Standing in the Light
Album - 1983 - Debaser id 51714

pushing all the buttons
trying to come to something
flying with his feet on the ground
full of dreams and visions
in a world of indecision
he ain't around to be pushed around

been a long time coming on
take a look at him now
and the days of If are gone
'cause he's showing us how

knowledge fuels the mind of the few
in a way that no - one's found
brave new answers screaming the truth
and the techno wins the crown

Chorus

micro-kid with mega-thoughts
he is real, he is here, he is fashionable
micro-kid speaks digitalk
if you hear what he says it's acceptable

generating square waves
while computing new games
finally gets the chips off his back
a smile is on his face
erasing every trace
of doubt that plagues the rest of the pack

and his brain stores memories
no alternatives could come in
he's the living remedy
times are better than they were then

knowledge fuels the mind of the few
in a way that no-one's found
brave new answers screaming the truth
and the techno wins the crown

Chorus (Rpt.)

Though I live in the edge time is on my side
All the doors to my life are open wide
Just as long as the wheels keep on turning round
I will live for the groove 'til the sun goes down

Living it up ... living it up ... I can feel it
Living it up ... is it a crazy notion?
Living it up ... living it up ... I can feel it
Living it up ... I got forward motion

I don't wanna go to war, I don't wanna go to war
I said I know what I want an' I don't wanna go to war
Do you follow me?
I saw a soldier standing in a bar, looked so tired, he'd come so far
He said "I need to love someone before they drop the atom bomb"

There's a girl at the back making eyes at me
And her hair long and black is a sight to see
But I get kind of scared when love's around
I just live for the groove 'til the sun goes down

Living it up ... living it up ... I can feel it
Living it up ... is it a false emotion?
Living it up ... living it up ... I can feel it
Living it up ... I got forward motion

So I'm-a-taking you out but I'm-a-faking
I'm married to the beat
To the music I gave the heart I could have given you-hoo
Still there's something 'bout the way that you move
And the way the people stare, it's the shock of the new
I want my friends to see me standing next to you

The sun goes down

Time is on my side
I don't care what they say, I'll enjoy the ride
But I get kind of scared when I turn around
So I'll stay with the groove 'til the sun goes down

Living it up ... living it up ... I can feel it
Living it up ... I got forward motion

Ooh watch her dance
There must be one like her in every club in every town
But I don't mind if that's the way she wants to be
There something 'bout her that reminds me of me
She's my soulmate - we'll be together 'til the sun goes down

The sun goes down

Living it up ... living it up ... I can feel it
Living it up ... I got forward motion

I remember your goodbye
and the late December sky
seems so long ago
you were standing on the quay
and you blew a kiss to me
I was sad to go
the ship began to pull away
then I heard a stranger say
it's sad to see true lovers part
'cause sometimes lovers feel a change of heart
out of sight and out of mind

well the stranger's words came true
and the prophecy went through
I knew it would change my world
'cause when I called your home
a whispered conversation
I overheard
I asked you what was going on
you said that I'd been gone too long
and the rain that fell in West Berlin
was nothing like the rain that fell within
out of sight and out of mind

oh, Regine
here am I
so far away
out of sight, out of mind
love has gone
but I will shine
day after day
I will take what love I find

so I made some other plans
took my life in these two hands
and I know I won't turn around
though I often see your face
when I'm in a crowded place
it doesn't get me down
I met a girl with smiling eyes
full of love and worldly wise
she told me she knows what to do
to help me put the memories of you
out of sight and out of mind

Chorus

take a chance - and dance
it's a chance - dance

all across the world there's people high on confrontation
and they try to solve their problems burning up the nation
turn the whole world upside down and leave it in confusion
but still we get no answers using yesterday's solutions

we are the ones, keep sight of it
don't have to make a fight of it

dance on heavy weather
learn to live with modern times
you can take the pressure
it's all a state of mind - so we can
dance on heavy weather
raise the heartbeat of the young
if we move together
don't you know that we are the ones

take a chance - and dance
it's a chance - dance

you can try to hide behind a mask of contemplation
say you want to live your life in private isolation
from the east you can't ignore the storm of disillusion
and so it falls on all our shoulders to find a new solution

you've got to make a start of it
you've got to feel a part of it

dance on heavy weather
learn to live with modern times
you can take the pressure
it's all a state of mind - so we can
dance on heavy weather
raise the heartbeat of the young
if we move together
let the soul - take control - we are the ones

take a chance - and dance
it's a chance - dance

hear the sound of the heartbeat of the young
though the rhythm is so unfamiliar
just be sure to be there now the time has come
hear the music that brings us together

dance on heavy weather
hear the sound of the heartbeat of the young
we can take the pressure
we may have a solution, we are the ones
dance on heavy weather
hear the sound of the heartbeat of the young
if we move together
we may have a solution, we are the ones

a summer's day in sixty-eight
sunlight through a window falls across the page
a young boy tries to concentrate
his mind would rather fly beyond the classroom cage
he can take the teacher's voice
turn it into music from another place
all the other kids don't have that choice
hanging on to every word the teacher says

day and night - we will be touched
standing in the light - don't shadow the genius

so out of school he walks alone
soon his thoughts are flowing like a golden stream
an empty house he calls his own
this place becomes a temple to a silent dream
sometimes he will clap and sing
then deep in meditation he will learn to be
and only birds upon the wing
with upward fascination claim to be so free

day and night - we will be touched
standing in the light - don't shadow the genius

your smile, your freedom
comes to you from within
still a child with a reason
you're afraid but it's time to begin
blow the wind of change
though the words are strange - to hear
say what's on your mind
now is not the time - for fear

a summer's day in eight-one
sunlight through a window falls across the page
a young man's fight has just begun
and rising up inside him is a burning rage
they called his dream a fantasy
a song that every child has sung since time began
but just as long as he believes
standing in the light he'll make them understand

it's late I know but I can't sleep
peace of mind is hard to keep
I saw it on the news today
a thousand lives just blown away

I want eyes
I want eyes

another page in history
but the why is still a mystery
won't you come so we can talk this through
do you need me now like I need you

I want eyes
I want eyes

on the beach lies a boy
thrown away like a toy
in the field lies a man
left behind, he was calling, calling
no one saw him die

sitting there you're telling me
that everything is meant to be
but when I say I can't go on
I know I'm not the only one
I just can't live on planet hope
and watch the world go up in smoke
I don't know how to face the facts
when I see a child respond to impact

I want eyes
I want eyes
I want eyes
I want eyes

so I wake every night
with the same dream in mind
in a field there's a man
left behind, he was calling, calling
no one saw me cry

call