The 1st trial edition early works

CURTIS AYLES
EARLY LYRICS “HIGH ABOVE THE EARTH”

01. HANGING GARDENS OF BABYLON
02. HIGH ABOVE THE EARTH
03. ABOUT TO LOSE MY MIND
04. THAT TIME
05. ANNIE
06. BABY, DON’T GO AWAY
07. ABANDONED
08. CRYIN’ THIS NIGHT
09. THE AGE OF LONELINESS
10. ALL I NEED BUT AIN’T MINE
11. WANTED SO BAD
12. ONLY MY HEART CALLIN’
13. RIGHT AFTER DARK
14. NOT AFRAID
15. HERE I GO AGAIN
16. BACK TO LIFE
17. ACTING LIKE A FOOL
18. WHEN A CANDLE CRIES
19. AIMED SO HIGH
20. BACK HOME AGAIN

Special thanks to:

My family for understanding and being with me through all this way, Fittingoff for pushing me as a songwriter and lyricist as well, Victor Kulle for supporting and criticizing my literary works & all the friends and colleagues with whom these works could see the light

All the others who believed and hoped,
THANK YOU

HANGING GARDENS OF BABYLON
(LYRICS BY CURTIS AYLES)

In this world of great delusions ruled by blind madness and greed
I create brand new illusions according to my own mind and creed
Living on in empty spaces trying so hard to break free
Walking through abandoned places I face this ugly reality

I try to find the right thoughts that lead to you as my home
And I will hold on
To that fine line that leads me back to you and my home
Where I belong
I would give all my life for just one kiss

So, life goes on with every break of the dawn
The morning sun comes for shining
 Through the Hanging Gardens of Babylon
New day is born with every break of the dawn
And the morning light comes around us
Surrounding all lying on the ground
In the Hanging Gardens of Babylon

We’re put in a prison of our own fears it’s so strange but it’s so true
We’ve built walls between ourselves that we can’t get through
We make new false religions and break old traditions to live in a brand new world
But who wants to live there without the slightest chance to meet love?

I try to find the right thoughts that lead to you as my home
And I will hold on
To that fine line that leads me back to you
I need you more than anything in life
Hand in hand I need you so

So, life goes on with every break of the dawn
The morning sun comes for shining
 Through the Hanging Gardens of Babylon
New day is born with every break of the dawn
And the morning light comes around us
Surrounding all lying on the ground
In the Hanging Gardens of Babylon

HIGH ABOVE THE EARTH
(LYRICS BY CURTIS AYLES)

Beyond the seas of tears and all sorrows of the day
I’ll come knocking at your door to kiss it all away
Believing love is calling me to take a look into your eyes
Holding on to what I feel inside

Take my wings and learn to fly
Make a wish to touch the sky
Let me change your normal state of mind
Now it’s left far behind

Flying high above the earth
Where love feelings make us fly
Getting high
Flying high above the earth
We’ll be able to touch the sky
Climbing so high
Vow

Open up my book of memories and read the story of my life
Words and lines will tell you how I lived and how I loved
And when love sadness comes again and takes you for a while
I will be there for you to make you smile

Get your wings and learn to fly
Make a wish to touch the sky
Let me change your normal state of mind
Now it’s left far behind

Flying high above the earth
Where love feelings make us fly
Getting high
Flying high above the earth
We’ll be able to touch the sky
We’re climbing so high
Now

Flying high above the earth
Where love feelings make us fly
Getting high
Flying high above the earth
We’ll be able to touch the sky
Still climbing so high
Flying high above the earth
Where love feelings make us fly
We’re getting high
Flying high above the earth
We’ll be able to touch the sky
We’re climbing so high

I believe in love despite all troubles in my life
In your arms dreams come alive and make me live again
I believe in love in spite of all troubles in my life
In your palms dreams come alive and I can live again

ABOUT TO LOSE MY MIND
(LYRICS BY CURTIS AYLES)

First time I fell in love it blew my mind away
You touched my heart so deep and took my sleep away
I lost my peace of mind and I forgot myself
You left me breathless with your kiss and now I’ve got to say

That I’m in love with you
There’s nothing I can do
I’ve got to find you in my heart
And I’m about to lose my mind
I’m losing my mind

When you were gone away I couldn’t find a place
I got my piece of pain to face these lonely nights and days
‘Cause every minute seemed like a day when you’re away
Speak to my heart that’s why I say I’ve got this price to pay

‘Cause I’m in love with you
And you can see me through
I’ve got to find you in my heart
And I’m about to lose
So, can you tell me why?
You want to say goodbye
And bring me back my broken heart
I’m about to lose my mind

I need to find the strength to get you off my head
But now it seems to me so hard to find someone instead
Of you, so would you tell me you try to say goodbye?
As I can feel it’s hurting me by tearing up my heart

‘Cause I’m in love with you
 Like no one else can do
I’ve got to find you in my heart
 And I’m about to lose
So, can you tell me why?
You want to say goodbye
And bring me back my broken heart
I’m about to lose my mind
I’m losing my mind
I feel I’m about
I’m losing my mind

THAT TIME
(LYRICS BY CURTIS AYLES)

Sometimes love can turn to hate
You said that you wouldn’t wait
Our loving got no fate anymore
It hurt me so deep in soul
It broke me down to the bone
And I was all alone with my tears
You got someone rich and cool
And I was a poor fool
Oh, it’s cruel, it’s so cruel but it meant we were thru’

That time, that time I was the only one
So broken waiting for the wind of change
But ready for writing my new life page
New lover came just like a hurricane
But I know I’ll never be the same again
Remember all lessons that I’ve learnt
You know that all our ships are burnt
Except some scenes from our memories
Like the day we did our first kiss

So, I was a perfect fool
I carried your bag at high school
And tried to make all your dreams come true
You changed me for somebody new
Before that I gave my heart to you
So, why did you do me such pain?

That time, that time I was the only one
So broken waiting for the wind of change
But ready for writing my new life page
New lover came just like a hurricane
But I know I’ll never be the same again
Remember all lessons that I’ve learnt
You know that all our ships are burnt
Our loving is left somewhere behind
So, tell me why you are still on my mind

 You’ve made me lose my self-control
As jealousy’s tearing my soul
My heart’s pushed away and it’s true
My life it was broken in two
Last night I gave my all to you
So, what can I do with it now?

ANNIE
(LYRICS BY CURTIS AYLES)

When night comes down you give no reason
To stay with you until the morning light
You are not mine and there’s no treason
We’ve stayed apart as well as now tonight
So, can you read it in my eyes?
This night might be our last goodbye

Oh, Annie, sweet Annie
God knows I miss you so
Oh, Annie, sweet Annie
I’ve got to let you go

I know your heart has no intentions
Of getting close or being a friend to me
But love takes time and lots of patience
Maybe someday I’ll be the one you need
So, can you read it in my eyes?
This night might be our last goodbye

Oh, Annie, sweet Annie
God knows I’ll miss you so
Oh, Annie, sweet Annie
It’s hard to let you go

I need you so but have to say goodbye
Yes, I’m in love with you and I’m to blame
You took my breath away but I
Will have no chance to make you feel the same
So, can you read it in my eyes?
This night might be our last goodbye

Oh, Annie, sweet Annie
God knows I miss you so
Oh, Annie, sweet Annie
I’ve got to let you go
Oh, Annie, sweet Annie
God knows I need you so
Oh, Annie, sweet Annie
Who knows we’ll meet or no
Who knows…

BABY, DON’T GO AWAY
(LYRICS BY CURTIS AYLES)

Don’t let me stay alone tonight
‘Cause I need your love, all I want is you here by my side
Throw my mask to face the truth that hides behind
Touch me deep and read my mind

Baby, don’t go away
Please don’t go away

I feel your eyes are full of bitter tears
As your heart contains lots of doubts as well as baseless fears
Close your eyes and let me kiss these tears away
Listen to the words I say

Baby, don’t go away
Please don’t go away
Baby, don’t go away
Please don’t go away

We can be so happy tonight and so lonely tomorrow
Standing at the gates of the dawn born with the ray of the rising sun
I’m giving all myself to you

Love me like we’ve no second try
And I hope your dreams of love will live but never die
Put your pride away until it’s not too late
No pretence and masquerade

Baby, don’t go away
Please don’t go away
Baby, don’t go away
Please don’t go away
Don’t go

ABANDONED
(LYRICS BY CURTIS AYLES)

When your life seems like one broken mirror
Love is gone and there’s no one right here
You’re quite alone
With your heart that turns to stone
Without love inside
You feel it gets cold night after night

Out there now and forever
Try to hold on, we’d better hold on together
Don’t be so abandoned to grief
Don’t give it up, keep your faith and you’ve got to believe

When your life is so tough without changes
Find your love and you’ll find all missing pages
I’ve got to say
 I’ve been there some time before
Every single day
Waiting for love to knock on my heart’s door

Out there now and forever
Try to hold on, we’d better hold on together
Don’t be so abandoned to grief
Don’t give it up, keep your faith and you’ve got to believe

Out there now and forever
Try to hold on, we’d better hold on together
Don’t be so abandoned to grief
Don’t give it up, keep your faith and you’ve got to believe
Out there now and forever
Try to hold on, we’ve got to hold on together
Don’t be so abandoned to grief
Don’t give it up, keep your faith and you’d better believe

CRYIN’ THIS NIGHT
(LYRICS BY CURTIS AYLES)

This night I’m crying
 You cut me down to size
This night I’m crying
 And there is something in my eyes

Tell me why you do this to me
Maybe it’s the way love can be
Honey, why you give me this pain
Baby, it makes me going insane

This night I’m crying
I’m broken down so hard
This night I’m crying
‘Cause you make me fall apart

Tell me why you do this to me
Maybe it’s the way love can be
Honey, why you give me this pain
Baby, it makes me going insane

This night I’m crying
You’ve made me your broken toy
But I want to feel your love tonight
Feeling the touch of your lips that dries my tears
Giving all my life just for one your kiss
Holding you so close just like this
Trying hard to make it last all night long

Tell me why you do this to me
Maybe it’s the way love can be
Honey, why you give me this pain
Baby, it makes me going insane

THE AGE OF LONELINESS
(LYRICS BY CURTIS AYLES)

I’m alone through my lifetime
Let me try to run out from myself
I’m in love and my feelings
Ask me why I’m falling on and on

I’m quite alone tonight
Without your love tonight
Wish you were here
I wish I’d hold you tight

But the age of loneliness is killing me
Destroying me by filling me
Destroying me by filling me
I’m trying to break free
So, darling, can’t you see?
I’m breaking down these chains around my veins
It’s been my prison cell like a living hell, uh babe
I wish I could make my escape

Is this love falling to my share?
Through it all I try to find my way
I believe you’ll be there
By my side forever and a day

I’m quite alone tonight
Without your love tonight
Wish you were here
I wish I’d hold you tight

But the age of loneliness is killing me
Destroying me by filling me
Destroying me by filling me
I’m trying to break free
So, darling, can’t you see?
I’m breaking down these chains around my veins
It’s been my prison cell like a living hell, uh babe
I wish I could make my escape

I’m quite alone tonight
I miss your love tonight
Wish you were here
I need you by my side

But the age of loneliness is killing me
Destroying me by filling me
Destroying me by filling me
I’m trying to break free
So, darling, can’t you see?
I’m breaking down these chains around my veins
It’s been my prison cell like a living hell, uh babe
I wish I could make my escape

ALL I NEED BUT AIN’T MINE
(LYRICS BY CURTIS AYLES)

Another one night is getting close to my heart
You ain’t here tonight that’s why I’m falling apart
‘Cause love that I feel for you is dying in vain
And it brings me so much pain
Through my lifetime I try to make you all mine
I give you all what I’ve got in order to make you feel fine
And when there is no space left between you and me
Maybe, baby, you will see

You’re all I need but you ain’t mine
I’m living on all you
It makes me lose my mind and I can’t draw the line
You’re all I need, you’re all I need
The one I need and I live all you
But you’ve never loved me

Sleeping alone I’m left to my failed dreams
You could be love of my life or even more than it seems
But I’m still drowning in pain it happens time and again
So, I slowly go insane
My heart keeps on fighting and fortune will help me
One day I’ll break through it all, misfortunes won’t break me
I’ve got so much to learn about true love in this world
Wishing to learn it all from you

You’re all I need but you ain’t mine
I’m living on all you
It makes me lose my mind and I can’t draw the line
You’re all I need, you’re all I need
The one I need and I live all you
But you’ve never loved me

You’re all I need but you ain’t mine
You’re all I need
All I need, you’re all I need but you ain’t mine

WANTED SO BAD
(LYRICS BY CURTIS AYLES)

Here I’ve stayed again with my broken dreams
In a world of my own
Here I’m left all to myself as it seems
Another night to face alone

I’m put in a prison cell of my lonely days
It seems like hell and I want to get out of this place

Never thought you could be wanted so bad
Never felt how deep it hurts when you don’t feel love back
This night cuts me down to size and it makes me realize
Pushing hard my heart to cry out these words
You’ve been all I’ve ever had
And I still love you baby

Loneliness is coming into my heart again
It’s waiting for me by the door
Your love has been a shelter from the pain
But I don’t have it anymore

No, I don’t want to play on this waiting game
But all I know I’ve only got myself to blame

Never thought you could be wanted so bad
Never felt how deep it hurts when you don’t feel love back
This night cuts me down to size and it makes me realize
Pushing hard my heart to cry out these words

Never thought you could be wanted so bad
Never felt how deep it hurts when you don’t feel love back
This night cuts me down to size and it makes me realize
Never thought you could be wanted so bad
Never felt how deep it hurts when you don’t feel love back
This night cuts me down to size and it makes me realize
Pushing hard my heart to cry out these words
You’ve been all I’ve ever had
And I still love you baby

ONLY MY HEART CALLIN’
(LYRICS BY CURTIS AYLES)

Only at night time my heart stays alone
It makes me wonder if you’re on your own
Please take me away into your innocent dreams
Maybe I could be all what you really need

I call out your name and you do the same
When night’s closing in and it’s falling
So, give me your sign and drop me the line
When you feel alone my heart’s calling

It’s so strange but so true that what love can do
Only through light years I’ll get close to you
I lie to myself that your love will stay alive
I live for this love and learn to survive

I call out your name and you do the same
When night’s closing in and it’s falling
So, give me your sign and drop me the line
When you feel alone my heart’s calling

I call out your name and you do the same
When night’s closing in and it’s falling
So, give me your sign and drop me the line
When you feel alone my heart’s calling

RIGHT AFTER DARK
(LYRICS BY CURTIS AYLES)

In the darkness right by your side
I want to listen to every breath you take
It’s like a whisper that sounds near
I watch your smile and every move you make
It seems to me a kind of magic
Behind the color of the night

You take my breath away and you break my peace of mind
I lose my self-control and I know I can’t deny it
You are shattering my heart and it’s falling into pieces

It makes me go insane and I see there’s no salvation
That’s why I’ve got to say I fall a prey to your temptation
It makes me scream and shout but for me there’s no way out

Night, your love has set my heart on fire
Now I’m burning with my mad desire
Right after dark I’m hungry for loving
Right after dark I’m hungry for loving

Night, your love has set my heart on fire
Now I’m burning with my mad desire
Right after dark I’m hungry for loving
Right after dark I’m hungry for loving

NOT AFRAID
(LYRICS BY CURTIS AYLES)

I won’t give up while I’m alive
I want to live, not to survive
I’ll keep my faith before I die
I’ll fight my way still aiming high
There’s no chance to rewrite my fate
No way out that’s what I can say

No, I’m not afraid
 I’ve got to face my fate

I never back down and I’m not giving in
I’ll face any truth with some kind of grin
There’s no chance to rewrite my fate
No way out that’s what I can say

No, I’m not afraid
 I’ve got to face my fate
Until it’s not too late
‘Cause time will never wait

There’s no chance to rewrite my fate
No way out that’s what I can say

No, I’m not afraid
 I’ve got to face my fate
Until it’s not too late
‘Cause time will never wait

HERE I GO AGAIN
(LYRICS BY CURTIS AYLES)

Now I’m not sure if there’s true love in this life
I got no cure to make my heart come alive
Am I a happy man? Help me to understand
I know it’s worth it, it’s surely worth it
That’s what I want now
So, let me tell you baby
Don’t give a promise that sounds just like this
Maybe some day, some day or one day

Hey, here I go again
I guess I learn to live my life like there’s no second try
Here I go again
Leaving all my past behind to change my state of mind
Here I go again,
Here I go again through all these years

I always thought our love was just a matter of time
I made mistakes but I committed no crime
Was so ambitious to top the bill
Could cross the bounds and could overkill

Life cut me down to size and made me realize
All my missed chances and failed romances

But here I go again
I guess I learn to live my life like there’s no second try
Here I go again, here I go again
I try my best to reach for the stars

It looks so funny when love burns all your money
It ain’t so mystic but so realistic

But here I go again
I guess I learn to live my life like there’s no second try
Here I go again
Leaving all my past behind to change my state of mind
Here I go again, here I go again

I wish I could have such a wide life experience
So, give it to me now
‘Cause here I go again

BACK TO LIFE
(LYRICS BY CURTIS AYLES)

I’m back to life from the world of broken hearts
Failed dreams, stolen hopes and an endless lie
I try to clean my mind leaving all these things behind
In yesterdays to find new ways and find new aims before I die

Trying to break free I can feel I get my wings
I try to escape from reality
I still believe and I don’t give up my faith
That’s why I’m here and still waiting

Waiting for my lifetime
I have come alive
Waiting for my lifetime
You’ve brought me back to life

I’m not afraid to face the future I’ll take a chance
Even if there’s no chance at all or it’s so small
I won’t give in and face it with my grin
Sometimes I try to find a reason
Why loneliness has put me in this prison cell
And I can tell that it has been some kind of living hell

Trying to break free I can feel I get my wings
I try to escape from reality
I still believe and I don’t give up my faith
That’s why I’m here and still waiting

Waiting for my lifetime
I have come alive
Waiting for my lifetime
You’ve brought me back to life

Trying to break free I can feel I get my wings
I try to escape from reality
I still believe and I don’t give up my faith
That’s why I’m here and still waiting

Waiting for my lifetime
I have come alive
Waiting for my lifetime
You’ve brought me back to life

ACTING LIKE A FOOL
(LYRICS BY CURTIS AYLES)

So, I can tell you girl that you were my temptation
And I can’t help saying we made such perfect crazy nights
But now you’re gone just like a sweet obsession
When all your spells are left there behind
I will look back on it through my clear mind
 To see what a fool I’ve been

Acting like a fool since day
You came into my life and made me lose
You made me lose my mind, oh girl
You took my breath away
That’s how I feel but can you feel the same?

Right since that time I’ve been mad about you
My friends advise me to put on the brakes
As you ain’t got that what it takes
But now I know that I can’t do without you
That’s why I’ve only got myself to blame
And calling out your name
I see what a fool I’m still

Acting like a fool since day
You came into my life and made me lose
You made me lose my mind, oh girl
You took my breath away
That’s how I feel but can you feel the same?

I’ve been acting like a fool since day
You came into my life and made me lose
You made me lose my mind, oh girl
You took my breath away
That’s how I feel but can you feel the same?
You came into my life and made me lose
You made me lose my mind, oh girl
You took my breath away
That’s how I feel but can you feel the same?

WHEN A CANDLE CRIES
(LYRICS BY CURTIS AYLES)

You are so far away and I stay alone in the night
You left me to myself again and my heart got frozen inside
I would throw my mask away to avoid the words of goodbye
I see that you will always stay the reason why I live and I die

It’s a confession of my heart
So, please don’t break it all apart
Because this love keeps me alive

When a candle cries
My heart will never tell lies
Look into my eyes to save all my failed dreams of love
When a candle cries

You live in my broken dreams
I’m left alone to my fate
You stay in my stolen hopes
And I tell you straight
You’ve been my dream of youth
And I won’t hide the truth

When a candle cries
My heart will never tell lies
When a candle cries
My heart will never tell lies
Look into my eyes to save all my failed dreams of love
When a candle cries

When a candle cries

AIMED SO HIGH
(LYRICS BY CURTIS AYLES)

If you’re searching for new goals and you aim so high
When you try to find new ways for your present life
When you feel the breath of changes
And it brings you all the answers
You’ve been trying to find for ages
Before lifetime ends and you will have to say goodbye

When you can fall into the trouble and pass it through
When you don’t give up your faith in things you used to do
So, start your life with nothing and fight your own life way
Aiming high and climbing higher I’ll say straight to you

Oh, you aimed so high
Oh, where eagles don’t dare to fly
So, change this world and let us know
You aimed so high

One day you’ll see what stayed behind in all your yesterdays
Dreams of youth still take your mind to find their own place
All your life seems so unreal I can’t imagine but I feel
That you’ll always stay right there where the wild dreams are

Oh, what a beautiful world was created by your hand
Oh, it’s such a beautiful world remained after you, my friend

Oh, you aimed so high
Oh, where eagles don’t dare to fly
You changed this world and let us know
You aimed so high

You aimed so high

BACK HOME AGAIN
(LYRICS BY CURTIS AYLES)

Long lonely road lies before my eyes
I have been missing you since our last goodbye
So hard without you I feel all alone so long

Something is calling me so deep inside
I will be there to stay by your side
Baby, I’m going and I’m on my way
Passing through the night

I’m back home again
Now tonight
I’m back home again
So, hold me tight
I’m missing home sweet home
It’s a place where I belong

My mind is falling in romantic dreams
My heart is calling you know what it means
So, read my mind line after line
All sorrows stayed behind

I’m back home again
Now tonight
I’m back home again
So, hold me tight
I’m missing home sweet home
So, love me all night long

I’m back home again
Now tonight
I’m back home again
So, hold me tight
I’m back home again
Now tonight
I’m back home again
So, hold me tight
I’m back home again