Level 42 - Standing In The Light

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Song Lyrics

A summer's day in sixty-eight
Sunlight through a window falls across the page
A young boy tries to concentrate
His mind would rather fly beyond the classroom cage

He can take the teacher's voice
Turn it into music from another place
All the other kids don't have that choice
Hanging on to every word the teacher says

Day and night, we will be touched
Standing in the light, don't shadow the genius

So out of school he walks alone
Soon his thoughts are flowing like a golden stream
An empty house he calls his own
This place becomes a temple to a silent dream

Sometimes he will clap and sing
Then deep in meditation he will learn to be
And only birds upon the wing
With upward fascination claim to be so free

Day and night, we will be touched
Standing in the light, don't shadow the genius

Your smile, your freedom
Comes to you from within
Still a child with a reason
You're afraid but it's time to begin

Blow the wind of change
Though the words are strange to hear
Say what's on your mind
Now is not the time for fear

A summer's day in eight one
Sunlight through a window falls across the page
A young man's fight has just begun
And rising up inside him is a burning rage

They called his dream a fantasy
A song that every child has sung since time began
But just as long as he believes
Standing in the light he'll make them understand

Remixes

Release History

1991

1980 - 1989 Complete

1. Weave Your Spell (5:28)
2. The Pursuit Of Accidents (7:11)
3. Last Chance (4:31)
4. Are You Hearing (What I Hear)? (4:58)
5. You Can't Blame Louis (5:06)
6. Eyes Waterfalling (The Prodigy) (5:56)
7. Shapeshifter (5:07)
8. The Chinese Way (3:55)
9. The Chinese Way (Extended John Luongo Remix) (7:25)
10. You Can't Blame Louis (Extended Remix) (6:14)
11. Micro - Kid (4:42)
12. The Sun Goes Down (Living It Up) (3:41)
13. Out Of Sight, Out Of Mind (5:47)
14. Dance On Heavy Weather (4:50)
15. A Pharao's Dream (Of Endless Time) (4:21)
16. Standing In The Light (3:40)
17. I Want Eyes (5:27)
18. People (4:55)
19. The Machine Stops (4:15)
20. Turn It On (5:38)
21. 43 (8:09)
22. Why Are You Leaving (4:29)
23. Almost There (4:41)
24. Heathrow (4:35)
25. Love Games (8:38)
26. Dune Tune (4:51)
27. Starchild (6:56)
28. The Chant Has Begun (5:18)
29. Kansas City Milkman (7:36)
30. Seven Days (4:24)
31. Hot Water (5:34)
32. A Floating Life (5:03)
33. True Believers (5:03)
34. My Hero (4:18)
35. Kouyate - (5:47)
36. Hours By The Window (5:05)
37. Eyes Waterfalling (4:49)
38. Follow Me (4:24)
39. Foundation And Empire (6:40)
40. Hot Waters (6:24)
41. World Machine (5:26)
42. Physical Presence (5:28)
43. Something About You (4:26)
44. Leaving Me Now (5:02)
45. I Sleep On My Heart (4:07)
46. It's Not The Same For Us (4:36)
47. Dream Crazy (3:53)
48. Good Man In A Storm (4:37)
49. Coup D'etat (3:42)
50. Lying Still (5:43)
51. Sandstorm (6:23)
52. Love Meeting Love (6:22)
53. Theme To Margaret (4:01)
54. Autumn (Paradise Is Free) (4:45)
55. Wings Of Love (3:52)
56. Woman (4:38)
57. Mr. Pink (4:60)
58. 88 (12:25)
59. Lessons In Love (4:02)
60. Children Say (4:47)
61. Running In The Family (3:56)
62. It's Over (5:59)
63. To Be With You Again (3:53)
64. Two Solitudes (5:34)
65. Fashion Fever (5:59)
66. The Sleepwalkers (6:04)
67. Freedom Someday (6:18)
68. Heaven In My Hands (5:18)
69. I Don't Know Why (4:21)
70. Take A Look (4:41)
71. Over There (4:35)
72. Silence (4:59)
73. Tracie (3:24)
74. Staring At The Sun (4:43)
75. Two Hearts Collide (4:04)
76. Man (7:14)
77. Gresham Blues (5:46)

October 1998

Greatest Hits And More

1. Lessons In Love (4:02)
2. Running In The Family (3:56)
3. To Be With You Again (3:53)
4. Leaving Me Now (5:02)
5. Starchild (6:56)
6. Standing In The Light (3:40)
7. Micro - Kid (4:42)
8. Physical Presence (5:28)
9. Hot Water (5:34)
10. The Chant Has Begun (5:18)
11. Dune Tune (4:51)
12. Almost There (4:41)
13. Two Hearts Collide (4:04)
14. Take Care Of Yourself (4:28)

October 1991

On The Level

1. Heaven In My Hands (5:18)
2. Two Hearts Collide (4:04)
3. Staring At The Sun (4:43)
4. Almost There (4:41)
5. Wings Of Love (3:52)
6. Tracie (3:24)
7. Man (7:14)
8. Take A Look (4:41)
9. Weave Your Spell (5:28)
10. World Machine (5:26)
11. I Don't Know Why (4:21)
12. I Sleep On My Heart (4:07)
13. Dream Crazy (3:53)
14. Standing In The Light (3:40)
15. Last Chance (4:31)
16. Are You Hearing (What I Hear)? (4:58)

25 October 1990

Standing In The Light

1. Micro - Kid (4:42)
2. The Sun Goes Down (Living It Up) (3:41)
3. Out Of Sight, Out Of Mind (5:47)
4. Dance On Heavy Weather (4:50)
5. A Pharaoh's Dream (Of Endless Time) (4:22)
6. Standing In The Light (3:40)
7. I Want Eyes (5:27)
8. People (4:55)
9. The Machine Stops (4:15)

21 August 2000

The Pursuit Of Accidents / Standing In The Light

1. Micro - Kid (4:42)
2. Weave Your Spell (5:28)
3. The Pursuit Of Accidents (7:11)
4. The Sun Goes Down (Living It Up) (3:41)
5. Last Chance (4:31)
6. Out Of Sight, Out Of Mind (5:47)
7. Are You Hearing (What I Hear)? (4:58)
8. Dance On Heavy Weather (4:50)
9. A Pharaoh's Dream (Of Endless Time) (4:22)
10. You Can't Blame Louis (5:06)
11. Eyes Waterfalling (The Prodigy) (5:56)
12. Standing In The Light (3:40)
13. I Want Eyes (5:27)
14. Shapeshifter (5:07)
15. People (4:55)
16. The Chinese Way (3:55)
17. It's A Happening (4:56)
18. The Machine Stops (4:15)
19. Can't Walk You Home (4:19)
20. Return Of The Handsome Rugged Man (5:59)
21. Last Chance (Extended Version) (7:11)
22. Micro-Kid (Remix) (3:54)
23. The Chinese Way (New York Dub Mix) (10:42)
24. The Sun Goes Down (Living It Up) (Extended Version) (6:03)
25. Out Of Sight Out Of Mind (Demo) (6:07)
26. Standing In The Light (Extended Version) (7:25)