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Fortress Around Your Heart

Lyrics

Under the ruins of a walled city
Crumbling towers in beams of yellow light.
No flags of truce, no cries of pity;
The siege guns had been pounding through the night.
full lyrics
Under the ruins of a walled city
Crumbling towers in beams of yellow light.
No flags of truce, no cries of pity;
The siege guns had been pounding through the night.
full lyrics

Features of This Track

basic rock song structures
great lyrics
a subtle use of vocal harmony
intricate melodic phrasing
demanding instrumental part writing
mixed acoustic and electric instrumentation
extensive vamping
a clear focus on recording studio production
minor key tonality
melodic songwriting
thru composed melodic style
electric guitar riffs
a smooth male lead vocalist
a prominent saxophone part
subtle use of acoustic piano
emphasis on instrumental arranging

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Comments

jkfara
it is not easy to live in a FORTRESS...b u t you need to find freedom where you can.
Amazing song also amazing creative and inspiring lyrics.
I went off to fight some battle that I'd invented inside my head...
@ johnmcpherso n 3 , the word's actually 'lain' rather than 'laid'. Primo reason I like the song. Few people other than Sting use the word lain, the past participle of 'lie', i.e lie, laid, had lain.
niiiicccee.. . . . . .
Favorite song by Sting post Police- hands down- tremendous imagery used in the lyrics- Then let me build a bridge for I cannot fill the chasm, and let me set the battlements on fire , nuff said.
LOVE this song!
College boyfriend tried to do this, first with words, then with my time and lastly, violence. This isn't love...
So many relationship s are destroyed by walls and mines. He is an amazing lyricist, among his many many talents.
johnmcpherso n 3
"Had to stop in my tracks for fear of walking on the mines I'd laid..." is my favorite lyric from this song. Can this guy write or what? No surprise that Gordon Sumner taught English. Wish my English teachers were this cool.
blueoval66
A true musician!
i love sting
Great song.
An epic ode to troubled love. This song helped make it clear that Sting still had some great songs left in him after the Police era had come to an end...
lordsnite
Headphones definitely.. . . . S t i n g an Artist.... To show my age I purchased this on cassette when I was maybe 14...LOL
goob song
just amazing
ubuubok
Sting is so smooth
ubuubok
Excellent
.....like the key changes.
tatical23
This is one of my favorite Sting songs hands down. Listening with headphones makes it better too :)
Its a song of release, taking a chance and moving on!
Love it.

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