Originally, the duo consisted of Anders Hagström and Yasmine Uhlin. However, she announced her surprise departure from the band in Hamburg at the last concert of the Out Of line festival tour 2008.
Anders and Yazmine met in November 2005 and, upon discovering that they shared the same musical vision, decided to form a band. Their collaboration soon came to fruition with the release of a 9 track demo entitled "Angora Overdrive" after a very intensive month in the studio.
The second four track demo, "Parliament of Rooks", which was finished in February 2006, had a more refined sound compared to their first offering. They decided to send it to a few select labels because the reaction they got to the first demo was quite overwhelming. Having sent the demos on Monday, Ashbury Heights was contacted and contracted by German Out of Line records on Wednesday, only an hour after the label had received the CD. This probably makes Ashbury Heights one of the fastest signings in history. Several other labels expressed an interest in the band, but there was no bidding war as Out of Line moved so quickly.
Although having signed the famous German act "And One" at about the same time as Ashbury Heights, which ate a lot of the labels' resources, Out of Line wasted no time. The legendary producer John Fryer was brought on board to produce the promotional single "Cry Havoc" in April 2006, something quite unheard of in the world of the electronic underground. Very few bands in the synth-genre get to release promo-CDs (if any), and certainly no other band in modern synth-history has released a promo-CD produced by a celebrity of the likes of Fryer.
John Fryer would eventually mix their first album "Three cheers for the newlydeads". Released in october 2007, the debut album was recieved with overwhelming optimism from press and audience alike proving once and for all that Ashbury Heights truly is a force to be reckoned with.
In 2008 Ashbury Heights returned with the "Morningstar in a Black Car" EP, containing five new songs and four remixes. The EP received good reviews and helped keep up interest for the band. A video was made for the track "Spiders", a low budget affair which nevertheless managed to project some of the bands unique flair.
Ashbury Heights, with brand-new female vocalist Kari Berg, released their new album 'Take Cair paramour' on the 2nd of july 2010. In 2010, following a long running dispute between Hagström and the record label Out Of Line the band disbanded. This dispute was settled in 2011, whereupon Hagstöm and Out of Line renewed their collaboration. However, it took until 2013 for Hagström to find a new singer. The new singer is Tea F. Thimé, the first female to co-write lyrics for Ashbury Heights.
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Scars of a Lighthouse
Ashbury Heights Lyrics
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You celebrate me
You separate me from the crowd
You liberate me
You always calm me when I`m loud
You’re a lighthouse shining in the dark, go girl
When I’m lost you always guide me home
If wasn’t for you I would be alone
If you part, I fall apart
If you part, I fall apart
On stormy waters
I drink the rain and curse the skies
And when I’m sober
You’re standing were the sun would lie
You’re a lighthouse shining in the dark, go girl
When I’m lost you always guide me home
I´m a whitehouse, can´t trust anyone in this world
If wasn’t for you I would be alone
If you part, I fall apart
If you part, I fall apart
You’re a lighthouse shining in the dark, go girl
When I’m lost you always guide me home
I´m a whitehouse, can´t trust anyone in this world
If wasn’t for you I would be alone
If you part, I fall apart
If you part, I fall apart
You’re a lighthouse(alone, alone , alone)
You’re a lighthouse (alone, alone , alone)
You’re a lighthouse (alone, alone , alone)
If you part, I fall apart
If you part, I fall apart
If you part, I fall apart
If you part, I fall apart
The opening lyrics of "Scars of a Lighthouse" by Ashbury Heights paints a picture of someone who is valued and appreciated by the person singing the song. The singer thanks the person for separating them from the crowd and providing a sense of liberation. The person being celebrated seems to have a calming effect on the singer when they are loud. The imagery of a lighthouse symbolizes guidance and safety and becomes apparent in the chorus, where the person being celebrated is compared to a lighthouse shining in the dark. The singer feels lost without this person, and they guide them home. However, the lyrics also reveal that the singer is vulnerable and feels like they cannot trust anyone in this world without the person being celebrated. The lyrics are emotional and convey a feeling of deep appreciation for the person being sung about.
The chorus repeats and emphasizes the importance of the person being celebrated to the singer's life. They feel like they would fall apart if this person wasn't there. In the verses, the imagery of stormy waters is used to describe the singer's emotional state. When they are sober, the person being celebrated is standing where the sun would lie, providing warmth and hope. The last repetition of the chorus suggests that even though the person being celebrated is alone( shown as the repetition of "alone"), they still guide and provide hope to the singer.
Overall, "Scars of a Lighthouse" by Ashbury Heights is a powerful and emotional song about the importance of having someone who guides and supports you through life's ups and downs. The lighthouse symbolizes safety and guidance, and the person being sung about is compared to that symbol. The lyrics show the vulnerability and fragility of the singer, who feels lost and alone without the person being celebrated. The song is a beautiful tribute to the importance of human connection and the impact one person can have on another.
Line by Line Meaning
You...
You are the one who celebrates me, separates me from the crowd, liberates me, and calms me when I become loud.
You're a lighthouse shining in the dark, go girl
You are like a lighthouse that always guides me home when I'm lost and helpless on stormy waters.
I'm a whitehouse, can't trust anyone in this world
I'm like a 'whitehouse' or a beacon of hope that cannot trust anyone in the cruel world except you.
If you part, I fall apart
If you ever leave me, I will be completely broken and lost without you.
On stormy waters, I drink the rain and curse the skies
When life gets tough, and everything around me is chaotic, I feel like I am drowning, and all I can do is curse fate.
And when I'm sober, you're standing were the sun would lie
But when I calm down and get back to my senses, you're always there for me, giving me warmth and comfort where everything else is dark and cold.
You're a lighthouse (alone, alone , alone)
You are always shining, even when you are alone - just like a lighthouse that keeps shining its light through the darkest hours of a storm.
If you part, I fall apart
No matter how many times I say it, I will always fear that I cannot survive without you, making me fall apart at the mere thought of losing you.
Contributed by Alyssa P. Suggest a correction in the comments below.