Mike Oldfield quotes - page 2

One glance is all that I need; What I was searching for I've found it... (Mike Oldfield)
This is zero hour and there's no way back Can you feel that power in its arms you're wrapped All through the night-time Till the sun comes in? Now Heaven's Open Fly right in! View quote
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I was listening to the wind that walks in the hour; I never would have heard in the candlelight I was hoping... would you shelter me from showers? I believe every word in the candlelight... View quote
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Far the horizon Hove to the wind; We're sailing the sea To the Edge of the World. View quote
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Taking on water Sailing a restless sea From a memory A fantasy The wind carries into white water Far from the islands Don't you know... You're never going to get to France Mary, queen of chance, will they find you! Never going to get to France... Could a new romance ever bind you? View quote
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Can it be the sun descending o'er the level plain of water or the Red Swan floating, flying wounded by the Magic Arrow? Staining all the waves with crimson, with the crimson of its life-blood, filling all the air with splendor, filling all the air with plumage? [...] O'er it the Star of Evening melts and trembles through the purple, hangs suspensed in twilight, walks in silence through the heavens... View quote
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The sails are unfurled And the anchor's away going home... She heels to the breeze as she gathers her way, And we're bound to the old country. Then away, love, away, going home! We're homeward bound this very day, And we're bound to the old country... View quote
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The trees that whisper in the evening Carried away by a moonlight shadow Sing a song of sorrow and grieving Carried away by a moonlight shadow All she saw was a silhouette of a gun Far away on the other side He was shot six times by a man on the run And she couldn't find how to push trough I stay, I pray, see you in heaven far away I stay, I pray, see you in heaven one day... View quote
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On dusty roads and tracks Now it's the time to come back The warm wind blows constantly Riding that storm since the day you were born Is there somebody in? Now answer me! View quote
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Reach out, it's a leap in the dark, But there's no danger of falling. Give out, give it straight from the heart, You feel the thunder rolling... View quote
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Once in a lifetime, you find that power To break out and run from the devils deep clutch; All that you need it's the finest hour Is to believe in the magic touch. (Mike Oldfield)
Talk about your life I'd like to know It's not easy going Where no-one goes And no-one knows... View quote
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Little bluebird's Fluttering into my hand Sun falls in love over the land I will live forever Just you wait and see No matter want you do To my bluebird and me... View quote
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I know you'll never stay the same In time, most of us lose it, But I'm hoping, just the same, You'll shine and learn how to use it. View quote
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Make-make... There's no way out no way in To the hallowed halls of the inner ring You're just a face in the crowd You got no place When you're down and out. View quote
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Misty path and the night is endless, She could be a queen Or a desert princess. Hero takes her hand and leads her through... Who knows what this night will do? Only in the blue night he comes to her That's when the whole night Belongs to her. View quote
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The biggest problems were to do with... well, to get that successful when you're so young, it attracts hangers-on, parasites, people who want to feed off you. I thought people actually liked me, but they actually liked my money. I'd probably say to my younger self, get yourself a whole collection of lawyers. Which is what I have now. I don't have any friends; I just have lawyers. At the last count I had about 15 different sets of them for all kinds of problems. And you can trust them because you're paying them. I know that sounds very negative, but that's the world we live in. View quote
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Watching for a spark It's a moonlight show Reaching through the dark Do you have to go? View quote
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I'm a fire without a flame, desert with no rain... View quote
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In summer winter rain or sun, it's good to be on horseback. View quote
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The biggest problems were to do with... well, to get that successful when you're so young, it attracts hangers-on, parasites, people who want to feed off you. (Mike Oldfield)
Voices in the dark And the lights burn low Teach yourself the art That you never know Try to put a message through To your sweetheart Won't you like to know The secrets of the heart? View quote
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Sunlight falling bright Over village garden walls Moonlight shower's gold where leaving waterfalls People walk in splendour Under trees hung in starlight. View quote
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We're looking For the strangers With sunlight in their eyes Who lived on Earth When Man was new When Time was Just a coloured dew That grew inside their mind... View quote
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Everything on Tubular Bells was done on the first take – it was lovely, so spontaneous. I had such a long time to prepare it, and I had just one little chance to do it, and now I listen to it and it has a lovely spontaneous energy. It's got mistakes, and I could easily have cut them out, but I left them on. View quote
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