For more than 30 years Anne Clark has held a unique place in contemporary m… Read Full Bio ↴For more than 30 years Anne Clark has held a unique place in contemporary music.
Combining literary, socially engaged texts with innovative and genre-breaking music, she has covered every kind of style, while at the same time maintaining her own identity on each and every recording, whether it be the samples (before sampling became a concept) and electronically treated acoustics of The Sitting Room (1982), to the ground-breaking analogue synth classics of Sleeper In Metropolis (1983) and Our Darkness (1984).
Consistently looking for new ways of expression and communication through the emotion of music and language, Anne seeks to not only challenge herself but her audience also.
Going between extremes of the minimal Scandinavian jazz influences of Unstill Life (1991) to the pastoral and poetic interpretations and translations of Rainer Maria Rilke’s poetry on Just After Sunset (1997), to the full-on electronics and sparse acoustics of The Smallest Acts Of Kindness (2008), very few artists have covered such a wide spectrum over such a long and consistent career.
At the end of 2010, Anne Clark released the first chapter of a vibrant and on-going project Past & Future Tense, the first release on her own label, After Hours Productions.
Rather than turning out yet another compilation or collection of back catalogue, she decided, in this special anniversary year to invite young and innovative musicians, producers and DJs to take her material, all her material, not the most obvious numbers and to not just “remix” them but completely re-interpret them.
The result a fresh, exciting and contemporary view by a new generation of an artist who in her turn influenced them and their development in the endless possibilities of electronic music.
In January 2011 Anne contributed an arrangement of the Charles Baudelaire poem Enivrez-Vous (Be Drunk) to the audio book and radio play Die Künstliche Paradiese, (Hörbuch Hamburg/Radio Bremen).

Healing
Anne Clark Lyrics

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These are just words from the void of wanting
Externalised in melody and chanting

I want to be where darkness dwells
A place in the city where night-time swells
And spills itself over to the break of day
With only eyes and hands to feel my way

Take me to a place where darkness swells
The pain to a point where it can't be held
Burst and break it and let it all spill
Through the dark city night where angels will

I'm close enough to smell the drink on your breath
Be under your skin being fully dressed
To give and give and give 'til there's nothing left
Take and take and take 'til you've all you need

Take me to a place where darkness swells
The pain to a point where it can't be held
Burst and break it and let it all spill
Through the dark city night where angels will
In the guise of strangers
Lead me back
Let me heal

Until I feel you touch me I can't dissolve
Make water of my heart, make powder of my bones
There's more pain here than I can keep inside me
No place I know where it can't find me

Take me to a place where darkness swells
The pain to a point where it can't be held
Burst and break it and let it all spill
Through the dark city night where angels will

Take and take and take me 'til I start to bleed
Take me out of myself and set me free
Free from the hurt to be absolved
Until I feel you touch me I can't let go

Take me to a place where darkness swells
The pain to a point where it can't be held
Burst and break it and let it all spill
Through the dark city night where angels will
In the guise of strangers

Lead me back
Let me heal.

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of Anne Clark's song The Healing (Aural Float Treatment) express the desire for healing and escape from pain. The singer expresses the need to be in a place of darkness where their pain and hurt can be released and spilled over. The darkness represents a place of anonymity and safety, where the singer can be led back to healing in the guise of strangers. They long for touch and to be released from the hurt, to be absolved and set free. The lyrics express a deep longing for relief and escape from the pain that the singer has been carrying inside.

The song is a combination of spoken word and melody, with atmospheric, electronic music that creates a mood of introspection and healing. It has been referred to as a "poem set to music" and is considered one of Anne Clark's most emotionally impactful songs.

Line by Line Meaning

These are just words from the void of wanting
These are lonely thoughts that have not found an outlet in art

Externalised in melody and chanting
Voiced out in song and rhythm

I want to be where darkness dwells
I want to go where the sorrow is concentrated

A place in the city where night-time swells
A specific location in the city where darkness takes over

And spills itself over to the break of day
And darkness continues to reign until morning break

With only eyes and hands to feel my way
With no clear direction but to follow intuition

Take me to a place where darkness swells
Guide me to the source of loneliness

The pain to a point where it can't be held
Until the suffering intensifies

Burst and break it and let it all spill
Release the agony, let it overflow

Through the dark city night where angels will
Find refuge in the shadows and hope for salvation

I'm close enough to smell the drink on your breath
I'm physically close to you, aware of your vices

Be under your skin being fully dressed
Stay close to you both physically and emotionally

To give and give and give 'til there's nothing left
To keep giving, sacrificing everything I have

Take and take and take 'til you've all you need
Consume everything until you're satisfied

In the guise of strangers
Appear as a stranger, hiding true intentions

Lead me back
Bring me back to a place of peace

Let me heal
Allow me to recover from my pain

Until I feel you touch me I can't dissolve
Until I receive your healing touch, I can't let go of this pain

Make water of my heart, make powder of my bones
Let me be transformed by your healing power

There's more pain here than I can keep inside me
The agony is too great to suppress

No place I know where it can't find me
The pain follows me everywhere

Take and take and take me 'til I start to bleed
Take from me until I am exhausted and hurt

Take me out of myself and set me free
Save me from my own torment and liberate me

Free from the hurt to be absolved
Free from pain to be forgiven

In the guise of strangers
Appear as if you don't know me

Lead me back
Guide me to a place of healing

Let me heal.
Allow me to recover and find peace.

Lyrics © MUSIC SALES CORPORATION, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: GAVIN MICHAEL CLARK, PABLO SPENCER CLEMENTS, JAMES GRIFFITH, JAMES GABRIEL LEO LAVELLE

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