Time’s come now at last
Let all that’s passed be past
You’ve been wandering, lost in a dream
Only a dream
I’ll watch over you
I’ll always watch over you
Down that winding lane I stand
Near the sun kissed fields of home
There’s hope and there is joy
There’s love for the soldier-boy
All he has to do is let it go
Turn around and come home
The shadows come and gone
Rise now and greet the dawn
Let the memories of sorrow and fear
Fall away
There’s hope and there is joy
There’s love for the soldier-boy
All he has to do is let it go
Turn around and come home
There's a girl who’s waiting just for you
But you can’t bring the darkness with you
Let it go, just leave it all behind
Oh, the rushing streams and skies of blue
Oh, the fields of summer call to you
Oh, the rushing streams and skies of blue
There are scars
Some heal, some don’t
And people stare but that can’t bring you down
And somedays you’ll be laughing and other times you won’t
But either way the sun’s still shining
I hear distant drums
Rumors of war yet to come
Come back to me, get some rest while you can
And smile, smile again
There’s hope and there’s joy
There’s love for the soldier-boy
All he has to do is let it go
Turn around and come home
I’m staying right here where I am
I’m never gonna leave
Please my love, forget I ever lived
I’m dead
Dead and gone
What can I say about Big Big Train that I haven’t said before?
This album took a little while to grow on me but by the time I saw it live I was in love with its humongous, over-egged pomposity! They do it all with such passion, excitement and amazing musicianship.
Essential. Crinklechips
In the wake of buying the Welcome To The Planet I also went for this older "EP" (clocking in on 70 minutes a rather big big EP...) as a final farewell to a very bright bright star that sadly doesn't shine anymore. Carsten Pieper
The Long Island metal band's third album etches arena-sized hooks into their jagged compositions, deftly balancing experimental and poppy inclinations. Bandcamp Album of the Day May 12, 2022
The album takes off nicely with David Longdon's "The Strangest Times", but then gets into immediate free fall and deeply underwater for the next few tracks, quite unexpectedly. Fortunately, it recovers with Nick D'Virgilio's "Apollo" (hey, this guy CAN write good music, although he hides this ability most of the time) and the remaining three tracks, one of which is another Longdon masterpiece. So in the end the final impression is somewhat in the positive range. Sven B. Schreiber (sbs)