Mike began writing songs in the late 1970s. Groups like the Singing Cookes and Cathedrals recorded his music. "If God Before Us," "God Delivers Again" and "That Same Spirit" are examples of songs written by Payne that were recorded by other groups. Before the group signed with Windchime Records around 1981, they changed their name to The Paynes.
The Paynes’ first album on Windchime was titled Ready Or Not. It released in early 1982 and featured their first chart song by the same title. The group released their second album later that year titled It's Out of this World. The title song garnered them their first number one song on the Singing News chart. It stayed at the top of the charts for four months in late 1983 and early 1984. I'm a Jesus Fan released in 1984. The songs "Jesus Fan" and "The Conversation" charted in the Top Ten. Both songs were also made into concept videos, which was trend setting for Southern Gospel at the time.
In April 1985, the group recorded what was probably their most popular album, Fire on Stage...Live, in Dayton, Ohio. It garnered them another four month run at the number one position on the Singing News charts with "Angels Step Back." Their next album Rapture also produced several popular songs including "Just in Case of Rapture" and "Waiting for the Son to Shine." This album was released on the short-lived record label called Eagle One. The group then signed with Riversong and released two recordings, This is War (1988) and God Wants You (1989).
The Paynes disbanded in the early 1990s. Mike Payne traveled the next few years as a soloist and had some success with songs like "I'm Still Dancin',” "The Lord Himself,” and "Workin' Like the Devil for the Lord.” He formed a new version of the Paynes with his wife and daughter during the late 1990s. They released two recordings on the Daywind label, Storms and Made New. The family got back together for a reunion concert and released a live recording titled 30th Anniversary Reunion in 2001.
Out of This World
The Paynes Lyrics
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The sweat dripping off our skin it shows out chemistry
You're something kind of special I'm trying to Match your Energy
You have me at your mercy.. you got me on my knees
You are way too different
Your body yeah it's perfection
I'm following Your direction conclusion is
I take a breath
cs you grab the back of my neck
You got me feeling possessed
Got me wondering what I'm dealing with
Baby Dealing with you's an
Outer body experience
You take full control of me and destroyed all my innocence
You're not from this world I can tell yeah it's pretty evident
cnd I'm loving it..
cre you an alien
Yeah You're out of this world
Something like an alien
Yeah You're out of this world
Something like an alien
Yeah You're out of this world
Something like an alien
Yeah You're out of this world
Something like an alien
The way your body moves it's mysterious almost like a snake
Precision is so serious can't breathe you take my breath away..
I question nothing you're the captain I'll do everything you say
I'm under your command and your spell
Take me to outer space
The Paynes's song Out of This World is a love song that expresses the overwhelming feeling of being in love. According to the lyrics, the person being addressed is so unique that they are "clear out of this world." The singer is at a loss for words to describe the feeling that they get when they are around this person; they are hearing "the music that no mortal ever knew." They are so enamored with this person that they compare them to a fairy tale or a Lorelei, which is a mythical creature that is believed to lure sailors to their deaths with her enchanting songs.
The lyrics convey the idea that this love has been a long time coming. The singer has waited and reached for a star and spent a long and lonely night time before finding this person. The phrase "despite time, here you are" emphasizes the idea that this person was worth the wait. The singer is so smitten with this person that they are willing to do anything for them, even if it means flying out of this world. They want to spend the next eternity or two with this person because they are that important to them.
Overall, the song is a beautiful expression of love, longing, and adoration. It speaks to the idea that true love is worth waiting for, and when it comes, it can feel like magic.
Line by Line Meaning
You're clear out of this world
You are so unique and special that you do not belong to this world.
When I'm looking at you,
Whenever my eyes rest upon you,
I hear out of this world
I feel something extraordinary that is beyond this world's imagination.
The music that no mortal ever knew.
A tune that is divine and unknown to human beings.
You're right out of a book,
You seem to have appeared straight from a fairy tale book.
The fairy tale I read when I was so high;
The story that I used to read during my childhood days.
No armoured knight out of a book
No hero from any story could possibly find a more charming and mesmerizing enchantress than you.
Could find a more enchanted Lorelei than I.
I am completely mesmerized by you, and no one could ever replace you.
After waiting so long for the right time,
After having endless patience, waiting for the perfect moment to arrive,
After reaching so long for a star,
And pursuing my long-cherished dream relentlessly,
All at once from the long and lonely night time,
Suddenly, during the darkest and hardest part of my life,
And despite time, here you are!
You surprisingly entered my life, despite being doubted by all.
I'd fly out of this world
I would even leave this world if you ever decide to leave me
If you said we were through,
In case you end our relationship,
So let me fly out of this world
I would rather willingly fly away from this world
And spend the next eternity or two with you;
To spend my entire eternal life with you
I'll spend the next eternity or two with you.
That's how irreplaceably important you are to me.
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@keeppressingkeeppraising
Thank you Mark for sharing… I still sing you alls songs… in church and nursing homes… they continue to touch lives… Bless you my friend… and your family .
John
@crystalwatts3405
My family sang many of Paynes songs! We have lots of love for the Paynes❤
@malcommadden7693
Beautiful !!!
Brings back so many memories of hearing this song on Sunday Morning radio !!! One of these days ALL of the Bloodwashed will sing around the throne !!!! Nothing in this world can compare … 🙌🏻❤️🙌🏻❤️🙌🏻❤️🙌🏻
@prophetem29
Bring back memories of hearing O'Neal Revival Tabernacle sing this on the bus trip as a kid!
@paulkimble736
I was blessed to have family that loved this music always playing it at home.
@devonhudspath5190
Please let these great singers never end
@levisworldofamazingthings2592
I remember my daddy used to sing the song when I was a kid. Me and my sisters used to sing it with him in church. I love this song thank you guys so much for sharing this video
@williamroberts7266
Boy this brings back good memories
@christophercameron4951
Oldie but a goodie
@wvapenny
I love this song! It was also one of my mother's favorite's. She sang it in church, and around the house. Now my and my kids sing it a lot, just on the pouch car. When ever it comes to mind. I think The Payne's are Great!!!