Alannah Myles

Can you hear me cry across the great divide
Do you hear me calling or are my tears just falling
In an ocean of regret, words left unsaid
I wish I could hold you, I wish that I could have that chance again
But when I close my eyes
I can see you there reaching out your hand to me
And I follow you through every dream
How I miss you, I miss you, I miss you, I miss you

Somehow over mountains
Somehow over seas
Love will break the silence
And bring you back to me
Love will bring you back to me
Somehow - break the silence

Give me wings to fly across the great divide
I'm trying to see tomorrow, I wish that I could borrow
Just a glimpse of what will be, just to hear you speak
These nights are getting longer, my love for you is growing stronger
As long as there is hope
I will send a prayer as far as the winds will blow
And I hope somehow you will know
How I miss you, I miss you, I miss you, I miss you

Somehow over mountains
Somehow over seas
Love will break the silence
And bring you back to me
Somehow there's an answer
Somehow I believe
Love will break, love will break the silence [4x]

And when I close my eyes
I can see you reaching out your hand to me
And I hope somehow you will see
How I miss you, I miss you, I miss you, I miss you

Somehow over mountains
Somehow over seas
Love will break the silence
And bring you back to me
Somehow there's an answer
Somehow I believe
Love will break the silence
Love will bring you back to me

When Alannah Myles played the role of a young aspiring singer on an episode of The Kids Of Degrassi Street, it was more than just an act. Less than a decade later, the daughter of Canadian Hall Of Fame Broadcaster William Douglas Byles would be a Grammy and Juno Award-winning singer best known for her 1990 international hit “Black Velvet”.

Myles (who changed her last name from Byles as a teen) began writing songs at nine and was participating in Toronto’s Kiwanis Music Festival at twelve. While gigging solo at nineteen across southern Ontario, songwriter/musician Christopher Ward invited her to form a rock and blues cover band with him. During this time Ward became MuchMusic’s first VJ.

Ward spent seven years trying to get Myles signed. He produced a three song demo for her, and her entertainment lawyer Stephen Stohn came up with the idea of making a ‘video demo’ of Myles singing “Just One Kiss”. This finally attracted Warner Music Canada in 1987. The demo was passed along to Warner’s US affiliate labels and Atlantic Records also took interest.

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