Asteroid Lily – Where The Birds Fly

Asteroid Lily escapes reality

Asteroid Lily are back, and the intro alone draws me straight into the song with its wobbly synths. What strikes you straight away is that the vocals are incred­ibly bright and form a stark con­trast to the rest of the sound, which over­all leans more towards light­er elec­tro pop.

Lyrically, the song describes an escape from real­ity using beau­ti­ful meta­phors and, at times, dir­ect state­ments. This lends the track a some­what mel­an­chol­ic tone, fit­ting with lines such as “drawn to mel­an­choly”. However, the fact that the tone of the vocals is, by com­par­is­on, rather cheer­ful does leave me feel­ing a little confused.

Personally, I found the pre­vi­ous single “You & I” to be stronger, but this track from the album “Synth & Sparkle” def­in­itely has its own charm. I par­tic­u­larly like the hand­made music video and would like to give it a spe­cial men­tion here. I’m really curi­ous to see which dir­ec­tion Asteroid Lily from England will take in the future.

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Lyrics of "Asteroid Lily – Where The Birds Fly"

I’ve lived a thou­sand life times
Looking back they were filled with sunshine
Which can’t be true, a woman like me
Has always been blue, drawn to melancholy
But I, I would go where the birds fly
Way up high, in the sky where all words die
Looking down at the world below
But nev­er going near
I’d like to live in a daydream
In a sweet and pre­dict­able daydream
But it would seem, a woman like me
Is drawn to the extreme, the sad and silly
Would I like to go where the birds fly
Way up high in the sky where all words die
Looking down at the world below
But nev­er going near
I, I would fly so high
Way up in the sky
Way up in the sky
I’ve won a thou­sand battles
And I wish at the very beginning
Someone had said “you’ll feel like you loose
But it’s all in your head, cos you’re drawn to the blues”
Yes I, I would go where the birds fly
Way up high in the sky where all words die
Looking down at the world below
But nev­er going near
Near enough to hear
What’s going on
No I would just fly on
No I would just fly on