She is known for the emotional sound of her ballads. Some of her most popular songs include "Angel", "Building a Mystery", "Adia", "Possession", "Fallen", "I Will Remember You", and "World on Fire". Her best-selling album to date is Surfacing, for which she won two Grammy Awards and four Juno Awards.
Her first album Touch was released in September 28, 1988, recorded in 1987-1988, Vancouver, Canada. The album received both critical and commercial success and included the hit song Vox. During this period she co-operated with Tom Ferris and Dean Russel of Moev, who discovered her as a singer. She contributed backing vocals their 1990 album Head Down and embarked on her first national concert tour as an opening act for The Grapes Of Wrath, another Tom Ferris's band.
Her second album Solace (1991) was a real breakthrough in Canada, spawning the hit singles The Path of Thorns (Terms) and Into the Fire and being certified double platinum for sales of 200,000 copies in Canada.
In 1994 her third album Fumbling Towards Ecstasy quietly became Sarah's international breakthrough, scaling the charts in a number of countries. In the United States, the album was a steady seller that stayed in the middle ranges of the pop charts for almost two years.
Sarah's fourth album Surfacing, released in 1997, brought her international success, selling over 11 million copies worldwide. Still in the spotlight from the album, Sarah launched the highly popular Lilith Fair tour, which helped launch the careers of several well-known female artists.
Her next record Afterglow came out in 2003; it contained the singles Fallen, Stupid, and World On Fire. It was her first album of new material in six years. Sarah took a few years furlough to start a family with her husband and drummer, Ashwin Sood.
Her Holiday album Wintersong came out in October 2006. The album consists of eleven new recordings of well known Christmas songs as well as seasonal favorites interpreted by Sarah. The title track Wintersong is an original work of Sarah.
McLachlan's first studio album of original material in seven years, Laws of Illusion, was released on June 15, 2010. It features 10 new songs in addition to the previously released tracks "U Want Me 2" and "Don't Give Up on Us. The first single Loving You Is Easy was released on April 23, 2010. It was followed by Forgiveness, released on June 30, 2010.
Flesh And Blood
Sarah McLachlan Lyrics
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Insatiable like raging fire
A heat is rising all around
My senses so alive
It searches out the darkest places
No fear of walls or ways concealed
Set alight my secret longings
All revealed when I’m near you
Logic escapes me and I can’t breathe
'Cause you burn to my bones
Like you’re all I’ve ever known
Let thunder crash let rivers flood
If all we are is flesh and blood
The fury of the storm confounds me
Violence and beauty all collide
In all my animal emotions I can’t fight this tide
'Cause you are the wave that pulls me under
Ravage me from head to heart
And all my careful calculations
Fall apart when I’m near you
Logic escapes me, and I can’t breathe
'Cause you burn to my bones
Like you’re all I’ve ever known
Let thunder crash let rivers flood
If all we are is flesh and blood
Ooh ooh
Let thunder crash let rivers flood
If all we are is flesh and blood
'Cause you burn to my bones
Like you’re all I’ve ever known
Let thunder crash let rivers flood
If all we are is flesh and blood
Ooh ooh
Let thunder crash let rivers flood
If all we are is flesh and blood
Ooh ooh
Let thunder crash let rivers flood
If all we are is flesh and blood
Come together, fall apart
We build our towers with paper walls
As if we have any control, let's burn it all
In "Flesh and Blood," Sarah McLachlan sings about a love that consumes her completely. She describes it as a powerful and unrelenting force, just like desire. She compares it to a wildfire that scorches everything in its path, including her emotions and senses. When she's with this person, she feels alive in ways she’s never felt before, and they make all of her secret yearnings come out.
Sarah sings that this love is so intense that it takes away her logic, and she can't even think clearly or breathe properly. The love is like a thunderstorm, raging and unyielding, and she is caught in the middle of it. Even though it scares her, she can't resist it. She gives herself wholly to it, and all of her calculations and plans disappear in its wake.
The last verse is a call to surrender to this love and not try to build walls around it. She invites the person to "come together, fall apart," to forget about control and let it all burn down.
Overall, the song is about the power of love and how it can take over even the most logical and controlled person. The lyrics are poetic and vivid, painting a picture of a love so all-encompassing that it burns like fire and floods like water.
Line by Line Meaning
Desire is no cautious creature
Desire is not afraid to take risks or be bold
Insatiable like raging fire
Desire is strong and cannot be quenched
A heat is rising all around
The desire is becoming stronger and more intense
My senses so alive
The intensity of desire is making the artist more aware of their surroundings
It searches out the darkest places
Desire is not afraid of exploring taboo or risky areas
No fear of walls or ways concealed
Desire is not afraid of barriers or hidden paths
Set alight my secret longings
Desire is igniting the singer's hidden desires
All revealed when I’m near you
The artist's desires are fully exposed when they are around the person of their desire
Logic escapes me and I can’t breathe
The intensity of desire is overwhelming the artist
'Cause you burn to my bones
The person of their desire is so intense that it feels like they are burning within the artist
Like you’re all I’ve ever known
The person of their desire feels familiar and significant in the singer's life
Let thunder crash let rivers flood
The power of their feelings is so strong that natural disasters seem insignificant in comparison
If all we are is flesh and blood
If all we have in life is our physical existence and feelings
The fury of the storm confounds me
The intensity of their emotions is overwhelming like a storm
Violence and beauty all collide
The intensity of their emotions feels both raw and delicate
In all my animal emotions I can’t fight this tide
The artist is overcome by primal emotions and cannot resist them
'Cause you are the wave that pulls me under
The person of their desire has a powerful pull on the artist
Ravage me from head to heart
The intensity of their emotions is all-consuming
And all my careful calculations
All of the singer's rational thought
Fall apart when I’m near you
Are put aside when the artist is with the person of their desire
Come together, fall apart
The relationship is filled with highs and lows
We build our towers with paper walls
We construct a false sense of security
As if we have any control, let's burn it all
As if we have control over our feelings, let's let it all go and embrace the intensity of desire
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner/Chappell Music, Inc., BMG Rights Management
Written by: SARAH ANN MCLACHLAN, BLAIR DALY, HILLARY LEE LINDSEY
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Jaded Hart
on In The Arms Of The Angels
This will surely make you cry! Everyone can identify with this song! Hear it you won't regret it. And maybe you'll remember!