Prince

Released: November 19, 1996

Songwriter: T. Hammer Sandra St. Victor Prince

Producer: Prince

[Verse 1]
Loving you in silence, knowing that it's right
Under your gaze I ponder this love tonight
Unbothered by the chaos swirling around outside
In your arms is where I want to live and die

[Chorus]
Some place where your face is all that I see
Where the love we make intoxicates intensively
In a mirror where your sweet reflection used to be
There is hope
There is joy
My soul sanctuary
My soul sanctuary

[Verse 2]
Loving you in silence, neverending kiss
Under your gaze I can peacefully exist
Sanctuary, baby, nothing compares to this
In my darkest hour you can be my bliss
(Bliss)

[Chorus]
All of me I give to thee down at your feet
The reassurance in your rhythm speaks to me
Over and over your screams are like a prayer
In the dark
You are there (you are there)
My soul sanctuary
Ooh, my soul sanctuary

[Bridge]
Loving you in passion unmolested in this garden
Mango and nectarine, sweet honeydew, I beg your pardon
My mouth runneth over from ecstasy
It's true (it's true), baby, I love the taste of you

[Verse 1]
Loving you in silence, knowing that it's right
Under your gaze I ponder this love tonight
Unbothered by the chaos swirling around outside
In your arms is where I want
I want to live and die

[Chorus]
Some place where your face is all that I see
Where the love we make intoxicates intensively
In a mirror where your sweet reflections used to be
There is hope
There is joy
My soul sanctuary
My soul sanctuary
My soul sanctuary
Oh, my soul sanctuary
Soul sanctuary

An American singer-songwriter, musician, multi-instrumentalist, and actor that produced 22 RIAA-platinum albums during his 40-year career, Prince may be known for one of many different things – his turn as “The Kid” in the iconic film/album/8 ½ minute ballad “Purple Rain”, being the writer behind the acclaimed anthem “Kiss,” rivaling Michael Jackson at the pinnacle of his career, being the inspiration behind censorship laws, or being the artist addressed as an unpronounceable symbol throughout the 1990s—but while many know of Prince, most don’t fully understand the impact his legacy left on this world.

Going by many aliases throughout his life, Prince Rogers Nelson was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota on June 7, 1958 with his father’s (John L. Nelson) stage name as his own given one. Growing up, Prince suffered from serious epileptic seizures at a very young age, but he had wrote his first composition of many by age seven, and outside of his love for basketball, he wanted music to be his purpose in life. His tumultuous childhood, witnessing alcoholism and abuse, caused him to find refuge in neighbor André Cymone’s home in his teens, where the two competed in local band competitions, leading to Prince’s introduction to Morris Day alongside music with his cousin’s band 94 East, leading him to be courted by record labels and ultimately signed to Warner Bros. Records with complete creative control; at 19, his debut album, For You (1978) was released – Prince played all 19 instruments on the record.

Influenced by the likes of Miles Davis, Rick James, and James Brown, Prince desired to form a music dynasty and after the success of his next albums – the platinum-selling Prince (1979), the sexually-charged Dirty Mind (1980), and politically-motivated Controversy (1981) – he negotiated for the ability to form his own label and manage artists of his own. Prince’s trademark sexual/religious rhetoric within pop-and-dance, funk-rock sound gained him a following, but his opening slates for Rick James and The Rolling Stones were both negatively received and facing bankruptcy, the young artist began to reach for mainstream popularity. Cashing on the drug-influenced doomsday mania of the times, 1982’s 1999 easily achieved that mainstream appeal, landing him on MTV, music charts, and radio stations across the world.

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