strength

the alarm rang loudest on the anthemic title track of their second album released in october of 1985. it wasn't a big hit; but the epic earnest edgy power of this song has always resonated with me. with their political and religious themes, they were dogged by comparisons to the irish band with whom they toured; yet these welsh rockers had their own sound and identity (if not hairstyles). this was the first most of us heard from them.






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give me love 
give me hope 
give me strength 
give me someone to live for 

who will light the fire that i need to survive 
who will be the life blood coursing through my veins 
like a river flowing that will never change 
i need someone i can depend on 

'cause i'm a man of emotions who can't hide the tears 
i'm a man of feeling who can't hide the pain 
i'm alone on the outskirts of town where no one knows my name 
i'm at the point in my life where I need affection 

wont you give me love (give me love) 
give me hope (give me hope) 
give me strength 
give me someone to live for 

i need it now 
i need it now 

someone write me a letter i need to know that I'm still alive 
someone give me a telephone call i need to hear a human sound 
someone open up a door and let me out of this place 
i've been caged up for oh so long i don't know if i'm living or dying 

someone better give me love (give me love) 
give me hope (give me hope) 
give me strength 
give me someone to live for 

i walk alone across the outskirts of town 
i can't control what i'm going through now 
will you light the fire that i need to survive 
will you donate the life blood coursing through my veins 
will you open up the door and let me out of this place i've been caged up for oh so long 

i don't know if i'm living or dying 

Alarm - Strength by jpdc11

'Strength'
full album:

All songs written by Eddie Macdonald & Mike Peters, except "Strength", which was written by The Alarm

"Strength" - 5:34
"Knife Edge" - 5:09
"Spirit of '76" - 7:04
"Walk Forever by My Side" - 3:34
"Father to Son" - 4:05
"Deeside" - 3:10
"Majority" - 3:22
"One Step Closer to Home" (Electric version) - 4:28
"Caroline Isenberg" - 2:41
"Dawn Chorus" - 5:25
"Only the Thunder" - 4:42
"The Day the Ravens Left the Tower" - 4:46
"Absolute Reality" - 3:31