Just before the dream begins
To fade into the day
I’m holding on for dear life
To remember us this way
Faces in the photograph
Yellowed by the years
To be young in a peaceful time
Strangers to our fears
Sleep on the honed edge of a knife
This is the measure of my life
This is my testament of youth
I live and breathe the bitter truth
How we played the game so well
So many well spent days
Trace the lines of all the years
I wear them on my face
To be young in a violent time
Keeping hopes alive
Open hearts begin to search
The wreckage of our lives
Remember how we were expected to survive
Remember how we were so glad to be alive
After the earth had taken every drop of rain
I looked at you and asked did we achieve our aim
Left with the mist that lay between us
Left with the words that were never said
Our fears outweighed the hopes of reason
We tipped the scales and left it for dead
Two brothers looking for forgiveness
Two brothers asking for the truth
Each one is fighting for a freedom
Both red in claw both red in tooth
Remember how we were expected to survive
Remember how we were so glad to be alive
After the earth had taken every drop of rain
I looked at you and asked did we achieve our aim
The first official outing of the "what would be" Steve Rothery Band. Riccardo Romano was missing with his keyboard wizardry and no singer at all (later Martin Jakubsky of Stillmarillion). Marillion's catalogue was represented by excerpts of instrumental sections where Steve had his solo spot. This is a milestone in the forming of a great band that later became the spokesman of early Marillion era and of course of Steve's solo material. If you want to hear how it all started you have to get this Alessandro Carmassi