Anggun Cipta Sasmi (born April 29, 1974, in Jakarta, Indonesia) is a French singer/songwriter. She has released 12 studio albums (5 in Indonesian and English, 4 in French) and one movie soundtrack (Open Hearts), and her songs have also been included on various compilation albums. Her musical career began in childhood, and she achieved commercial success in Indonesia when she was 12 years old. At the age of 20, she moved to Europe, and she is now living in Paris, France.
Her best-known album is Snow on the Sahara, which has been released in 33 countries across the world, including the US; this album also spawned her biggest worldwide hit to date, "Snow on the Sahara.
Birth name Anggun Cipta Sasmi
Born April 29, 1974 (age 36)
Jakarta, Indonesia
Origin Jakarta, Indonesia
Genres Pop, Dance-pop, Pop rock, Adult Contemporary, R&B
Occupations Singer-songwriter
Instruments Vocals, Piano, Keyboards
Years active 1986–present
Labels Heben, Warner, Sony BMG
1. SNOW ON THE SAHARA
Only tell me that you still want me here
When you wander off out there
To those hills of dust and hard winds that blow
In that dry white ocean alone
Lost out in the desert
you are lost out in the desert
But to stand with you in a ring of fire
I'll forget the days gone by
I'll protect your body and guard your soul
From mirages in your sight
Lost out in the desert
If your hopes scatter like the dust across your track
I'll be the moon that shines on your path
The sun may blind our eyes,
I'll pray the skies above
for snow to fall on the Sahara
If that's the only place where
you can leave your doubts
I'll hold you up and be your way out
And if we burn away,
I'll pray the skies above for
snow to fall on the Sahara
Just a wish and I will cover your shoulders
With veils of silk and gold
When the shadows come and darken your heart
Leaving you with regrets so cold
Lost out in the desert
If your hopes scatter like the dust across your track
I'll be the moon that shines on your path
The sun may blind our eyes, I'll pray the skies above
for snow to fall on the Sahara
If that's the only place where you can leave your doubts
I'll hold you up and be your way out
And if we burn away,
I'll pray the skies above for snow to fall on the Sahara...
VIDEO
2. SECRET OF THE SEA
Secret Of The Sea lyrics
Calling 'cross the blue
It's all I do
One day you'll come back to me
It's a secret of the sea
I'll always love you
Always
I see
Floating on the ocean
Somewhere under the sun
Your golden skin
In cypress and blue
I hear
Waves that come rolling in
Fleetness of wings
A sound is missing
A sign from you
Calling 'cross the blue
It's all I do
One day you'll come back to me
It's a secret of the sea
I'll always love you
I may never know
Where you did go
Whatever took you from here
One these currents that run deep
I'll always love you
Always
We would
Sail into that big sky
Forget about the time
On the wind we would ride
Watchin' wild birds sweep and glide
I'll linger just a little more
Drifting on a foreign shore
Spend my nights
Waiting out the tides
Calling 'cross the blue
It's all I do
One day you'll come back to me
It's a secret of the sea
I'll always love you
I may never know
Where you did go
Whatever took you from here
On these currents that run deep
I'll always love you
Always
VIDEO
3. BROKEN DREAM
We promised that we'd share our lives
And nothing could tear us apart
But I feel that something has gone wrong
I must try to find the way
To tell you what I want to say
That I feel that something has gone wrong
Cause I don't feel the flame again
I don't want to have to pretend
That I'm still in love with you
I don't feel the flame again
I don't want to have to pretend
That I'm still in love with you
See me
Free me
Let me go
I will not promise you
The things I can't do
And I can't afford to live in love that's through
Forgive me I have sinned
I've made a broken dream
And this has to end, I hope you understand
Cause I don't feel the flame again
I don't want to have to pretend
That I'm still in love with you
I don't feel the flame again
I don't want to have to pretend
That I'm still in love with you
See me
Free me
Let me go
Promise that we'd share our lives
And nothing would tear us apart
But I feel that something has gone wrong
I'LL BE ALRIGHT VIDEO
4. MEMORY OF YOUR SHORES
Smoke fills the sky
Another day in a new town for me
I look for the light
Under the clouds, beyond the concrete
Up here I hide
Watching the crowds move along
Down those grey streets, I am lost here
In my dreams all alone, I still
Go back, in the memory of my home
Anticipating
One day you'll follow
Oh it's been too long
Since I could see the stars overhead
We used to count them
Shared all our passions, and swore not to tell
I hold them now
And now I know where those stars fell
Days would fly by
When you were mine
Like these dreams I have known, I still
Go back, in the memory of your shores
Left you there waiting
So long ago
Right there, in the memory of my home
Anticipating
One day you'll follow
One day you'll follow
I'll be here waiting for you
VIDEO
5. UNDRESS ME
When I can't see right in your eyes
When I'm surrounded in the craziness of time
When you're understanding, is trying hard to stand still
When I wear layers of my pride, you should
Undress me, undress me
Unlock this chain and set me free
Remind me to be myself
Undress me, undress me
Unleash my heart and make me see
When I become someone else
Whenever I'm trapped in this tide
When I forgotten that there is you and I
When your persuasion is fighting in a blindfold
when I wear my bad moods to my mouth, you should
Undress me, undress me
Unlock this chain and set me free
Remind me to be myself, myself
Undress me, undress me
Unleash my heart and make me see
When I become someone else
Like a rose without its thorn
Like a bird without a song
Like the fire without the flame
If there's a painless love, we wouldn't be the same
Undress me, undress me
Unlock this chain and set me free
Remind me to be myself, my self
Undress me, undress me
Unleash my heart and make me see
When I become someone else
Undress me, undress me
Unlock this chain and set me free
Remind me to be myself, myself
Undress me, undress me
Unleash my heart and make me see
VIDEO
6. FORBIDDEN LOVE
Said with no sound
Another new round
The moon is up high and here I go again
You gave me a sign
That your love is still mine
And I feel the fire burns inside me
Say it once more
Say it for sure
I hear your heart is calling out my name
Like a whisper
Long and tender
Make me alive inside your eyes again
How I wish I could try to run away
From this power
The power of forbidden love
How I wish I could try to turn off the volume
From these voices
The voices of forbidden love
How I wish I could close my eyes to all of these
Temptations
Temptations of...
You are captured
Fall in rapture
I don't think my heart will ever let you go
For another
Love from other
Cause I can give everything you've always dreamed
Make me alive inside your eyes again
How I wish I could try to run away
From this power
The power of forbidden love
How I wish I could try to turn off the volume
From these voices
The voices of forbidden love
How I wish I could close my eyes to all of these
Temptations
Temptations of...
How I wish I could try to run away
From this power
The power of forbidden love
How I wish I could try to turn off the volume
From these voices
The voices of forbidden love
How I wish I could close my eyes to all of these
Temptations
Temptations of forbidden love
CEASE THE MOMENT VIDEO
7. TEARS OF SORROW
Ego lies in human nature
Scars the face in every one of us
What's mine is mine
What's yours is yours
It seems like we forget about the heaven's floor
Set a wider gap between us
We build up walls without no shame
We turn away
If you're not one of us
But I thought, there's one color in our blood
We run around in circles
Why not reach for a truth eternal
Living life that's so superficial
We'll drown in the tears of sorrow
Greed demands our full attention
We only live for our own gain it seems
What's mine is mine
What's yours is yours
I fear we'll lose the faith we ignore
Now look around to find an answer
The truth it comes as no surprise
You're not alone, you're any one of us
I'm not blind to the mirror of our lives
We run around in circles
Why not reach for a truth eternal
Living life that's so superficial
We'll drown in the tears of sorrow
We run around in circles
Why not reach for a truth eternal
Living live that's so superficial
We'll drown in the tears of sorrow
(bridge)
Around in circles
A truth eternal
So superficial
We'll drown in the tears of sorrow
We run around in circles
Why not reach for a truth eternal
Living life that's so superficial
We'll drown in the tears of sorrow
We run around in circles
Oohhhh
Living life that's so superficial
We'll drown in the tears of sorrow
CRAZY VIDEO
8. EDEN IN HER EYES
It's been a long wait until
These changes I feel
Could all this be
A dream that turns real
My reflection will tell
There's a life within me
Breathing silently
Eden in her eyes
I knew it's worth the while
I've put my faith in time
To cradle her in my arms
Eden in her eyes
Pictured in my mind
Was only a matter of time
Till I see my baby's eyes
It's so hard to describe
I don't know where to start
What the words can't say
I'll leave it that way
Now the mirror can sing
Always knew you'd arrive in my life
Waiting is believing
Eden in her eyes
I knew it's worth the while
I've put my faith in time
To cradle her in my arms
Eden in her eyes
Pictured in my mind
Was only a matter of time
Till I see my baby's eyes
She is my ray of light
That vanished my darkest nights
Now life is sweet as candy
I banished my sugar-free side
And the warmth that I feel
Each time I realized that she's here
Makes me know that God loves me
LIFE ON MARS VIDEO
9. STILL REMINDS ME
I cut off my hair
Put some red on every nail on my feet
I think it's pretty
I repainted all the rooms
Got a cat that I named June, obviously
I think she's happy
Friends threw some parties
I've been to them all there's not one that I missed
And I've tried to spend my time with somebody new
But everyone
Still reminds me of you
And tried to play some songs that change my point of view
But every sound
Still reminds me of you
I've done some walking
Listen to the people talk on the street
I don't feel lonely
I saw some movies
But your face kept coming back on the screen
I think I'm crazy
Can't make decisions
I could use some more distractions today
And I've tried to spend my time with somebody new
But everyone
Still reminds me of you
And tried to play some songs that change my point of view
But every sound
Still reminds me of you
I wonder where did I go wrong? What made you gone?
How I hate to feel alone
I've tried to spend my time with somebody new
But everyone
Still reminds me of you
And tried to play some songs that change my point of view
But every sound
Still reminds me of you
Still reminds me...
VIDEO
10. NAKED SLEEP
I wanna touch you
I wanna hold you
I wanna feel your hands and hear you say
I wanna touch you
wanna hold you
I'm yours forever one more day
Cause tonight there's only love
Nothing else should be sad
Cause tonight there's only peace
A naked sleep, in a naked bed
I wanna touch you
I wanna hold you
Wanna feel the weight and hear you say
I want you to touch me
I want you to hold me
You're mine forever one more day
Cause tonight there's only love
Nothing else, don't forget
Cause tonight there's only peace
A naked sleep In naked beds
Saved from loneliness
I reach to touch your face
I meet the salty taste of you
Fear might never rest
but I wont go for less
I will go for more too
Wanna touch you
Wanna hold you
I'm yours forever one more day
Wanna touch you
Wanna be with you
A naked sleep in naked beds.
VIDEO
11. A ROSE IN THE WIND
To the road I did take
Trembling as the ground shakes
Under my feet cracked in a stone heal
Never ending motion
Way across the ocean
Into your devotion
Long have I gone so far from my home
Chorus:
What to do with this love that I'm in
I have given you all of my soul
Flying all my life like a rose in the wind
Tell me why I'm always alone
On my way back home
(Indonesian spoken)
Dreaming always begins
Find a door that's opening
Something there is shining
The light in your eyes when you were all mine]
All alone as I wake
Moving to a new place
Shivering as I trace
A road of my own cut by a deep cold
(Repeat chorus)
Hang on to me tight and a rose in the wind
Will be wherever you go
On your way back home
Can I take you back there?
Drifting on the warm air
Say you'll follow anywhere
All of our nights into the jade skies
I'll be true to you
Flying over the moon
Lying in the bamboo
I'll always know the light in the window
(repeat chorus)
Alone
VIDEO
