A mini opera in itself, just beautiful and multi-layered. The whole concept of feeling, being, brave, strong, able to be all we can be and change the world, and the inner voice that knows how much uncertainty lies beneath that, the recognition that it can be easy to see others as brave and strong when they may not feel like that, and that others see us in that way too.. I love the vocals, Ellen and Karla and the way Meat's voice comes to the fore at times and recedes at others, conveying the desires, the fears with such poignancy .. at one point his solo made the hairs stand up on my arms. Epic, emotional, grandiose .. yet the poetry resonates with our feelings. Love every one of the twelve minutes. To me it holds the soul of the album, and so fitting that in this final collaboration we again have at the heart a great epic that conveys a Meat/Steinman masterpiece so perfectly.
10/10
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