Secret Separation
The Fixx (1986)
The first single from the fourth studio album by The Fixx turns 35 years old today. It's one of the most creative and original love songs I've ever heard.
Singer and songwriter Cy Curnin described this song as being about soulmates who keep meeting each other over in different lifetimes. Their love affair continues through the centuries, and although they're not able to be lovers in every lifetime, the connection is always there. They both recognize that they have been lovers in previous lives and will become lovers in future lives, because they're passengers in time who are locked together.
We're passengers in time lost in motionLocked together day and night by trick of lightI must take another journeyWe must meet with other namesYou touched my heart so deeplyYou rescued me, now free meDon't watch me cry, just see me goI'll take away the strongest feelings you will ever knowThere will be no more isolation in our secret separationYou touched my heart so deeply, you rescued meNow free meWe're passengers in time lost in motionLocked together day and night by trick of lightI must take another journeyWe must meet with other namesIf only you and I be braveYou touched my heart so deeplyYou rescued me, now free meDon't watch me cry, just see me goI'll take away the strongest feelings you will ever knowThere will be no more isolation in our secret separationYou touched my heart so deeply, you rescued meNow free meWe are matching spark and flame, caught in endless repetitionLife for life, we'll be the sameI must leave before you burn meI'm the stranger who deserts you, only to love you in another lifeThere will be no more isolation in our secret separationYou touched my heart so deeply, you rescued meNow free meI'll bear one precious scar that only you will know againWe're passengers in time, free me
