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Soaring

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Singer/Songwriter

Soaring was released on October 23, 2020 by Elephant Road Records as a part of the album Climbing Frame

Song Details

AlbumClimbing Frame

Release DateOctober 23, 2020

LabelElephant Road Records

Melodicness

Acousticness

Valence

Danceability

Energy

BPM69

OVERVIEW

LYRICS

Music Video

Music Video

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Gecko

Performer

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

William Sanderson-Thwaite

William Sanderson-Thwaite

Songwriter

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

Benjamin Miles Olu Femi Mckone

Benjamin Miles Olu Femi Mckone

Producer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

I'm 7 years old, I'm running through a field

I'm a city boy, but I like how it feels

I'm not gonna stop, I'm alive and I'm free

Just like a bird, unless mum says it's tea

[Verse 2]

So I took off my shoes, took off my socks

I'm running bare feet, I'm hop-scotching rocks

But look out for stingers, they'll hurt your bare knees

Then you have to stop and find a doc leaf

Which can take ages

[Verse 3]

Then into the woods, I'm surrounded by trees

Something appears that I've never seen

It's big and it's golden, an extraordinary bird

It's one of a kind, I've discovered the first

[Verse 4]

It's a bit like a parrot, but we don't have those here

But as soon as I saw it, it just disappeared

But I could never forget such a wonderful sight

Turned myself around and ran back inside

[Verse 5]

Call the local museum, it'll be the front of the paper

Do I need an agent? Worry about that later

It'll make it on Newsround, be the best day I've had

Be the talk of the playground, but first, I'll tell Dad

[Verse 6]

He said, "I don't mean to be unpleasant

But that bird's not a discovery, it's a pheasant"

[Verse 7]

But I'd be soaring if I just saw him again

Yeah, I'd be soaring if I just saw him again

[Verse 8]

Now I'm just old, or at least that's what they say

I sit in this chair, I'm too tired to play

And they call this a home, but I know it's not mine

I don't do much running, I've run out of time

[Verse 9]

Once in the week, these girls come and sing

Breaks up the day and helps me to think

I drift off to the notes, I don't catch all the words

In my head, I run, and remember that bird

[Verse 10]

I'd be soaring if i just saw him again

Yeah, I'd be soaring if I just saw him again

[Verse 11]

Then, as if by magic, what seemed like a thousand birds

Burst through the windows into the communal lounge

The room is awash with gasps, and bright, beautiful color

By night, each game bird had been individually saved

From a local shooting field, it was highly illegal

A cunning plan compiled by one ingenuitive grandchild

[Verse 12]

Now I'm soaring, soaring again

A cacophony of squarks and everybody gets up to dance

Now I'm soaring, soaring again

One particularly fine specimen is currently perched on Agnes' head

Now I'm soaring, soaring again

A pair of females attempt to eat a series of Scrabble letters

That spell out "inedible", it's a triple-word score

Now I'm soaring, soaring again

[Verse 13]

Geoff, the care worker, mutters he's not seen anything

Like it in these parts

Not since the Strictly final

Now I'm soaring, soaring again

Written by: William Sanderson-Thwaite

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