Stronger Than Pride is the third studio album by English band Sade, release… Read Full Bio ↴Stronger Than Pride is the third studio album by English band Sade, released by Epic Records in the United Kingdom on 3 May 1988 and in the United States on 10 May 1988. In September 2018, Pitchfork placed the album at number 37 on its list of "The 200 Best Albums of the 1980s". The album spawned five singles.
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Stronger Than Pride
Sade Lyrics
Clean Heart Clean heart Clean and sharp Clean dream Bad start He loved …
Give it Up Tell me the secrets of your soul Give it up and…
Haunt Me Haunt me in my dreams If you please Your breath…
I Never Thought I'd See The Day You shed a shadow on my life Shed a shadow on…
Keep Looking Some will tell you that you're wrong You do it all…
Love Is Stronger Than Pride I won't pretend that I intend to stop living I won't…
Nothing Can Come Between Us I always hope that you remember We'll never really learn…
Paradise I'd wash the sand off the shore Give you the world…
Turn My Back On You To turn my back on you Now would I turn my…
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on Tar Baby
The lyrics to Sade's song Tar Baby are full of emotional depth and metaphorical meaning. The song seems to tell the story of a woman who is loved by her grandmother but is perceived as naive and has made a mistake that the grandmother cannot believe. The title "Tar Baby" is derived from an African-American folk tale about a doll made of tar, which represents a trap. The grandmother seems to think that her granddaughter has fallen into a trap and is going down the wrong path. However, the woman has found love, represented by the "tar baby" who has shared a secret with her.
Sade's lyrics seem to convey the power of love to overcome obstacles and healing pain. The song refers to how the woman's love is like a sharp blade that cut through two decades of pain like hot coal on ice. The lyrics also suggest that the woman's love has transformed her life, leading to a golden thread inside the web that she was caught in. The words are full of gratitude and wonder for this love, represented by the magical ability to charm the birds out of the skies with the Tar Baby's magic.
Overall, Sade's song is a testament to the power of love to transform our lives and help heal our pain. The metaphors and allusions used in the lyrics give the song a rich depth of meaning.