SOMEWHERE
(Words and Music by Jeff Silverman and
Watson, Additional Words by Rick Springfield and Mark Spiro)
Tonite you cried out I heard you call
From the child inside your soul
An SOS heaven help the sender
And tonite I wish we weren't so far apart
Because the beating of this heart is telling you
You can't surrender
I know it's hard for you
You know it's hard for me
If you can keep believing there's a place
I know someday we'll be
Somewhere in the silent morning
Somewhere out beyond the sea of blue
There's a dream that's calling
Somewhere there's a place for me and you
Woe - Oh
Me and you
So near, I watch the city o' lights go out
And I know without a doubt that
You and I tonite somehow have spoken
And here, across the miles so far away
I cross my heart and pray
That a promise made will not be broken
The words are in my head
But they're hard for me to say
Sometimes alone the power
Of what I feel can take my breath away
Somewhere in the silent morning
Somewhere out beyond the sea of blue
There's a dream that's calling
Somewhere there's a place for me and you
Woe - Oh
Me and you
And if the wait's too long there
Let your heart be strong there
And may the love reign over you
Somewhere in the silent morning
Somewhere out beyond the sea of blue
There's a dream that's calling
Somewhere there's a place for me and you
Woe - Oh
Me and you
Somewhere in the silent morning
Somewhere out beyond the sea of blue
There's a dream that's calling
Somewhere there's a place for me and you
Woe - Oh
Me and you
Somewhere in the silent morning
Somewhere out beyond the sea of blue
There's a dream that's calling...
(total playing time 3:50)
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This is one of the songs on this album that I don't overall not like, but I
don't really listen to it that much either. I should say musically I don't much care
for it. Musically it doesn't catch me at all and I tend to skip over it. I do like
the way Rick sings it though. The lyrics are pretty powerful and he really delivers them
with emotion on this song. I really love the whole first verse of
lyrics: "Tonight you cried out, I heard you call. From the child inside your
soul. An SOS heaven help the sender." <sigh> Someone help ME start breathing
again! What a sad and beautiful line.
Like I said, the verses of this song are beautiful and hauntingly sad at the same time. I
just really don't like the sound of the song. The chorus does less than nothing for me.
I do like this song, but it feels disconnected
to me. I feel like the chorus and the verses don't fit musically. I still like
the song, but I think if it were going on an album in the future, it would need some
adjustments musically. The lyrics are good though. I like those.
I have to admit, I am not big on ballads...I
would much rather crank up the music on more upbeat songs like Rovianne, Lust, etc.
BUT..."Somewhere" is a really beautiful song. It is one of my favorite slower
songs by Rick. It is very romantic, hopeful and kind of sad at the same time. It appears
to be a calling out by one of two people who love each other but are separated by
distance, pain or another factor.
The love is clearly there but something is keeping them apart. I can truly visualize
it.....and that is what makes so many of Rick's songs so great. From the first time
I ever heard this song it also reminded me quite a bit of the song "Somewhere"
from the theatre production of "West Side Story"....there are similar words in
both songs...and it is also a song that talks about two people's struggle to be together
despite a separation. To me, this song is more of a departure from the other slow songs
Rick has written...and that may be mainly because he collaborated with several other
writers....I am not sure why I feel that way. In the same sense as "I need
you..." I still love the song anyway because I think he has a way of making it all
his own.
This is a "sigh" song for
me. What I mean is, when I listen to it my heart weeps out this little sigh that
only emits when Rick Springfield and/or his music is near. From the first line,
"Tonite you cried out and I heard you call" I'm gone...I'm such a sucker for sap
and this song is oozing the syrup. He's singing that even though they are
apart, he knows she needs him and someday they'll be together again. Sigh...there it
goes again. Flutter, flutter. :-)
Other than this song hitting me in my soft spot
there's not much new to the lyrics, and the tune sounds a lot to me like "I Need
You" although I don't know why. So I'm sitting here wondering why I like this
song so much so that I can formulate that into some words. I realize though
that it's not really necessary to explain why you like things sometimes, sometimes just
saying "I just do" is good enough. Well, at least I hope it is for this
one.
My favorite part is the glaringly obvious stanza that Rick wrote, "The words are in
my head but they're hard for me to say, sometimes alone the power of what I feel can take
my breath away". The way Rick emotes these lines makes me shudder.
The one other thing that I want to express on this song
is that it sounds like it could either be the starting theme to some television show or
belongs in a movie scene. I don't know if that means it sounds generic or exactly
what my point is on that one, but every time I listen to it I get this feeling that it
belongs somewhere <haha> but maybe not necessarily on this
album. Possibly it's just it's position on the album-but it seems out of
place here. Maybe it's my association with "I Need You" that makes me
think this belongs in a movie, but whatever it is has me looking for it when I'm watching
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*Big sigh* One of the most romantic
songs I've ever heard in my life, and guaranteed to make my heart flutter every time I
hear it. What could be more appealing to a romantic heart than the thought of the
man you love, who is miles away, somehow sensing that you need him? And that the
love he feels for you is so strong that it can take his breath away? This is the
kind of thing you dream of when you're young and haven't yet fallen in love... *sighs
again*
This song brings to mind a man and woman who are in love, but for some reason, they aren't
together, something is keeping them apart. Perhaps it's just distance, perhaps
there's some sort of obstacle standing in their way. Whatever the reason, it's not
easy on either of them, and when he feels that she needs him, all he wants to do is
reassure her somehow, to tell her not to give up. Just stay strong a little longer,
because one day, they will be together ... somehow.
It's difficult to narrow it down to just these few lines, because I love every word in
this song, but here are some of the ones I enjoy the most:
Tonite you cried out I heard you call
From the child inside your soul
An SOS heaven help the sender
And here, across the miles so far away
I cross my heart and pray
That a promise made will not be broken
The words are in my head
But they're hard for me to say
Sometimes alone the power
Of what I feel can take my breath away
Let your heart be strong there
And may the love reign over you
A truly beautiful song, and one I always recommend that someone should listen to if they
say they don't like SS. It's not often that someone says afterward that they don't
like this one. After all... what's not to like? :)
I've always liked this song a lot. In fact
I was surprised that Rick wasn't really much of a driving force in the creation of this
song, that he just added some touches here and there to the wording of it. I really
enjoyed this song a lot when my husband was doing the commute thing between our home in
Detroit and his work that year in San Diego.
Anyway, it's a simple ballad but I've always taken it at face value: a
separation across the miles of two people who care about each other and hope for the best
despite the issues that that separation brings. It's not deep, it's not fancy, but
there's something so ethereal about the quality of the music that I love. It is,
however, a poor fit for the rest of this CD, with their overtly sexual overtones and
innuendo. I would be very curious to find out how it ended up here...but I for one
am glad it did. :)
This song just doesn't
do it for me.
This song first makes me think it should have been in EFX - maybe the Houdini part?
Then it reminds me of the song "Never Surrender".
It's a nice little romantic longing song. Maybe something Romeo and
Juliet? They're not supposed to be together? Their being together is wrong to
some people? Makes me think of inter-racial relationships years ago when people were
scorned for being in one (and I'm sure it still goes on in some places).I don't skip it
all the time, but it's not one of my favorites at all. Rick has done other
ballads so much better than this one.
I’ve been debating for
about 3 days whether or not to post my review of this song. I’ve
listened to this song several times this week, out of team spirit. I’ve tried;
I really have, because I’ve met many wonderful people who love "somewhere".
Personally, I have just two words for this song:
Bathroom break.
Honestly. In all fairness, it takes a very special ballad to catch my ear.
This one, quite frankly, ain't got what it takes. There is an oboe in the
song. That’s a plus. Somewhere beyond the sea of blue? Is he still
in Australia? Is he in the US thinking of someone in Australia? Is he in a
Disney movie? urgh.
Somewhere in a silent morning? Is he thinking of death, wishing to be w/ his dad
again? I watch the city lights go OUT, and I know without a DOUBTTTTTT (note he puts
LOTS of emphasis on that last T, just in case we didn't quite catch the rhyme).....
:-P
I’m assuming Watson is someone's pet, or the guy passing out the large doses of
valium needed to pace this song.
There is one line in here that is worth noting, maybe it was Rick’s donation:
sometimes alone the power of what I feel is enough to take my breath away.
The final blow is "woe oh" as a lyric. In a similar vein, "hey,
wooo" from ROL was enough to kill that song for me for almost 2 decades.
The first time I listened to
this cd, if anyone asked me what my favorite song was, I always said this one. I just
thought it was so pretty and the love that he was sending out to his love far away was
beautiful, touching and
romantic.
By really paying attention to the lyrics, I recognized a sense of "Forever".
Both songs are calling out to the ones they love and pledging to be together.
This is the only song that Rick did not write the entire thing, only contributed some
lyrics. Has anyone seen the original song, without Rick's lyrics, or which were the lyrics
he added? I could never tell, the song ran seamlessly and if it didn't say so, I never
would have known. That is a credit to Rick and his songwriting talents, how he can not
only create an original piece but grasp on to other's feelings and just join in.
I like the sentiment it invokes. There are 2 ways to read it. My first understanding of it
is that they are just not together for some reason and no matter how far apart they are,
they are still together. After reading the lyrics again, they could be apart due to a
break up and he wants to reconcile and know they can.
"Somewhere there is a place for you and me" The connection is still strong. They
can overcome anything.
Still one of my favs.
This song reminds me a lot of I Need You. It
sounds like a song that would fit in a movie, and to me, it also sounds like something
Rick was singing but had not written (although I know in I Need You he didn't write it and
this one he did have a hand in). It just doesn't feel like a Rick Springfield song
to me. It's just a little more mushy and happy than the stuff he would
usually write.
Having said that, it's a beautiful song, and Rick's voice is just beautiful singing it.
My favorite line in the song is:
The words are in my head
But they're hard for me to say
It's so true. I know I've been in situations (on at least one occasion with
Rick standing in front of me, no less), where I knew exactly how I felt and what I wanted
to say, and the words just kind of get stuck.
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