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Close To The Moon

from Closer To The Moon by Steve Merlin

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This is would you'd call the title track of the album, though minus one "r".
The downloadable version of this track features an improved mix of the climax of the song - the part with the sax solo - compared to the original album. There's always something you can improve about a song, but this actually was an improvement that could not be left alone.
Anyway, you'd have to buy the CD if you really want to spot the difference ;-) Cheers, Steve M

lyrics

Close To The Moon - Steve Merlin 1997/2003/2008

There’s something beyond the horizons, born on top of the sea
Over the treetops and houses, making it’s way towards me

It must be as thin as a razorblade, or fast as a bullet of light
‘Cause no-one has seen it till this very day
But I know it’s gonna be mine

As long as my mind can remember, the cry of the dream for so long
Down at my feet lies a feather, and Icarus cries from the sun

I feel the wind is drawing near
I can feel her in my face
She has come to pick the time
She has come to pin the place

I feel the wind beneah my skin, feel her drawing through my veins
She’s been asking where I’ve been, she has come to make my day

I feel the wind under my wings, feel her pulling from a cloud
Feel her rushing on around me, feel my feet have left the ground

Feels like sitting on a swing, hanging from a cloud of dreams
When they turn out the lights in the space below
In the back of my mind I hear a thousand souls
Crying fly, fly, fly

They all wanted to get closer to God, and now they are
But I just want to fly high, fly, fly, fly
I am gonna vanish into thin air
I am gonna vanish into thin air

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from Closer To The Moon, released April 27, 2008

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Steve Merlin Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Over 9 years dutch prog rocker Steve Merlin has been working on a story-based double album, to be released in 2025. In 2008 Steve launched his experimental album Closer To The Moon. Between Air And Wing (2013) and prog album Crash Course For Earth (2015), were both recorded with a band: Tom van Veldhoven (drums), Sjef Poels (guitars), Freek Helsper (keys), Rick Weren (bass) and guest musicians. ... more

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