BAMBOO
The Dragon Flies Away
The second BAMBOO studio album The Dragon Flies Away was released on Upset The Rhythm on 26th May 2017 on LP/CD/Digital. The LP comes with gatefold sleeve, lyric insert, download card, limited blue coloured vinyl. CD version as digipak. Read the Upset The Rhythm press release.
"Brittle and beautiful"
★★★★ - Uncut
"Bamboo's prog-pop ambitions deliver deep rewards"
★★★ - Record Collector Magazine
"Lush, colorful, and energetic...a step forward for Bamboo, and a fine listen"
★★★★ - Allmusic.com
"As uplifting as it is inspiring"
★★★★★ - The Girls Are
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Tracklist:
Act I
Hannya
Always Running
Thinking Of You
...I'll Never See You Again
Act II
Like A Sparrow
Wake Up Your Heart
The Brain In The Heart
The Dragon Flies Away
The Dragon Flies Away
by BAMBOO
Act I
HANNYA
Planted feet next to me here
Rooted so firmly in the ground
I see the river always changing
It moves above and below ground
If I could just walk along it
On another piece of ground
If I could just walk along it
On another piece of ground
Planted feet next to me here
Rooted so firmly in the ground
I see the river always changing
It moves above and below ground
If I could just walk along it
On another piece of ground
Rachel: vocals, electric banjo, drums, keys, programming
Nick: Pro One, Korg M-500 SP, FA06, M-Tron, keys, programming
ALWAYS RUNNING
Scared of possibilities
Wake to a world you can’t see
Always running forward, running back
Always running forward, running back
Stop trying to fall
Stop trying to fall
Don’t try to fall
Don’t try to fall!
Scared of possibilities
Always running forward and back
Always running forward and back
Stop trying to fall back, back, back
Stop trying to fall back, back, back
Rachel: vocals, electric banjo, drums, keys, programming
Nick: vocals, Pro One, FA06, M-Tron, keys, programming, shaker
THINKING OF YOU
Under tree shade
In summer warmth I saw your face
What did you mean?
Couldn’t have seen this was your place
How could I feel
That there was no one else?
I thought it was just myself
Thinking, thinking of you
Thinking, thinking of you
Under tree shade
In summer warmth I saw your face
What did you mean?
Couldn’t have seen this was your place
How could I feel
That there was no one else?
I thought it was just myself
...it was just myself
Thinking of you, thinking of you
What you do, what you do
Thinking of you, thinking of you
What you do, think of you
Rachel: vocals, drums, keys, programming
Nick: Pro One, Korg M-500 SP, M-Tron, keys, programming, gong
...I’LL NEVER SEE YOU AGAIN (instrumental)
Nick: Pro One, FA06, M-Tron, gong
Act II
LIKE A SPARROW
I’ve got a path, it’s straight & narrow
There’s no flying off like a sparrow
I’ve got a path and I can’t fight it
No devotion without sacrifice
He’s got a path, it’s straight & narrow
There’s no flying off like a sparrow
He’s got a path and he can’t fight it
No devotion without sacrifice
I’ve got a path, it’s straight & narrow
There’s no flying off like a sparrow
He’s got a path and he can’t fight it
No devotion without sacrifice
He’s got a path and he can’t fight it
No devotion without sacrifice
He’s got a path, it’s straight & narrow
There’s no flying off like a sparrow
Rachel: vocals, drums, keys, programming
Nick: vocals, Pro One, FA06, keys, programming, shaker, gong
WAKE UP YOUR HEART
This part of me alive once
Has cracked and dried out
In all ablaze
Blood burns, pours all about me
Blood burning, seering
Within my veins
(Hear the blood in my ears)
Place the brain in the heart
(Growing feathers, feel fear)
Arms and legs have no start
(Forming body, feel fear)
Burning mouth, iron chest
Wake up your heart you can fight it
Wake up your heart you are not alone
This part of me alive once
Has cracked and dried out in all ablaze
Blood burns, pours all about me
Blood burning, seering
Within my veins
(Hear the blood in my ears)
Place the brain in the heart
(Growing feathers, feel fear)
Arms and legs have no start
(Forming body, feel fear)
Burning mouth, iron chest
Wake up your heart you can fight it
Wake up your heart you are not alone!
Rachel: vocals, electric banjo, drums
Nick: vocals, Pro One, FA06, keys, programming, shaker
THE BRAIN IN THE HEART (instrumental)
Rachel: vocals
Nick: Pro One, FA06, M-Tron, keys, programming
THE DRAGON FLIES AWAY
Now the doors are open
Now the doors are open
Am I finally being?
Am I finally seeing?
Everything around me
Wanted everything around me
Burning into blue sky
Reforming in the blue sky
I never trusted myself
Wanted to be someone else
I never trusted myself
Now the doors are open
Now the doors are open
Am I finally being?
Am I finally seeing?
Everything around me
Wanted everything around me
Burning into blue sky
Reforming in the blue sky
I never trusted myself
Wanted to be someone else
Wanted to be someone else
I never trusted myself
Wanted to be someone else
I never trusted myself
I never trusted myself
(Anyone else)
And now I’m trusting myself
(Anyone else)
Don’t want to be someone else
(Anyone else)
Don’t want to be someone else
(Anyone else)
I’ll never be someone else
And now I’m trusting myself
I’ll never be someone else
Rachel: vocals, electric banjo, drums
Nick: Pro One, FA06, M-Tron, keys, programming
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