Shadow Play

I must admit that the first time I heard this song on the radio a few months ago, I thought it was either Dire Straits or Bruce Springsteen. Turns out it is by Rory Gallagher. Now I must also admit that I did not know too much about him either. At the Last PRATS meeting in Putney, in the customary CD swap lucky dip, I received a Best of Rory Gallagher CD. Some cracking songs on there so thanks to Tina for putting that one in the bag.

A lot of us are unsure what part we are to play in this game of life, and often we feel that things don't look the same. Most of us sometimes have to fight conflicting emotions, and maybe feel a little Dr Jekyll and a little Mr Hyde. For my part, I try to rely on my Christian faith to help guide me through life. I know that God has a plan for my life that is infinitely better than anything I could hope for. I just have to trust in His timing, and not to try and force the issue with my own agenda, as that is when things go wrong. This is in my experience easier said than done! I have to keep on trying though.

Shadow Play

In the flinty light, it's midnight,
And stars collide.
Shadows run, in full flight,
To run, seek and hide.
I'm still not sure what part I play,
In this shadow play, this shadow play.
Well, In the half-light, on this mad night,
I hear a voice in time.
Well, I look back, see a half-smile,
Then it's gone from sight.
Tell me, why everyone have changed,
In this shadow play, this shadow play,
I have to find my way,
In this shadow play.

Sounds come crashing,
And I hear laughing,
All those lights just blaze away.
I feel a little strange inside,
A little Dr Jekyll, a little Mr. Hyde.

Sounds come crashing,
And I hear laughing,
All those lights just blaze away.
I feel a little strange inside,
A little Dr. Jekyll, a little Mr. Hyde.
Yeah.........

Thoughts run wild, free as a child,
Into the night.
Across the screen a thin beam,
Of magic light.

Tell me why things don't look the same,
In this shadow play, this shadow play,
I have to find my way,
In this shadow play.
I have to get away,
In this shadow play,
Well help me find my way,
In this shadow play,
Yeah..........

The clip below was filmed at a concert at Middlesex Polytechnic in January 1979.