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Ripples
The waves of transience

The melancholy lyrics are about the transience of beauty that comes with ageing. The ripples in the chorus symbolise this fading away. The lyric line "Blue girls come in every size" was also inspired by the poem "Blue Girls" by John Crowe Ransom. "Ripples" is still a ballad-like cult song among prog fans today because it is a mixture of sentimental mood and artful musicality. For once, the song "Ripples" is not an original composition, but was penned by Tony Banks and Mike Rutherford. Originally recorded and released by progressive rock pioneers Genesis on their 1976 album "A Trick Of The Tail".

lyrics

Bluegirls come in every size
Some are wise and some otherwise
They got pretty blue eyes
For an hour a man may change
For an hour her face looks strange
Looks strange, looks strange
Marching to the promised land
Where the honey flows and takes you by the hand
Pulls you down on your knees
While you're down a pool appears
The face in the water looks up
And she shakes her head as if to say
That it's the last time you'll look like today
Sail away, away
Ripples never come back
Gone to the other side
Sail away, away
The face that launched a thousand ships
Is sinking fast, that happens you know
The water gets below
Seems not very long ago
Lovelier she was than any that I know
Angels never know it's time
To close the book and gracefully decline
The song has found a tale
My, what a jealous pool is she
The face in the water looks up
She shakes her head as if to say
That the bluegirls have all gone away
Sail away, away
Ripples never come back
They've gone to the other side
Look into the pool
Ripples never come back
Dive to the bottom and go to the top
To see where they have gone
Oh, they've gone to the other side
Sail away, away
Ripples never come back
Gone to the other side
Look into the pool
The ripples never come back, come back
Dive to the bottom and go to the top
To see where they have gone
They've gone to the other side
Ripples never come back
Sail away, away

credits

released April 26, 2024
André Fedorow - Mellotron, RMI Piano & Taurus Bass Pedals
Nathan King (Level 42 / Frost*) – E-Guitar
Simon Moskon (The Cryptex) - Piano
Raquel Schüler - Vocals, Backing Vocals
Niko Becker – Drums
Horacio Valdivieso – Acoustic Guitars

Music & Lyrics written by Mike Rutherford & Tony Banks (Genesis)

Engineered, Produced, Mixed by André Fedorow at Stratosphere Sound Studio.
Additional Engineering by Gabriel Gutierrez
Mastered by Ricardo Santos Alves
Coverartwork by Anthony Walters & André Fedorow

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E*A*S stands for "Experimental Artifical Sphere" and describes in other words our self created world in which we all live. It is a mirror for everyone that goes through life with open eyes.

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