Secrets
Allan Holdsworth Lyrics


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Trying too hard
Tell me your secret
There will be a thousand
Left inside

Words come this far
First delight
Turns to wisdom
Secret's phantom flight
But the shadows cover your face
You wove each secret interlaced




Inside a trace of something silent
Something that you know

Overall Meaning

The song "Secrets" by Allan Holdsworth conveys a message of people struggling to reveal their secrets. The opening line, "Trying too hard," suggests that people are making an effort to hide their secrets, and the next line, "Tell me your secret," indicates that there is someone who wants to know them. The next two lines, "There will be a thousand, Left inside," portray that despite the attempts to share, there is always something that remains hidden.


The second verse of the song implies the reason why people keep their secrets to themselves. The line "First delight, Turns to wisdom" portrays that the joy and delight of sharing secrets become an experience that teaches wisdom. The next line, "Secret's phantom flight," refers to how the secrets seem to be a figment of people's imagination, and they are afraid to share them with others. The shadows covering the face of the person who is guarding their secret reinforces that they are disguising it.


To conclude, the song suggests that everyone has secrets that they hold onto. Despite the desire to share them, people fear the consequences of revealing their innermost thoughts.


Line by Line Meaning

Trying too hard
Making a lot of efforts to achieve something.


Tell me your secret
Share your secrets with me.


There will be a thousand
There are many secrets within you.


Left inside
Remaining inside you and not being shared.


Words come this far
Some words have been spoken.


First delight
The initial pleasure of sharing secrets.


Turns to wisdom
Sharing secrets also leads to gaining wisdom.


Secret's phantom flight
Secrets can fly away like a ghost.


But the shadows cover your face
You are still keeping some secrets hidden and not revealing them.


You wove each secret interlaced
Each secret is intertwined with another secret.


Inside a trace of something silent
The secrets are kept silently and deeply inside.


Something that you know
You are aware of the secrets within you.




Writer(s): A. HOLDSWORTH, R. MARK

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@user-hp6qm2tm3o

Восставшие ангелы боролись с богом зедов – дзэвов – девов (Дзевсом) за свою свободу и жизнь Мира. Тема борьбы с Небесами сохранилась в фольклоре у немногих народов, эта тема непопулярна в убогом мире. Свидетельства о силе духа наших предков есть в сказках и легендах – литературных и устных осколках Древней культуры кавказских народов. ✫ Нарты – это герои древних эпических сказаний многих кавказских народов – осетин, балкарцев, абхазов, абазин, убыхов, карачаевцев, чеченцев, ингушей, адыгов, черкесов и славян (наличие славянских сказаний о нартах будет видно из книги). Информацию на эту тему можно найти у некоторых народов Дагестана, например у тюрко-язычных кумыков. Также в Сванетии, у рачинцев, хевсуров. Современные исследователи так и не смогли понять до сих пор, кто же такие нарты. ✫ Предлагаемый отрывок, осетинская версия, он показывает борьбу словянских нартов (няртов) с душителем землян – Господом Богом. В начальный военный период всё же большая часть братьев сохранила верность повстанческому долгу и гуманизму.
«...Хоть боги войны с нартами вели,
Но уничтожить нартов не могли.
Ни голодом, ни холодом, ни мором.
Прогнали нарты как врагов с позором,
Дуагов, зэдов (дзевов), мести не боялись
И с Небесами вовсе не считались...»
(Нарты) «...А бог на Небе, первый небожитель,
Их злобных козней – друг и покровитель,
Считаем бога первым мы злодеем.
Коль мы его в бою не одолеем,
И не отгоним за Небес пределы
Он будет снова запускать в нас стрелы (ракеты),
Покоя в жизни никогда не даст,
И весь народ проклятию предаст...»
«...Мы победили на земле врагов,
Не побоимся и самих богов!
В былые дни мы жили с ними дружно,
Но час настал, и нам решится нужно.
Должны мы откинуть всякий страх,
Теперь сражаться будем в Небесах
(Дзевы-девы) «...Они убили самого Бальсага
(с его думающим Режущим колесом)...»
«...Они (нарты) подняли брёвна косяков,
Чтоб не на миг не наклонять голов,
Чтоб никогда на собственном пороге,
Не появилась даже мысль о боге...».
«...Тебя же (бог), они врагом считают главным
И страх, забыв, грозят концом бесславным»
(бог) «Сыны земные, совесть вы забыли,
Дауагов, зедов обрекли на гибель
И сам владыка впал у вас в немилость»
(Нарты) «...И в трудный час ты нам не помогал, Зато всегда поддерживал Врага (Цвергов)...»
«Зачем болезни ниспослал и мор?»
«Тебе не будем больше мы молиться...
Как равные, мы говорим с тобой
И вызываем на открытый бой»
(Подлый бог-шестёрка, заманивает героев в засаду,
большинство нартов погибает, оставшиеся в живых герои
не становятся на колени перед братоубийцей и тираном)
(бог) «Спроси (говорит посланнице – «птице»),
что мой противник предпочтёт:
Коли сломлю я нартское упорство,
Иль им оставил жалкое потомство?»
(Нарты) «Чем в рабстве жить,
и жизнь свою позорную влачить,
Уж лучше нам тогда погибнуть вместе.
Мы нартовской не опозорим чести,
Мы не хотим ничтожного потомства (людей)
Идти готовы на единоборство».
«...Что делать нам? Ответили мы сами,
Когда вступили в битву с Небесами:
Чем в рабстве жить нам и позор терпеть
Уж лучше всем со славой умереть!»
Кое-что есть и у других народов Мира – выходцев с Кавказа и Тартарии (Атлантиды). Древние беловолосые исполины Словяне-кавказцы не были вечными рабами, как это внушают на Руси и по всему миру уже не одну сотню лет. Словяне – это не национальность, в доисторические времена национальностей не было совсем. Национальность, как и половое деторождение, необходимое для создания национальностей и больных, смертных детей (ничтожное потомство – рабы) – это изобретение бога Яхве для разделения и ослабления человечества. ДРЕВНИЕ СЛОВЯНЕ НЕ ПОКЛОНЯЛИСЬ БОЖЬЕЙ ВЛАСТИ, ХРАМОВ И ЦЕРКВЕЙ НЕ СТРОИЛИ, БОГА НЕ СЛАВИЛИ. Они-то знали что делать, когда увидишь бога или его крылатых воинов. Слово словянин не происходит от «славить» бога, как это принято считать, словянин – означает словом владеющий или творящий словом (владислов – маг). ✫ Всего одну букву заменили в слове «словянин», наверно «случайно», и мозг современного славянина так и не смог уйти от слова слава (например, божья). Упорно веря авторитету своего Вещего языка, славяне продолжают жить в кандалах, умирая в рабстве Духа. Всё это благодаря умелой диверсии противников, в не таком уж далёком прошлом. Славяне гибнут как дельфины, которые не перепрыгивают через сети рыбаков, а она максимум на пять сантиметров выше воды, – ведь «человек» поставил – авторитет! Он не может обидеть! ЧЕЛОВЕК не может, а вот ЛЮДИ это сделают запросто, с удовольствием, убьют и фамилию не спросят. ✫ Глубинная книга Владимира Пятибрата



@user-hp6qm2tm3o

Secrets is the sixth studio album by guitarist Allan Holdsworth, released in 1989 through Intima Records; a remastered edition was reissued in 2008 through Eidolon Efformation. The album features drummer Vinnie Colaiuta, rather than regular collaborator Chad Wackerman; Wackerman did, however, write and perform drums on the song "Peril Premonition".
Vincent Jeffries at AllMusic awarded Secrets 4.5 stars out of 5, calling it "a true masterpiece" and "a triumph", whilst highlighting Holdsworth's "unreachable technical standard" and continued development of the SynthAxe.
In a 2013 interview with MusicRadar, Porcupine Tree drummer Gavin Harrison picked Secrets as one of ten "essential drum albums". He praised the drumming of Colaiuta, whom he described as "playing with wild abandon" as well as being "incredibly accurate." Patrick Mameli, guitarist and vocalist for death metal band Pestilence, called Secrets "the greatest fusion album ever recorded".
00:00 | 1. "City Nights" (music: Gary Husband)
02:34 | 2. "Secrets" (lyrics: Rowanne Mark, music: Allan Holdsworth)
06:56 | 3. "54 Duncan Terrace" (music: Holdsworth)
11:30 | 4. "Joshua" (music: Steve Hunt)
17:30 | 5. "Spokes" (music: Holdsworth)
21:02 | 6. "Maid Marion" (music: Hunt)
28:18 | 7. "Peril Premonition" (music: Chad Wackerman)
33:04 | 8. "Endomorph" (lyrics: Mark, music: Holdsworth)
Personnel
Allan Holdsworth – guitar, SynthAxe, spoken vocals (track 7), engineering, mixing, production
Rowanne Mark – vocals (track 2)
Craig Copeland – vocals (track 8)
Gary Husband – keyboard (track 1)
Steve Hunt – keyboard (tracks 4, 6)
Alan Pasqua – piano
Vinnie Colaiuta – drums (except track 7)
Chad Wackerman – drums (track 7), keyboard (track 7)
Jimmy Johnson – bass (except track 7)
Bob Wackerman – bass (track 7)
Claire Holdsworth – spoken vocals (track 7)
Technical
Jeffrey Ocheltree – sound effects
Robert Feist – engineering, mixing
Biff Vincent – engineering
Charlie Watts – engineering
Dan Humann – engineering
Bernie Grundman – mastering
Studio
Front Page Recorders, Costa Mesa, California; Music Grinder Studios, Los Angeles; The Brewery, North County, San Diego



@gelubatir9794

Secrets - Allan Holdsworth–––From Wikipedia–––––Secrets is the sixth studio album by guitarist Allan Holdsworth, released in 1989 through Intima Records; a remastered edition was reissued in 2008 through Eidolon Efformation. The album features drummer Vinnie Colaiuta, rather than regular collaborator Chad Wackerman; Wackerman did, however, write and perform drums on the song "Peril Premonition".Track listing
No. Title Music Length
1. "City Nights" Gary Husband 2:33
2. "Secrets" (lyrics: Rowanne Mark) Allan Holdsworth 4:22
3. "54 Duncan Terrace" Holdsworth 4:34
4. "Joshua" Steve Hunt 5:59
5. "Spokes" Holdsworth 3:32
6. "Maid Marion" Hunt 7:16
7. "Peril Premonition" Chad Wackerman 4:45
8. "Endomorph" (lyrics: Mark) Holdsworth 4:19
Total length: 37:20
Personnel
Allan Holdsworth – guitar, SynthAxe, spoken vocals (track 7), engineering, mixing, production
Rowanne Mark – vocals (track 2)
Craig Copeland – vocals (track 8)
Gary Husband – keyboard (track 1)
Steve Hunt – keyboard (tracks 4, 6)
Alan Pasqua – piano
Vinnie Colaiuta – drums (except track 7)
Chad Wackerman – drums (track 7), keyboard (track 7)
Jimmy Johnson – bass (except track 7)
Bob Wackerman – bass (track 7)
Claire Holdsworth – spoken vocals (track 7)



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@buckadillafilms

@34:34
During the drive home from one of the final recording sessions for Secrets, Allan and I were alternately lamenting the Orange County rush hour traffic and reflecting on the state of his art. Between our frequent glances to make sure the massive trunks of equipment in the rear of the van didn't end up bouncing down the winding freeway. We began batting around theories on the function of technology in contemporary music. The conversation couldn't help but wind its way toward the solos Allan was planning to add to the new tracks with the Synthaxe, the ungainly synthesizer controller hanging in the balance behind us.
"It's a struggle to play a new instrument like that," he remarked, clutching the wheel as we lumbered along, : but you have to deal with the limits of technology at any specific point in time. And that's the nature of instrumentation; instruments are, by definition, tools we use to perform tasks, fix things, or express ourselves. When I hear criticism for choosing the Synthaxe as my instrument, it makes me feel as though those people aren't relating to the music of the notes; they're only relating to something physical. They're hearing with their eyes."
It's the artist's task, and perhaps the most intimate, inexplicable secret of his gift, to translate emotions and impulses into an organized set of experiences for the listener. This process is, in fact, not entirely dissimilar to that which allows a synthesizer controller to translate striking compositional gestures like Allan Holdsworth's into the sounds he like to hear. Allan's unpredictable, engaging music draws from the spirit of his search for those tones - how they blend, how they feel, how they respond to each other and to the other instruments that frame them. At its heart is a precious, creative magic that relentlessly challenges the process and inspires its progress.
This is not a "guitar synthesizer album," nor is it a "guitar" album. It would be perfectly accurate - and convenient - to describe it as like nothing you've heard before, and Allan as a guitar player like none you've heard before, but the statement's shortsightedness does a disservice to Allan's vision. Allan Holdsworth consistently creates music like no other; Devil Take Hindmost, Means Be Damned. And it's not in the arrangement of notes he plays, the speed at which he plays them or the tools he uses; the beauty is held in the passionate way he makes them gleam together from a deep-seated feeling to a tangible mass of sound - and back to a feeling once again.
This is like nothing you've heard before. Close your eyes, open your ears, and capture a glimpse of Alan holdsworth's secret.
-Matt Reniscoff

@bailongtv0000

Thank you

@buckadillafilms

@@bailongtv0000 my pleasure

@3rdmm

That's funny. The guy's name is Resnicoff, not Reniscoff. Once Chief Editor of Guitar World. Weird how a misprint like that could occur. Can't even imagine.

@JeraldMYates

A sweet lesson on Empathy. Thankyou kindly. 😊

@MobiusBandwidth

"First I write something, then I get depressed about how bad it is..." -Allan Holdsworth, in an interview I once read, I think Guitar player magazine probably. that stuck with me, so humble. no wonder EVH was such a fan and supporter to him. I saw him at Berklee with Stanley Clarke, Steven Smith and a Brecker brother on horn, also a keyboardist who's name escaped me, his stamina was astounding, along with the reach of his spidery fingers. afterwards I heard some complaining he was too modal and couldn't "really" play Jazz. Jealousy is not pretty. glad I got to see him live once. Stanley I've lost count of the number of times I've seen, but I'm a bassist.

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@CribNotes

Saw Holdsworth open up for the Chick Corea Electrik Band back in the 80's. Wow.....what a night!

@darrylperry706

Chicks Electrik Band and Holdsworth, Live!
That had to be incredible. Hopefully it was in an awesome venue for sound!!

@CribNotes

@@darrylperry706 The Chick Corea/Allan Holdsworth show I saw was at the Trocodero Theater in Philly - a tiny theater that used to be a burlesque show house. Perfect sound! Not there anymore.

@darrylperry706

@@CribNotes Nice, too bad its no longer there! Never had the chance to see Holdsworth live. Thankfully, we still have a few very old perfect concert halls here in Detroit. Tons of great Artists/shows still pop up here in the city and at U of Mich in Ann Arbor, Mi

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