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We Could Be Larger (Than Life)

by Steve Merlin

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This track has been relatively long in the making, even to my standards. It's about getting back to enjoying simple things like being outside with friends, enjoying each others company and a campfire with some guitar music, no smartphones, no photos, just sitting your ass down in the sand and watch the evening strech into the night and morning.
This, by the way, is also the basis of my company Larger Than Life's philosophy.

Enjoy this single - my first release in almost eight years - which should give you a tiny little peek into some of the sound and atmosphere of the double album I've been working on since 2015.

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Larger, larger, larger than life
Larger, larger, larger than life

We've never been so free, it's the twenty-first century
For the best part of the week no-one tells you to move your feet
There's so many songs to hear, so many movies you have to see
And you don't even have to leave

We've come a long dark road from the caves to our happy homes
And we gently close the door, turn the lights and the TV on
But somewhere deep inside you're yearning to dream by the fireside
Where the moon and the stars tell you why

You could be larger, larger, larger than life
Larger, larger, larger than life
Larger, larger, larger than life

So call on all your friends, meet them on the riverside
Escape the city beat, leave all of that stuff behind
You could play a silly game: dare to be true and forget your shame
Close your eyes and dance in the rain

Take a run outside (away)
You don't need to hide (all day)
Feel that sweeter air (it's real)
Running through your hair (it's free)
Keep your merry feet (bare skin)
On the grassy leaves (feeling whole again)
Feel the sun upon your face
Life is not a human race
Feel that summer breeze (take it all inside)
Everything is easier (let it clear your mind)
Life is so much larger outside
You'll see the kindness in mankind

Larger, larger, larger than life
Larger, larger, larger than life
Larger, larger, larger than life
Larger, larger, larger than life

<<Guitar solo>>

credits

released September 11, 2023
Tom van Veldhoven plays drums, Steve plays everything else: acoustic & electric guitars, vocals, backing vocal choirs, keys, bass guitar, shakers.
Steve Merlin wrote, composed, mixed and mastered the track.
As you might have guessed, Steve also made a color pencil drawing and used it to make an animation for Youtube.
Official release of track w/ clip: Monday 11 September 2023, 18PM CET.

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Steve Merlin Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Over 9 years dutch prog rocker Steve Merlin has been working on a story-based double album, to be released in 2025. In 2008 Steve launched his experimental album Closer To The Moon. Between Air And Wing (2013) and prog album Crash Course For Earth (2015), were both recorded with a band: Tom van Veldhoven (drums), Sjef Poels (guitars), Freek Helsper (keys), Rick Weren (bass) and guest musicians. ... more

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