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.
I Will Not Forget You
Sarah McLachlan Lyrics
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Your body gripped by some far away dream
Well I was so scared and so in love then
And so lost in all of you that I had seen
[Chorus]
But no one ever talked in the darkness
No voice ever added fuel to the fire
Deep in the hollow of earthly desires
But if in some dream there was brightness
If in some memory some sort of sigh
And flesh be revived in the shadows
Blessed our bodies would lay so entwined
And I will oh I will not forget you
Nor will I ever let you go
I will oh I will not forget you
I remember when you left in the morning at daybreak
So silent you stole from my bed
To go back to the one who possesses your soul
And I back to the life that I dread
So I ran like the wind to the water
Please don't leave me again I cried
And I drew bitter tears at the ocean
But all that came back was the tide
[Chorus]
The song I Will Not Forget You by Sarah McLachlan depicts the singer's intimacy with a lover whom they cannot forget. The lyrics articulate the vivid memories of the singer where they recall their lover sleeping and being consumed by dreams. Despite the fear of vulnerability and the loss of love, the singer remembers being completely enamoured by their lover. However, despite the love, the relationship had no voice, and the darkness of earthly desires surrounded it continually. Nonetheless, the singer held onto a possibility for a future where their bodies would lay entwined if there was ever any brightness in their relationship, even if it meant that the memory would only be a sigh of the past.
The lyrics further reveal a significant journey of loss, where the singer remembers the morning when their lover left silently, returning to be with the person who possesses their soul. The singer recognizes that despite the profound feelings they have for their lover, their lover's heart belongs to someone else. The bitterness and sadness of the realization are apparent in the singer's plea to the water, seeking comfort and solace in it. The singer weeps bitterly for the loss, but in the end, all they are left with is the tide, underlining the transitory nature of life and relationships.
Line by Line Meaning
I remember the nights I watched you lay sleeping
I recall the moments when you were fast asleep beside me in bed
Your body gripped by some far away dream
It seemed like you were trapped in a dream incredibly distant from our reality
Well I was so scared and so in love then
I was deeply frightened and completely enamored of you at that time
And so lost in all of you that I had seen
I was so absorbed in every aspect of you and what I knew of you
But no one ever talked in the darkness
Neither of us spoke as we lay in the dark
No voice ever added fuel to the fire
No words were spoken to exacerbate the situation
No light ever shone in the doorway
No light illuminated the entrance to the room
Deep in the hollow of earthly desires
We were in the depths of our worldly cravings
But if in some dream there was brightness
If somehow a dream were to reveal light or happiness
If in some memory some sort of sigh
If a memory were to produce some kind of sign, or if I were to literally sigh
And flesh be revived in the shadows
And our physical forms were to be revitalized in the darkness
Blessed our bodies would lay so entwined
How fortunate we would be to have our bodies intertwined in that moment
And I will oh I will not forget you
I vow that I will not forget you
Nor will I ever let you go
And I will never allow you to totally fade from my mind or life
I will oh I will not forget you
I will never forget you
I remember when you left in the morning at daybreak
I vividly recall the time you left early in the morning
So silent you stole from my bed
You left so quietly, attempting to not disturb me
To go back to the one who possesses your soul
You had to return to the person to whom you belonged
And I back to the life that I dread
I had to go back to my dreaded daily routine
So I ran like the wind to the water
I swiftly sped towards the water, dashing like a gust of wind
Please don't leave me again I cried
I begged you not to abandon me again, weeping as I did
And I drew bitter tears at the ocean
By the water's edge, gathering my emotions, I cried tears of sorrow
But all that came back was the tide
But all I saw return to shore was the tide
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
Written by: SARAH ANN MCLACHLAN, DARREN PHILLIPS
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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!