(A) Canadian pop/… Read Full Bio ↴There are numerous artists with this name, including:
(A) Canadian pop/rock band active from 1971-1973.
(B) Nic Fanciulli and Andy Chatterley.
(C) Irish traditional band active in the 1980s featuring Máirtín O'Connor.
(D) A symphonic power metal band from Italy.
(E) Karelian world music band from Petrozavodsk, Russia.
(F) British rock band from north Devon.
(G) Two American school teachers from Miami.
(A) The most prominent and oldest Skylark was a Canadian pop/rock band active from 1971-1973 and based in the Pacific Northwest. Their biggest single, "Wildflower", was a 1972 number one hit in Canada, making Billboard's Top 10, and selling over a million copies. It was written by guitarist Doug Edwards and Dave Richardson, who was a Victoria police officer at the time. "Wildflower" is an early example of the power ballad, featuring a strong, emotional lead vocal, a blend of electric guitar, strings and harp, distinctive "slow dance" percussion, and almost-gospel background vocals. It was featured on 70's era K-Tel compilations and has since been covered by Johnny Mathis, The New Birth, The O'Jays, Kenny Rogers, Aaron Neville, Gary Morris, Color Me Badd, Lisa Fischer, Hong Kong superstar Sandy Lam, and sampled by Tupac Shakur and Jamie Foxx.
(B) Skylark is Nic Fanciulli and Andy Chatterley
(C) Skylark was an Irish traditional band active in the 1980s comprising Andrew McNamara, Garry Ó Briain, Gerry O'Connor, Len Graham, and Máirtín O'Connor.
(D) Skylark is a symphonic power metal band from Italy. Formed by keyboardist Eddy Antonini, the current line-up is:
Kiara - Female Vocals
Fabrizio "Pota" Romani - Guitar
Roberto "Brodo" Potenti - Bass
Eddy Antonini - Keyboard
At the moment Skylark does not have a drummer. They have released a total of 8 albums, the latest one being Divine Gates Part III - The Last Gate.
Skylark is an incredible story of a metal band which reached unexpected results, writing a page destined to remain unique in the history of music. Starting as a cult/underground band in 1994 and built on the power symphonic compositions written and arranged by Eddy Antonini and Roberto “Brodo” Potenti, Skylark has never had the chance to enter the major world distribution, meeting the skepticism of the most important media and record companies. In spite of this, the band year by year has conquered a growing number of fans, scored amazing and incredible goals such as the sellings result, around 140.000 copies sold , and a series of powerful concerts all around the world sharing the stage with bands such as Royal Hunt, Running Wild, Edguy, Virgin Steel, Nightwish and Dream Theater. No other underground band can show such a kind of achievements. The place where Skylark music reached the top is for sure the Far East, especially China, where in 2008 they performed the longest tour for a foreign band in the Chinese history, and Japan where the band had the chance to perform in three wonderful live tours between 2003 and 2005, getting two sold outs in Shinjuku Loft and Shibuya Cyclone, nice gigs in Club Quattro (Osaka and Tokyo) besides a show in the famous, crowdy and excited Club Chitta in Kawasaki.
The record “Divine Gates part 3: The Last Gate” allowed the band to get its first deal in the US (first Italian power metal band printed there) and, above all, to reach the 3rd position in the HMV Rock and Pop Japanese Charts, 7th Overall, selling more than 25.000 copies worldwide despite the dramatic downtrend of the music industry.
In May 2009 the band will publish its first DVD “Divine Gates part 4: The Live Gate”, featuring the live show faithfully recorded and filmed in Phoenix- Arizona on May 2008.
(E) Karelian world music band from Petrozavodsk, Russia. They play traditional tunes, both from their native region and from other countries, including Sweden and Greece. Their line-up is entirely acoustic and reflects the Karelian music tradition, e.g. it includes instruments such as "kantele", the Finno-Ugrian zither. Skylark has frequently toured both in Russia and abroad, being one of the most renowned Russian world music artists. They typically play at smaller venues or at various folk and ethno festivals. Albums: Celtic Flame (2003)Reipas Tuuli (Racing The Wind) (2003)A Roving I Will Go (2005)Aurinko Vedellä (Sun On The Water) (2006)
(F) British rock band from north Devon.
(G) Two American school teachers from Miami. So far they are independent from any labels and are just writing and producing their own music. Their first album "I Shine Not Burn" contains a few covers, but the rest are original lyrics and music.
I'll Have To Go Away
Skylark Lyrics
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But life in the city is dark and it?s dirty
So I guess I have to go away?
Lonely?yes, I am? no one knows my name
I?m lost in a place where no one has a face
So I guess, I guess I have to go away?
Everything looks just like cardboard pictures falling apart in the rain?
Running? yes, I am? I?ll wave goodbye to all the trains
If I?m looking for a river that goes on forever
I guess I have to go away?
Saying goodbye is not easy? how will I ever explain?
Everything looks just like cardboard pictures falling apart in the rain?
Saying goodbye is not easy? how will I ever explain?
Everything looks just like cardboard pictures falling apart in the rain?
Saying goodbye is not easy? how will I ever explain?
Everything looks just like cardboard pictures falling apart in the rain?
The lyrics of Skylark's song "I'll Have To Go Away" seem to be describing a feeling of being lost and disconnected in a big city. The singer is reflecting on their experience of trying to make a home in a place with no sense of community or belonging. They feel lonely and disconnected, like they are lost in a place where no one knows or cares about them. The repeated phrase, "So I guess I have to go away," seems to express a sense of resignation, as though the singer has come to terms with the fact that they will never find what they are looking for in this place. They are tired of trying and ready to move on.
The idea of saying goodbye is a recurring theme in the song. The singer seems to be struggling with the prospect of leaving behind everything they have known and loved, even though they know it's the right thing to do. The image of "cardboard pictures falling apart in the rain" suggests a sense of impermanence and transience that resonates with the theme of saying goodbye. The singer is grappling with the idea that everything they have ever known will soon be gone, and that they will have to start over again in a new place.
Overall, the lyrics of "I'll Have To Go Away" convey a sense of longing for connection and community, and an awareness that sometimes the only way to find those things is to leave behind what is familiar and comfortable.
Line by Line Meaning
Tired? yes, I am ? I thought I’d found a home
Feeling exhausted? Indeed, I am. I believed that I had found a place where I belonged.
But life in the city is dark and it’s dirty
However, living in the city is dull and dingy.
So I guess I have to go away?
Therefore, I suppose that I must depart.
Lonely?yes, I am? no one knows my name
Do I feel alone? Yes, I do. Nobody recognizes me when we meet.
I’m lost in a place where no one has a face
I am disoriented in a location where no one has an identity of their own.
So I guess, I guess I have to go away?
Therefore, I presume that I have to leave this location.
Saying goodbye is not easy? how will I ever explain?
Parting ways is challenging. How am I going to justify it?
Everything looks just like cardboard pictures falling apart in the rain?
To me, it seems as if everything is nothing more than cardboard images disintegrating in the rain.
Running? yes, I am? I’ll wave goodbye to all the trains
Am I on the run? Indeed, I am. I will bid farewell to all the trains.
If I’m looking for a river that goes on forever
In case I am searching for a ceaseless river,
I guess I have to go away?
I assume that I have to depart.
Saying goodbye is not easy? how will I ever explain?
Parting ways is challenging. How am I going to justify it?
Everything looks just like cardboard pictures falling apart in the rain?
To me, it seems as if everything is nothing more than cardboard images disintegrating in the rain.
Saying goodbye is not easy? how will I ever explain?
Parting ways is challenging. How am I going to justify it?
Everything looks just like cardboard pictures falling apart in the rain?
To me, it seems as if everything is nothing more than cardboard images disintegrating in the rain.
Saying goodbye is not easy? how will I ever explain?
Parting ways is challenging. How am I going to justify it?
Everything looks just like cardboard pictures falling apart in the rain?
To me, it seems as if everything is nothing more than cardboard images disintegrating in the rain.
Contributed by Charlotte D. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
@hermosodude3814
Memories...wow!
@pixoariz
I'LL HAVE TO GO AWAY!!
@davidedillman4657
This is my favorite Skylark recording. Few know it. Fit my life at that time, and maybe still does as I have grown older. My brother kept my Skylark album and lost his apartment. Since then I have lost him. Life is like that. May be that I knew that all even back then. Perfect tune to an amazing, perhaps melancholy life of sorts. I have loved this group from the get go. Always will.
@tomsoebbing5133
Quite Simply, after all the years, it does not get better than this
@praxthejourneyman7169
love...above all things...love
@jeffchan5612
song when i was young, remember always
@VallinSFAS
I just fell in love with this song as a David Cassidy cover, but the original here was released on Capitol-Sovereign the same label as Renaissance's Ashes Are Burning, also 1973. Remarkable similarities (except the I-V [inverted] in the verse is very ELO).
@DCJanK
Loved them!!
@railwaystationmaster
BEAUTIFUL .
@snicknreese
I like this song better than the A side "Wildflower". So comforting and smooth to listen too. I'd of given it a top 10 vote myself and will continue to cherish the memories this song brought to my mind after listening to it.