Alan Parsons Project - There But For The Grace Of God

An anthem to the human condition

Lead Vocal: John Miles

What kind of madness rule the world today
What earthly reason holding sway
There is no heaven at all
For some may weep
And some may sleep
While some may rise
And some may fall

No one is an island
No one born alone
No man can turn the tide of
fortune on his own
Though some may dare to try
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Say there but for the grace of
God go you my friend
Say there but for the grace of God go I
Go I

And so we live in lives of fantasy
And dream of dreams that hold the key
And we follow like sheep
We thread the path
That leads to Thee
We seek the soul that is not ours to keep

No one is an island
No one born alone
No man can turn the tide of
fortune on his own
Though some may dare to try

Say there but for the grace of
God go you my friend
Say there but for the grace of God go I
Go I

Category:

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• parsons
• project
• eric
• woolfson
• john
• miles
• there
• but
• for
• the
• grace
• of
• God

[alanparsonsfan]

Only the very best can make brillance seem simple like this piece. What an incredible meditation on our condition. The world is a darker place with the passing of Eric Woolfson. The 'current crop'--vacuous record-scratchers and bragging mike-clutchers will never be able to produce anything remotely like this. NEVER!

[TheCryingMachine]

I agree but, then again, if anybody could do songs like this one... it wouldn't be so good. I mean, GOD, I wished there was MORE music like this but besides its uncanny greatness, it makes it more special that seemingly there is nobody who could ever do something like this. Eric was truly a genius but you gotta give John Miles credit also, for his UNBELIEVABLE vocals.

[38cmva]

Muy buen tema, ojala la puedan subtitular en español.

[SprunkLover]

Seems everyone made a version of this song...

[Lucap1000]

@afrocuba1, già, è un capolavoro, tra l'altro la canzone è descritta sul libretto "un inno alla condizione umana"

"Solo per la grazia di Dio proseguo nel cammino"

[taleylon11]

That's not an alan parsons project. It was probably written by the group, but it was officially released as a song of Eric Woolfson

[DJnikon]

@pikeybot It's a track called Madness Revisited on the Return to Madness EP (MOK 27) on Mokum Records.

[toady224]

I've been an APP fan since I was a teenager but never heard this. Thanks for posting.

[danbergam]

After all these years, this song is still able to move something inside...

[pikeybot]

this sample is used for a gabba rave track on tunderdome 2.,

search and destroy what kind of madness...

[snaffuu]

The album is Freudiana.. and more Eric's work than APP. But who cares.. apart...together... Eric and Alan ... have made their mark in the world of music. Though Eric is gone..and one day Alan will be.. Their legacy is and will be the many songs and instrumentals that they have created.

[alanparsonsfan]

I have to agree with TheCryingMachine and fernandocatan. Recently, I have been sharing this brilliance with some musically gifted friends. Their suprised delight that someone has been creating music and lyrics at this level, in these times, has been wonderful to experience. Alan was not angry, thank God.