X-Perience was founded in 1995. Their first single CD was called Circles Of Love, released on their own label. Axel Henninger, who had worked with Camouflage before, produced the track. Circles Of Love became a regional hit in Berlin, mainly through the radio station Fritz. This caught the attention of the major record label WEA, who offered the band a contract. WEA re-released Circles Of Love in 1996 on a larger scale, and this single managed to enter the German Top 100.
They released a second single, A Neverending Dream. Along with the song, a video was shot, which went into heavy rotation on MTV and VIVA. A Neverending Dream became a huge hit in the end of 1996, peaked at #4 in the German charts and reached Gold status (sold over 250.000 copies). The song has been covered several times since, lately quite successfully by Dance act Cascada. The debut album Magic Fields was released in 1997. It peaked at chart position #22 in Germany. In Finland, X-Perience became especially popular, with the album reaching Platinum.
The title track Magic Fields was released as a third single, along with a video that was shot in South Africa. Although the song didn't reach the heights of A Neverending Dream, it also was a hit on TV, radio and in the charts. The second album, Take me Home, was released in the fall of 1997. Like the debut album, it reached #22 in the German charts. Its most successful single became the dance track I Don't Care. In 1998, X-Perience won the radio award R.SH Gold.
After a break of three years, X-Perience came back in 2000. Journey Of Life, released by Polydor/Universal, featured a song called The Meaning Of Life, a duet with Neue Deutsche Welle and Gothic icon Joachim Witt. The single Island Of Dreams was used as a title track for the adventure show Expedition Robinson (Survivor).
In 2006, X-Perience got a new contract, this time with Major Records in Hamburg. They released their comeback single Return to Paradise and the fourth album Lost in Paradise, including new versions of the first three X-Perience hits, mixed by José Alvarez-Brill. The album also included a duet with Midge Ure (Ultravox, Visage) called Personal Heaven, which was released as another single.
With the 2007 single release I Feel Like You Claudia decided to leave the band.
In 2009, the band revealed a new singer on the website. A new album with Manja Kaletka on vocals was planned, but never released.
On December 22, 2019, the band announced the departure of Manja Kaletka and a comeback with Claudia Uhle in 2020 on their Facebook page. After a first teaser-single, "Dream A Dream", "I Feel Like You 555" was the first single in 13 years and was released on May 15, 2020. The fifth album "555" was released via Valicon Records on August 21, 2020. In January 2022, singer Claudia Uhle revealed in a TikTok-livestream that the band began working on a sixth album for 2023.
Million Miles
X-Perience Lyrics
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where I caught a glance of your eye
but you are not here anymore
I fear you are gone away to die
You're maybe dead
you were always two steps ahead
I know you are dead
[Chorus:]
A million miles to go
to get to you, I know
a million words to pray
a million ways to go
A million miles to go
to get to you, I know
a million words to pray
a million ways to go
I walk up the stairs to your house
and open the door again
but you are not here anymore
you choose the bullet to freeze your pain
You're maybe dead
you were always two steps ahead
[Chorus]
The lyrics of X-Perience's song "Million Miles" speak of the longing and grief felt by the singer for a loved one who has passed away. The crowded road mentioned in the first verse may be a metaphor for the overwhelming and chaotic nature of life without the person they loved. The singer catches a glance of their loved one's eye, but they fear that they are gone away to die. The lines "you were always two steps ahead, I know you are dead" suggest that the loved one was someone who was always quick on their feet, always ahead of others, but ultimately succumbed to death.
The chorus reiterates the distance that separates the singer from their loved one, both physically and emotionally. There are a million miles to go to get to them, a million words to pray, and a million ways to go. The repetition of the phrase "a million" emphasizes the magnitude of the loss and the difficulty in moving on. The second verse speaks of the singer returning to their loved one's house, only to find that they are no longer there. They have chosen to end their suffering by taking their own life with a bullet, freezing their pain.
Overall, the lyrics of "Million Miles" convey a sense of profound loss and grief, as well as a sense of longing to be reunited with the loved one. The repetition of certain lines and phrases emphasizes the magnitude of the loss and the overwhelming nature of grief.
Line by Line Meaning
I walk down the crowded road
I am wandering along the busy street
where I caught a glance of your eye
where I glimpsed you looking at me
but you are not here anymore
but you're not present now
I fear you are gone away to die
I'm afraid you might have left this world
You're maybe dead
Perhaps you passed away
you were always two steps ahead
you often had a lead on me
I know you are dead
I'm certain you're not alive
A million miles to go
There's an immense journey ahead
to get to you, I know
to reach you, it's a fact
a million words to pray
there are many prayers to say
a million ways to go
there are countless paths to follow
I walk up the stairs to your house
I'm climbing your home's steps
and open the door again
and I unlatch the entrance once again
you choose the bullet to freeze your pain
you opt to use a bullet to numb your agony
Contributed by Carson N. Suggest a correction in the comments below.