Joey Tempest : Pleasure and pain. With lyrics.

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From Joey Tempest solo album : "A place to call home" (1995)
"I hate it when you wander, so sensual and free, and I hate when you're psychic, with things I cannot see.
I hate it when you lead on, like you know which way to go, and I hate it when you stumble, and you never touch the floor.
A pathologic liar, I'm falling again, with a flood of desire, I walk the line between pleasure and pain.
I hate it when you're lying, so close to me at night, and I hate the way you whisper, sweet words into my mouth. Yet a woman be the reason, a woman be the light, a woman be the colour, it faith would be my sight.
I'm a man of contradictions, with a heart so restrained, so afraid of commitment, I walk the line between pleasure and pain.
It may take one lifetime or it may take one day for me to find the courage not to walk away. If this is all that matters, if this is all we know, if enlightenment is our journey, it will never let us go.
I hate the way you want me, passion in your eyes, I struggle and I reason, this couldn't possibly be right, and I fight you with armour, and I fight you with fear, so afraid of what I would find out if I let your heart come near.
But I believe in redemption for a fool's domain, and I ask for forgiveness, I walk the line between pleasure and pain."

Beautiful lyrics indeed. Believe me : as a writer myself, I know it's difficult to get so much strenght and poetry, without pomposity, with only simple and direct words. That's why this song is a real achievement, and deeply moving.

Joey Tempest is the singer and main songwriter of Sweedish rock band EUROPE.
The band, world-wide known for the song "Final Countdown", reunited in 2004 after a break in the 90's.
Since 2004, they have produced 3 albums:
START FROM THE DARK
SECRET SOCIETY
LAST LOOK AT EDEN.
For more informations, look at EUROPE youtube channel:
http://www.youtube.com/user/europethebandtv