Pained life is ebbing
long toil is ceasing
one more step
Now it becomes clear
Came the morning sun
And the pain was fled
At last she could run
And a memory
of long ago
was swiftly returned
As the garden trail
Unwound ahead
At last she could see
The singer of her heart's song
waiting for her
Even then He smiled
And the music filled her silent spaces
Welling up and wild
Sent the darkness of her soul
Fleeing far
All the bitterness gone
All the sorrow has sped
And taken the dread
So far from her mind
That the years were unkind
As the singer revealed
Her heart's desires
Even then He smiled
And the music filled her silent spaces
Welling up and wild
Sent the darkness of her soul
Fleeing far
He could sing
For He knew every note of her
Just then she realized
That this beauty was meant only for her
Just for her!
So she danced down the trails as the day passed
Who has heard, the wind that stirred
Through branches of a tree
Whose very name is Life?
Here He has walked
In splendor through the ages
Came the twilight dreams of an evening fair
As the coolness crept through the scented air
And her heart was glad and free from care
For He knew her wish and her every prayer,
Here, one heart is whole at last
Now, one heart, once torn, recast
Here, one heart may sing at last
Now, one heart forgets the past
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
Fell in love with BBT recently, absolutely love the stories they tell and the music.
Very sad to hear about David’s passing, listening now is quite moving, moved to tears from time to time, but we move on as I hope BBT will with David in our hearts. tonyauroristony58