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Sweet Pain

Sweet pain, fire burning all of my senses
Sweet pain, crying at the edge of the night
I know I chase you, flying over mountains and valleys of complete despair
In empty moments I call your name and I feel there's someone hiding there
And its sweet, sweet invitation to me says something I need
Yes it's sweet, so sweet a creation, it does something to me, something I need

Few loves stand the test of different directions
True love's rarer than Columbian Gold
Although we've wasted ages in a crazy quest that all the good guys lose
I get the feeling someone else is dealing cards I got no right to choose
But its sweet, sweet invitation to me says something I need
Yes it's sweet, so sweet a creation, it does something to me, something I need

Oh, sweet sweet invitation, it does something to me, sweet sweet invitation
It does something to me, sweet sweet invitation, deep deep in my heart
It does something to me, something I need

Sweet pain: Love is what the children have named you
Sweet pain: Time is what you steal from the heart
It's such a robbery, everybody loses and no one even stands to gain
You either lose your innocence or find you're used to sweeter kinds of pain
And its sweet, sweet invitation to me says something I need
Yes it's sweet, so sweet a creation, it does something to me, something I need

Oh, sweet sweet invitation, it does something to me, sweet sweet invitation
It does something to me, sweet sweet invitation, deep deep in my heart
It does something to me, something I need

Peter Cross is the songwriter, the lead singer and he also sings all the harmony tracks, plus he's the arranger and the producer.

This song is an example of what I call "philosophy rock" and it's about my search for God. It assumes that God is calling souls back to the source but that pain through crucifixion is a pre-requisite required course. Thus, sweet pain - an oxymoron because pain is never sweet. It appears that I called the shot quite accurately because my complete and utter rejection by every single record company in the music business was immediately followed by a terminal case of tendonitis. After three years of trying every type of "cure", the physical pain forced me to stop playing drums altogether and find another way to make a living. I tried songwriting and producing during those three years and was rejected AGAIN by every single record company. In the end, I had no alternative other than to give up music because my ambition was making me miserable and for me, the pain of rejection is not sweet at all.

I wrote this song on bass guitar when I was staying at the Clapp House on Paradise Island, Bahamas. It's a great story which you can read in The Interview with Peter Cross, Part 3. I was inspired by Paul McCartney's melodic bass line in Lady Madonna. Well, of course, no one can touch Paul McCartney on bass except for John Paul Jones, but this song is the best I can do.