Mike Oldfield

Released: September 7, 1987

Featuring: Bonnie Tyler

Songwriter: Mike Oldfield

Producer: Alan Shacklock Tom Newman Mike Oldfield

Islands from the first time we saw
We could wait for this moment
Like rocks on the shore
We can never be closer somehow
For the moment that lasts
Is this moment now

When the nights's on fire
Will you keep the candlelight burning
Hold on to your hearts desire
When you see one bird
Into the wind another one's turning
And the two can fly much higher

We are Islands but never too far, we are Islands
And I need your light tonight
And I need your light tonight
We are Islands but never too far, we are Islands
And I need your light tonight
And I need your light tonight

Islands never been to before
And we climb so high
To where the wild birds soar
There's a new path that we found just today
I was lost in the forest
And you showed me the way

When the nights's on fire
Will you keep the candlelight burning
Hold on to your hearts desire
When you see one bird
Into the wind another one's turning
And the two can fly much higher

We are Islands but never too far, we are Islands
And I need your light tonight
And I need your light tonight
We are Islands but never too far, we are Islands
And I need your light tonight
And I need your light tonight

We are Islands but never too far, we are Islands
And I need your light tonight
And I need your light tonight
We are Islands but never too far, we are Islands
And I need your light tonight
And I need your light tonight

We are Islands but never too far, we are Islands
And I need your light tonight
And I need your light tonight...

Michael Gordon “Mike” Oldfield (born 15 May 1953) is an English musician and composer. His work blends progressive rock with world, folk, classical, electronic, ambient, and new-age music. He is best known for his 1973 album Tubular Bells – which launched Virgin Records and became a hit after its opening was used as the theme for the film The Exorcist – and for his 1983 hit single “Moonlight Shadow”. He is also known for his rendition of the Christmas piece “In Dulci Jubilo.”

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