1. Time of the Rain. In spite of the title this is probably one of the most positive song in the album. Franco got the lyrics from one of his early poems. The insistent slide guitar riff calls to mind a melancholic wintry atmosphere.
TIME OF THE RAIN
Night’s dripping down from my eyes
Restlessly, like a crowd of tears
I stand alone, paralyzed
Have you ever been inside my dreams?
Sweet things we did in our infancy
Vanish and break without fantasy
Oh time of the rain is passed and gone
But things we said are still true
Out of the past I found love
That’s what I feel …
My face’s streaked with the tears
That I thought I had left far behind
I feel a thrill I never did before
In my sullen mind
Left here outside in the pouring rain
I’m all alone but I feel no pain
Oh time of the rain is passed and gone
But things we said are still true
Out of the past I found love
That’s what I feel about you
Time of the rain is passed and gone
But things we said are still true
Out of the past I found love
That’s what I feel about you
2. Going Back to the Blue. “The Blue is an entity, it’s something deep inside us that we are forced to face: our feelings, our beliefs, our essence, all those things we must put together to start anew” (Thank you, Lissa, you’re great). The Globe worked a lot on vocal harmonies.
GOING BACK TO THE BLUE
Did you say you want to be free?
So that’s the way you will be
I don’t want to keep you with me
If you don’t want me to
It’s time to clear it up and make it clearer once and for all
I won’t be lost without you
Do I have to carve it on your wall?
Everything is lost and I think
That I’ll just end up to drink
Maybe I should go to a shrink
Because my mind’s on the blink
I’m going nowhere and nowhere is where I come from
Should’ve listened to my mother when she told me to stop
Cause now I risk to miss all my goals
I wonder what went wrong
I realize, though lost in the fog
I’m going back to the blue
Everything is lost and I think
That I’ll just end up to drink
Maybe I should go to a shrink
Because my mind’s on the blink
I’m going nowhere and nowhere is where I come from
Should’ve listened to my mother when she told me to stop
Cause now I risk to miss all my goals
I wonder what went wrong
I realize, though lost in the fog
I’m going back to the blue
3. Truth. Andrea under the spotlight. An intensely romantic melody for a love that’s going wrong. It’s so hard to admit we’re close to the end of the feeling we’ve known.
TRUTH
Everything about you just tells me I’m your lover
But we don’t seem to notice the way we hurt each other
Well, I don’t know
I’ll keep you undercover
I don’t know the answer to all the things you ask me
Stormy clouds of sorrow are gathering all around me
Well, I don’t know
I’ll leave you far behind me
But you know that I can’t, oh no (I try my best to find a way)
My life is in your hands, oh no (Through the crazy things we say)
Please try to understand how I feel (And the wicked game we play)
When we don’t say the truth
But you know that I can’t, oh no (I try my best to find a way)
You’re slipping through my hands, oh no (Through the crazy things we say)
It’s hard to understand how it feels (And the wicked game we play)
When we don’t say the truth
Every time I hold you and put my arms around you
I just can’t help believing the way I feel about you
Well, I don’t know
I’ll have to live without you
But you know that I can’t, oh no (I try my best to find a way)
My life is in your hands, oh no (Through the crazy things we say)
Please try to understand how I feel (And the wicked game we play)
When we don’t say the truth
But you know that I can’t, oh no (I try my best to find a way)
You’re slipping through my hands, oh no (Through the crazy things we say)
It’s hard to understand how it feels (And the wicked game we play)
When we don’t say the truth
Everything about you just tells me I’m your lover
But we don’t seem to notice the way we hurt each other
Well, I don’t know
I’ll keep you undercover
But you know that I can’t, oh no (I try my best to find a way)
My life is in your hands, oh no (Through the crazy things we say)
Please try to understand how I feel (And the wicked game we play)
When we don’t say the truth
But you know that I can’t, oh no (I try my best to find a way)
You’re slipping through my hands, oh no (Through the crazy things we say)
It’s hard to understand how it feels (And the wicked game we play)
When we don’t say the truth
4. Poppy in Bloom. A young girl dreaming about a bigger boy. That’s real life, folks. One of Andrea’s favourites: a catchy snip-snap blues with great piano playing.
POPPY IN BLOOM
As she falls asleep she starts a neon light emotion
She holds his picture close to her breast, oh yeah
Is it just a dream or something she has not the notion
That takes her breath away in the night, oh right
And all the toys around her seem to burst in fire
She’s waiting for the time to break through
And every single word he says increases her desire
She feels just like a poppy in bloom
She feels just like a poppy in bloom
She feels just like a poppy in bloom
When the sun breaks through without the slightest hesitation
She finds it hard to face the new day, oh yeah
So she stays in bed to find her final destination
An ordinary world to play in, oh no
All the toys around her seem to burst in fire
She’s waiting for the time to break through
And every single word he says increases her desire
She feels just like a poppy in bloom
She feels just like a poppy in bloom
She feels just like a poppy in bloom
5. Tell Me Why. You met a girl on a train and start daydreaming about a life with her. This song is intended to be the first Globe’s single. A lot of acoustic guitar for another highly romantic song.
TELL ME WHY
I met you in the morning light
Didn’t know what I know
About your tender smile
Then I lost myself in your blue eyes
That shame the sea and the night
And shame this nervous sky
I won’t say a single word to spoil this perfect time
All I have to say I’ll keep here in my mind
Baby, please
Just tell me why do I need you
Tell me why do I want you
And I won’t blame the fate for being so cruel
And I’ll be there through the good times
I’ll be there through the bad ones
And I won’t mind the price to pay for loving you
Now every little thing I do
Is for you, it’s for two
It’s for your tender smile
I swear I’m not confusing things
Just a word from your lips
Could really make me fly
I won’t say a single word to spoil this perfect time
All I have to say I’ll keep here in my mind
Baby, please
Just tell me why do I need you
Tell me why do I want you
And I won’t blame the fate for being so cruel
And I’ll be there through the good times
I’ll be there through the bad ones
And I won’t mind the price to pay for loving you
6. Shooting Star (A Million Blue Eyed Rabbits). How many stories could be told about the genesis of this song! Andrea and Franco share the lead vocals of this dreamy song with slightly visionary lyrics.
SHOOTING STAR (A MILLION BLUE EYED RABBITS)
Yellow currents out of nowhere
Drive me high and make me wonder
Am I really thinking of you?
Or am I picturing?
While I make your celebration
I find out this new sensation
Emptiness is filling me up
It’s not a victory
A shooting star looked so far
In its glowing ember
It looked like a scar in the sky
On its skin so tender
I’m not sure, it’s so hard to remember
I could never repay
All I’ve taken from you
You’re the reason for every single thing I do
But I want you to say
That the bed times are through
Cause the farthest I go the more I’m close to you
You gave me the answer
That’s when my heart surrendered
Crumbs of light flow though my fingers
And they justify my wrinkles
As a question enters my doubts
Do I still think of you?
While I bury my perception
I imagine your reaction
But I still believe that it’s true
Because I’m missing you
A shooting star looked so far
In its glowing ember
It looked like a scar in the sky
On its skin so tender
I’m not sure, it’s so hard to remember
I could never repay
All I’ve taken from you
You’re the reason for every single thing I do
But I want you to say
That the bed times are through
Cause the farthest I go the more I’m close to you
You gave me the answer
That’s when my heart surrendered
I could never repay
All I’ve taken from you
You’re the reason for every single thing I do
But I want you to say
That the bed times are through
Cause the farthest I go the more I’m close to you
You gave me the answer
That’s when my heart surrendered
7. I Can’t. Franco seems to be a specialist in cheatin’ heart songs. It happens to the best of us: sometimes you feel so down that you think you’re not able to do anything but cry. The Globe can’t be harder than this.
I CAN’T
When I see you I go to pieces
When you’re not there I go insane
I want to stop my thoughts about you, girl
And forget you for a day
They keep on telling me each day
I should let go but I can’t
I’d like to be a stronger man
Than I am but I can’t
And it’s so hard to keep from crying
Cause when you try it hurts you more
And though you’d give her everything
You can’t show she’s meant for you
You asked me to leave you alone
To find someone new but I can’t
I’d know exactly what to say
And what to do but I can’t
Though I keep waiting for tomorrow
Don’t even know which way to go
Your carelessness gives me such sorrow
Can’t you see I need you so
I hope that soon will come a day
When I’ll go free, now I can’t
Cause though I try I just can’t hide
What I feel, no I can’t
Though I keep waiting for tomorrow
Don’t even know which way to go
Your carelessness gives me such sorrow
Can’t you see I need you so
I hope that soon will come a day
When I’ll go free, now I can’t
Cause though I try I just can’t hide
What I feel, no I can’t
I hope that soon will come a day
When I’ll go free, now I can’t
Cause though I try I just can’t hide
What I feel, no I can’t
8. Xmas Coming (Together Again). The Globe’s Christmas gift to their fans. George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley, this is a showdown.
XMAS COMING (TOGETHER AGAIN)
And so you left me with the promise
That you’d always be mine
It seems like years since you’ve been gone
But it was only last night
Snow is falling
And I keep saying you’re gone, you’re gone
You’re gone away, yeah
All I know
Is that I need you still
All I want
Is a feeling to feel
Christmas coming
I beg you to stay for the night
Just one night, tonight
Oh baby, please
A Christmas night just can’t last forever
But we are here now that’s all that matters
Hold my hand
Don’t ever say never
Then we’ll be together
Together again
I guess nobody ever told me
What it’s like to be loved
You’re the only one who showed me
But now you leave me alone
Snow is melting
But still our love’s a ghost
That frosts for the most of the time
All I know
Is that I want you back
All I want
Is the love that I lack
Christmas passing
I think this time is right
You’re mine, all mine
Oh baby
A Christmas night just can’t last forever
But we are here now that’s all that matters
Hold my hand
Don’t ever say never
Then we’ll be together
Together again
9. Love Won’t Last Long. One day Franco asked Andrea: “Write me a song à la Roy Orbison”. That’s done! Franco wrote the lyrics in a lonely room of a gloomy hotel in Florence just to get into the atmosphere.
LOVE WON’T LAST LONG
I see my lover
Talking to another
Can’t help but think I’ll be losing her soon
And if now it’s over
Many tears will cover
My overflowed heart that’s beating just for her
And all of the vows we made will be in vain
I never thought my life could be so wrong
A broken promise will lie in the rain
Another love of mine didn’t last long
I’ve lost my lovers
One after another
Though my intentions have always been good
But now that I’m older
I have crossed the border
Stopped living my life waiting just for her
And all of the vows we made will be in vain
I never thought my life could be so wrong
A broken promise will lie in the rain
Another love of mine didn’t last long
I see my lover
Talking to another
Can’t help but think I’ll be losing her soon
And if now it’s over
Many tears will cover
My overflowed heart that’s beating just for her
And all of the vows we made will be in vain
I never thought my life could be so wrong
A broken promise will lie in the rain
I think a love of mine will never last long
10. Burned Out Too Fast. No doubt this is the saddest song in the album. Yet, the refrain’s rhythmic change and the vigorous string arrangement sound like a healthy flush of pride. Not with a whimper but with a bang, that’s how the album ends.
BURNED OUT TOO FAST
It’s funny how things seem not to change
Every place’s the same today
But it’s even harder now
Just to find the things to say
As the evening sun goes down
I don’t regret a single thing
I just acted like I should
But please come on back and stay
Do it now before it’s too late
I wonder where you’re tonight
If you’re feeling glad or blue
And I wonder why I’m so uptight
I recall the moments that we used to share
We never had a tear to shed
(But now I feel) so sorry when I think of the past
The love we had burned out so fast
The love we had burned out so fast
The love we had burned out too fast
And I could spend my whole life through
Trying to kill my love for you
But somehow I can’t explain
How I still believe in you
After all you’ve done to me
But since the day we said goodbye
I can’t get you off my mind
So please come on back and stay
Or you’ll find it is too late
I wonder where you’re tonight
If you’re feeling glad or blue
And I wonder why I’m so uptight
I recall the moments that we used to share
We never had a tear to shed
(But now I feel) so sorry when I think of the past
The love we had burned out so fast
(But now I feel) so sorry when I think of the past
The love we had burned out so fast
The love we had burned out so fast
The love we had burned out too fast