Weekend reflections...

1.

Months spent looking forwards, rests in the past
Over before I had the time to stand still
All the life changing memories will last
Holy mother of all good, what a thrill!!!
Learning the words, preparing to take part
Chanting the anthems of souls joined in love
Marillion, true masters of the art
Leading us high to the sky and above
Dreams shaping in the presence of muses
Future ideas, tomorrow seems clearer.
Euphoric creations, sadness loses
Truth screamed out loud, the future draws nearer.
Believing in beauty, stand tall, be brave.
Now, open the cage, walk out of the cave.

2.

How can I return, they won't understand
Was taken to Eden, and left my heart.
Three blissful days in Marillion Land.
Open those doors, it is six, let us start!!!
Passionate Captain! Oh dear, please don't fall...
Your voice and your words can make grown men cry
A gasp from the crowd, you quite scared us all
...but look, a wave and a smile from up high.
A vision of God playing the guitar
Up close, the damp heat embracing the night.
Pulsating consciousness, love reaching far
Yet, feeling chosen MY Voice of Light!
Feeling at home, feeling safe, feeling free.
This was sublime musical ecstasy.

Sadness...

Lost my friend today....

I love you, sweetie... You were the best!

The Puzzle

It is a puzzle how time and again
Her mind misunderstands situations
It is a puzzle, a right riddle when
Her deeply emotional frustrations

Drives her heart mad with desperate wishes,
Drives her heart mad with this promise... of... this...
 Solitude amongst platonic kisses
A lifetime to find he whom she will miss

Trapped on the wrong side of enigma veil
Left out in the dark, fed to the wild beast
Still hopeful heart on love's deceitful scale
Her heart too heavy, providing their feast

Time and again so incredibly wrong
Puzzles why love can't be like in the song

My Marillion!

The ungraspable meaning of it all
Enigmatic dreams of the hollow sphere
The ultimate question's enormous fall
Captured by sweet Music's metaphors fear
Leaving the comfort of security
Shivering, reading the journey's next word
Mildly forced into Music's Bravery
Unleashed the unseen Universe, here heard
Muses risen resembling mortal men
Music meeting words, divinely combined
Listen, dive deep into bliss, feeling chosen
Sounds made, perfected, divinely refined
Magic will happen in weekends and tours
See you in Wolves, play your Powerful force

Somewhere Else

Mark Kelley 

Nicking the title from Marillion... as today and this entire weekend I'm wishing with all my being that I was somewhere else.

Steve Rothery

In Port Zelande in The Netherlands Marillion have their first of three weekends, or conventions if you like.

Ian Mosley 

 And though I have tickets for the convention in Wolverhampton in April, not to be in PZ (as we fans refer to it ;-) ) is total and utter agony, and I can guarantee it won't happen again. Next time I'll be in PZ and rock on prog style :-)

Pete Trewavas

So, this is me sighing as if I've been denied access to heaven... As it pretty much translates to that in my mind. I hope, with all my heart, that my friends who are there are making the best of every song and every meet and greet, as they are the luckiest people alive this weekend.

Steve 'h' Hogarth

Have fun, my friends, and see you in Wolves in a month. :-)

All the photos were taken by my friend Phil Slessor, looking forward to see all the Marillion Weekend photos he undoubtedly will have soon :-)

Feel Better!

Life can sometimes bring us to our knees. In hours when we endure more than we think we can, it's important not to remain in the ditch. I dedicate this to the love of my life.

It's hard, now, to fathom life's mystery
Losing the self in interpretations
Staging the perfect to hide the true we
The fraud of perception through the nations

Dreams stopped from living, cry Solitaire's cry
Desperation has got you to your knees
Desired, flight of the angels; now fly!
The flutter of wings, Compassion's soft breeze

Turn your eyes from the dark and dusty dirt
Never forget that dawn follows the night
Divine magic music removes the hurt
Protect your soul, enclose it in white light

My true word, from sorrows endured, dear friend
Not long from now, your dreams, your heart, will mend

Magic

She found magic in the space undefined
Infinite knowledge at the tip of her finger
She found magic in the messages signed
Delightfully sensing the emotions linger

Throwing a line across water, through air
Placing sweet secrets from her soul in his keeping
Undefined whispers, this secret affair
From afar, deep below, he can hear her heart sing

Sinking into the dream of a stranger
He knows her, his soul was such designed to her match
The magic in him, sensing no danger
She knows him, sighing, wishing he was hers to catch

Eternity tasted their love adoration
Granting their desperate Magic at Chance Station