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White flamingo

from Some kind of emptiness by Anphortas

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Another song that has been with me many, many, many years. In moments when I felt like singing, this would be one I might sing to myself. I don’t know how it came to me. My grandfather was in the British army throughout the second world war and we spoke often about that, talking directly with someone who was involved you get a perspective that you never, ever get from somewhere else. Even though my grandfather was a soldier (though he did tell me he had wanted to be a rear tail gunner but hadn’t been selected), I think of him with this song.

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You ride in white flamingo
And you sail across the sky
One of a thousand heroes
Passing on by................Passing on by
It's daylight raid on the Rhineland
And you hope to see the night
Daylight raid on the Rhineland
You hope to see the night
You hope to see the night
You hope to see the night

Your headset speaks of angels
Bandits 8 o'clock
flying on high................flying on high
The city burns beneath you
Smoke turns the blue sky black
The escort peals away, on through the bursting flack
They dance like butterflies in May.................butterflies in May
It's daylight raid on the Rhineland
And you hope to see the night
Daylight raid on the Rhineland
You hope to see the night
You hope to see the night
You hope to see the night

Cartridge cases bursting
As the world around you burns
You try to make the exit as the big bird slowly turns
Cold fresh air and burning rubber
Ed's screaming for his mother
One of a thousand heroes
Passing on by.................passing on by
It's daylight raid on the Rhineland
And you hope to see the night
Daylight raid on the Rhineland
Don't think you'll see the night
Don't think you'll see the night
Don't think you'll see the night
Don't think you'll see the night

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from Some kind of emptiness, track released September 20, 2021
Written, performed and recorded by Adam Blight

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Anphortas Sheffield, UK

Anphortas is the music project of Sheffield based musician, painter, fencing coach and guitar maker Adam Blight. Songs sort of drop out of the air, what to do with all these songs? As I got involved in music making, I sought to make my songs more real and tangible and to get recorded versions that sounded how I could hear them in my mind. Now they seem to sound how I imagined they would. ... more

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