24 mars 2021

SONGS FROM HOME









NOUVEL ALBUM   
SONGS FROM HOME






Tracklist: Ronan Keating – ‘Songs From Home’
1. Raglan Road
2. Into The Mystic
3. Where The Streets Have No Name
4. The Voyage
5. The Island
6. Summer In Dublin
7. Guiding Light
8. No Frontiers
9. The Blower’s Daughter
10. The Parting Glass
11. Heyday
12. Set In Stone





On Raglan Road on an autumn day
I saw her first and knew
That her dark hair would weave a snare
that I might one day rue;
I saw the danger, yet I passed along
the enchanted way,
And I said, let grief be a fallen leaf
at the dawning of the day.
On Grafton Street in November
we tripped lightly along the ledge
Of the deep ravine where can be seen
the worth of passion's pledge,
The Queen of Hearts still making tarts
and I not making hay
Oh I loved too much and by such by
such is happiness thrown away.
I gave her gifts of the mind I gave her
the secret sign that's known
To the artists who have known the true gods
of sound and stone
And word and tint without stint for
I gave her poems to say.
With her own name there
and her own dark hair
like clouds over fields of May
On a quiet street where
old ghosts meet
I see her walking now
Away from me so hurriedly
my reason must allow
That I had loved not as I should
a creature made of clay
When the angel woos the clay
he'd lose his wings at the dawn of day.








We were born before the wind
Also younger than the sun
Ere the bonnie boat was won
As we sailed into the mystic

Hark now, hear the sailors cry
Smell the sea and feel the sky
Let your soul and spirit fly
Into the mystic

Yeah, when that fog horn blows
I will be coming home
Yeah, when that fog horn whistle blows
I wanna hear it
I don't have to fear it

And I wanna rock your gypsy soul
Just like way back in the days of old
And magnificently we will float
Into the mystic

When that fog horn blows
You know I will be coming home
Yeah, when that fog horn whistle blows
I gotta hear it
I don't have to fear it

And I wanna rock your gypsy soul
Just like way back in the days of old
And together we will float
Into the mystic

Come on, girl
It's too late to stop now











I want to run, I want to hide
I wanna tear down the walls that hold me inside
I want to reach out and touch the flame
Where the streets have no name

I wanna feel sunlight on my face
I see the dust cloud disappear without a trace
I wanna take shelter from the poison rain
Where the streets have no name

Where the streets have no name
Where the streets have no name
Still building and burning down love
Burning down love
And when I go there, I go there with you
It's all I can do

The city's a flood
And our love turns to rust
We're beaten and blown by the wind
Trampled in dust

I'll show you a place
High on the desert plain
Where the streets have no name

Where the streets have no name
Where the streets have no name
Still building and burning down love
Burning down love
And when I go there, I go there with you
It's all I can do

Our love turns to rust
We're beaten and blown by the wind
Blown by the wind
Oh, and I see love
Our love turn to rust
We're beaten and blown by the wind
Blown by the wind
Oh, when I go there
I go there with you
It's all I can do











They say the skies of Lebanon are burning
Those mighty cedars bleeding in the heat
They're showing pictures on the television
Women and children dying in the street

And we're still at it in our own place
Still trying to reach the future through the past
Still trying to carve tomorrow from a tombstone

But hey, don't listen to meThis wasn't meant to be no sad song
We've heard too much of that before
Right now I only want to be here with you
Till the morning dew comes falling

I wanna take you to the island
And trace your footprints in the sand
And in the evening when the sun goes down
We'll make love to the sound of the ocean

They're raising banners over by the markets
Whitewashing slogans on the shipyard walls
Witchdoctors praying for a mighty showdown
No way our holy flag is gonna fall

Up here we sacrifice our children
To feed the worn-out dreams of yesterday
And teach them dying will lead us into glory

But hey, don't listen to meThis wasn't meant to be no sad song
We've heard too much of that before
Right now I only want to be here with you
Till the morning dew comes falling

I wanna take you to the island
And trace your footprints in the sand
And in the evening when the sun goes down
We'll make love to the sound of the ocean

Now I know us plain folks don't see all the story
And I know this peace and love's just copping out
And I guess these young boys dying in the ditches
Is just what being free is all about

And how this twisted wreckage down on main street
Will bring us all together in the end
And we'll go marching down the road to freedom
Freedom














I am a sailor, you're my first mate
We signed on together, we coupled our fate
Hauled up the anchor, determined not to fail
For the heart's treasure, together we set sail

With no maps to guide us, we steered our own course
Rode out the storms when the winds were gale force
We sat out the doldrums in patience and hope
Working together, we learned how to cope

Life is an ocean and love is a boat
In troubled waters that keeps us afloat
When we started the voyage, there was just me and you
Now, gathered 'round us, we have our own crew

Together we're in this relationship
Built it with care to last the whole trip
Our true destination's not marked on any charts
We're navigating to the shores of the heart

Life is an ocean and love is a boat
In troubled waters that keeps us afloat
When we started the voyage, there was just me and you
Now, gathered 'round us, we have our own crew

Life is an ocean and love is a boat
In troubled waters that keeps us afloat
When we started the voyage, there was just me and you
Now, gathered 'round us
Now, gathered 'round us
Now, gathered 'round us
We have our own crew









Take me away from the city
And lead me to where I can be on my own
I wanted to see it, and now that I have
I want just to be left alone
I'll always remember your kind words
And I'll still remember your name
But I've seen you changing and turning
And I know that things won't be the same

I remember that summer in Dublin
And the Liffey as it stank like hell
And the young people walking on Grafton street
And everyone looking so well
I was singing a song I heard somewhere
Called "Rock 'N 'Roll Never Forgets"
When my humming was smothered by a 46A
And the scream of a low-flying jet
So, I jumped on a bus to Dún Laoghaire
Stoppin' off to pick up my guitar
And a drunk on the bus told me how to get rich
I was glad we weren't going too far

So, I'm leaving on Wednesday morning
Trying to find a place where I can hear
The wind and the birds and the sea on the rocks
Where open roads always are near
And if sometimes I tire of the quiet
And I want to walk back up that hill
I'll just get on the road and I'll stick out my thumb
And I know for sure you'll be there still

I remember that summer in Dublin
And the Liffey as it stank like hell
And the young people walking on Grafton street
And everyone looking so well
I was singing a song I heard somewhere
Called "Rock 'N 'Roll Never Forgets"
When my humming was smothered by a 32B
And the scream of a low-flying jet
So, I jumped on a bus to Dún Laoghaire
Stopping off to pick up my guitar
And a drunk on the bus told me how to get rich
I was glad we weren't going too far

And I remember that summer in Dublin
I remember that summer in Dublin 









Well, the road is wide
Water runs on either side
And my shadow in the fading light
Is stretching out towards the night
'Cause the sun is low
And I, yet, have still so far to go
My lonely heart is beating so
Tired of the wonder
There's a sign ahead
Though I think it's the same one again
But I'm thinking 'bout my only friend
So, I find my way home

When I need to get home
You're my guiding light, you're my guiding light
When I need to get home
You're my guiding light, you're my guiding light

Well, the air is cold
Yonder lies my sleeping soul
By the branches, broke like bones
This weakened tree no longer holds
Well, the night is still
And I have not yet lost my will
Oh, and I will keep on moving till
Until I find my way home

When I need to get home
You're my guiding light, you're my guiding light
When I need to get home
You're my guiding light, you're my guiding light

When I need to get home
You're my guiding light, you're my guiding light
When I need to get home
You're my guiding light, you're my guiding light

So, lead me on, lead me strong like the road I walk on
(When I need to get home, you're my guiding light, you're my guiding light)
So, lead me on, lead me strong like this road I walk on
(When I need to get home, you're my guiding light, you're my guiding light)

When I need to get home
You're my guiding light, you're my guiding light
When I need to get home
You're my guiding light, you're my guiding light










If life is a river and your heart is a boat
Just like a water baby, baby, born to float
If life is a wild wind that blows way on high
And your heart is Amelia dying to fly

Heaven knows no frontiers
And I've seen Heaven in your eyes

And if life is a bar room in which we must wait
'Round the man with his fingers on the ivory gates
Where we sing until dawn of our fears and our fates
And we stack all the dead men in self-addressed crates

In your eyes
Faint as the singing of a lark
That somehow this black night
Feels warmer for the spark
Warmer for the spark
To hold us till the day
When fear will lose its grip
And Heaven has its way

Heaven knows no frontiers
And I've seen Heaven in your eyes

If your life is a rough bed of brambles and nails
And your spirit's a slave to man's whips and man's jails
Where you thirst and you hunger for justice and right
Then your heart is a pure flame of man's constant night

In your eyes
Faint as the singing of a lark
That somehow this black night
Feels warmer for the spark
Warmer for the spark
To hold us till the day
When fear will lose its grip
And Heaven has its way

Heaven knows no frontiers
I've seen Heaven in your eyes

Heaven knows no frontiers
I've seen Heaven in your eyes
In your eyes





And so it is
Just like you said it would be
Life goes easy on me
Most of the time
And so it is
The shorter story
No love, no glory
No hero in her sky

I can't take my eyes off of you
I can't take my eyes off of you
I can't take my eyes off of you
I can't take my eyes off of you
I can't take my eyes off of you
I can't take my eyes

And so it is
Just like you said it should be
We'll both forget the breeze
Most of the time
And so it is
The colder water
The blower's daughter
The pupil in denial

I can't take my eyes off of you
I can't take my eyes off of you
I can't take my eyes off of you
I can't take my eyes off of you
I can't take my eyes off of you
I can't take my eyes

Did I say that I loathe you?
Did I say that I wanted to
Leave it all behind?

I can't take my mind off of you
I can't take my mind off of you
I can't take my mind off of you
I can't take my mind off of you
I can't take my mind off you
I can't take my mind
My mind
Until I find somebody new





Of all the money that e'er I had
I have spent it in good company
Oh and all the harm I've ever done
Alas, it was to none but me

And all I've done for want of with
To memory now I can't recall
So fill to me the parting glass
Good night and joy be with you all

Of all the comrades that e'er I had
They're sorry for my going away
And of all the sweethearts that e'er I had
They would wish me one more day to stay

But since it falls unto my lot
That I should rise and you should not
I'll gently rise and I'll softly call
Good night and joy be with you all

But as it falls unto my lot
That I must go and you should not
I'll gently rise and softly call
Good night and joy be with you all

 
 
 
 


For the sun, for the light
For the ride and for the masters
Oh we come, to be kind
To be warm here and after
We've been out, but we're back
Because we're graced in these matters
And we'll rise

And we did a little love, but we walked
We make a sound for the messed up
Make a little call
To the right, to the ball
And to the mast-top
And we

We fool around now and again
We're looking good
But just as friends

This is our heyday baby
We're not gonna be afraid to shout
'Cause we can make our heyday last forever
Ain't that what it's all about
Oh living, in our own terrible way

And we lack a little love
But a sign, a sign to get a little messed up
Picking up the rules
For the chimes making up minds
And making it last us
'Cause we live alone, and now we've grown
And we know what we're after
And we'll rise

We fool around now and again
We're looking good
But just as friends

This is our heyday baby
We're not gonna be afraid to shout
'Cause we can make our heyday last forever
And ain't that what it's all about

We fool around now and again
We're looking good
But just as friends

So we have ourself a break
And when we're done
And we come to our senses
And we'll rise
And we'll rise

This is our heyday baby
This is our heyday baby
This is our heyday baby
Ain't that what it's all about
Oh living, in our own terrible way
In our own terrible way
This is our heyday baby










I guess at the start it was just a thing
And I woke waiting for the phone to ring
Hello, hello

My day began and you gonna bet
I can't get you out of my head
At all, at all

We never changed
Through the years
Never give in
To those fears

We didn't give up
Even with doubt
Climbing over walls that we built
We don't have to tear them down

Love is a home
These walls keep us warm
Even in the eye of the storm
I know we're unbreakable

Love set in stone

Everybody said what will be will be
But you said get on a plane to me
Come on

You wait around for the hand of fate
But I needed you, I couldn't wait
At all, at all

We never changed
Through the years
Never give in
To those fears

We didn't give up
Even with doubt
Climbing over walls that we built
We don't have to tear them down

Love is a home
These walls keep us warm
Even in the eye of the storm
I know we're unbreakable

Love set in stone

What might have been
If we let go
I thank my lucky stars
That we'll never know

We didn't give up
Even with doubt
Climbing over walls that we built
We don't have to tear them down

Love is a home
These walls keep me warm
Even in the eye of the storm
I know we're unbreakable

Love set in stone

I guess at the start it was just a thing
And I woke waiting for the phone to ring
Hello




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16 février 2020

NOUVEL ALBUM "TWENTY TWENTY"





Sortie le 1 er MAI  2020
Premier single "ONE OF A KIND"
en duo avec Emeli SANDE












This little thing called love



Lyrics
As I lay here on this pillow
With a life of no regret
Can we maybe make a moment
That my heart won't forget
When we're old, will you remember?
Layin' on this Sunday bed
With your white suede crashin' over
My red wine dusty head

This little thing called love
Is all that we need now
This little thing called love
Will stop the water if we drown
No matter if we're stolen by the shadows
And there's darkness all around
This little thing called love's all we need now

Oh-oh, oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh

As you lay here on that pillow
And we breathe the northern air
There'll be no time left for sleepin'
Now you're finally here
And I guess somewhere this morning
As I hear the night birds sing
And right now it's truly daunting
This is more than just a thing

This little thing called love
Is all that we need now
This little thing called love
Will stop the water if we drown
No matter if we're stolen by the shadows
And there's darkness all around
This little thing called love's all we need now
This little thing called love
Is all that we need now

Oh-oh, oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh

This little thing called love
Is all that we need now
This little thing called love
Will stop the water if we drown
No matter if we're stolen by the shadows
And there's darkness all around
This little thing called love's all we need now
This little thing called love
Is all that we need now



















forever ain't enough



forever and ever amen





25 février 2019





Altiyan Childs opens up about being left penniless after winning The X Factor and how religion has helped him cope

https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/altiyan-childs-opens-up-about-being-left-penniless-after-winning-the-x-factor-and-how-religion-has-helped-him-cope/news-story/a16458a72026ea00c6972db3b48a21d7

The winner of the second instalment of the X Factor didn't hold back when asked about his experience on the show - and his cave moment.
Luke Dennehy
news.com.auFEBRUARY 23, 20199:38PM

Winner of Channel 7's TV show 'The X Factor' Altiyan Childs.Source:News Limited
Former winner of The X Factor Altiyan Childs has come out swinging at what he says are the draconian contracts contestants on shows like The X Factor and The Voice are forced to sign.
Childs, 43, has also revealed he has found God as he continues to get over what he says was a bruising time after winning The X Factor back in 2010.
He was mentored by Ronan Keating with Natalie Imbruglia, Kyle Sandilands and Guy Sebastian the three other mentors.
“I saw a lot of vanity and a lot of fakeness around me, people stepping all over each other to get somewhere,” he told news.com.au.
“They smile to your face, but they are all hating on you. Then you get closer to the top and the rumours start, and the bitching stars.”

He says he was left penniless after winning the show and signing, and then getting dropped, by Sony Music.
“When I won I saw a whole another level of corruption, a lot of snakes, and a lot of sharks,” he said.
His first single, Somewhere In The World, reached No.8 on the Australian ARIA charts and went platinum, but Childs says he didn’t see a cent.
“I sold between fifty and seventy thousand singles and got paid exactly $0 dollars for it,” he said.
“But no ones complains, because if you’re patient and you play along and you’re a good little boy and if you sing what they give you, then after 10 years if you are lucky you’ll accumulate some money, but mainly through gigs or merchandise.”
He believes now he was too “soft” in the audition process to get to the final 12 and says contestants who are desperate to make it in the music industry are basically forced to sign the restrictive contracts.
“The contract you sign is thicker then a Harry Potter book,” he said.
“When you are in the top 12, you get no choice.
“If you don’t sign it, you’re out and they replace you before it goes to television.”
The singer opened up about being left penniless after being dropped by Sony Music.
The singer opened up about being left penniless after being dropped by Sony Music.Source:News Limited
Childs is based just outside of Dubbo in New South Wales with his wife of two years Samantha, who is a mortician.
He has just released a new single, Exhale, that he has funded independtly.
The always outspoken Childs has written a tell all book however he has been given legal advice that is has to be toned down if he wants it published, as it is too litigious.
This includes what he says was an overly negative experience with his former record company Sony Music.
“I wrote a book and it’s been sitting there in my cupboard, but it’s a very risky book to release because I don’t know how many people will try to sue me,” he said.
“I had two main publishers look at it, but they said it has to be extensively changed to avoid lawsuits.
“But I can’t water it down, it’s like a song, I can’t.”
He says winning The X Factor and the following years doing it tough has given him an insight into the music industry and it’s not something he likes.
“The industry, there is a lot of self-love, but not of a healthy kind,” he said.
“There’s a lot of ego and then there is fame.
“I’d probably still be on the radio to be honest with you if I was a little bit more egotistical, a little bit more proud, but that’s not me.”
Childs’ reveals that the music industry isn’t for him.
Childs’ reveals that the music industry isn’t for him.Source:News Limited
One thing has helped him get over the experience on The X Factor and dealing the fallout, Childs has turned to religion and he is not afraid to speak about it.
“I now focusing on my Heavenly Father, more or less,” he said.
“He’s blessed me every day in life.
“I’m really working on being as holy as I can, to be quite frank with you.”
It was sometime last decade, before Childs was in The X Factor, that the singer claims he got a sign from God that set him off on his spiritual journey.
For the first time he has opened up about that moment, which took place after he was driving back after a gig in Penrith in New South Wales in the passenger seat of a car.
The driver as it turned out had fallen asleep and they were on a collision course to have an accident.
“I was asleep and I heard a voice as clear as day, it was like the wind,” he claims.
“It was like the sound of oxygen, it is hard to explain.
“It was a voice I heard deep in my head and next to both of my ears that said ‘wake up,’ and I opened my eyes.
“I look and there was a wall coming towards me at a 45-degree angle and I looked to my right and my driver had passed out.
“I reached over and my heart rate didn’t go up or anything, it was dead calm and I grabbed the wheel and pushed it a few inches to the right and the wall just passed.
“It was pretty incredible, I thought to myself, why would something reach in and wake me up like that?”
Former winner of The X Factor has turned to religion to help deal with the fallout of being in the spotlight.
Former winner of The X Factor has turned to religion to help deal with the fallout of being in the spotlight.Source:News Limited
For the next decade Childs says he grappled with his spirituality, including becoming a member of the Freemasons.
“That was the beginning of a huge journey,” he said.
“I spent ten years immersed in books and studying, obviously knock, knock, knocking on the door, knocking as hard as I could. Daily I was knocking on his door.”
It all changed when he said he sat down and read the Bible properly.
“That was it, I took all my books, I took them all and strapped them in a couple of Coles trolleys and I set them on fire,” he said.
“I put my Masonic apron in there too, and everything was going.
“It’s been a pretty amazing relationship that I have formed with Jesus Christ, man.”
Childs doesn’t take his music too seriously as he has other things he is focused on, including his devotion to religion.
“When I’m singing it, when I’m writing it, obviously it takes me away and it’s a very intimate thing,” he said.
“But honestly brother, we’re here for just a short time and with the more success you have, the more you have to lose.”
Childs’ no longer takes music too seriously, instead focusing on his devotion to religion.
Childs’ no longer takes music too seriously, instead focusing on his devotion to religion.Source:Supplied
One story that was a sensation when Childs won The X Factor was the storyline that at some stage of his life he lived in a cave.
But looking back, Childs calls the story out as purely a reality TV moment, fuelled by producers and perhaps his own overly emotive responses as he tried to work his way through the competition.
Was it over blown?
“It sure was,” he said.
“I could never get out of it. Once they say it on the front pages and on Today Tonightand all that kind of stuff, you’ve got no hope of rectifying that.
“I realised later I was very dramatic with my emotion.
“All this stuff they had to milk it, they know what that are doing.
“It was a cliff edge, it was a cliff edge and it was a place I used to take my mates to when I was in High School.
“It was completely normal, and a very, very sane place to go to child out.
“But I’m still the caveman, brother …. And you know what? So be it.”
Childs’ doesn’t expect his music to be played on the radio.
Childs’ doesn’t expect his music to be played on the radio.Source:News Limited
While he hasn’t been seen in the public eye for a few years, Childs says behind the scenes he has always been working hard and has built up a strong fan base, in particular via Facebook.
His wife Samantha is a joy in his life.
“She’s a great girl, she’s pretty grounded and powerful.
“She’s a good, good woman.
With the new single Exhale, he plans to tour Australia this year.
He accepts that at 43 and an outsider in the Australian music industry, it’s most likely you won’t hearing his single on the radio.
“The best I’m expecting is just a ground roots release, some community stations,” he said.
But for him that’s OK too, he is just as happy driving his pride and joy, a vintage 40-year-old Porsche as he is hearing his music on the radio.
“I just drive every day, contemplate, relax and read my Bible in the car and really enjoy that whole process,” he said.
“Then I get back into training for the tour, because touring is a different beast.
“I’m ready.”







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REVIEW: BORN BEFORE THE SUN
Had the unique opportunity to attend the Altiyan Childs listening party for his upcoming album Born 'Before the Sun', and give my impressions. I was not disappointed! While it is a very personal expression of Altiyan's experiences (all good song writing is), it is also shows his great skill with melody and lyrics ...the man just understands music! The album has many layers, yet makes up a wonderful 'whole'...it just 'flows'.
It opens with an upbeat number called 'Just Like You'. 'Kiss Me' has a wonderful taste of Africa with an almost tribal beat and of course 'Exhale' with it's 'epic grandeur' has the sound of 'hit' written all over it, but then Altiyan hits you with beautiful romantic ballads like 'Water' originally meant as a gift for Ronan Keating, but to be honest, When you hear this stunning vocal, you will be grateful Altiyan recorded it himself.
There is much to touch the heart in this album, '9' and 'Shipwreck' are hauntingly beautiful...'9' deals with the difficult issue of 'body image' in such a way you cannot help but be moved.
Finally, I have to mention the wonderfully commercial numbers, 'Driving', 'Mother', but especially 'Isha'....though originally not a Reggae song, it is hard to imagine as anything but. It created an instant positive response in the studio, with swaying and foot-tapping...I challenge you to not get this one stuck in your head!
'Rise Up' and 'Celebrity' were both equally outstanding! Not just for their instant wide reaching appeal but especially in the case of 'Celebrity', Altiyan's clever tongue in cheek lyric's, coupled with an insanely catchy beat make these absolute winners!
There are 14 tracks on the album, every song is unique, but the overall thing that strikes you is that voice...what a versatile instrument it is, it's power and range is something that stays with you. This is an album that you will love for every song on it....and a talent this country has not produced for many years. It is well worth the wait!