Woke up this morning only thinking of you
I found the meaning to the things that you do
I was only saying just the other day
Maybe you'll need some time to wipe your tears away
But you go down that road it seems so far
No turning back you know it's hard to go home
So many of you who tried it before
Let's stop pretending and I'll unlock the door
'Cause it's high time, witness a lie
I saw the struggle don't know who's in your side
But it's high time, witness a lie
I saw the struggle don't know who's in your side
Although the time has gone it seems like yesterday
We got together, had some luck on our way
And for all the life of me, I cannot understand,
You're that - the reason it seems so long to land
'Cause you've gone down that road it seems so far
No turning back you know it's hard to go home
So many of you who tried it before
Let's stop pretending and I'll unlock the door
'Cause it's high times, witness a lie
I saw the struggle don't know who's in your side
But it's high times, witness a lie
I saw the struggle don't know who's in your side
Yeah it's high time
Well it's high time
It's high time
It's high time
There I'll go down that road I'm touching the sky
No turning back I feel like I'm gonna fly
You will now join the queue who tried it before
Let's stop pretending and I'll unlock the door
'Cause it's higher times, to witness a lie
I saw the struggle don't know who's in your side
But it's higher times, to witness a lie
I saw the struggle don't know who's in your side
Yeah it's high time
It's high time
It's high time
Yeah it's high time
It's high time
Lyrics by:
Brown / Mounfield / Maddix / Ipinson
Music by:
Brown / Mounfield / Maddix / Ipinson
Written:
1996
Personnel (live):
Aziz Ibrahim (guitar)
Ian Brown (vocals)
Gary Mounfield (bass)
Robbie Maddix (drums)
Nigel Ipinson (keyboard, backing vocals)
Produced by:
N / A
Available on:
Never released on any official album. Live performance available on Reading (25 / 08 / 96) bootleg.
First live performance:
Reading Festival (25 August 1996)
Details:
The Stone Roses lost the second member of the 'classic' line up on 1st April 1996 when John Squire left the band, to the anger of the remaining members. Recruiting former Asia and Simply Red session guitarist Aziz Ibrahim to fill Squire's shoes, the band persevered for another six months before Ian Brown and Mani dissolved the group after a disastrous performance at the 1996 Reading Music Festival. High Time was one of two new tracks previewed at this event, the other being Ice Cold Cube. They give an insight into the new musical direction which could have been taken by the Roses, had the group survived. While Ice Cold Cube was released on Ian's Unfinished Monkey Business, High Time has never seen the light of day, with Ian's explanation being that he lost the master tape. The Reading performance of this song, with Aziz's licks complimenting Ian's vocal lines beautifully, is a very uplifting one, a ray of light emerging from an otherwise dismal performance.
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