"Indiscriminate Act of Kindness", one of Foy’s most popular tracks "live" was featured in the a TV commercial for Great Ormond Street Hospital which was aired in the UK up until Christmas of 2006. Foy often uses alternative tunings for his guitar, for example the song 'Indiscriminate Act of Kindness' he uses the tuning CGDGCe.
Foy has previously released two limited edition EPs on Wurdamouth records; "Live Sessions and the birth of the Toilet tour" and "Watermelon Oranges". His regular piano player is London based composer Jules Maxwell.
Signs of Life
Foy Vance Lyrics
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I could tell that soon a sun was sure to rise
Every morning, time after time
No longer longing all through the night
No more need to muster up a fight
Just you becoming and the passing of time
It matters not how far we run, we all return to form
Take empty stages without an ounce of fear
See, you and I, we started out from nothing, now we're here
Spark like a fire, lick like a flame
But there's no need for them to know your name
Don't dare get tired 'til you hear the last bell ring
Don't ever lie there, don't be afraid to cry
There's no need to even wonder why
It's just you becoming and the passing of time
All through the ages, we die, we're born
It matters not how far we run, we all return to form
Take empty stages without an ounce of fear
See, you and I, we started out from nothing, now we're here
Don't let it overcome, don't let the hours grow long
'Cause we are only here a while and we're such a long time gone
All through the ages, we die, we're born
It matters not how far we run, we all return to form
Take empty stages without an ounce of fear
See, you and I, we started out from nothing, now we're here
Don't let it overcome, don't let the hours grow long
'Cause we are only here a while and we're such a long time gone
The first verse of the song captures a moment of connection between two people. The singer describes how someone looked into their eyes and they could sense that a new day was about to begin. This person's presence brings a sense of hope and anticipation, and the repetition of "Every morning, time after time" implies a feeling of consistency and comfort that comes with their presence.
The second verse speaks of a transformation that occurs when this person enters the singer's life. They no longer feel the longing and loneliness they once experienced through the night. There is no need to fight anymore, as this person's presence brings a sense of completion and fulfillment. Again, the passing of time is emphasized as a natural part of life, and with each passing day, the singer becomes more connected to this person.
The chorus delves into the universal theme of life and death. It suggests that throughout history, human beings have experienced cycles of life and death, and regardless of how far we may try to distance ourselves from it, we ultimately return to our original form. The mention of "empty stages" may symbolize the transient nature of life and the need to face each moment with courage, without fear. The reference to the singer and the person they are singing to starting from nothing and now being "here" implies a sense of accomplishment and growth.
The bridge of the song emphasizes individuality and the importance of embracing one's true self. The metaphor of a fire and a flame suggests that one's true essence can shine bright without needing external validation or recognition. It encourages the person being addressed to not lose energy or become weary until they have heard their final call or until their time is up. It also encourages emotional vulnerability, emphasizing that it's okay to cry and that there is no need to question or analyze the reasons behind it, as it is simply part of the process of becoming who they are meant to be.
The final chorus reinforces the message that life is transient and we all go through the cycle of birth and death. It doesn't matter how far we may try to run or escape this cycle, we all eventually return to it. The mention of "empty stages" once again reminds us of the temporal nature of life, urging us to face each moment without fear. The line "Don't let it overcome, don't let the hours grow long" serves as a reminder to live fully and not let time slip away without experiencing everything life has to offer. The ending line emphasizes the brevity of our time on Earth and the need to make the most of it, as we are only here for a little while in the grand scheme of things.
Line by Line Meaning
Then without warning, you looked in my eyes
Suddenly, you made a deep connection with me just by looking into my eyes
I could tell that soon a sun was sure to rise
I could sense that a positive change or new beginning was about to come
Every morning, time after time
Consistently, day after day
No longer longing all through the night
I don't feel the same deep longing and yearning during the night anymore
No more need to muster up a fight
There's no longer a necessity for me to gather strength for a struggle
Just you becoming and the passing of time
It's simply about your personal growth and the passage of time
All through the ages, we die, we're born
Throughout history, people go through the cycle of life and death
It matters not how far we run, we all return to form
Regardless of how much we try to escape or avoid, we all eventually revert to our true selves
Take empty stages without an ounce of fear
Face uncertain situations or challenges with complete confidence and bravery
See, you and I, we started out from nothing, now we're here
You and I began with nothing, but now we have achieved success or a significant position
Spark like a fire, lick like a flame
Ignite like a vibrant fire and consume with intensity
But there's no need for them to know your name
There's no necessity for others to know your identity or who you are
Don't dare get tired 'til you hear the last bell ring
Never allow yourself to become weary until you reach the very end or completion
Don't ever lie there, don't be afraid to cry
Don't ever resign to a passive state, and don't hesitate to express your emotions through tears
There's no need to even wonder why
There's no necessity to question or seek an explanation for everything
It's just you becoming and the passing of time
It's simply about your personal growth and the progression of time
Don't let it overcome, don't let the hours grow long
Don't allow yourself to be overwhelmed, and don't let time drag on
'Cause we are only here a while and we're such a long time gone
Because our existence is temporary, and yet it feels like a significant amount of time has passed
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
Written by: Foy Vance
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
💦RAIN💦
Dear Mr. Vance,
I’ve been writing for 50 years.
Trying to write this song!
A masterpiece of beauty, complexity, and harmony rendered to its last but not least common denominator.... all wrapped in a voice that easily reminds us of the past, yet transcends generations to come.
The angels assigned this joyous burden to you and I understand why.
.......hearing your voice for the first time singing this while I was sweating in the sun, finishing up my wooden fence last week..... seemed like an anthem for that moment, that hour,.... the clarity the pandemic teased me with... had arrived in your verse ..... and underlined in your chorus! I’ve given 3 couples this song last week........to listen to.......together!
The tears of joy/ sorrow flowed and stopped me in my tracks! Thankfully there was roll of paper towels nearby.
I anticipate carrying a few handkerchiefs to your concert when you bless us in Chicago with your appearance sir.
Your vocals, arrangements, and depth of understanding were surely born of pain.
As you say: “just you becoming with the passing of time “.
Your brilliant lyric about what I thought was the literal” SUN” rising, you were actually referring to your pregnant wife, one day giving birth to your” SON”!!!
Only true poets receive this information of such magnitude from just a glance
“ without warning “ from your woman;
making the momentary premonition all the more prophetic!!
It’s hard to produce age wine that clear from the cellars inside us.
But..... now that I know your name, I know where to go to have a verbal sip..... of the real vintage stuff.
God bless you..... and your musical vineyard dear sir.
Share with us thirsty ones.....
...... before were..... “a longtime gone.”
Crzy Snkeman
"Signs Of Life"
Then without warning you look in my eyes
I could tell that soon the sun would sure arise
Every morning time after time
No longer longing all through the night
No more need to muster up a fight
Just you becoming and the passing of time
All trough the ages, we die, we're born
It matters no how far we run, we all return to form
Take empty stages without an ounce of fear
See you and i we started out from nothing, now we'll heal
Spark like the fire, lick like a fiend
But there's no need for them to know your name
Don't dare get tired till you hear the last bell ring
Don't ever lie there, don't be afraid to cry
There's no need to either wonder why
It's just you becoming and the passing of time
All trough the ages, we die, we're born
It matters no how far we run, we all return to form
Take empty stages without an ounce of fear
See you and i we started out from nothing, now we'll heal
Don't let it overcome, don't let the hour grow long
'Cause we are only here a while, it was such a long time gone
All trough the ages, we die, we're born
It matters no how far we run, we all return to form
Take empty stages without an ounce of fear
See you and i we started out from nothing, now we'll heal
Don't let it overcome, don't let the hour grow long
'Cause we are only here a while, it was such a long time gone
💦RAIN💦
@Willy Kayak .....Just found Mr. Vance yesterday singing this song while finishing up a 200 ft fence at home.
What a heavenly treat that caused me to stop in my tracks!
If been writing songs for over 45 years and when one comes along like this......
well...... it’s a prayer.... of sorts.... and..
when it arrives.. wrapped in perfect timing, timbre, and enharmonic’s as this diamond.... it moves people to get as close to truth as possible because we are sooo thirsty..... here in life’s desert.
Yes...
I remember drooling endless hours over album liner notes....
But..... if someone should copy
the lyrics down wrong out of sheer excitement.... that’s fine!
I have done it and.... when the song is that powerful.... even the wrong lyrics seem to have deep meaning.
..... it’s all coming from a tender space.
So, very glad to have found this amazing singer! ...... a truly needed gift... for 2021.
Be well, friend.
C E
Brother of mine...Your comforting songs carried me along...in these burdens of mine...I can not thank you enough with these words of mine.... Mind if I pour toward you a river of life...
As for Signs of life... with and in love, in our fellowship in this kingdom of Light... for what it's worth, my heart to yours...
Christian, my loved one, Wife and Bride.
Proverbs 12:4
A wife of noble character is her husband’s crown, but a disgraceful wife is like decay in his bones.
Romans 9:25
As he says in Hosea: “I will call them ‘my people’ who are not my people; and I will call her ‘my loved one’ who is not my loved one,”
Habakkuk 3:9
You uncovered your bow, you called for many arrows. You split the earth with rivers;
Matthew 19:17
“Why do you ask me about what is good?” Jesus replied. “There is only One who is good. If you want to enter life, keep the commandments.”
John 5:17
In his defense Jesus said to them, “My Father is always at his work to this very day, and I too am working.”
Colossians 3:4
When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with him in glory.
Revelation 22:17
The Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” And let the one who hears say, “Come!” Let the one who is thirsty come; and let the one who wishes take the free gift of the water of life.
--John 15:26
The Work of the Holy Spirit
“When the Advocate comes, whom I will send to you from the Father—the Spirit of truth who goes out from the Father—he will testify about me.
Isaiah 59:19
From the west, people will fear the name of the Lord, and from the rising of the sun, they will revere his glory. For he will come like a pent-up flood that the breath of the Lord drives along.
Jeremiah 20:9
But if I say, “I will not mention his word or speak anymore in his name,” his word is in my heart like a fire, a fire shut up in my bones. I am weary of holding it in; indeed, I cannot.
John 6:27
Do not work for food that spoils, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For on him God the Father has placed his seal of approval.
John 12:50
I know that his command leads to eternal life. So whatever I say is just what the Father has told me to say.
Genesis 49:11
He will tether his donkey to a vine, his colt to the choicest branch; he will wash his garments in wine, his robes in the blood of grapes.
Revelation 19:13
He is dressed in a robe dipped in blood, and his name is the Word of God.
---Acts 2:17
“‘In the last days, God says, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, your old men will dream dreams.
Matthew 13:17
For truly I tell you, many prophets and righteous people longed to see what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it.
Matthew 11:27
“All things have been committed to me by my Father. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.
Matthew 24:36
The Day and Hour Unknown
“But about that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.
Mark 8:38
If anyone is ashamed of me and my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man will be ashamed of them when he comes in his Father’s glory with the holy angels.”
John 1:14
The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.
John 1:18
No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is himself God and is in closest relationship with the Father, has made him known.
-- --Genesis 9:5
And for your lifeblood I will surely demand an accounting. I will demand an accounting from every animal. And from each human being, too, I will demand an accounting for the life of another human being.
Psalm 49:7
No one can redeem the life of another or give to God a ransom for them—
Galatians 6:7
Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows.
Ezekiel 14:20
as surely as I live, declares the Sovereign Lord, even if Noah, Daniel and Job were in it, they could save neither son nor daughter. They would save only themselves by their righteousness.
Isaiah 66:3
But whoever sacrifices a bull is like one who kills a person, and whoever offers a lamb is like one who breaks a dog’s neck; whoever makes a grain offering is like one who presents pig’s blood, and whoever burns memorial incense is like one who worships an idol. They have chosen their own ways, and they delight in their abominations;
Psalm 40:6
Sacrifice and offering you did not desire— but my ears you have opened— burnt offerings and sin offerings you did not require.
Mark 12:33
To love him with all your heart, with all your understanding and with all your strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself is more important than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.”
-- - --Proverbs 3:18
She is a tree of life to those who take hold of her; those who hold her fast will be blessed.
Proverbs 11:30
The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, and the one who is wise saves lives.
Proverbs 13:12
Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a longing fulfilled is a tree of life.
Proverbs 15:4
The soothing tongue is a tree of life, but a perverse tongue crushes the spirit.
Isaiah 49:18
Lift up your eyes and look around; all your children gather and come to you. As surely as I live,” declares the Lord,
“you will wear them all as ornaments; you will put them on, like a bride.
Isaiah 61:10
I delight greatly in the Lord; my soul rejoices in my God. For he has clothed me with garments of salvation and arrayed
me in a robe of his righteousness, as a bridegroom adorns his head like a priest, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.
Isaiah 62:5
As a young man marries a young woman, so will your Builder marry you; as a bridegroom rejoices over his bride, so will your God rejoice over you.
--- ---John 2:9
and the master of the banquet tasted the water that had been turned into wine. He did not realize where it had come from, though the servants who had
drawn the water knew. Then he called the bridegroom aside
John 3:29
The bride belongs to the bridegroom. The friend who attends the bridegroom waits and listens for him, and is full of joy when he hears the bridegroom’s
voice. That joy is mine, and it is now complete.
Revelation 19:7
Let us rejoice and be glad and give him glory! For the wedding of the Lamb has come, and his bride has made herself ready.
Revelation 21:2
I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband.
Revelation 22:17
The Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” And let the one who hears say, “Come!” Let the one who is thirsty come; and let the one who wishes take
the FREE! gift of the water of life.
Isaiah 25:8
he will swallow up d/eat/h forever. The Sovereign Lord will wipe away the tears from all faces; he will remove his people’s disgrace from all the earth. The Lord has spoken.
1 Corinthians 15:54
When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come true: “D/eat/h
has been swallowed up in victory.”
--- - ---2 Samuel 22:15
He shot his arrows and scattered the enemy, with great bolts of lightning he routed them.
Job 12:22
He reveals the deep things of darkness and brings utter darkness into the light.
Job 33:30
to turn them back from the pit, that the light of life may shine on them.
Psalm 18:14
He shot his arrows and scattered the enemy, with great bolts of lightning he routed them.
Psalm 56:13
For you have delivered me from death and my feet from stumbling, that I may walk before God in the light of life.
Psalm 112:4
Even in darkness light dawns for the upright, for those who are gracious and compassionate and righteous.
Psalm 119:130
The unfolding of your words gives light; it gives understanding to the simple.
Sown with Love, Christian's Husband,
Troy aka Life
Sidney Mohede
Such. A. Beautiful. Song......
💦RAIN💦
Dear Mr. Vance,
I’ve been writing for 50 years.
Trying to write this song!
A masterpiece of beauty, complexity, and harmony rendered to its last but not least common denominator.... all wrapped in a voice that easily reminds us of the past, yet transcends generations to come.
The angels assigned this joyous burden to you and I understand why.
.......hearing your voice for the first time singing this while I was sweating in the sun, finishing up my wooden fence last week..... seemed like an anthem for that moment, that hour,.... the clarity the pandemic teased me with... had arrived in your verse ..... and underlined in your chorus! I’ve given 3 couples this song last week........to listen to.......together!
The tears of joy/ sorrow flowed and stopped me in my tracks! Thankfully there was roll of paper towels nearby.
I anticipate carrying a few handkerchiefs to your concert when you bless us in Chicago with your appearance sir.
Your vocals, arrangements, and depth of understanding were surely born of pain.
As you say: “just you becoming with the passing of time “.
Your brilliant lyric about what I thought was the literal” SUN” rising, you were actually referring to your pregnant wife, one day giving birth to your” SON”!!!
Only true poets receive this information of such magnitude from just a glance
“ without warning “ from your woman;
making the momentary premonition all the more prophetic!!
It’s hard to produce age wine that clear from the cellars inside us.
But..... now that I know your name, I know where to go to have a verbal sip..... of the real vintage stuff.
God bless you..... and your musical vineyard dear sir.
Share with us thirsty ones.....
...... before were..... “a longtime gone.”
C E
You are very wise... you shine with the light of Life... savor that flavor in these fruits of life...the steps it takes to create wine...knowning how to age over time... many can make and create, but palatiable wine is a rare find...friend of mine...
Same Go's with bread...Words from a tender hearted man...In the pen dance in the rain. married Like h20 ....I may sound sain... crazy is as crazy does... when a man holds the life of the one he loves...Life's quiet labor of love...the cries of a tender dove....in the whispers of the wind through the leaves on a branch...Life echo's Now and then... Married my best friend...married to life hand in hand... for better or worse through sickness and health...ForEveHer wear Life dwells...Passing over through time and space.... in the kingdom of Light. dancing in waves of grace...
Sławek Ziółkowski
Caught me off guard during my morning coffee. Lovely song, Like a small music box giving Hope.
Come stay awhile with L
Must be a sign lol. I'm having my morning coffee too as I listen to it for the first time.
محمد
Me tooooo, enjoy your coffee ☕️
HoneyBadger1776
Can’t stop listening to this. Best song I’ve heard in a long time. 🔥
Mary Walsh
Your music is like a breath of fresh air ❤
MD R
Great song Foy! You never disappoint. Class act.
Crzy Snkeman
"Signs Of Life"
Then without warning you look in my eyes
I could tell that soon the sun would sure arise
Every morning time after time
No longer longing all through the night
No more need to muster up a fight
Just you becoming and the passing of time
All trough the ages, we die, we're born
It matters no how far we run, we all return to form
Take empty stages without an ounce of fear
See you and i we started out from nothing, now we'll heal
Spark like the fire, lick like a fiend
But there's no need for them to know your name
Don't dare get tired till you hear the last bell ring
Don't ever lie there, don't be afraid to cry
There's no need to either wonder why
It's just you becoming and the passing of time
All trough the ages, we die, we're born
It matters no how far we run, we all return to form
Take empty stages without an ounce of fear
See you and i we started out from nothing, now we'll heal
Don't let it overcome, don't let the hour grow long
'Cause we are only here a while, it was such a long time gone
All trough the ages, we die, we're born
It matters no how far we run, we all return to form
Take empty stages without an ounce of fear
See you and i we started out from nothing, now we'll heal
Don't let it overcome, don't let the hour grow long
'Cause we are only here a while, it was such a long time gone