T'Pau was a late-1980s rock group led by singer Carol Decker. They had a st… Read Full Bio ↴T'Pau was a late-1980s rock group led by singer Carol Decker. They had a string of Top 40 hits in the UK, and several hits in the United States and Europe.

T'Pau formed in 1986. The members originated from the towns of Shrewsbury and Wellington in central England and took their name from a Vulcan high priestess in the classic Star Trek episode Amok Time. Their debut single and first hit was the 1987 release Heart and Soul. Initially a flop in the UK, it first became a hit in the U.S. Billboard charts, reaching #4, a feat it repeated in the UK Singles Chart some months later. The same year, the band had their biggest hit with the ballad, China in Your Hand, which spent five weeks at Number One in the UK chart, and also claimed the top slot in several European countries, although oddly the song made little impact on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart.

They had a number of smaller hits which made it to at least the UK Top 40, including the singles Valentine, Sex Talk (a new recording of early flop single Intimate Strangers), I Will Be With You, and Secret Garden. Their 1987 album Bridge Of Spies (the album was called T'Pau in the U.S.) was a best seller and won several British record industry awards.

Nevertheless, the band failed to maintain their success and split in 1991. But Decker reformed the band with a new line-up in 1998, and T'Pau have in recent years attempted a comeback.

In May 2005, Carol Decker reached the final round of the ITV show Hit Me Baby One More Time, singing the T'Pau hit China in Your Hand.

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on the wing
T'Pau Lyrics

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I can see you're tired of being lonely
Tell me what I should do
On another day
We could try again
I could fly home to you

Is this some clever game
We used to be such friends

Now I am ridiculed by all the secrets that I told
And so my dream is gone
Of hope that I depended on
When will I ever learn
When will my heart discern
Just come back and love me and need me

See me trying
I'm on the wing
No fear of flying
I'm on the wing

If I say I won't be gone forever
Would you think it a lie
I could try to be
All you want to me
Would you still say goodbye
Do I detect in you
A change of attitude
I never thought I'd see
The day you'd turn away from me
And now I fantasize
You see the feeling in my eyes
How will I ever know
If you should walk and go
Just come back and love me, need me, see me fly

See me trying
I'm on the wing (yeah!)
No fear of flying
I'm on the wing

Now honey I've heard the things that you say
People tell me you talk behind my back
And we used to be such friends
Now you know I've worked so hard for everything I've got
It's my turn to fly
Baby I'm flying up high on the wing

See me (oh see me yeah) trying (I'm flying)
I'm on the wing
Yeah, yeah, yeah, whoah, yeah, yeah
No fear of flying (no fear, I'm flying)
I'm on the wing (I'm on the wing)
Whoah, haha

Oh see me (see me trying)
I'm flying
I'm flying yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
I'm on the wing (on the wing)
Yeah, yeah, ooh, yeah, yeah

No fear of flying (no fear of flying)
I'm on the wing (on the wing)

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of "On the Wing" by T'Pau seem to be addressing a particular person, who appears to be struggling with loneliness. The singer is willing to do anything to help, and they express this by asking for guidance on how to help this person. Despite the apparent closeness between the two individuals, something seems to have changed, and the singer implies that they were once friends but are no longer.

The chorus repeats the phrase, "See me trying, I'm on the wing, no fear of flying," which can be interpreted as the singer's willingness to do whatever it takes to fix their relationship. The phrase "on the wing" could refer to their readiness to fly to the person, and "no fear of flying" could suggest that the singer is willing to take risks to make things right.

The second verse reveals that the singer has been trying to hold on to hope, but it seems to be fading as the person they are addressing is no longer reciprocating their feelings. The verse ends with the plea for the person to "come back and love me and need me."

The bridge acknowledges that there are rumors about the singer, and people are talking behind their back, but they still want to fly high "on the wing." The repeated chorus reinforces the idea that the singer is ready to do whatever it takes to fix their relationship.

Overall, the lyrics of "On the Wing" depict a person trying to salvage a broken relationship. The song seems to be addressing someone who was once close to the singer but has become distant, and the singer is now trying to patch things up.

on the wingT'Pau Lyrics

on the wing
T'Pau Lyrics