Fly free oriole fly, believe
Your time to dream has arrived
In sleepwalking society
A youth questions his role to be
A pillar, puppet a parasite
Get your head on right
As your heart takes flight
If the bird is free to fly
Then why my soul should I deny
If the bird is free to fly
Then why the wings of my soul should I deny
Oh bird of paradise
Let your colors grace the skies
And with courage on your wing
Rejoice freedom’s blessing
Come of age, turn the page
And your cage is
Now opened wide
The beckoning wind is high
You’ve got to soar into the sky
And reach for a better life
Fly free Oriole fly
Believe your time to dream has arrived
Now the time has come to fly, to fly
Fly away
So there I traveled along the guiding stream
Through a deep wooded valley, led within a dream
And just as the sacred tale had foretold
There, the rarest bird in the highest tree
Then it looked down and spoke to me
If the bird is free to fly
Then why your soul should you deny
Oh bird of paradise
Let your colors grace the skies
And with courage on your wing
Rejoice freedom’s blessing
Reach high into the sky
Drifing by
The white dove is ascending
Higher and faster than I’ve ever dared to dream
Fly, fly high, fly free
Carry me on your wing
Carry me home
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
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)
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
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