The band's eponymous debut in 1988 sold over a million copies on the strength of singles like "Seventeen" and the ballad "Headed for a Heartbreak”. Winger’s second album, 1990's “In The Heart Of The Young”, was slightly more melodic and showed a more mature and technical approach to the songs. It reached an equal success, selling over a million copies and featuring the hit power-ballad "Miles Away". Unfortunately the band didn't outlast the post-alternative pop-metal backlash and the group faded away after the release of the critically acclaimed 1993 album “Pull”.
After Winger went their separate ways, Kip decided to pursue a solo career. He started writing his own songs in a different style than to his previous band and his first album "Thisconversationseemslikeadream" was released in 1997, reflecting his new approach to songwriting with a style more akin to Peter Gabriel's music rather than to 80’s Hard Rock.
An acoustic album of past favourites, "Down Incognito" was later released in 1999. Winger followed it with his second studio solo album, 2000's "Songs from the Ocean Floor", labelled as “Masterpiece” by several music critics around the world. After another acoustic solo tour Kip started to become involved in several new projects including writing music for movies, singing for Alan Parsons and of course the very successful Winger reunion that materialized in 2006 with the release of "IV" and the subsequent world tour.
Now Kip Winger is back with his new solo album "From the Moon to the Sun": a true career defining statement and, once again, another cd which witnesses the creative evolution of the American composer.
“I am an artist that will continue to push the envelope into the direction that my ear and abilities are taking me, with no compromise”, says Kip, adding “I worked hard to make this record my best yet. For sure it is musically very diverse… Hence the title , From the Moon to the Sun".
The music offered on the record is truly a flow that has no boundaries, from the fresh rock approach of songs like “Every Story Told”, “Nothing” or “Reason To Believe”, to the Pop sensibilities of “Where Will You Go” and “California”, to the acoustic mood of “Pages and Pages” and “In Your Eyes Another Life”, down to the unbelievable instrumental piece “Ghosts”, “From the Moon to the Sun” brings the listener to a journey in a kaleidoscope of different moods.
The album sees also musical contributions from Rod Morgenstein and Ken Mary on drums, Andy Timmons and Rob Eberhard Young on guitar, Alan Pasqua on piano, Cenk Eroglu on songwriting, keyboards and guitars.
Resurrection
Kip Winger Lyrics
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Leave desire showing through
Half the time I just wanna be dead and done
There's a sound around me
All around me
Sound of a broken heart
Can I live if the girl is real
After all that's been said and done
All I know, I don't want to dead and done
All I know, I don't want to be a setting sun
Find a way to paint to color in my heart
There's a sound around me
All around me
Sound of a broken heart
I'm a man, and I can't be sorry for everything I've done
Oh, my resurrection
There's a sound
Sound of an open heart
Round and round
'till you hit ground and lose your faith
and down you go
You lie and cry and might try to make a break
it's all a show
You just can't hide from what's inside you're face to face
so now you know
Desert hill release the night
Changing shaped to meet the light
Draw a circle in the sand begin again
There's a sound around me
All around me
Sound of an open heart
I'm a man, and I can't be sorry for everything I've done
Oh, my resurrection
There's a sound
The lyrics to Kip Winger's song Resurrection paint a picture of desperation, pain, and hope. The first two lines talk about mixing purple and blue, which could be a reference to a bruise or a wound. This could be a metaphor for the singer's emotional state. They want to show their desire and passion, but they are bogged down by the pain they are feeling.
The lyrics also reference a broken heart and the sound of it. The singer wonders if they can really live if the girl they love is real, or if it's all just a cruel trick of fate. They struggle with feelings of guilt and the need for redemption, hence the line "I'm a man, and I can't be sorry for everything I've done. Oh, my resurrection." The singer wants to start again, to draw a circle in the sand and begin anew.
Overall, the lyrics to Resurrection are about the struggle for redemption, the pain of a broken heart, and the desire to start again.
Line by Line Meaning
Mix the purple with the blue
Blend two contrasting feelings, passion and sadness
Leave desire showing through
Don't try to conceal one's yearnings
Half the time I just wanna be dead and done
Sometimes one feels hopeless and powerless
There's a sound around me
There's an ambiance of emotions engulfing me
All around me
In every which way
Sound of a broken heart
A noise of a traumatized soul
Can I live if the girl is real
Is it possible to exist if the love is genuine
or is that just the way it goes?
Or is this how it typically ends?
After all that's been said and done
Regardless of everything that occurred before
All I know, I don't want to dead and done
All I understand, I don't want to stop living or be forgotten
All I know, I don't want to be a setting sun
All I comprehend, I don't want to fizzle out like a setting sun
Find a way to paint to color in my heart
Discover a method to reaffirm my emotions and memories
I'm a man, and I can't be sorry for everything I've done
As a man, there are things I regret but cannot apologize for
Oh, my resurrection
Oh, my rebirth
Sound of an open heart
A melody of an unguarded soul
Round and round
In repetitive cycles
till you hit ground and lose your faith
until you crash and despair becomes irreversible
and down you go
and you continue to spiral down
You lie and cry and might try to make a break
You deceive and weep, attempting to escape
it's all a show
It's all a facade
You just can't hide from what's inside your face to face
You can't conceal what you're truly feeling
so now you know
So now it's been revealed to you
Desert hill release the night
A desertic terrain frees the darkness
Changing shaped to meet the light
Assuming new forms to seek enlightenment
Draw a circle in the sand begin again
Create a new starting point from scratch and restart
Contributed by Kennedy H. Suggest a correction in the comments below.