I know that it’s been rough,
It shows in your reflection,
You’ve fallen out of touch,
Got lost along the way,
I know it’s not enough,
But these things they all get better,
And even if its tough,
This is us, you know it on the inside,
This is us, so you should show it on the outside,
This is us, dust the dust up off your shoulders,
Feet on ground, you’ll come round,
And be human again.
I know that its been hard,
But even when its hurting,
You’re gonna have to start,
To learn to recognise,
That even in the dark,
Theres lines between the spaces,
Hiding where you are,
This is us, you know it on the inside,
This is us, so you should show it on the outside,
This is us, dust the dust up off your shoulders,
Feet on ground, you’ll come round,
And be human again.
It shows in your reflection,
You’ve fallen out of touch,
Got lost along the way,
I know it’s not enough,
But these things they all get better,
And even if its tough,
This is us, you know it on the inside,
This is us, so you should show it on the outside,
This is us, dust the dust up off your shoulders,
Feet on ground, you’ll come round,
And be human again.
I know that its been hard,
But even when its hurting,
You’re gonna have to start,
To learn to recognise,
That even in the dark,
Theres lines between the spaces,
Hiding where you are,
This is us, you know it on the inside,
This is us, so you should show it on the outside,
This is us, dust the dust up off your shoulders,
Feet on ground, you’ll come round,
And be human again.
Aquilo
Aquilo are an English musical duo from Silverdale, Lancashire, consisting of Tom Higham and Ben Fletcher. They began gaining recognition in 2013 for their singles such as "Calling Me" and "You There", in addition to their five EPs.
The duo's debut album, Silhouettes, was released on 27 January 2017. Their second studio album, ii, was released on 4 May 2018, and the third studio album A Safe Place To Be was released on 15 October 2021.
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The Main Mix
Trivia: the photo on the album cover shows an acoustic locator, which was basically a large parabolic dish used to detect approaching aircraft before radar was invented. A microphone or an actual person had to stand in the focal point of the parabola. If you look on Wikipedia or Google Images, you'll find some pretty wacky designs for these things.
These guys may just be my next Younger Brother, PT, Alt-J or Elbow... I love RP.
I was torn away from looking at and trying to comprehend C source code of Postgresql database. Nerd alert. Riveting stuff.
Nice. You wouldn't happen to know where the picture was taken? Is it possible somewhere in England? Possibly used to listen for (and be alerted to) German warplanes?
The band Aquilo is English, Acoustic Locators were used by the British to listen across the English Channel and the British invented radar so taking all these things together it is reasonable to deduce that this photo is of an installation on the South Coast of England.
Quite nice.
Trivia: the photo on the album cover shows an acoustic locator, which was basically a large parabolic dish used to detect approaching aircraft before radar was invented. A microphone or an actual person had to stand in the focal point of the parabola. If you look on Wikipedia or Google Images, you'll find some pretty wacky designs for these things.
I came to the comments hoping I would find this bit of info and it was so.
These guys may just be my next Younger Brother, PT, Alt-J or Elbow... I love RP.
A bit of Zola blood in there as well...
It shows in your reflection,
You’ve fallen out of touch,
Got lost along the way,
I know it’s not enough,
But these things they all get better,
And even if its tough,
...
This is us, dust the dust up off your shoulders,
Feet on the ground, you'll come around,
And be human again."
— Aquilo, Human
Ha - nice observation :-)
What a great photo/album cover. Love it.
I am sitting here reviewing a manufacturing deficiency report on elongated crew door fitting holes for C-130 aircraft and I am suddenly snapped out of my analysis by this song. I LOVE IT WHEN THAT HAPPENS! It is some form of musical Tourette Syndrome, where you can't stop yourself from looking to see who it is playing because the music is so captivating. That always get an automatic 8 from me!
Just the same here, but instead I was sorting my socks. 🤤
I am sitting here reviewing a manufacturing deficiency report on elongated crew door fitting holes for C-130 aircraft and I am suddenly snapped out of my analysis by this song. I LOVE IT WHEN THAT HAPPENS! It is some form of musical Tourette Syndrome, where you can't stop yourself from looking to see who it is playing because the music is so captivating. That always get an automatic 8 from me!
As a former C-130 crew member, GET BACK TO WORK! Heh...
RP keeps giving the good stuff!
Reminded me a bit of the nice track Two Hearts - Zola Blood that I also discovered here on RP.
Also reminds me of the great album Eyes Closed from HAEVN.