Shattered dreams
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"Shattered dreams" is a song by LorD and Master that began life as a poem written by Dan's mum in the mid-1990s. The song is a juxtaposition of mind and body; contemplative lyrics accompanied by an electronic dance beat and heavily synthesised instrumentation.
Lyrics
Brought up on broken promises A thousand times I've tried Nose pressed against the windowpane To fathom why they lied A carefree kid, a golden child Starting life so sure That everyone and everything Would always be that pure But how soon disappointment came In every clever guise I realised the sham of life Reflected in my eyes Shattered dreams Shattered dreams Promises never kept Teardrops shed a thousand times A thousand times I've wept Crystal fragments Sapphire blue Cascades of silver tears Waterfalls of love and hate Down throughout the years Sounds and smells of times of gone by Echoes of distant years Hazy memories Summer nights A lifetime's hopes and fears Sitting here and gazing out Through the looking-glass Wondering how we came so far With futures built on pasts Shattered dreams Shattered dreams Promises never kept Teardrops shed a thousand times A thousand times I've wept Crystal fragments Sapphire blue Cascades of silver tears Waterfalls of love and hate Down throughout the years Please tell me what it's all about What it's all been for We live our lives We love our lives But still we quest for more And in the end when life is done And we're in our winter time Tell me, was it worth it Was life so very fine? Was life so very fine? Was life so very fine?
Versions
- The original version of this was produced in 1998 using a Korg Trinity Pro synthesiser, later becoming a SilverSpirit song for their second album, Maybe next time, which was never completed. A remix of the SilverSpirit version, the "retroclash mix" was produced by Dan and "Shattered dreams" was released as a single on iTunes.
- The first LorD and Master version appeared on Reality and included all new production and the use of Auto-tune on the vocals.
- The second LorD and Master version appeared on Redux and included all new production, new vocals and a harder edge, harking back to the SilverSpirit remix.
- The instrumental version of the song appears on the instrumental version of Redux, Revox.
SilverSpirit release
- "Shattered dreams" (album edit) - 4.39
- "Shattered dreams" (SilverSpirit's 4-minute pop song remix) - 4.13
- "Shattered dreams" (Original SilverSpirit retroclash remix) - 6.43
LorD and Master releases
- Appears on Reality.
- Appears on Redux.
- Instrumental appears on Revox.
- Remixes by LorD and Master and GX appear on "Shattered dreams" maxi-single (q.v.).
- Remix by LorD and Master appears on Continuum.
- GX remix also appears on Flipside.
- Appears on Singular.
- Symphonic version appears on Hyponyms.
Maxi-single release
- "Shattered dreams" - 3.31
- "Shattered dreams" (GX remix) - 8.42
- "Shattered dreams" (LorD and Master dances with robots remix) - 7.30
- "Shattered dreams" (LorD and Master extended dreamix) - 7.17
- "Shattered dreams" (LorD and Master orchestral manoeuvres at 500 lux remix) - 3.31
Released 4 October 2010.
Personnel
- Written by Daniel Bailey-Graham, Lynn Graham and Tommy Bailey-Graham.
- Produced and performed by Daniel Bailey-Graham.
- Additional production and remix on tracks 3 - 5 by Daniel Bailey-Graham for LorD and Master.
- Additional production and remix on track 2 by Graham Ellis for GX.