Nacido el 8 de mayo de 1972 en Brisbane, Australia, Darren Stanley Hayes mostró interés por la música desde temprana edad. Durante su infancia y adolescencia, desarrolló una fuerte pasión por el canto y la composición. Sus primeros pasos en la música estuvieron influenciados por artistas de la talla de Michael Jackson y Madonna, quienes sirvieron como inspiración para su futuro en la industria musical.
La carrera de Hayes tomó un giro significativo en 1993 cuando conoció a Daniel Jones a través de un anuncio en una revista musical en busca de un vocalista. Este encuentro marcó el inicio de Savage Garden, un dúo que reescribiría la historia del pop de los años 90.
Tras una increíble trayectoria con Savage Garden, el dúo se disolvió en 2001. Sin embargo, esto no significó el fin de la carrera de Darren Hayes. En lugar de detenerse, decidió seguir su camino como solista, explorando nuevas facetas de su arte.
I have turned away from you,
and I am god-less.
A wasteland of poison;
a hidden fortress.
I have blackened out the stars,
and hidden frequencies.
I have silenced all the waves,
and forbidden secrecies.
Chorus:
Just step into your light.
This dog doesn’t bite - no.
I just want to be your friend,
you know, I’ve never been in love before.
I’ve never been in love before.
-Ohh ohh ohh-
There is nothing of you, now,
No ghost, no, not a trace.
No flower, not a seed nor perfume, in your place.
I have searched amidst a barren plain of emptiness.
And I am worthless.
It is futile.
You’re invisible.
I am infantile.
Chorus:
Step into the light - oh.
This dog doesn’t bite -yo.
Just wanna be your friend,
You know, I’ve never been in love before.
I’ve never been in love before.
-Ohh oh ohh-
I have murdered the divine in me;
set the godness free,
I have squandered it all.
Like less than the sum,
I am parts of a whole;
there is something missing,
There is something I stole
(There is something I stole…)
Why have you forsaken me?
Where do you hide?
I feel the betrayal
simmers, it blisters,
it digs downand burrows,
deeper inside,
the more that I try,
I cannot deny it.
It feels like
It feels like
(I’ve never been..)
It feels like
(I’ve never been in love before..)
I’ve never been in love before.
It feels like
(I’ve never been in love before..)
It feels like
(I’ve never been in love before..)
It feels like
(love..)
Step into the light - oh.
This dog doesn’t bite - no.
Just wanna be your friend,
You know that I’ve never been in love before,
(love before..)
Just a step into the light -oh.
You know that this dog doesn’t bite - no.
Take hold of my hand
You know that I’ve never been in love before,
-Oohhhhhh-