Illuminations

Josh Groban Illuminations Lyrics
1.The Wandering Kind (Prelude)( - )


2.Bells of New York City

Lyricist:Dan WilsonJosh Groban
Writer(s):Dan WilsonJosh Groban
Mixing:David Campbell

There's a pale winter moon in the sky coming through my window
And the park is laid out like a bed below
It's a cold, dark night and my heart melts like the snow
And the bells of New York City tell me not to go

It's always this time of year that my thoughts undo me
With the ghosts of many lifetimes all abound
But from these mad heights I can always hear the sound
Of the bells of New York City singing all around

Stay with me, stay with me
Refuge from these broken dreams
Wait right here oh wait with me
On silent snow filled streets

Sing to me one song for joy and one for redemption
And whatever is in between that I call mine
With the street lamp light to ILLUMINATE the gray
And the bells of New York City calling me the stay
The bells of New York City calling me to stay


3.Galileo (Someone Like You)( / )

Lyricist:Declan O'RourkeSeamus Cotter
Writer(s):Declan O'RourkeSeamus Cotter
Mixing:David Campbell

Galileo fell in love as a Galilean boy,
And he wondered what in heaven who invented such a joy,
But the question got the better of his scientific mind
And to his blind and dying days
He looked up high and often sighed,
And sometimes cried

Who puts the rainbow in the sky?
Who lights the stars at night?
Who dreamt up someone so divine?
Someone like you made them mine

Love can make you ask some funny questions now and then
But just remember the alternatives for I remember when
I was lonely and unhappy
And my lips were cold as ice
But you kissed me, and good heavens,
Now I'm here in paradise
So if ever I'm not kissing you or looking in your eyes
I won't be blind, and I won't cry
I'll look up high and gladly sigh
And thank the guy

Who puts the rainbow in the sky?
Who lights the stars at night?
Who dreamt up someone so divine?
Someone like you made them mine


4.L'Ora Dell'Addio

Ora di andarmene
Ill momentoche
Questo cuore teme
e difficile
Un coltello che
Ti lacera

Credimi
Fa piu male dentro
Il dover andarsene
Sapere che
Tu soffri come soffro
Quando e l'ora dell'addio

Se a votlte pensi che
La mia scelta sia
Segno che nonti amo
Non odiarmi mai
Vado per la tua
Felicita

Credimi
Fa piu male dentro
Il dover andarsene
Sapere che
Tu soffri come soffro
Quando e l'ora dell'addio

Com'edifficile ignorare le memorie di una vita
Tutto mi ricorda come sei parte di me


5.Hidden Away

Lyricist:Dan WilsonJosh Groban
Writer(s):Dan WilsonJosh Groban
Mixing:David Campbell

Over mountains and sky blue seas
On great circles will you watch for me
The sweetest feeling I've got inside
I just can't wait to get lost in your eyes
And all these words that you meant to say
Held in silence day after day
Words of kindness than our poor hearts crave
Please don't keep them
Hidden Away

Sing it out so I can finally breathe
And I can take in all the same
Holding out for something i believe in
All I really need today
I want to free your heart
I want to see your heart
Please don't keep your heart
Hidden Away

You're a wonder, how bright you shine
A flickering candle in a short lifetime
A secret dreamer that never shows
If no one sees you then nobody knows
And all these words you were meant to say
Held in silence day after day
Words of kindness that our poor hearts crave
Please don't keep them
Hidden Away

Sing it out so I can finally breathe
And I can take in all the same
Reaching out for someone I believe in
All I really need today
I want to feel your love
Will you reveal your love
Please don't keep your love
Hidden Away

I want to free your heart
I want to see your heart
Please don't keep your heart
Hidden Away


6.Au Jardin Des Sans-Pourquoi

Retournons avant la guerre

Avant la fin
Avant le besoin de toutes ces prieres
Aucun mal
Aucun bien
Aucun mot croche
Ni mots malins que l'on dit quand on n'sait pas
Sous un ciel bleu, ciel sans nuage
Retournons la-bas
Sans orage
Retournons la-bas
Au jardin des sans pourquoi

Je t'ai vue te promener la-bas
Sous l'arc-en-ciel
Brillante comme une etincelle dans la nuit
Ou je t'ai vue aussi
Tombant du ciel
Comme une larme de St Laurent, disparaissant
Dans un ciel bleu, ciel sans nuage
Retournons la-bas
Sans orage
Retournons la-bas
Au jardin des sans pourquoi


7.Higher Window

Lyricist:Dan WilsonJosh GrobanThomas Salter
Writer(s):Dan WilsonJosh GrobanThomas Salter
Mixing:David Campbell

For all the times I tried for this
And every chance at you I missed
I've been known to go my way, but I confess
It made me miss you more

I drew my line across the sand
And set my flag in no man's land
But here I am the one man band
With a song that's meant for two

And there is a light, from a higher window
Shining down on you tonight
And the music floats on the breeze
Bringing an easier time
And all of our cards are on the table
Tell me what you want to do
Just don't tell me that it's too late
For me to love you

How perfect we were meant to be
Our warm and silent symmetry
It's times like these when all, all we need
Is to be reminded

And I have flown a thousand miles
To empty room and crowded aisles
And we went from cathedral bells
To show and tell and wish you wells
And I, I still look at you and I am blinded I am blinded

Because there is a light, from a higher window
Shining down on us tonight
And the music floats on the breeze
From an easier time

And all of our cards are on the table
Tell me what you want to do
Just don't tell me that it's too late
Don't tell me that it's too late now
Just don't tell me that it's too late
For me to love you


8.If I Walk Away

Lyricist:Dan WilsonJosh Groban
Writer(s):Dan WilsonJosh Groban
Mixing:David Campbell

Lately, I've been the quiet one
Waiting searching the lines of the songs you played for me
Sailing into the misty air
Fading bound for I don't know where
When I'm there I'll see

And If I walk away
Please follow me
If I walk away
Please follow me

Weightless drifting through stars I got
Faithless woke in the dark and I made this from my dream
Play me all your sweet rhymes
Recreate me, now comes the time when I'll need your truth to see

So if I walk away
Please follow me
Yeah if I walk away
Please follow me

Walk away
Let the fear fall away
Into the fire you made
Scarlet and gold
Walk away
Head for the light of day
Follow a brighter way
Out of the cold and dark
Down to the one bright spark
Futures that all might start
Someday

So if I walk away
Please follow me
If I walk away
Please follow me

Fragments shells of a long ago lifetime
Faces that once were mine
Thrown down by the sea

So if I walk away
Please follow me
Yes if I walk away
Would you please follow me


9.Love Only Knows

Lyricist:Dan WilsonJosh Groban
Writer(s):Dan WilsonJosh Groban
Mixing:David Campbell

I've tried to hold this back so long
And we're always such a good thing when it's gone
It be alright, if we just left our heads tonight

Take me away from this old game
Saying that we're both too much the same

It be alright, if I just stayed with you tonight
And before I go, will I ever see you again
She said love only knows

Love only knows
If we'll give into fear and chose life undercover
She said love only knows
If it's special enough then we'll chose one another
We'll chose each other

You were the secret I loved to keep
The name I would only sing in my sleep
Would it be alright, if we just lose ourselves tonight
And if you let go, will you reach out again
She said love only knows

Love only knows,
if we'll give into fear and chose life undercover
She said love only knows,
if it's special enough then we'll chose one another
We'll choose each other

And I can't breathe without you and I don't
And I can't live without love and I won't
And I won't

Love only knows
If we'll give into fear and choose life under cover
She said love only knows if it's special enough then we'll
choose one another
Love only knows, how your arms pull me in like the tide pulls me
under
She said love only knows just how long we can run before we lose
each other
And we need each other
And I can't live without you and I won't


10.Voce Existe Em Mim

Lyricist:Carlinhos Brown
Writer(s):Josh GrobanLester Mendes
Mixing:David Campbell

Vim amar voce ate o final
Da chuva que navega nosso corpo tropical
Espero amar voce ate durar
A lua que esclarece esse sol sem descansar jamais
Amar o quanto precisar que ame
E entao recuse a escuridao te amo
Pra que chorar
Chorar e fim
Voce existe em mim
Vim servi amor e aterrissar
Os anjos dos meus versos
Pra voce nao me deixar de amar
Serra que em deus os versos nascem assim
Como em toda primavera nascem flores
Pra mimar jardim
Amar o quanto precisar que ame
E entao recuse a escuridao te amo
Pra que chorar
Chorar e fim
Voce existe em mim
A areia lambe o sal
Ja passou o temporal e a solucao so voce e eu
A alma bebe o mar que vazou do coracao
E voce me faz me fazer feliz
Amar o quanto precisar que ame
E entao recuse a escuridao te amo
Pra que chorar
Chorar e fim
Voce existe em mim


11.War At Home

Lyricist:Dan WilsonJosh Groban
Writer(s):Josh Groban
Mixing:James Newton Howard

Fallen brother he's a fallen husband
He's about to be woken in his hospital bed
He doesn't want to rest
He just wants to run
And he's tired of being told that he's the lucky one

Caped crusader she's newborn leader
But you should see her when her daughter's on the phone
And she wipes the tears away
And she laces up because there's still hell to pay
And it sure feels like hell today

And she says
You see these hands they're bruised and brown
They're yours alone
Hold on love we're still going down
Hold on love we're still fighting at home
The war at home

Innocence behind his broken expression
He's a child of mercy he's our unlearned lesson
And he's trying to wake up
From this wilderness his world has now become
He's reaching out to those he's running from

And he says
You see these hands they're bruised and brown
They're yours alone
Hold on love we're still going down
Hold on love we're still fighting at home
The war at home

And it's (one step forward and two steps back)
This is all who are marching
(one step forward two steps back)
This is young and old
(one step forward two steps back)
Through the void of silence
You are not alone

You see these hands their million strong
They are yours now
Hold on love we're all going down
Hold on love we're all going down


12.London Hymn

Morti irrequieti somnum reperiat et lux memorandi nostri eum
porteat ad pacem aeternam
May the restless dead find sleep, and may the light of our
remembering
guide them to an everlasting peace


13.Straight to You

Lyricist:Nick Cave
Writer(s):Nick Cave
Mixing:James Newton Howard

All the towers of Ivory are crumbling
And the swallows have sharpened their beaks
This is the time of our great undoing
This is the time that I'll come running

Straight to you
For I am captured
Straight to you
For I am captured
One more time

The light in our window is fading
The candle gutters on the ledge
Well now sorrow, it comes a-stealing
And I'll cry, girl but I'll come a running

Straight to you
For I am captured
Straight to you
For I am captured
Once again

Gone are the days of rainbows
Gone are the nights of swinging from the stars
For the sea will swallow up the mountains
And the sky will throw thunder-bolts and sparks

Straight to you
But I'll come a running
Straight to you
But I'll come a running
One more time

Heaven has denied us its kingdom
The saints are drunk howling at the moon
The chariots of angels are colliding
Well, I'll run, babe, but I'll come running

Straight to you
For I am captured
Straight to you
For I am captured
One more time