(Lindholm | Sharbaugh)
Marc T. Rowe [ n/a ]: acoustic and electric guitars
Michael Ash Sharbaugh [ https://soundcloud.com/michael-ash-sharbaugh ]: vocals, synthesizers and sequencer programming, drums and drum machine programming, and 'found sounds'
Composed and Recorded ca. 1990 to July 19, 2013.
sm14 [LANDR master].
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This track has been remastered in 2022; listen to it here:
https://soundcloud.com/michael-ash-sharbaugh/temptation-part-i-the-zone-iv-master-2022
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An extended, unmastered, instrumental version of this song -- with three parts -- can be heard here:
https://soundcloud.com/michael-ash-sharbaugh/the-temptation-trilogy
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"A VERY special thank you to Erik Lindholm [ n/a ], whom I wrote this song with back in 1990: appreciate you letting me spin my own version."
~ Michael
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here
held tightly to her side
light so easy to see
the needs
that I possess inside
gain possession of me
caught on fire
a sudden fire baby
so alive with flames
and there seems like no tomorrow
tomorrow to this game
feels so cool in your skin
it's like neon in your veins
it knows no compassion
it knows no grace
so Lord forgive me
Lord understand
the power of temptation's hand
strange
sometimes it seems so strange
at times I cannot fight
and though I'm not
bruised or defeated
I'm bleeding from my soul
temptation's lie
burns like fire baby
a never-ending flame
though I say prayers for tomorrow
tomorrow's just the same
feels so cool in your skin
it's like neon in your veins
it knows no compassion
it knows no grace
so Lord forgive me
Lord understand
the power of temptation's hand
