He also produced the hugely successful Year Of The Cat album with Al Stewart and two albums with American progressive rock band Ambrosia. In 1975 he met Eric Woolfson who not only became his manager, but joined forces with Alan as a songwriting and performing partner for what became known as The Alan Parsons Project. The APP’s debut album, Tales Of Mystery And Imagination, based on the works of Edgar Allan Poe, paved the way for a signing to Clive Davis’ newly launched Arista label and a string of hit albums, namely I Robot (1977), Pyramid (1978), The Turn of a Friendly Card (1980), Eye in the Sky (1982), Ammonia Avenue (1984), Vulture Culture (1985), Stereotomy (1986) and Gaudi (1987). A brief venture into musical theatre resulted in Freudiana in 1990.The show ran for over a year in the historic Theater An Der Wien in Vienna. Eric and Alan then went separate ways. Eric devoted his career to the musical theatre while Parsons felt the need to bring his music to the live concert stage and to continue to record conceptual symphonic rock music. With his long-standing previous APP collaborators, guitarist Ian Bairnson, drummer Stuart Elliott and orchestral arranger Andrew Powell, Alan dropped the "Project" identity for Alan Parsons - Try Anything Once in 1994. The partnership continued for On Air in 1996 and The Time Machine in 1999. During this time the first incarnation of "Alan Parsons Live Project" toured to sell-out audiences throughout the globe.
Following Alan’s relocation to California, a new Live Project band was formed in 2003. The album A Valid Path, Alan’s foray into Electronica was released in 2004 and featured Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour, The Crystal Method, Shpongle, Uberzone, PJ Olsson and Alan’s son, Jeremy. 2008 saw the reissue of all the Alan Parsons Project albums in expanded form, containing never-before-heard bonus material and a 2-CD compilation called The Essential Collection. One of the most familiar Project tracks is Sirius, perhaps best known as the Chicago Bulls theme and more recently as walk-on music for The New Orleans Saints at their triumphant Superbowl game in 2010.
Alan’s latest venture is an instructional series about recording called The Art And Science Of Sound Recording. See www.artandscienceofsound.com. All Our Yesterdays, a song written especially for the series, features some of LA’s finest musicians and a rare performance by Alan on lead vocals. Alan lives in Santa Barbara, California with his wife Lisa and her two daughters, Tabitha and Brittni, four dogs, a lop-eared rabbit, and an 18-hand Clydesdale called Dante.
More Lost Without You
Alan Parsons Lyrics
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I don't think of your name
The state that I'm in
You're completely to blame
No words left to say
Turn my dreams all to grey
And I'm more and more lost without you
That really blew a new day
A liquid design
Is what you do to my mind
No words left to say
Cause my mind's gone away
And I'm more and more lost without you
More and more lost without you
I was found but then I totally lost you
Don't know a soul that could ever doubt you
That's why I'm more and more lost without you
More and more
These lyrics from Alan Parsons's song "More Lost Without You" speak to the overwhelming feeling of loneliness and despair that follows the loss of a loved one. The singer in the song is haunted by memories and thoughts of the person who is no longer with them, and they struggle to find meaning or purpose in their life without them.
The opening lines set the tone for the rest of the song, as the singer admits that they can't go a day without thinking of the person they've lost. They describe the state they're in as a direct result of this loss, and they recognize that they hold the person responsible for their current state of mind. The line "No words left to say/Turn my dreams all to grey" reflects the singer's sense of hopelessness, as they confront the fact that they are unable to express how they feel.
The chorus of the song further emphasizes the singer's sense of loss, as they describe themselves as being "more and more lost without you." The metaphor of the person being a "storm in [their] head" and a "liquid design" that affects their mind speaks to the power that this person held in the singer's life. Ultimately, the singer is left feeling alone and defeated without them.
Line by Line Meaning
There's not a day
Each day without you is an unbearable struggle
I don't think of your name
Your absence haunts me constantly
The state that I'm in
My emotional and mental state is deteriorating rapidly
You're completely to blame
Your departure is the root cause of my pain
No words left to say
My emotions are too overwhelming, and words lose their meaning
Turn my dreams all to grey
My hopes and aspirations are shattered without you
And I'm more and more lost without you
As time goes by, my sense of direction and purpose fades
You're a storm in my head
You leave a powerful, chaotic impact on my thoughts
That really blew a new day
Your influence shapes my future and changes my perspective
A liquid design
Your presence seeps into every part of my being
Is what you do to my mind
Your effect on me is both fluid and transformative
Cause my mind's gone away
You have consumed my thoughts to the point of distraction
And I'm more and more lost without you
As time passes, my sense of self becomes more displaced and uncertain
More and more lost without you
My feeling of being lost intensifies with every day that passes
I was found but then I totally lost you
Before losing you, I felt a sense of wholeness and purpose
Don't know a soul that could ever doubt you
You are so important to me that I cannot fathom anyone questioning your worth
That's why I'm more and more lost without you
Your absence leaves me feeling completely adrift
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@sheistersmithevelyn9811
Such a great song and band! My husband loved this band! Me too!!
@vaspers
This is perfect music forever. Alan Parsons was a genius, like just about every progrock that ever existed.
@elbee5191
Much better live... even the "Live in Madrid" is excellent. I saw APP at Memorial Hall in KCK back in '95 with KANSAS... and again in St. Louis in '96... same tour- Their First Ever Tour... soooo good.
@gregmacdonald6773
I can Imagine Joe Walsh singing More Lost without you...
@SpiralPegasus
Over a decade without any new albums from Alan...
Hearing this again after quite a few years though, reduces my yearning quite a bit. Even though this was this disk's "radio single", it certainly is not "The Traveller" or "Prime Time"...
@crazylikeatiger8896
+SpiralPegasus whatever they are very underrated I'm guessing
@FrancoSablic
SpiralPegasus on YouTube is the Fragile album (2013)
@clarkclements7204
The Traveler? Prime Time I can understand. That was a masterpiece. But, The Traveler?
@worldwalker2709
It sounds like something from Genesis's "Calling All Stations"
@sherryfitzgerald4918
Alan Parsons wrote this song for PJ Olsson in 2004. he joined the Alan Parsons Project band in 2003-2004