Not for the timid...The provocative lyrics of "Bridge to An Open Heart"
on Bob Baran's CD debut as a singer/songwriter. Compared to Sting and John Anderson of Yes, this album reveals the insights, urges and emotions of the search for True Love.Each song is laid out in the original poetry format
(lyrics by Bob Baran ©2000-2004 all rights reserved)
Always I'm Dreaming | Immersion | Goddess | You Found Me
Why Must I Always Imagine | Promise of Life | Dancing on the Edge
The Power of Love | Once Againalways I’m dreaming...
since before I can remember
I’ve been Searching for you
and I have been faithful
saving all my love for you
my true loveyou have been
the single point of light
which has haunted
my every dream
like a beacon
forever calling to me
every moment of my life
back to your heartcan you imagine
everything I've been through
how many times I doubted
you were even real
I'm so afraid
to keep believing in you
cause I couldn't bear the pain
of finally finding you
then losing youI’ve spent a life time
learning how to trust
letting myself believe in loveoh my true love
can you hear me?
I have come
such a long long way
endlessly imagining
your warm moist kiss
the gentle whisper
of your voice
and the deep deep calm
of your embracealways I’m dreaming
of being home at last with youwhen the feeling of immersion
overwhelms you one day
a warm water will surround you
and take your breath away
and your mind will be afraid at first
this new feeling will surprise you
then you'll find
you're in a brand new place
far beyond time and space
when the feeling of immersion
overwhelms you one dayit will seem to overwhelm you
in a way that's too familiar
and your heart will seem to skip a beat
as you feel your body change
then your fears will just fall away
everything will be so clear that day
when immersion comes your waythe feeling of immersion
may come in the dead of night
or in the middle of a sunny day
and when it comes
don't run with fright
take a chance and let it stayyou'll recognize a stranger
who comes from afar
and begin to remember
that's who you really are
all your questions will be answered
on that special day
when immersion comes your waythe feeling of immersion
can come in the dead of night
or in the middle of a sunny day
and when it comes
don't run with fright
take a chance and let it stay
take a chance and let it stay
when the feeling of immersion
overwhelms you one dayI lay here waiting
all night long
for you to come to me
I think about you
all night long
staring through the darkness
for your light to shine on me
oh how I need you
tonight
I want to feel myself
inside you
tonight
I think about you
blue eyed goddess
in ways
only a man dreams
about a woman
deep delicious flavors
of intensity
as I explore your wondersyou open let go
and surrender
to the moment
as my hands begin
to worship
in your sacred places
never before touched
by a man
your body shudders
from the pure joy
of being a woman
now awakened
you taste the pleasure
of my unleashed desire
to feel myself inside you
I want to feel myself
inside you
tonightI need to worship
in your sacred places
tonightI flow into you
so easily
as the gentle explosion
of our intimate communication
shudders through my bodyinside you deeper I go
leaving everything behind
I close my eyes
and I am next to you
caressing your energy
your essence
oh words do not come close
to the beauty of this momentI am breathless
you have reached me
at the core of my being
my hands, my body, my words
are unable to show you
and tell you
the intensity and purity
of my complete open heart
you have found meonly when I close my eyes
do you see me
and feel the sheer intensity
of my unchained passionall that I am I focus
on your most tender awakening
as you give yourself to me
I reveal myself to you
and the pure ecstasy
of our combined energies
transforms us foreverwhy can't I bring myself
to tell you how I feel
if only you knew me
we could go to a place where
we have never been before
my schemes play once again
in the theater of my mindI will take you once more
in the way a man takes
the woman he needs
you will know
the full intensity of my fire
as we experience
the completeness
of our unleashed desirewhy must I only imagine
you holding me close
our lips touch
wet dreams
your love is with me
again tonight
wet dreams
I'm going to
hold you
so closethe promise of life
is such a mysterious thing
you think you finally get it
as you grab the brass ringthen it melts in your hand
as you watch in dismay
hey, you'll just hitch a new ride
before the end of the dayis there some secret
you should be looking for?
or did you give up asking
on the way up from the store?it's time to stop denying
you built your life around a lie
deep inside you keep crying
just killing time until you die
another day is another dollar
every hour a running toll
all the moments
you keep wasting
are the doorways to your soul
there is a secret
you should still be looking for
never give up asking
for new directions to the doorplease be gentle with me
as you watch me
dancing on the edge of fear
and ecstasyso close I've come to your heart
you could kill me with a word
If I were just to let go
I would really have to believe
in us
and maybe
the hardest thing of all
is letting go of what I knowso I will lay my life in your arms
if only for a moment or two
I must feel this freedom
I have always denied
never believing
but wishing it was true
can I really share a life with you?so please be gentle with me
as I dance on the edge of fear
and ecstasyso close to your heart
you could kill me with a word
so close to your heart
you could kill me with a wordthe power of love
is a tidal wave of possibilities
a total immersion of great expectationsyou are a child of the universe
so it's easy to follow your joy
let it lead you to your destiny
and show you who you're really
meant to belove unleashes us from the bonds of fear
you can always be in the right place
at the right time
while you watch
your most cherished dreams come true
you can know the wonders of true love
just surrender to the power waiting
deep inside of youthe power of love
is the ultimate transformation
from all that once was
to everything that can belove unleashes us from the bonds of fear
love decouples the mindfrom the concrete anchor
of invalid assumptions
love accelerates your innate capacity
to ever widen the flow of lifeyou are a child of the universe
so it's easy to follow your joy
let it lead you to your destiny
and show you
who you're really meant to be
the power of love is a tidal wave
of possibilities
a total immersion of great expectations
the power of love
is the ultimate transformation
from all that once was
to everything that can belate at night I still can feel you
next to me whispering into my ear
how your voice caresses my weary soul
as you speak to me
of dreams we once dreamedso why do I now fear the worst?
when I think about you
what happened to the love
we once freely shared
when I really knew you cared
about me and about younever forget that you once loved me
remember when our hearts beat as one
as the days quickly turn into years
and the memories begin to fadeplease
open your heart
close your eyes
and let me be with you once more
let me be with you once moreplease don't be afraid to feel the love
that's still so deep inside of us
each moment that passes
is another chance
to start the fire of our true love
burning againnever forget that you once loved me
remember when our hearts beat as one
as the days quickly turn into years
and memories begin to fadeplease
open your heart
close your eyes
and let me be with you again
let me be with you again
The Making of... "Bridge To An Open Heart"
You can't sugarcoat or embellish what you really feel. At least once in your lifetime you have to put everything on the line. "Bridge to An Open Heart" is exactly what the title says it is, the bridge I had to cross to my own open heart. Created during a time in my life where I could no longer hide who I was or what I felt, this album surprised me with its stark revelations of my need for true love in my life.
"Bridge to An Open Heart" is both personal and universal. Can you honestly say that you haven't felt the joys and pain of love's journey? In the deepest part of yourself have you not craved the real intimacy of true love? That need we as humans have to feel connected to ourselves as well as to another.
This album is unique and not like anything else I have composed. The way it came about, the way it was performed and produced was an immediate reaction to my day to day experiences. This is a raw, no-holds barred bearing of my soul. It took place during a time I found myself a single man going through the process of understanding what true love meant to me.
Each song actually began as prose. As I encountered the emotional flavors of a given interpersonal situation I was able to distill what seemed to be a confusing barrage of feelings into words which had a cathartic effect on me. As I gained clarity from reading back the prose I began to hear music and ultimately made the connection between my instrumental music, the words and my own vocal abilities.
An essential part of my journey was learning how to embrace the "natural man" inside me which would allow me to recognize the "natural woman" I was always seeking when she finally appeared in my life.
The Lyrics of "Bridge to An Open Heart"
Of Technical Interest...
"Bridge to An Open Heart" is composed, performed and produced by Bob Baran and is in an adult urban contemporary/pop musical style.
All songs were recorded at 44.1khz 24 bit with the exception of "Immersion" which was recorded at 44.1khz 16 bit. All songs were mixed from a Pro-Tools tdm system to an Ampex ATR 102 analogue recorder.
Selmer Mark 6 alto and soprano saxophones and Keilworth SX90 tenor sax were used along with Kurzweil digitally sampled sounds in the production of this album. All vocals are me. (Bob Baran)
If you have any other questions about the making of "Bridge to An Open Heart" please feel free to email me at: bobbaran@gatheringwave.com.