Sanctify Yourself

Album: Once Upon A Time (1986)
Charted: 10 14
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  • Is this the age of the thunder and rage
    Can you feel the ground move 'round your feet?
    If you take one step closer, it'll lead to another
    The crossroad above is where we meet
    I shout out for shelter, I need you for something
    The whole world's out, they're all on the street

    Control yourself, love is all you need
    Control yourself, in your eyes
    Sanctify yourself, sanctify (sanctify)
    Be a part of me, sanctify (sanctify)
    Sanctify yourself, sanctify (sanctify)
    Sanctify yourself, set yourself free

    In pictures of living, in bloodshot a vision
    Sweet miracles and strange circumstances
    I see the sun up, the showdown, the cool winds that blow down
    On the big beat that lifelong romance is
    You've got a gun in your hand, you're making self-plans
    Stay with me all through the night
    Control yourself, love is all you need

    Control yourself, open up your heart
    Sanctify yourself, sanctify (sanctify)
    Be a part of me, sanctify (sanctify)
    Sanctify yourself, sanctify (sanctify)
    Sanctify yourself, set yourself free

    You can't stop the world for a boy or a girl
    Sweet victims of poor circumstances
    But you can pour back the love, sweeping down from above
    Giving hope and making more chances
    Well, I hope and I pray that maybe someday
    You'll come back down here and show me the way

    Control yourself, love is all you need
    Control yourself, open up your heart
    Sanctify yourself, sanctify (sanctify)
    Sanctify yourself, sanctify (sanctify)
    Sanctify yourself, sanctify (sanctify)
    Sanctify yourself, set yourself free (sanctify)

    (Sanctify)
    (Sanctify)
    (Sanctify)
    (Sanctify)
    (Sanctify) sanctify yourself, sanctify
    (Sanctify) oh, sanctify yourself
    (Sanctify)
    (Sanctify)
    (Sanctify) sanctify yourself Writer/s: Charles Burchill, James Kerr, Michael MacNeil
    Publisher: BMG Rights Management, The Administration MP, Inc.
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 2

  • Tony from Olonkin CityThe concert footage in the music video was filmed in Belgium in mid December 1985. The song was in the charts January 1986.
  • Tony from Olonkin CityThis was the last song recorded for their album "Once upon a time."
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