Tracks
1. Long Way To Heaven
2. Don’t Need A Reason
3. Arrows Of Desire
4. Contradictions
5. Landmines
6. Brilliantly Shining
7. Forever And A Day
8. Get That Feeling
9. Assassins Bullet
10. Mary, Mirror Of Light
11. Last Will And Testament
Credits
Written and performed by Sunwheel Psychedelic
Produced by G.W. Miner
Mastered by Doug McBride at Gravity Studios
Original Artwork by Michael Ian Goulding — www.gouldingphotography.com
Michael Goulding strives for his art to be uplifting, celebratory and aesthetically pleasing, yet rich in complexity. Mr. Goulding works in the greater Washington, DC metropolitan area, has exhibited pieces across the United States, Canada, Europe and Asia, and has been published in national and international publications.
Design and layout by Lowercase, Inc.
Lyrics
1. Long Way To Heaven
There is no returning to the place from which I’ve come
Bridges falling one by one
A life comes into view, and then its gone
Its a long way to Heaven
Must be a million miles
A million miles from here
A narrow ridge on a stormy night
The precipice a mile high
This is the only way for me to go
Between movement and repose the treasure lies
So open up your eyes
Its a long way to Heaven
Must be a million miles
A million miles from here
War and pain, love and Hate
Driven on by the scourge of Fate
Nothing but sand in the hourglass
Falling fast
I’m on my way now
2. Don’t Need A Reason
The sound of thunder in the night
And the beauty of the eagle in flight
Impervious to the will of man
So many things I don’t understand
The splendor of war, cruel and peculiar
I’ll never understand
But I don’t need a reason
Don’t need a reason
I showed you passion deeper than the ocean floor
And stronger than a million tons of molten steel
You made me feel in a way I’ve never felt before
Take me round the world now baby, take me round the world
You’ll never understand
That I don’t need a reason
Don’t need a reason
Little honey come and knock on my door
Take me round and round and round the world
3. Arrows Of Desire
Desire
Foolish and fleeting
Like Time’s faded flowers
Behind me
Her body a playground of pleasurable sins
Beside me
Without complications
I hardly know where to begin
A lovin’ like ours
Stolen like fire from Heaven
No complications
You’ve got me feeling
Arrows of Desire
You’ve got me feeling
Arrows of Desire
Passion so pure
Feeling so fine
There’s magic in the air tonight
Tonight
I leave inhibitions behind
Throwing caution to the wind
For you I am blind and I cast all tomorrows aside
On and through the night gonna take a little ride now baby
And on the Devil’s back gonna take you to Heaven and back
No complications
You’ve got me feeling
Arrows of Desire
You’ve got me feeling
Arrows of Desire
Passion so pure
Feeling so fine
There’s magic in the air tonight
The quickening touch of Youth
Captures my heart, in truth
Like wild horses, no longer free to roam
When hearts deceive
And madness clouds the mind
Chasing shadows
On a starless night
For you I am blind
And I cast all tomorrows aside
The quickening touch of Youth
Captures my heart, in truth
Like wild horses, no longer free to roam
4. Contradictions
Everything I am is a reflection in the lake
Nothing I see is real
I love and I hate
Destroy and Create
All asleep at the wheel
I love
I hate
I destroy and create
I walk
And talk
But I’ve nothing to give
So I do not live
My life’s a contradiction
Full of strange illusions
About the world
My life’s a contradiction
The room is full of lovers, sinners and redeemers
Withered hearts and men of faith
Doubters and believers
But which of you is deceived?
No one more than me
I love
I hate
Destroy and Create
If life is but a dream
And we are in between
What lies behind the door?
I’m not sure
My life’s a contradiction
Full of strange illusions
About the world
The prison of the mind
Is deeper than the night
But smaller than a grain of sand
The sanctuary is in front of you
And the thief not far behind
Put your house in order man
Before you’re out of Time
5. Landmines
Tick Tick Tock
The hands of the clock
Are running down on you
Because what you are
And what you pretend to be
Are not the same, its true
There’s something deep inside
For so long you’ve tried to hide
And if it came to light
It would destroy you
Running over land mines
And running out of time
So easily deceived
By what appears to be
The bitter fruit of compromise
Of Death and loss, desires blind
And the ones who have betrayed you
Old wounds scarred anew
There’s something deep inside
You no longer want to hide
And when it comes to light
It will release you
6. Brilliantly Shining
A moonlight drive
Across the divide
Pure and divine
A droplet of rain
A moment of pain
All in my mind
The jewel lies by the roadside
Neglected and despised
By fools who vie for an empty prize
Laying there before me
Simple, pure and free
Laying there before me
Simple, pure and free
Brilliantly shining
A night in your arms
The closest thing to heaven
Or is it the surest way
To a hell below?
I don’t know
She was a fallen angel sighing
With truth upon her lips
Revealed and sealed with a passionate kiss
Laying there before me
Simple, pure and free
Laying there before me
Its everything I’d hope it’d be
Brilliantly shining
Simple, pure and free
7. Forever And A Day (Instrumental)
8. Get That Feeling
I’d walk a thousand miles
A thousand miles and back
If I could get that feeling
Get that feeling back
So many times I quit you babe
When love had gone astray
Let me feel you one more time
Before I go away
Get that feeling
Get that feeling back
Way down in my soul
Get that feeling
Get that feeling back
The love I had for rock n’ roll
So many nights raising hell on the street
Whiskey like fire in my veins
Tomorrow was a thousand years away
And the music was all that I needed
Get that feeling
Get that feeling back
Way down in my soul
Rock n’ roll
When my time has come
Give me the strength to let you go
To let you go
9. Assassins Bullet
Walking toward the motorcade
Shotgun in his hand
Nothing but a note left on the wall
Has he come to wipe away the sins of our time?
Or is he blind?
The dream of freedom will never come
From the barrel of a gun
Nor from the easy words of fools attached to puppet strings
Your wars are nothing but a ruse
Your death means nothing to me
I’ve come to anoint the earth
With Thunder, Wind and Rain
Pleasure and Pain
War and Fame
All in vain
The time has come
10. Mary, Mirror Of Light
Have you come to set me free?
Or have you come with chains that bind me?
A mirror of light shines in of your eyes
And the Devil rides between your thighs
The fruit that hangs upon the Tree
Is bitter to the taste
Forbidden though it is its unto thee I do make haste
Her lust sews thorns within my heart
As fallen angels scream out in pain
My mirror of light
Sex is the death-wish of Self consummated in desire
A spark of fire in a robe of light
For we who hold the torch in secret know of Truth
Her body is the bridge between Life and Death
11. Last Will And Testament
I leave to you to a world blind and insane
A slaughterhouse of war, doubt and pain
And to those of you I love, I wish you just the same
For the way to liberation lies in suffering
This is my last goodbye
Die before you die
This is where the secret lies
The cry of love
Is a dead song
A lonesome child lost in the wilderness
Armies marching in my mind
Fall and rise again
I took a look at the world
And I walked on by
The feast has been prepared
Choose well before you die
Choose well before you die
I come as a stranger
And depart as a stranger
But the spark I provide
Will ignite the world