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Celestial Bird
On Tour
Classical
Celestial Bird was released on October 2, 2025 by NYCGB as a part of the album This Is Our Song
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Release DateOctober 2, 2025
LabelNYCGB
LanguageEnglish
Melodicness
Acousticness
Valence
Danceability
Energy
BPM140

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
National Youth Choir of Great Britain
National Youth Choir of Great Britain
Ensemble
Robert Hollingworth
Robert Hollingworth
Conductor
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Ben Parry
Ben Parry
Producer
Dave Rowell
Dave Rowell
Recording Engineer

Lyrics

O sweet and luminous bird
Having once heard your call
Lovely and shy, lovely and shy
I shall be hungry for the finished word
Across the windy sky
Across the windy sky
Of all voiced longing and all music heard
I spread my net for your bewildering wings
But wings are wiser than the swiftest hands
Than the swiftest hands
Are wiser
Than the swifest hands
Where a bird sings
Where a bird sings
Where a bird sings
Where a bird sings
Where a bird sings
Where a bird sings
Where a bird sings
I held my heart, in fear that it would break
And called you through the grief of whip-poor-wills
I watched you in the avenues that make a radiant city on the western hills
Where a bird sings
Where a bird sings
Where a bird sings
Where a bird sings
Yet since I knew you not
I knew you not
I sought in vain
I sought in vain
I sought in vain
I called you beauty
For its fleet white sound
But now in my illumined heart
I can release the hound of love
Upon whose bruising leash I strain
Oh, he will grasp
He will grasp you
Where you skim the sod, nor wound your breast
For love is soft as death
Love is soft as death
Swifter than beauty is
And strong as God
Written by: Roxanna Panufnik
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