Lay Your Hands On Me - Merry Ellen Kirk

Lay Your Hands On Me - Merry Ellen Kirk
"Invisible War"
http://www.merryellenkirk.com

Sat in the corner of the garden grill
With the plastic flowers on the windowsill
No more miracles, loaves and fishes
Been so busy with the washing of the dishes
Reaction level's much too high, I can do without the stimuli

I'm living way beyond my ways and means
Living in the zone of the in-betweens
I can see the flashes on the frozen ocean
Static charge of the cold emotion
Watched on by the distant eyes
Watched on by the silent, hidden spies

But still the warmth flows through me
And I sense you know me well
No luck, no golden chances
No mitigating circumstances now
It's only common sense
There are no accidents around here

I am willing, lay your hands on me
I am ready, lay your hands on me
I believe, lay your hands on me, over me

Working in gardens, thornless roses,
Fat men play with their garden hoses
Poolside laughter has a cynical bite,
Sausage speared by the cocktail satellite
I walk away from from light and sound,
Down stairways leading underground

But still the warmth flows through me
And I sense you know me well
It's only common sense
There are no accidents around here

I am willing, lay your hands on me
I am ready, lay your hands on me
I believe, lay your hands on me, over me
Over me

Category:

Music

Tags:

• merry ellen kirk
• invisible war
• music
• alternative
• pop
• new age
• world
• peter gabriel
• percussion

[harry47111]

Stunning!!! would love to hear this live with a corresponding line-up :)

[8YK0]

Splendida interpretazione!!!! 

[MeteoXavier]

@petewarren11

My name is "Meteo", but you're welcome.

[petewarren11]

@MeteoXavier

Mateo, I'll say thank you for the kind comments on the arrangement. I had the honor of producing this for Merry Ellen. It was a lot of fun to do. Probably the most enjoyable of all the songs on that album. Thanks again for the kind words. It made my day (even if you wrote it a year ago).

[arivox1]

The lyrics are cool to this one and the way the music works with them and your ethereal voice to build a dreamscape is awesome! Reminds me of lost alice in her wonderland.

[Johnny2xs]

holy crap Marry this is absolutely amazing...nice to see you in a studio....take care.

[Blinkymyt]

This is just as good on YouTube as elsewhere (i.e., SF). Don't think MeteoXavier's plaudit for NAILED is apropos but, otherwise, nice reviews herein. Amicably, John

[sober8]

I like this very much, thanks for sending it to me

[MeteoXavier]

I've would've pulled the vocals back some, but you absolutely fucking NAILED the arrangement. I do not impress easily but I can think of a lot of people besides myself, Dr. Gabriel included, that would be even more impressed.

Extremely creative and extremely well mixed and mastered. It fits the mold of a modern Peter Gabriel very well.

9.3/10