THE OTHER SIDE OF PARADISE by michael backhouse

This is a song which has different meanings to different people. I like that. I have put together a slideshow video to accompany it. Lyrics below.

Comments are invited.

THE OTHER SIDE OF PARADISE
(Words and Music by Michael Backhouse 2004)

Chasing shadows in the evening
My small time world is so unreal
Love is just around the corner
Or at least that's how I feel

On the other side of paradise
I cannot make it on my own
Grand ambitions take a tumbling
And all the things I've ever known
All the things I've ever known

The erosion of illusion
Lost in some scenario
Neon lights and crowded avenues
It's connections, who you know

Memories crashing down and burning
A world of smiles and mannequins
Scratching underneath the surface
Things aren't always what they seem
Things aren't always what they seem

Hurting others in the name of love
Not enough to pay the rent
Young mothers smoking near their babies
They're only looking for a friend

On the other side of paradise
I cannot make it on my own
Grand ambitions take a tumbling
And all the things I've ever known
All the things Ive ever known

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[WhoIsJimHardiman]

Lovely. I like very much! Great work.

[SuperBluehaze]

Starlight midnight fading moon,

Full moon.

All things pass away.

We step out this journey,

clothed by this bone bag

seeking our home,

seeking midnight starlight.

[SuperBluehaze]

Midnight autumn, stardust, moonlight,

We journey through midnight autumn, in this dance, this journey.

We must fade too.

Tell midnight, stardust, fading moon, midnight autumn,

Does the heart deceive us?

Though secrets of the rain,

[SuperBluehaze]

on the other side of paradise we will know

We are fallen angels.

Dispossessed,

We search for our home;

Merely visitors here,

We are all in exile

Though we think we know

Only loss makes us truly aware:

Our days are short;

Death so final

[SuperBluehaze]

We are fallen angels.

Dispossessed,

We search for our home;

Merely visitors here,

We are all in exile

Though we think we know

Only loss makes us truly aware:

Our days are short;

Death so final

[SuperBluehaze]

The other side of paradise, when we will see;

the other side of the moon where all is made so crystal clear.

on the other side, we shadows do not run so, run so from the burning light;

on the other side of paradise.

where the sun does not burn so

when we know.

[excesomas]

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