Lisa Gerrard (born 12 April 1961) is an Australian musician, singer and com… Read Full Bio ↴Lisa Gerrard (born 12 April 1961) is an Australian musician, singer and composer who rose to prominence as part of the music group Dead Can Dance with music partner Brendan Perry. In addition to singing, she is an instrumentalist for much of her work, most prolifically using the yangqin (a Chinese hammered dulcimer).
Since her career began in 1981, Gerrard has been involved in a wide range of projects. She received a Golden Globe Award for the music score to the film Gladiator, on which she collaborated with Hans Zimmer.
Lisa Gerrard was born on 12 April 1961 in Melbourne, and grew up in the suburb of Prahran with her Irish immigrant parents. She has said that she grew up with "Mediterranean music blaring out of the houses" and that this influenced her music, particularly on later Dead Can Dance albums and in her solo and collaborative works.
Gerrard's first foray into forming bands and creative music-making was in Melbourne's little band scene, an experimental post-punk scene which flourished from 1978 until 1981. It was at one of these little band events that she first met Dead Can Dance co-founder Brendan Perry. Perry recalls, "It never occurred to me that we would one day collaborate musically together because at the time I thought her music was too avant garde. I particularly remember one song that she sang about finding a man in the park and asking her mother if she could bring him home to keep in her wardrobe as she attacked this chinese dulcimer with two bamboo sticks".
Dead Can Dance originally formed as a quartet in 1981 in Melbourne, but in 1982 moved to London with members Gerrard, Brendan Perry and bass player Paul Erikson. Shortly after coming to England, Erikson flew back to Australia, leaving the band as a duo. Dead Can Dance recorded eight albums on the 4AD Records recording label beginning with the self-titled Dead Can Dance LP in 1984. In 2005, the song "Nierika" became part of the opening titles for Mexican television station TV Azteca's soap opera "La Chacala". The band split in 1998, but reunited in 2005 for a world tour. In 2012, the band announced a new world tour to coincide with the release of their new album, Anastasis.
Gerrard possesses the vocal range of a contralto but can also reach upward into the mezzo-soprano range. Her voice has been described as rich, deep, dark, mournful and unique.
Examples of Gerrard's mezzo-soprano range include the songs "The Host of Seraphim", "Elegy", "Space Weaver", "Come This Way" and "One Perfect Sunrise". Gerrard however performs more predominantly in the dramatic contralto range in her other songs, "Sanvean", "Sacrifice", "Largo", "Lament" and "Not Yet".
Gerrard sings many of her songs, such as "Now We Are Free", "Come Tenderness", "Serenity", "The Valley of the Moon", "Tempest", "Pilgrimage of Lost Children", "Coming Home" and "Sanvean" in idioglossia. With respect to such work she has said, "I sing in the language of the Heart. It's an invented language that I've had for a very long time. I believe I started singing in it when I was about 12. Roughly that time. And I believed that I was speaking to God when I sang in that language."
Gerrard was married to Polish graphic design artist and music producer Jacek Tuschewski, with whom she has a daughter (born 1992).
Her nephew Jack Gerrard plays for Cairns post-hardcore act Almost a Square as the drummer and back-up vocalist.
Since her career began in 1981, Gerrard has been involved in a wide range of projects. She received a Golden Globe Award for the music score to the film Gladiator, on which she collaborated with Hans Zimmer.
Lisa Gerrard was born on 12 April 1961 in Melbourne, and grew up in the suburb of Prahran with her Irish immigrant parents. She has said that she grew up with "Mediterranean music blaring out of the houses" and that this influenced her music, particularly on later Dead Can Dance albums and in her solo and collaborative works.
Gerrard's first foray into forming bands and creative music-making was in Melbourne's little band scene, an experimental post-punk scene which flourished from 1978 until 1981. It was at one of these little band events that she first met Dead Can Dance co-founder Brendan Perry. Perry recalls, "It never occurred to me that we would one day collaborate musically together because at the time I thought her music was too avant garde. I particularly remember one song that she sang about finding a man in the park and asking her mother if she could bring him home to keep in her wardrobe as she attacked this chinese dulcimer with two bamboo sticks".
Dead Can Dance originally formed as a quartet in 1981 in Melbourne, but in 1982 moved to London with members Gerrard, Brendan Perry and bass player Paul Erikson. Shortly after coming to England, Erikson flew back to Australia, leaving the band as a duo. Dead Can Dance recorded eight albums on the 4AD Records recording label beginning with the self-titled Dead Can Dance LP in 1984. In 2005, the song "Nierika" became part of the opening titles for Mexican television station TV Azteca's soap opera "La Chacala". The band split in 1998, but reunited in 2005 for a world tour. In 2012, the band announced a new world tour to coincide with the release of their new album, Anastasis.
Gerrard possesses the vocal range of a contralto but can also reach upward into the mezzo-soprano range. Her voice has been described as rich, deep, dark, mournful and unique.
Examples of Gerrard's mezzo-soprano range include the songs "The Host of Seraphim", "Elegy", "Space Weaver", "Come This Way" and "One Perfect Sunrise". Gerrard however performs more predominantly in the dramatic contralto range in her other songs, "Sanvean", "Sacrifice", "Largo", "Lament" and "Not Yet".
Gerrard sings many of her songs, such as "Now We Are Free", "Come Tenderness", "Serenity", "The Valley of the Moon", "Tempest", "Pilgrimage of Lost Children", "Coming Home" and "Sanvean" in idioglossia. With respect to such work she has said, "I sing in the language of the Heart. It's an invented language that I've had for a very long time. I believe I started singing in it when I was about 12. Roughly that time. And I believed that I was speaking to God when I sang in that language."
Gerrard was married to Polish graphic design artist and music producer Jacek Tuschewski, with whom she has a daughter (born 1992).
Her nephew Jack Gerrard plays for Cairns post-hardcore act Almost a Square as the drummer and back-up vocalist.
Blinded
Lisa Gerrard Lyrics
We have lyrics for 'Blinded' by these artists:
Acrylic You're blinded, you're blinded You've got it under your p…
Agnostic Front Blinded but now I see, my choice is my destiny I…
Aleph Oh baby, you are so blind to see 너는 내 맘…
Alpha2 %26 Ran-D It's a wicked world we live in Such an unforgiving place Whe…
Alpha2 & Ran-D I can't live without it Don't wanna live without it Can't th…
As I Lay Dying Have you ever been blinded by the pain? Blinded (blinded) b…
ASP I stand inside the ruins of my life and try to…
B.L.A.V. We are doomed In this society Everything must be change The …
Bandits Stupid scatterbrained too much pressure in my vein Shithea…
Beyond The Dream Temptation as a siren's voice is calling after man Like a…
Big Wig Sometimes I feel so lost S.O.S. all my lines are…
Bishops Green We call it greed… you call it need You plastic view……
Blood Thirsty The world wants constant compromise Everything this world h…
Brand of Sacrifice You're speaking to yourself Constantly biting your tongue It…
British India And I can't keep on running At these kind of speeds Cause…
Brunt of It BLINDED -I never really saw what was happening REMINDED -…
Caater Feat. Hannah My eyes are blinded [repeat 3x's] Your eyes,your kiss,every…
Carlo Redl Day and night can you feel it It passes by in…
Chad Perrone I feel blinded by the sun I feel warm and alarmed I've…
Chopping Block Minority opinion rigged the game Odds stacked against, won't…
Coloray Welcome back I′ve been trying hard to see you in the…
D.C. Sensation (Intro) Some people make mistakes Sometimes we learn from th…
D.O.G.S. I can't live without it Don't wanna live without it Can't th…
Dalton Mauldin Tryin to pick up the peices Of everything that we left…
Daniel Santoro Oh-oh, oh-oh Oh-oh, oh-oh Oh-oh, oh-oh Oh-oh, oh-oh We gonna…
David Usher Turn me out then turn me on Pretty flower can you…
Days of... Call me crazy metamorphosis has taken over me I know I'm mea…
Deep Chills Driving down the wrong road Playing games and feeling low Me…
Dev the Goon Look Out Tearin' up the stage while I rock out, yeah You…
Dionysus Witches burned at the stake, "the one" Was whipped on the…
Dirty Streets She stepped out two times before Back again, now you're back…
Dream On Dreamer I was trapped in my own prison cell Couldn't get out…
Dream onDreamer I was trapped in my own prison cell Couldn't get out…
Duumu Your vacant eyes peering into the soft blue light This unfam…
Ema F Been planning it all for nights Crooked road, long drive Cra…
Embodyment Overwhelming lust consumes my spirit I have given into my ow…
Embrace Elijah I'ts a misery to see what this Has become, Without me…
Emma Moore He keeps secrets you see mystery He keeps you hidden you…
Emmit Fenn Don't need this like I used to 'Cause I feel blinded,…
Eric's Trip I find it hard to find it When my eyes are…
Evate Help me see I′m blinded by your love. You follow me But I…
Evergrey Compelled to speak when not to speak My words lead and…
F.C.C Been planning it all for nights Crooked road, long drive Cra…
Falconer Your wealth and your power Both increase with every day. T…
fern. Feel that desire Flowing, it's flowing through you Take…
Focused Yeah, you turned me on Felt like I was born Into a…
Fytch feat. Kosta & Theo Hoarau time is a killer and i'm with it once again blind i was bli…
Geike The year snow fell before the leaves And truth was beyond…
Glass Tiger You never gave a reason why You went away I was ready…
Grand A.M. Nah don't fake that smile I can feel that you don't…
Handsome Poets This city breathes This city sighs When I run trough it I…
Hannah My eyes are blinded [repeat 3x's] Your eyes,your kiss,eve…
Hannah-Rose My eyes are blinded [repeat 3x's] Your eyes,your kiss,every…
HAUS I can't see take the blind fold There is no room…
Herman Düne I know you were mad at me You were mad at…
Hypocrisy Try to run and hide; they'll get you. The shadows arrive Now…
Ivory Tower Envy, greed and hate Have left scars on me Scars as deep…
J-Coasta Jungle beats, holla at me Uh, people tellin' me that I'm…
James Carrington I can see in your face that the feeling is…
jao You never saw the best in me But I always try…
Jason Upton & The Goodland Band I′ve been blinded, by the truth I know not where I'm…
John Diva the Rockets of Love She Left Her Lipstick Trace On My Broken Heart Female Hands …
Julie Anne San Jose Ohh hmm, oh yeah What do you wonder about Was it me…
kasology I feel I'm fighting Fighting for nothing I feel like dying I…
Kithara Something inside me is missing I've been longing I've been w…
La Famille Bou I prefer not to think back To the time my heart…
LaRussell Good evening ladies and gentlemen It's hard to smile when yo…
Lil Wanye Feat. Starr [beat] I don't really know you. But I think I'm fallin' …
Lil Wayne & Starr Blinded by the light (yeah) Revved up like a deuce, another…
Lil Z I'm blind to all these things Numb to all these mindless…
Lil' Wayne Blinded by the light (yeah) Revved up like a deuce, another…
loski You can have all the facts But still not know the…
Love .45 She Left Her Lipstick Trace On My Broken Heart Female Hands …
Lucas & Steve I didn't mean to stumble and I didn't mean to…
Lucas & Steve feat. Bethany Give me a lover so I can breathe Out of the…
Lucas & Steve Featuring Bethany I didn't mean to stumble and I didn't mean to…
Maclean Tara There's a fire on the mountain A path through the sea You…
Madison Watkins I might be complicated But I′m done hesitating I never want …
Magomar BLINDED I’m playing magician’s assistant I know all your tr…
Manu Armata Breeding in society It's all around unseen A low form of anx…
Marya Roxx One day I just wondered Is it real what I'm hearing I…
Masoud feat. Laurie A city ripe with fallen angels Wounded souls on vacant stree…
McQueen Left me on the roadside, in a frenzy 'coz I'm…
Mick Hart Here i sit alone. In this bare and naked room, What i…
Mila J People telling me that I'm foolish Why you let that n***a…
Muph & Plutonic (Blinded) When you can't see what's coming But you sure yo…
Nasum Blinded by sunlight, blinded by stardust Blinded by society …
Oppressor Like an ever flowing stream Like an everlasting dream Twis…
Persona 9Locked in my mind under my skin I buried every…
Peter Kingsbery It′s yours for the asking Asking only company Everlasting No…
Profound Danced with me destiny Twisted to higher ground On this moun…
Queensryche From the night comes a roar of thunder Beholding light on…
Rafi Sudirman She said I'm her baby Yes you are my lady No you…
Ran-D I can't live without it Don't wanna live without it Can't th…
Requiem My feet are still burning Though 1 walk on ice and…
Restore Time has shifted, ages come and gone. Passages progress, st…
Royal-B Blackout hopping on the track New single giving you a heart…
Ruinthrone To who knows the answers I curse your name Prisoner of my…
Samy Deluxe Wenn das hier nicht das Mixtape des Jahres ist, dann weiß…
Sandra Bullet You thought he would always be at your side But now…
Shackled Foot to ground and the light escapes I'm searching for the…
Solange Intro Platinum Staus 2002 Solange Wo wo wo wo wo wo wo wo Wo…
Speedealer blinded from birth, blinded for life, blinded by choice thr…
Stay Lost Found yourself in a motel room Close the curtains so the…
Steve Wariner I didn't mean to stumble and I didn't mean to…
Tara MacLean There's a fire on the mountain A path through the sea You…
The Bandits Well I'm sitting alone With my guitar slidly out of tune And…
The Bots To far, to see. Back up while we still have the…
The Craigs Cloudy Curtains drawn on the sun Pink skies were always so…
The Jungle Giants Darling I need a little love and affection A little time and…
The Living End Is it impossible, To have a life and realise, It's not a…
The Movement Blinded by the sun You cannot see and so you stumble…
Third Eye Blind Just an old friend coming over now to visit you…
Thrice I was always one of the righteous Never lived outside of…
TIHTUS Blinded Lyrics: Michael Abalos I. Red rain flowing in (Insi…
Under Oblivion You’re lying awake While everyone sleeps You’re lying to you…
Usher feat. Tiësto & Allure Turn me out then turn me on Pretty flower can you…
V.A. Blinded Blinded by faces, staring at me I could be somethin…
VNTAGEPARADISE Never go away Two times, but it still fall another way I…
Vurb Blinded Too many tear drops, I'm tired of the crying I think…
Waco Jesus Our f**king lives are meaningless every day every minute thi…
Wasted Penguinz So far away Away from home Not coming back anymore These emp…
Whippersnapper Blinded by sight. Blinded by vision. Blinded by touch. Is…
Whipping Boy I might give up everything for you I might grow up…
Wisemen Love... I guess that's where it's at. Where everything's at…
XV [Chorus: XV] Now I see those flashing lights They sparkle …
Yngwie Malmsteen Brother killing brother Senselessly Dog eat dog mentality I…
You Love Her All ready? Blinded Now we're blinded by a fraction of light…
You Love Her Coz She's Dead All ready! Blinded Now we're blinded by A fraction of light…
Young And Lost Another dream that turned to a nightmare. Just like the one…
Yung Lean All this ice leave me blinded Five star life, stay reminded …
zwieR.Z. I'm blind to all these things Numb to all these mindless…
ÐÄÁéÃɱÎ(Third Eye Blind) Just an old friend coming over Now to visit you and That's…
We have lyrics for these tracks by Lisa Gerrard:
Abwoon Abwoom d, bwahmaya Nethqadash shmakh Teytey malkuthakh Ne…
All Along the Watchtower "There must be some way out of here" Said the joker…
Badelt Zimmer: Now We Are Free Anol shalom Anol sheh lay konnud de ne um Flavum nom de…
Black Forest Why realise The life of the hidden Within disguise They c…
Come Tenderness Spending all my nights, all my money going out of…
Elegy Some days it gets completely crazy And I feel like howlin'…
Gortoz a ran Gortozet 'm eus, gortozet pell E skeud teñval tourioù gell E…
La Bas We the drowned Hold our hollow ... Til we swallow ourselves …
Largo Ombra mai fu, di vegetabile cara ed amabile, soave pi`u.…
Now We Are Free Anol shadon Anol sheh lay konnud de ne um Flavum nom de…
Psallit In Aure Dei Non clamor sed amor Non vox sed votum Non cordula sed cor …
Sacrifice Hear one thousand screams Hear one thousand voices A solit…
Serenity All-4-One On & On Smile Like Mona Lisa Oh, i carry a phot…
Sleep My attends to you As a mother hears While her children sle…
Space Weaver My precious love Can only come From above In unity Is born a…
The Human Game Under the sun I call your name I revise your inner…
The Maharaja When the Ma- Haraja comes He brings the sun He draws upon…
The Serpent & The Dove Once there was a secret union A serpent and a dove Enchanted…
The Song Of Amergin An gaeth I m-muir Am tond trethan Am fuaim mara Am dam secht…
Too Far Gone I am drowning Not waving Here in the darkness I’ll find m…
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