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from If This Is the End by Project Blackbird

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lyrics

every night after the war / he says goodnight and shuts the door / pulls the blinds and dims the light / quietly prepares for flight / takes the suit with loving hands / steps inside its pressured limbs / curls himself into the tin - / a chrysalis, begins again // breathe in deep... take it slow // one (ten thousand feet)... ten (ten thousand feet)... // he rises through the atmosphere / the earth retreats, a souvenir / of something else he vaguely knows / and is not afraid of letting go / when it’s time, he spreads his arms / and tilts into the space beyond / he wonders why he doesn’t fall / but when he looks, the ship is gone // breathe in deep... take it slow // ten (ten thousand feet)...one (ten thousand feet)

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from If This Is the End, released March 11, 2021
(Music: Varley/Read/Roberts / Lyrics: Nagel)

MING NAGEL – vocals / JON READ – keyboards, trumpet, backing vocals / ALAN ROBERTS – guitars / JAMIE VARLEY – bass guitar, backing vocals / DAVE TIDMARSH – drums / RUSS COLEMAN - trombone / BENJAMIN DADY – tenor saxophone

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The "extraordinary" Project Blackbird, as BBC's Tom Robinson has called them, offer an atmospheric and genre-fluid listening experience that draws equally upon intellect and emotion. "Imagine a party at Ronnie Scott’s," one fan suggests, "where Sade, Björk, Jeff Beck, and David Byrne meet Portishead and then go for a late night curry to exchange ideas…sublime”. ... more

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