from wiki: The Promise was the third single released by the Duran Duran offshoot band Arcadia. It was released by Parlophone Records in 1986 as the group's second UK single. It peaked at number 37 on the UK Singles Chart. The single mix for "The Promise" was heavily edited down from the album's hefty 7:28 to a leaner, more radio-friendly 4:45. In fact, even Alex Sadkin and Ron Saint Germain's "Extended remix" clocked in at only 7:05, almost 25 seconds shy of the album cut.
Arcadia are:
Simon Le Bon - vocals
Nick Rhodes - keyboards
Roger Taylor - drums
Also credited:
Alex Sadkin - producer and engineer
Sting - backing vocals
David Gilmour - guitars
Mark Egan - fretless bass
Lyrics:
Those tears on a gaping voice
Who's stretching arms match the hunger of mine
There lips will they never join
But always draw me closer and further entwined
With a promise dealer, understand all freedoms fade away
To a point of view, where many different pathways meet
And we're standing on this precipice with nothing much to save
But the deep blue screams of falling dreams with our next move
Heaven hide your eyes
(Heaven hide your eyes)
Heaven's eyes will never dry
(They will never dry)
The shades of a thousand steel
Come flashing by my face in the fury of war
In desolation and abandoned fields
The hungry make their stand when they'll stand for no more
Hear the passion in their voices see the heaven in their eyes
(Heaven in their eyes)
Their hopes and schemes are waiting dreams of less than paradise
(Less than paradise)
And sometimes we make promises we never mean to keep
(Never mean to keep)
And blackmail is the only deal a promise dealer sees
Heaven hide your eyes
(Heaven hide your eyes)
Heaven's eyes will never dry
(They will never dry)
Heaven hide your eyes
(Heaven hide your eyes)
Heaven's eyes will never dry
(They will never dry)
Heaven hide your eyes
(Heaven hide your eyes)
Heaven's eyes will never dry
(They will never dry)
Heaven hide your eyes
(Heaven hide your eyes)
Heaven's eyes will never dry
(They will never dry)
