28 minutes of listening held within the wonderful artwork of Chris Hylton. There is a 6-page booklet that contains all the lyrics and those essential "thanks", especially to Stephen J Bennett (No Man, Henry Fool, LaHost) whose generosity with his time and skill was paramount.
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Need to break out of my solitude – step out into the bitter, city night.
There’s a place down on the corner
Where they’ve got real ale, conversation, light.
Or maybe I’ll keep wandering beneath the quiet sky –
Yeah, watch those lean and hungry buildings stretching upwards
For the quiet sky.
Well I spent 25 years hanging in there, hanging on for that lucky day.
Just holding on and praying for the breaks
That never came my way.
… was that someone at my shoulder? In the corner of my eye?
I could have sworn someone was following beneath the quiet sky.
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Yeah, well I am not what you take me for.
There is more to me than meets the eye.
‘cause in a world of perfect darkness
I was a fire-fly!
But now I watch ambition’s lights fade and I wonder why I even tried.
Oh, just another lost soul wandering beneath the quiet sky.
Well did you ever get the feeling someone’s watching
From the quiet sky?
credits
from Return,
released July 8, 2013
Words and music by Lorenzo Bedini
It's all a matter of taste. I love this album. I love it's serenity, the beautiful instrumentation, orchestration and the great production. Ambient is not my cup of tea either, but this album crosses the borders of ambient music and prog. In other words: an awesome album! Martin Melis
Billed as the masters of symphonic prog this album is an interesting of styles and influences. Folky in parts, rocky in others.
Vocals are good and male for a change. Both lyrics and music are involving and all in all this album is a good listen.
I will be looking at The Gift's other offerings. Russell Whyman
Spektakulär. Es gibt kein anderes Wort dafür.
Vielen Dank für die Gelegenheit, eines der besten Prog-Alben aller Zeiten zu hören.
(December 21, 2020)
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