MARILLION


Happiness Is The Road
Volume 1: Essence

(2008)



1. Dreamy Street 1'57
(Steve Hogarth / Steve Rothery / Mark Kelly / Pete Trewavas / Ian Mosley)
2. This Train Is My Life 4'46
(Steve Hogarth / Steve Rothery / Mark Kelly / Pete Trewavas / Ian Mosley)
3. Essence 6'25
(Steve Hogarth / Steve Rothery / Mark Kelly / Pete Trewavas / Ian Mosley)
4. Wrapped Up In Time 5'02
(Steve Hogarth / Steve Rothery / Mark Kelly / Pete Trewavas / Ian Mosley)
5. Liquidity 2'08
(Steve Hogarth / Steve Rothery / Mark Kelly / Pete Trewavas / Ian Mosley)
6. Nothing Fills The Hole 3'19
(Steve Hogarth / Steve Rothery / Mark Kelly / Pete Trewavas / Ian Mosley)
7. Woke Up 3'36
(Steve Hogarth / Steve Rothery / Mark Kelly / Pete Trewavas / Ian Mosley)
8. Trap The Spark 5'38
(Steve Hogarth / Steve Rothery / Mark Kelly / Pete Trewavas / Ian Mosley)
9. A State Of Mind 4'30
(Steve Hogarth / Steve Rothery / Mark Kelly / Pete Trewavas / Ian Mosley)
10. Happiness Is The Road 10'01
(Steve Hogarth / Steve Rothery / Mark Kelly / Pete Trewavas / Ian Mosley)
11.
{ hidden track } 1'59
(Steve Hogarth / Steve Rothery / Mark Kelly / Pete Trewavas / Ian Mosley)
12.
{ Half Full Jam } 6'47
(Steve Hogarth / Steve Rothery / Mark Kelly / Pete Trewavas / Ian Mosley)

Total Time: 56:08


All Music Written by MARILLION, who are:

  • Steve (h) Hogarth - Singer, Backing Vocals, CP70, Piano, Kurzweil, Glockenspiel, Percussion
  • Mark Kelly - Keyboards, Piano, Harmonium, Backing Vocals
  • Ian Mosley - Drums, Backing Vocals
  • Steve Rothery - Electric Guitars, Acoustic Guitars, Baritone Guitar, Backing Vocals
  • Pete Trewavas - Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals, Occasional Electric Guitars

    Additional Contributions:

  • Dawn Roberts - Finger Cymbal on "Essence"
  • Emil h - Ultrasound Heartbeat on "Dreamy Street"
  • S. Claydon - Arco Bass
  • S. Audley - Dulcimer
  • P. Bisset - Additional Tuned Percussion
  • Jon Hotten - Overworked Tambourine

    Additional Backing Vocals:

  • Nial, Sofi, Lucy, Stephanie, Linette, Vicki,
  • Georgina, Deborah, Erik, Shaz, Col

    Produced by Michael Hunter & Marillion
    Recorded & Mixed by Michael Hunter
    Assistant Engineers: Roderick Brunton, Jon Cameron
    Mastered by Simon Heyworth at
    SUPER AUDIO MASTERING
    Artwork & Photography by Antonio Seijas /
    www.antonioseijas.com
    Graphic design & layout by Carl Glover for
    alephstudio.co.uk
    Management / Bookings:
    info@knowmoremanagement.com
    Representation: Lucy Jordache

    All Songs by Hogarth / Rothery / Kelly / Trewavas / Mosley
    All Words by h
    Published by
    KNOWMOREPUBLISHING

    Written, Recorded and Mixed at The RACKET CLUB, Buckinghamshire during 2007 / 2008

    Lots of things were struck, plucked, bowed, or blown - and not just out of a box.

    Thanks To Dr. Gisbert, Eckhart and L for the happiness

    The Band would like to Thank our team:

    Lucy J, Erik Nielsen, Rich "Frenchie" Lee, Stephanie Bradley, Jon Cameron, Colin Price

    Also:

    Roderick Brunton, Yens Nyholm, and alt our Web teams world-wide.

    Thanks Also To:

    Antonio Seijas for tireless creativity; Ken Nelson for lending us studio gear for ages for no money; Tina and Bob at Zildjian UK; Simon Fraser Clarke at Laney; Christian Hatstatt at Blade; Roger at Cort; Andy Rigler at Bose UK; Anthony Short at Shure Distribution; Peter Janis & Rez at Radiat Engineering; Dan Steinhardt at thegigrig.com; John Littler at Headway Electronics; Mike at analogman.com; Bryan Borcherds at Arbiter; Dave Spiers at GForce Software Ltd; Big Dave and Geordie at Oxford Guitar Gallery; Gary Good at The Music Box; PMT Oxford; Steve Bell and all at First Easy; Richard Pettifer; Matthew, Richard, Martin, Rob, and all at WebOffice Systems for making marillion.com work

    h would like to Thank:

    Linette, Sofi, Ntai, Our Sue and Our Gill for being warm rocks in a choppy sea; Emil for being: David Smith for the flit, badger-damage-limitation, mechanical and spiritual repairs; Stephanie Ringuet; Mark Bredius; Sonni og Lissi (undskyld, jeg smadrede jeres bil x)

    Steve would like to Thank:

    Jo, Jennie, and Michael for all their iove and support

    Mark would like to Thank:

    Angie, Freya, Kai, Tatlulah, Delilah, Jude and one future grandchild for all their love and support

    Pete Thanks:

    Fiona, Callum, and Luke for their love and continued support

    Ian would like to Thank:

    Michael, Lindsay, Ben, Jerry, Brian, Simon, Blacky, Vicky, George, Mildred, and Jed for their love and support

    Mike would like to Thank:

    his lovely girlfriend Sarah, and Chops the dog. And Danny Sperling at CSV for the Everton DVDs.

    Special Thanks To:

    Tino Braband, Brian Chalmers, Michael Cote, Jorg Huntemann, Mark Kilminster, Joanne Matulis, Jason Purnell, Wayne Richards, Steven Steniund, inguss Vircavs, Neil Hodgkinson

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    1. Dreamy Street

      I had this dream. That monkey inside o'me.
      Gone skulkin away.
      Leavin' me seeing.. Being.

      Seeing
      Being

      Drinking lemon tea
      And feeling free
      Chilling in the sunshine
      On this dreamy street

    2. This Train Is My Life

      This train is my life
      Speeding through the night
      We have been to these places
      For barely a moment

      Wide awake
      Sometimes sleeping
      Sometimes watching
      Sometimes dreaming

      Through stroby stations
      Too fast to know their names
      Too fast to know if we came or will come again

      Sleeping towns joined together
      By the steel of the rails
      Parallel lines
      Parallel lives

      You and I
      We're movie-rich
      We're reflected in the window
      The dark night's black mirror glass
      Distant lights from the wrong side of the tracks

      Christmas lights
      Go by in the houses
      Anonymous windows
      Anonymous rooms of
      Anonymous souls

      So take my hand
      Squeeze it tight
      Make some light
      In the darkness
      I'm glad you came on this trip
      Don't lose your grip
      Don't lose your grip
      This train is my life
      This train is my life

      Travel with me
      And we'll see..

    3. Essence

      'Tell you what I want
      Essence
      'Tell you what I need
      Essence
      What I'm looking for
      Essence

      Sit in silence close your eyes, feel the magic everywhere inside you
      Fingers toes head heart and soul, connected deep to every living thing
      Not just the taste, the touch, the smell
      Or the face you know so well
      Not the 400 word description
      The book, the film, the faithful depiction
      Get out of here
      Get out while you can
      Choose life, strive for essence

      Choose life, Choose living
      Choose life, Choose living
      Go digging, Go digging
      Go digging, Go digging
      Go digging for essence
      for Essence
      for Essence

      Sit in silence and watch the sky
      Feel the magic deep inside you
      Every woman and every man
      Turn off your mind and you'll understand

      Sit in silence and watch the sky yeah
      Feel the energy inside outside

      Aint one damn thing means a thing in this life
      til you get close to Essence, til you try
      Every man and woman listen to me, hey
      Live in the moment or you'll never be free

      Essence
      Essence
      Essence.

      Choose life, Choose essence.

    4. Wrapped Up in Time

      Things come wrapped up in time
      Like the past in a present
      Or the perfect line in a song

      They take their time
      And when they're gone
      They take their time with them

      And you can't have them back
      Because the time for them has gone
      And their time has gone with them

      The time for them has gone.

      There's an echo of them
      An echo of the time they were wrapped in
      Sweet or bitter in the memory
      But an echo is all, all I can reach now

      An echo of you
      An echo of you
      An echo of you in your time

      Still echoing
      Like a star in the sky
      Like a star in the sky above me

      And the story of it's life
      Told backwards down this rod of light
      But at it's beginning..
      Long extinct.

    5. Liquidity

    (instrumental)

    6. Nothing Fills The Hole

      I wanted it til I got it
      I wanted it til I got it
      Believed in it til I saw it
      I needed it til I had it
      I guess I live to regret it
      I dreamed of it til I got it
      Believed in it til I saw it
      I needed it til I had it
      I wanted it til I got it
      I wanted it til I got it
      I wanted it til I got it
      Believed in it til I saw it
      I needed it til I had it
      Then I wanted something else

      I wanted to be free
      I didn't last a week
      There aint no pleasing me
      That's how it's gonna be

      Nothing fills the hole
      Nothing fills the hole
      Nothing fills the hole

    7. Woke Up

      Woke up in a city that doesn’t sleep
      Full of rain
      You woke me up

      Woke up in a city down by the sea
      Like a dream
      You woke me up

      I woke up in a city full of snow
      And history and beauty and Christmas-lights and cold
      With angels that come when all is lost
      In golden light at dead of night
      They take you home
      And I woke up
      I woke up

      Woke up in a city that doesn’t sleep
      You woke me up, You woke me up, You woke me up

      And I woke up in a city by the sea
      You woke me up, You woke me up, You woke me up

      You woke me up

      I woke up in a city full of rain
      The world had stopped
      I woke up to feel no pain
      Day from night
      Anti-gravity and light
      It’s so clear, just what I’m doing here

      The blinding obvious is what you showed to me.

    8. Trap the Spark

      The love that pounds your heart through your chest every night
      Until the bed jumps beneath you and scares you white

      Trap the spark and hold it there
      You can't. You can't
      Goose-bumps that don't fade away
      They can't remain

      I've opened the box and I've touched the treasures of the earth
      They're buried on the island far away
      And I'm here in England with the map burning my pocket
      Dreaming of diamonds..
      Such a blinding secret to bear.

      Trap the spark and hold it there
      You can't . You can't.
      Goose-bumps that don't fade away
      They can't remain
      Hold the perfect moment
      Pin the cloud to the sky
      Grab the spark and hold it
      You can TRY..

      I've looked into a million laughing unhappinesses
      In every bar and on the TV
      But I know the real thing
      I can remember
      I can almost tell you how it is

      Trap the spark and hold it there
      You can't. You can't
      Goosebumps that don't fade away
      They can't remain
      Photograph a feeling
      Pin the cloud to the sky
      Trap the spark and hold it
      You can try

      Trap the spark and hold it there
      Grab the spark and hold it there.

    9. A State Of Mind

      He looked down from the airplane
      A crack in the clouds opened up he saw a garden of Eden
      An island in the sea
      Starin at the birth of creation
      The earth and the people living, growing, naturally
      A state of mind..

      He came down from the sky
      Into the noise of a million lives
      A garden of Eden
      Was it all a dream?
      We came a long, long, way with each other
      We’re goin nowhere til we see we’re only
      Sisters and brothers

      A state of mind
      A state of mind is a contagious thing
      Spread it around you never know what the future brings..

      Ready to sow?
      You ready to grow?
      Reap what you sow.
      You ready to know?

      A state of mind is a contagious thing
      Spread it around - you never know what the future brings..
      A state of mind
      A state of mind

    10. Happiness Is The Road

      The greatest blessing that we have
      Is the dawn of each new day
      A chance to finish what we started
      And made a mess of yesterday
      As day comes out of night
      A chance to get it right
      A chance to start again
      A chance to get it right

      The people here
      Full of love and comfortable in themselves
      Not scared to let go
      No fear round here

      I met this man
      In Utrecht Netherlands
      He was a doctor of the body and the soul
      He said to me:
      Man, there's a book you have to read.
      I feel your pain. It makes me cry
      But these tears are yours - not mine.

      You're focussing on all of your bad yesterdays
      The worry lines are getting deeper every day
      And deep inside you
      No surprise - there's a crisis!
      You might have been to blame
      But you can't go on this way
      Must I watch and pray?

      While you torture yourself with what's behind ya
      Torture yourself with what awaits ya
      Draggin' that guilt and regret inside ya
      Anxious of the goals that always evade ya

      Your mind will find a way to be unkind to you somehow
      But all we really have is happening to us right now

      HAPPINESS IS THE ROAD

      And each baby..
      A human sunrise
      Each baby - a human sunrise..

      Look around you
      Feel your soul inside you
      Look inside you
      Feel the life course through you
      The life that's giving In every thing that's living
      The plants and the trees
      The birds and the bees
      And apes like you and me

      HAPPINESS IS THE ROAD

      You're a slave to your mind
      But you are not your mind
      You are not your pain
      Say it again
      You are not your pain
      Say it again
      You are not your pain

      Happiness aint at the end of the road
      Happiness aint at the end of the road
      Happiness IS the road
      The road

      HAPPINESS IS THE ROAD

    11. The Other Half

    ... silence ...

    12. Half Full Jam

      Not Available Yet