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Edge of Reality
Words & Music:
Giant/ Baum/ KayeI walk along a thin line darling
Dark shadows follow me
Here's where life's dream lies disillusioned
The edge of reality
Oh I can hear strange voices echo
Laughing with mockery
The border line of doom I'm facing
The edge of reality
On the edge of reality she sits there tormenting me
The girl with the nameless face
On the edge of reality where she overpowers me
With fears that I can't explain
She drove me to the point of madness
The brink of misery
If she's not real then I'm condemned to
The edge of reality
On the edge of reality she sits there tormenting me
The girl with the nameless face
On the edge of reality where she overpowers me
With fears that I can't explain
She drove me to the point of madness
The brink of misery
If she's not real then I'm condemned to
The edge of reality
Reality, reality, reality, reality,
Reality, reality, reality, reality Recorded:
1968/03/07, first released on
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Great song.
I like the movie with the great dane in it.
Giant/ Baum/ Kaye. was a strong song writing team. I believe they wrote "Wearin' that Loved on look" for the Memphis album, among others in the Elvis catalong.
Its a shame that "Edge of Reality" was the "B" side, of the single, "If I can Dream". "Edge" could have been, a totally seperate "A" sided single release, with a "strong push" at Radio. RCA Records, today, could easily, keep the "vibe" of the song, and overdub it, with a slightly stronger remix, without losing the "Magic" of the original sound, and it just might catch on, in the music world of today, since its not a well known Elvis song, in the music industry.
A real good one. I don't understand why RCA give it more promotion. Timeless
In my top 10. One of my favourites.
fantastic haunting song. I agree with GEORGE. Great period of time with great songs like Charro and Change of habit.
Billy Strange earns his name. I love this song and all songs on Live A Little Love A Little.
I Love the songs from this period of time. Another one I like, that is semi overlooked, like "Edge or Reality" is "Charro".
One of my favorite Elvis songs, didn´t it go all the way to the top in Australia ?, if so it was fully deserved. The last 5 movies he made had really cool songs in them, many of them just as good as the american sound studio prodused ones.
I've always liked this song immensely and it should definitely be much better known than it actually is. This song was also unlike anything that Elvis had ever recorded. Also, it's from my sixth most favorite Elvis movie "Live A Little, Love A Little".
Totally different from most things he did, with the creation of an eerie and somewhat mystical atmosphere. One of his best post army film tracks which should have been a global A side.
This is a great track (as were all the songs from Live a Little, Love a Little). Viva Elvis, the las vegas cirque de solae show, should have used this track for the album they put out. I don't want or need a dance remix, but this song deserves to be remastered, repurposed and put to some use. It does have a James Bond sound to it. A check of You Tube videos for this track shows that others recognize the coolness of this track too. If "Viva Elvis" had turned out to even a third as creative and interesting as the Beatles "Love" cd was, this would have been an obvious inclusion and could have made for a great, slightly psychedelic 60s track. As it stands, I still love it. It just deserves a much higher profile--people don't realize all the well-hidden gems Elvis recorded.
"Edge of Reality" was a fantastic song and unlike anything "The King" ever did. I agree it could have been a theme song for a Bond movie. Maybe, it still will one day.
This is a bit of a weird song with a great sound that fitted well within the late 60s culture with strong delivery from our man. Given how poor movie songs were in 1965-1967, this was a breeze of fresh air. This should have been an A-side. Four stars from me.
Great song from a great soundtrack and a really enjoyable movie. Sure i read somebody say that this would have made a great James Bond movie theme song. I agree.
Best movie song since Viva and one of the best ever. Turns out this movie had 2 gems, ALLC and this one. Wonderful World is good also. All along the movies should have had an EPs worth of good songs instead of an LPs worth of mostly bad. As Elvis once said, you record 13 songs for a movie they cant all be good.
finely after years of dreadful movie songs and not since viva las vegas we get a song.this should have been an A side
and a hit.i still think it's the lesser known songs that should be revamped like bossa nova baby which i thought was brilliantly done.that i think is the only way forward,you can't tread water forever you have to move on.
such a great song! Elvis back on track!
Love this song !! Should have been a big on the charts. I believe it was the "B" side to the "If I can dream" single. Both sides should have charted higher. But nonetheless, Elvis was on the "comeback Trail' and more great records were to come.
Great song with a cool sound. ato bad it is so little known.
Finally an Elvis movie song in step with the times. Great 1968 sound on this one with clever lyrics and Elvis sings the hell out of it. 5 stars. Great record. Movie was an improvement also. Can we get this re-released?
All of the songs from the "Live A Little, Love A Little" soundtrack are a major improvement over Elvis' soundtrack recordings from 1964-1967. This one is unique and a little "weird", but very well sung and with production values worthy of Elvis' talent. The dream sequence in the movie where this song is used is enjoyable and fits in with the story well. Overall, the movie is enjoyable although it suffers from poor editing and direction. Elvis does a very good job acting in this one and Michelle Carey looks simply amazing!
For me this is one of the many songs nobody could interpret better. He should have done an album with songs like that.
When I here it I feel like being in a strange but wunderful dream...
Ive always liked this really cool song! Even the odd "dream" sequence in the movie when its sung, goes well for the time!
I really love this 'weird' song. Deserved better...
Unfortunately Elvis' movie tracks weren't taken seriously anymore at the time this great track was recorded. In my opinion this one belongs to his best movie tracks.
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