There’s laughter in the darkness
Music floating in across the bay
He’s half listening and wondering
How he could have let her slip away
So long ago but still he wants to know
If anyone has seen her
And he’s sitting out in the night
Looking down upon the lights of Taormina
They were young and love was shining
Like the colours of the rainbow
Desire felt like choking
Love was smoking under the volcano
He can still taste her kisses
Sweet as the red wine from Messina
Now he’s sitting out in the night
Looking down upon the lights of Taormina
Seems like another lifetime
When they rambled along the shore
Seems like another lifetime
She used to call him her sweet senor
Maybe in another lifetime
On a pathway to the sea
Maybe there they’ll be
The crowd calls for the emperor
Raise their hands to hail another king
But he’s been so long a wanderer
Another crowd can never mean a thing
He came, he saw, he conquered
Ten thousand voices roared in the arena
Now he’s sitting out in the night
Looking down upon the lights of Taormina
He hears the chimes of history
Myths of gods and men forever ringing
Ancient dreams in all their mystery
Wars for Sicily and Spartan women
In the mists of antiquity
Ships of war set sail from Carthagina
Now he’s sitting out in the night
Looking down upon the lights of Taormina
Sitting out in the night
Looking down upon the lights of Taormina
The lyrics LIGHTS OF TAORMINA of MARK KNOPFLER is also present in the album Tracker (2015)
Mark Freuder Knopfler (nacque il 12 agosto 1949) è un cantautore, chitarrista, compositore e produttore discografico britannico. Noto per la sua tecnica di chitarra raffinata e le melodie memorabili, ha raggiunto fama internazionale come leader del gruppo Dire Straits, con cui ha venduto oltre 120 milioni di dischi in tutto il mondo. Knopfler è considerato uno dei chitarristi più influenti della storia del rock, apprezzato per la sua capacità di creare atmosfere evocative e intricate attraverso l'uso di tecniche fingerpicking e arpeggi. Dopo lo scioglimento dei Dire Straits nel 1995, Knopfler ha intrapreso una carriera da solista di grande successo, pubblicando album come "Sailing to Philadelphia" (1999) e "Get Lucky" (2007). Ha anche composto colonne sonore per film come "Local Hero" (1983), "The Princess Bride" (1987) e "Cal". Tra i brani più famosi di Knopfler figurano "Sultans of Swing", "Money for Nothing", "Romeo and Juliet" e "Brothers in Arms".
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