Music

Steal The Light
Released: 17/05/2015
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STEAL THE LIGHT, THE CAT EMPIRE’s latest album is the bands first fully independent worldwide release. It comes after more than ten years together, which has seen the six-piece traverse the musical landscape to forge a signature sound which is all their own.
“In many ways this record is a return to our original aesthetic, a very simple thing; that the music is for dancing and feeling good; and that the beat of the record belongs to all nations. It should make people smile, make people dance. That’s all we want.” says trumpeter Harry Angus.
The Special Edition features an embossed slip case, and a large format poster of the album art (by Graeme Base). The poster lists and thanks the over 37 000 fans who joined the bands official mailing list between the inception of the band and Feb 2013. Find your own name and highlight it! There will also be random GOLDEN TICKETS in special editions purchased via our website. If you find a golden ticket in your cd case, you will win two free tickets to a show next time we are in a city near you.
Tracklist & Lyrics
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Four steps in the morning
Two steps in the day
Three steps in the evening then
The darkness is ablaze and all the
Angels, Sikhs, and Soldiers
Come step to the paradeRun out like a cheetah
Monkey’s in the blood
What a piece of work is man
Who screams the name of love, but all his
Brothers, Cousins, Sisters, and Others
Hear is fuzzAll night awake
In the moonlight I’m with you
In the moonlight I’m with you brighter than goldBorn on the horizon
Beaming through the sky
Some have seen what none can dream
But light calls it a lie and all the
Sinners, saints, and winners
Just wink and walk on byBut Brando’s in the forest
And Nancy’s in the flood
The black swan makes a pirouette
The gods cry from above, and all the
Rain keeps falling
On bare feet in the mudAll night awake
In the moonlight I’m with you
In the moonlight I’m with you brighter than goldCome northern lights of Norway
Come sunrise to the east
Come wicked witches in the west
We’re southbound with the beat and all the
Lions, Brides, and Preachers
Come down into the streetAll night awake
In the moonlight I’m with you
In the moonlight I’m with you brighter than gold… -
You saw the carnival in Rio
You saw them dancing in the sun
But listen to your corazon
Can you believe you’re always on your own?You’re like a song without a singer
You’re like a bird without a song
You’re all alone, all alone
And you’re walking down a long and dusty roadAll you tricksters and hipsters and prophets in the sky….
Can you imagine
A love like that?
A love like thatThis love is older than your father
This love is younger than your son
You feel it in your corazon
And it will be here when everything is goneAnd as the night turns into morning
When the fire burns to coal
She whispers in your corazon
Now you know, now you know now you knowAll you tricksters and hipsters and prophets in the sky…
Can you imagine
A love like that?
A love like thatYou’re lost in the crowd but I know that I’ll find you
The song doesn’t lie
Under the arches of some ancient street
Between the shadow and the light
I know that pair of eyesAnd with the summer comes the madness
All your faces in the night
We light our fires on the lawn
And build a temple to save us from the dawnYou can’t have everybody love you
You can’t have sunshine every day
You see her dancing there alone
Then you know, then you know, then you knowAll you tricksters and hipsters and prophets in the sky…
Can you imagine
A love like that?
A love like that -
Sing now muse I won’t be scared
She’s wearing flowers not snakes up in her hair tonight
And love we’ve been around before
We washed up on the old shore but it’s new tonight‘It’s only light’ she said
‘But we are liars to be free’
Ooh ooh ooh we’ll steal the light to seeThe hour falls we fall to dance
Now sirens and the marching bands sing ‘it’s nothing but chance tonight’
The billion ones and many few
And everyone I never new they’re here tonight‘It’s only light’ we said
But we are liars to be free
Ooh ooh ooh we’ll steal the light to seeWhat if I’m lonely?
What if the skies should fall and disappear?
For one night only
Open your eyes and run into the clear
So if I may, what if I say
‘It’s good to have you here!’She said ‘If you lead I’ll come along
And if you need me there I’ll sing your song tonight
And all that glows and all that shines
And all we leave behind will keep them warm tonight‘It’s only light’ I said
But we are liars to be free
Ooh ooh ooh we’ll steal the light to seeWhat if I’m lonely?
What if the skies should fall and disappear?
For one night only
Open your eyes and run into the clear
I love you only
Until the skies fall down and disappear
So if I may, what if I say
‘It’s good to have you here!’Oh oh oh…
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All they tell me is hope
All they tell me is lies
I can’t hide so I run
Across the globe like a spy
But the sun makes a hole
Burning right through the sky
All my feelings are bold
And my thoughts are alive
I would follow you there
Through these thoughts to the sun
Through the black in my eye
As if ‘I’ was the one
Is it me who is lead?
Or unsaid do I lead
With these drums to the ends of all streets?Am I wrong, Mother Theresa?
It’s been so long, but I want to believe youIf a thought was a bomb
That was tripped by desire
We could light up these halls
We could dance through the fire
On an ocean of dreams
In devotion of cause
In emotion of fears
In a notion that roars out
I love you, I love you,
I love you, I love you
But I need you to cry
Or I need you to do something
Magic like sing
As if holding to life
Or I need you to fall and to fall and to flyAm I wrong, Mother Theresa?
It’s been so long, but I want to believe you
Am I wrong, Mother Theresa?
It’s been so long, but I want to believe youAm I wrong?
Am I wrong?
Am I wrong?You called me last night
You said ‘Please stay inside’
But I was deep in the storm
I was deep in the riot
On the rise of a falling
Horizon I cried
‘Is it wrong to be born and defy?Am I wrong, Mother Theresa?
It’s been so long, but I want to believe you
Am I wrong, Mother Theresa?
It’s been so long, but I want to believe you -
If you beat on the rock you can hear the world ring
Wake up in the morning you don’t feel a thing
Shadows gathering over your head
And it’s just like the preacher man said
He said we were born to run through the grass
Why are you living your life behind bars
Why are you living your life in the past
Give yourself a reason to singThat you were free born you’re free born
You’re free born you’re freeDon’t let them kill the wild animals inside of you
It’s like in the movies when the rain comes down
And you take of your clothes and you scream at the clouds
Can you remember the moment of birth
When you slipped out onto the earth
You’re a man you’re a woman you’re not some machine
Why do you always stare at the screen
Why do you always bow your head down
I know you used to be proudWhen you were free born you’re free born
You’re free born you’re freeDon’t let them kill the wild animals inside of you
Look out the tiny window frame that sits behind your desk
Past the big computer screen and the jars of fountain pens
What are you doing in this prison with your psychopathic boss
With your brokenhearted mornings and your backstabbing friendsYou were free born you’re free born
You’re free born you’re freeDon’t let them kill the wild animals inside of you
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First I saw you standing there
Eyes so wild beneath your hair
Coat worn blacker than the sun
Shook your head like Strummer strummed
We stood like soldiers in a line
Heard the bells of midnight chime
We turned grey walls to fields of green
The only fate that we could scream wasWhile you’re still young
Find your heart and find your song
Now where have you gone?No matter where you’re going
And no matter where you’ve been
You never needed anybody else’s call now
I never met a one like you, never met a one like you
Never met a one like you, don’t bring me downThere’s a dream that haunts my nights
Of wild black horses out in flight
The kind of free I’d never been
A kind of beast I’d never seen
Why do all things end in pain?
I call the ghosts and ask their names
Is that love you’re running from?
If you lead then I will comeAnd while you’re still young
Find your heart and find your song
Now where have you gone?No matter where you’re going
And no matter where you’ve been
You never needed anybody else’s call now
I never met a one like you, never met a one like you
Never met a one like you, don’t bring me downBasta de cuentos (enough fables/lies) Basta de cuentos
Es tiempo de lo nuestro (It’s time of what is ours) Es-Tiempo de lo nuestro
Tengo tu alma (I’ve got your soul) Tengo tu alma
Bien metida adentro (embedded in me) Bien metitha-adentroWhile you’re still young
Find your heart and find your song
While you’re still young
Find your heart and find your song
While you’re still young
Find your heart and find your song
Now where have you gone?
Oh oh oh . . .No matter where you’re going
And no matter where you’ve been
You never needed anybody else’s call now
I never met a one like you, never met a one like you
Never met a one like you, don’t bring me down -
I know my way, I know my star
Marina mas allá
No one fears who we are
Marina ven para acá
Always near, always far
El cielo alcanzarás
Know my way know my star
Es vida lo que dasNo me digas lo que és
Lo que viene mas allá
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
La Marina va pa’ allá
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
La Marina de BahiaOoh Marina, Ooh my love, Ooh Marina,
My heart is beating like a drum, my heart is beating like a drum,
My heart is beating like a drum, my heart is beating like a drum -
While the traffic hums
When the madness comes
As the wire buzzes
While the weary run
Like a flower that reaches out its fingers to the rain
Like a bird that flies above the gutters and the gravesOpen up your face
Open up your face
And move without a trace
You move without a traceAnd the water’s fine
As we drift away
Every single night
Every single day
Like a human cannonball who hears the match strike flame
Like a prisoner listening to the rumble of the trainOpen up your face
Open up your face
And move without a trace
You move without a traceThen I’ll know you want me, I want you
You want me, I want you
You want me, I want you…And it’s coming down
Tropical the rain
All the neighbours running out
On the street again
Like a cool wind blowing through desert after noon
Like the priest who kneels before his Mary in the gloomOpen up your face
Open up your face
And move without a trace
You move without a traceThen I’ll know you want me, I want
You want me, I want you
You want me, I want you… -
Now take a look at what you see
Do a little walking in your sleep
All around the garden shoots of green
All around the world are human beings they’re crying out
Living in a dream
Some of them are nightmares, some of them sweet
Every now and then someone starts to sing
Every now and then but you’re just standing there andStaring at some message on your omnipresent phone
You’re so goddam materialistic, man you’ve got to let it goNow I don’t know what you’ve been told
Every little goldfish is not gold
Every little viper’s not your friend
And a million dollars is not how this story ends
Doesn’t mean a thing
Catch it on the wind, throw it to the sea
There’s a lot of old gods in the deep
Maybe you could see them if you weren’t just standingStaring at some message on your omnipresent phone
You’re so goddam materialistic, man you’ve got to let it goThere’s going to be a thunder in the hills
There’s going to be a red moon in the sky
People never do what they’ve been told
You’re going to have to hold your loved ones to you through the night
Underneath the sky
Turning out the lights
Everybody comes in by the fire
Dance the night away
She looks into your eyes and are you standing there justStaring at some message on you’re omnipresent phone
You’re so goddam materialistic, man you’ve got to let it go -
Sleep won’t sleep her eyes won’t fall
Desire’s going to carry me down to the shoreAll night on the other side
I’ll be with you on the other sideCos Dead they dance their songs can sing
And purple flowers grow where they’ve beenAll night on the other side
I’ll be with you on the other sideEndlessly come and dance with me
In the dark I see, a vision of youI’m going down where they play all night
Where the ghosts show the living how their shadows are so brightAll night on the other side
I’ll be with you on the other sideRecklessly come and dance with me
In the dark I see, a moment of you, only youEndlessly come and dance with me
In the dark I see, a moment of you, only youWaves keep crashing on the Malacon
The son keeps playing and we’re rolling on and …All night on the other side
I’ll be with you on the other sideSleep won’t sleep her eyes won’t fall
Desire’s going to carry me down to the shoreAll night on the other side
I’ll be with you on the other side -
Went to the river but the river was dry
Saw a little bird there caught my eye
Keep on running where are you going
I’ll tell you something I think’s worth knowing
Cities come and cities go
Time can move fast and time can move slow
You’ve only got two arms on your shoulders
Don’t throw your hands up only to cryDon’t throw
Don’t throw
Don’t throw your hands up only to cryI went to the mountain what did I see?
A white beard man with a colour TV
He said can you believe these kids today
Half of them are murderers and half of them pray
For what, for what I can’t reply
You sit and you stare and it passes you by
All the rivers, the mountains, the perilous sea
Old man old man now listen to meDon’t throw
Don’t throw
Don’t throw your hands up only to cryWhy not live life a little bit harder
You sons don’t mind the sins of your fathers
Now they’re all dancing up in the sky now
Why not live life a little bit
Don’t throw your hands up only to cry -
Ever since I was 16
I wished that spring would come to me
And I wished that I could dance up on the isles
Sweat rivers on a stage of steam
I let my thoughts begin to dream
I held my breath and ran into the wildAnd each night a horizon grew
In all of us or just a few
Til morning’s gold would make it disappear
Yet somewhere in my treasured chest
Is not forgot what must forget
But that’s a feeling for another yearAnd movement has a way like words
You’re there before the rhyme is heard
And all that one can do is shape the ride
The miles of a forgotten dream
Are yours my love it’s where we’ve been
And maybe one day soon we will arrivePlaying all night loud
Playing all night loud
Sing it all night with me
All night loudAnd we went on a whirlwind trip
The nights unwound the records flipped
And stillness came like chaos in the lights
And voices like devotion flew
Across the sea from me to you
In music that I still cannot describeAnd there were ugly times it’s true
Some from me and some from you
And devils have a way of digging down
But a friend is not a friend for life
Unless your life is worth the strife
So hold on we’ll be alrightPlaying all night loud
Playing all night loud
Sing it all night with me
All night loudThere’s a speech that I know well
Was told by Henry V I’ll tell
A version that relates to us not war
‘He who sheds his sweat with me
Will be my friend eternally
From this day to the ending of the world!’No matter if we’re young or old
Or in the sun or in the cold
I hope I can remember your bright eyes
Cos I know you and you know me
At least somehow mysteriously
So thank you my dear friends and that’s goodnightI’m much obliged
I’m much obliged
So thank you my dear friends and that’s goodnightI’m much obliged
I’m much obliged
So thank you my dear friends and that’s good night