has blown me away.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Q9ZB2Z ... Dk&index=2

[Quiet Visitor]

I only have their debut in a nice 3-CD box.

[Tin Bird]

I, of course, know Whisper to a Scream, but had not heard this track before. I went to an 80's Live concert this past weekend (that also had China Crisis!) and he opened with this track. His voice is amazing and I love the words. I felt like I was meant to hear it at this point in my life. I can so relate to what he is talking about.

[Tin Bird]

Be careful what you dream of
it may come up and surprise you
I can't confess my life's a mess
I've come to idolise you
You liken it to walking on hot coals
I'll keep my boots on
Wisen up and fly straight
There's a shape on the horizon
In a hollow horse I'll steal my way
inside your guarded heart
So selfishly the needs I harbour
when we are apart
My past strung out behind me,
contradiction and disaster
I'm in search of charity,
a union I could master
We'll be as we are
When all the fools
who doubt us fade away
Fortune deep and wide
Intimidated, restless in the wait
Things I chose to value
I no longer have a use for
I ridicule myself for all the things
those symbols stood for
When vanity has played a part
in every leader's downfall
Wait to storm the gates, what's left
undone to hang around for
We'll be as we are
When all the fools
who doubt us fade away
Fortune deep and wide
Intimidated, restless in the wait

[Quiet Visitor]

Thanks for the words. I can imagine this song, both lyrics and music, is meaningful for you. It's a strong, powerful sung melody and those typical drums make it very much an Icicle Works-song.

[Tin Bird]

Thank you for your understanding comments. I lost both of my parents last year and I am feeling older and adrift. Luckily, I have a wonderful wife and family around me. I am searching for my next avenue. Trying to slide as gracefully as I can into the "next stage"...whatever it may be. As the song says...restless in the wait...