LET LOVE
(Music: Roberts/Read / Lyrics: Nagel)

the woman in my dream stands barefoot in the garden / her auburn hair as wild as horse-clouds racing overhead / she doesn’t see me there / she’s looking in the water / at the wings of dragonflies flashing blue against the light / and i can hear her laugh though she makes no sound / and i can feel her touch through air / i want to take her hand and make her proud / of who i will become / so she will stay a little longer // “let love,” she speaks – / “let love be your blood / let love fly free / let love heal” // the drops against the window start to blur my image of her / like the shimmering of runes on a timeless wall of sleep / or the flickering of wings as blue becomes a rainstorm / and i turn away to find the softest chord shapes in her name / and i can hear her laugh though she makes no sound / and i can feel her touch through pain / i want to take her hand and make her proud / of who i will become / so she will stay a little longer //
“let love,” she speaks – / “let love be your blood / let love fly free / let love heal me”

MING NAGEL – vocals / JON READ – keyboards, flugelhorn, backing vocals / ALAN ROBERTS – guitars / JAMIE VARLEY – bass guitar, backing vocals / DAVE TIDMARSH – drums / SU ROBINSON – clarinet / RUSS COLEMAN - trombone

Track 13 from the album, "If This Is the End" (2021)

Let love

Project Blackbird consists of five UK-based musicians: vocalist Ming Nagel (originally from the USA), guitarist Alan Roberts, multi-instrumentalist Jamie Varley, drummer Eddie Dublin, and multi-instrumentalist Jon Read, former trumpet player for The Specials. This "extraordinary" band, as BBC's Tom Robinson has described them, is rich with atmospheric groove stories that draw 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”. The band's third full-length album, True Names, has just been released as a CD, 12" double gatefold vinyl, and digital recording via Bandcamp.

See also BLUEBIRD PARADE.

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