Brightman has received over 180 Gold and Platinum sales awards in over 40 different countries around the world and is the only artist to hold #1 spots on the Billboard Classical and Dance charts simultaneously, her other achievements feature her ranking by the Recording Industry Association of America as the best-selling female classical artist of the twenty-first century and a Guinness World Record for the success of “Time to Say Goodbye,” the best-selling single in German recording history.
She has established herself as the world's biggest selling soprano of all time, She has sold 78 million albums worldwide, including 40 million copies of the soundtrack of The Phantom of the Opera (1986 musical), 26 million albums, over two million DVDs and 10 million copies of the single " Time to Say Goodbye "as a soloist.
She made her debut as a dancer in troupes such as Hot Gossip and later released a string of disco singles. She was a musical theatre performer and partner of theatre composer Andrew Lloyd Webber, with whom she originated roles including Christine Daaé in The Phantom of the Opera.
After her divorce, Brightman became a crossover artist with former Enigma producer Frank Peterson. Her style, a blend of classical vocals and pop-inspired instrumentation and arrangement, earned her further success.
She is often cited as the woman who paved the way for other international success stories such as Il Divo, Andrea Bocelli and Josh Groban. She is said to be worth as much as £30m (about US$49m).
Away From You
Sarah Brightman Lyrics
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There is no music,
There is no sunlight,
The world is gray.
Away from you
The clocks are frozen,
And time's a traveler
Who's lost his way.
The people I meet
Might as well be statues,
The words we exchange
Might as well be Greek.
The room that I'm in
May be bright and cheerful
But to me
It's dim and bleak.
I'm half alive
Until the moment
The door swings open
And you walk through.
Now my world starts to glow
Like a stained-glass window
And what was old and cold
Is warm and new.
And so you see
Why I can never be
Away from you.
Away from you
The world is lifeless
As though creation
Has gone awry.
The trees are bare,
There are no flowers,
The fields are thirsty,
The streams are dry.
We live, you and I,
For a breath of sunlight,
So brief an escape
From a world of gray.
Our moments of warmth
Have been touch and go, love,
But tonight, we'll touch
And stay.
The people I meet
Might as well be statues,
The words we exchange
Might as well be Greek.
The room that I'm in
May be bright and cheerful
But to me
It's dim and bleak.
I'm half alive
Until the moment
The door swings open
And you walk through.
Now my soul is afloat
On a wave of music
That I could feel such joy
I never knew.
And so you see
Why I can never be
Away from you.
The lyrics in Sarah Brightman's "Away from You" explore the idea of how being separated from a loved one can make the world around us gray and lifeless. Brightman's vocals are hauntingly beautiful as she describes the experience of being without the person she loves. The absence of her loved one means that there is no music, no sunlight, as if the world is in a state of suspended animation. The clocks have stopped, and time itself seems to have lost its way.
The people Brightman meets might as well be statues because without the presence of her loved one, she might as well be living in a world that she no longer understands. She describes how the room she's in might be bright and cheerful, but to her, it's dim and bleak. She feels half alive, barely existing, until the moment the door swings open and her loved one walks through it.
When they're finally reunited, Brightman describes how her world begins to glow like a stained-glass window. What was once old and cold becomes warm and new. She's now afloat on a wave of music, feeling a joy she never knew was possible. The message of the song is clear: being separated from the person we love can make our world feel lifeless, but when we're together, even the most mundane things can bring us joy.
Line by Line Meaning
Away from you
Being separated from you
There is no music,
Without you, there is no melody or harmony in life
There is no sunlight,
Lacking inner happiness and brightness without being with you
The world is gray.
The world seems dull and depressing without you
The clocks are frozen,
Time seems to drag on when you are not here
And time's a traveler
Who's lost his way.
Time seems to have gone off course or lost direction without you present
The people I meet
Might as well be statues,
Other individuals seem meaningless and emotionless when you are not around
The words we exchange
Might as well be Greek.
Conversations lose their meaning and importance in life without you
The room that I'm in
May be bright and cheerful
But to me
It's dim and bleak.
Surroundings may be pleasant, but without you there, everything can seem dull and unsatisfying
I'm half alive
Until the moment
The door swings open
And you walk through.
Living an incomplete life until I see you walk through the door.
Now my world starts to glow
Like a stained-glass window
And what was old and cold
Is warm and new.
The world becomes bright and vibrant when you arrive, making everything new and refreshing.
And so you see
Why I can never be
Away from you.
It becomes clear why being away from you is unbearable.
Away from you
The world is lifeless
As though creation
Has gone awry.
Without your presence, the world loses its essence and appears to be abnormal.
The trees are bare,
There are no flowers,
The fields are thirsty,
The streams are dry.
The environment seems to be lacking vitality and energy in the absence of you.
We live, you and I,
For a breath of sunlight,
So brief an escape
From a world of gray.
Together, we live for fleeting moments of happiness that help us escape from this bleak world.
Our moments of warmth
Have been touch and go, love,
But tonight, we'll touch
And stay.
Our moments of joy are temporary, but this evening we will be together for longer.
Now my soul is afloat
On a wave of music
That I could feel such joy
I never knew.
Being with you fills me with indescribable joy, like my soul is floating on a sea of sweet music.
And so you see
Why I can never be
Away from you.
It is clear that life without you is unbearable, and I cannot stand to be apart from you.
Lyrics © IMAGEM U.S. LLC, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: STEVE WALSH
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