Lyrics

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Inches away in the fifth dimension

There’s another human being

Flits in and out beyond comprehension

From a parallel cosmic brane.

She appears in an apparition

That is seldom, if ever seen,

From a skein of unexplained existence with a wormhole in between.

 

Wonderfully sublime celestial,

Extraordinary terrestrial.

 

So many times she has flipped me out with an act I can’t explain

I hear you ask now, what’s the dimension?

Well in science it’s called a brane, brane, brane, brane.

 

Wonderfully sublime celestial

Extraordinary terrestrial

Living an existence that’s tangential

Wonderfully sublime celestial.

 

I’m in love with a girl from the fifth dimension, a different world

A strobe, a shadow she’s projecting from another time, a different space.

 

Wonderfully sublime celestial

Extraordinary terrestrial

Living an existence that’s tangential

Wonderfully sublime celestial.

Notes

This borrows in musical style from the early funk of James Brown, with a psychedelic rock twist.

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Dom Reynolds:

“The theme of this song is inspired by a book, Absolution Gap, written my cousin, the sci-fi writer, Alastair Reynolds. In his book, Absolution Gap. Al riffs on the idea of there existing another, fifth dimension, a parallel universe, in which aliens are seeking to find a portal into our own, with potentially disastrous consequences.

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“I thought it would be amusing to play with the idea of the imaginary friend, with the sci-fi twist of having an alien girl-friend from a parallel universe. I named her Celestial.’

 

We made an amazing, ot-of-this-world video of this song, starring Kylie Earl, directed by Jennifer Lions and produced by Alistair Winter. (Click the video above)

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Credits

Written by Siôn Dominic Reynolds (April, 2021). Dom: vocals, guitars, bass guitar, keyboards; Jozef: guitars; Clyde Stubblefield: drums. Mixed and mastered by Dom.

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Lovingly crafted and recorded at the Batcave, Portsmouth, and Home Made Cookies, Southampton, England.

 

Sleeve art and photography: Jozef Birling.

 

© Reynoldo Records, 2022, All rights reserved. Catalogue Number SDR015.

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