1981: “Time”

Time

Альбом “Time”, как и “ Eldorado”, был концептуальным. Это история человека, которого занесло в 2095 год и который не может вернуться.

Джефф Линн уволил из ELO троих музыкантов, игравших на струнных инструментах, и заменил их синтезаторами. Электронный звук на диске “Time” соответствовал его футуристической концепции.

В течение двух недель альбом занимал первое место в хит-параде Британии. Он включал в себя хиты “Hold On Tight”, “Twilight”, “The Way Life's Meant to Be”, “Here Is the News” и “Ticket to the Moon”.

Для продвижения альбома группа отправилась в международное турне, которое стало для ELO последним.

Twilight

PROLOGUE

Just on the border of your waking mind,

There lies another time

Where darkness and light are one,

And as you tread the halls of sanity

You feel so glad to be unable to go beyond.

I have a message from another time...


The visions dancing in my mind

The early dawn, the shades of time

Twilight crawling through my windowpane.

Am I awake or do I dream,

The strangest pictures I have seen

Night is day and twilight's gone away.

With your head held high and your scarlet lies

You came down to me from the open skies

It's either real or it's a dream

There's nothing that is in between.

Twilight, I only meant to stay awhile

Twilight, I gave you time to steal my mind

Away from me.

Across the night I saw your face

You disappeared without a trace

You brought me here, but can you take me back.

Inside the image of your light

That now is day and once was night

You lead me here and then you go away.

It's either real or it's a dream

There's nothing that is in between.

Twilight, twilight

Twilight, I gave you time to steal my mind

Away from me.

You brought me here, but can you take me back again?

With your head held high and your scarlet lies

You came down to me from the open skies

It's either real or it's a dream

There's nothing that is in between.

Twilight, I only meant to stay awhile

Twilight, I gave you time to steal my mind.

Twilight, I only meant to stay awhile

Twilight, I only meant to stay awhile

Twilight, Twilight, Twilight, Twilight.