Build It Up Again

from Things Unseen by I Am The Manic Whale

	/

Buy the Full Digital Album
Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album
Lovingly packaged in a digi-pak
Artwork beautifully crafted by Sarah Joy at Random Panda
Includes 8 page booklet with full lyrics and many inspiring photographs
You will like it
You will like it lots
You will like it

Includes unlimited streaming of Things Unseen via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

ships out within 3 days

£10 GBP or more
We will come to your house
We will bring acoustic instruments (and keyboard)
We will sing several songs
We will go away again afterwards (we promise)
If you are more than 100 miles away from London, could you drop us a message first?
We might still be able to do the concert, but may need a bit more for travel costs.

4 remaining

£400 GBP or more

about

This song is inspired by an interlocking block type construction toy.
You know the one.

lyrics

Built it up, take it apart, build it up again
On a spaceship to moonbase four,
in bright coloured uniforms
Command centre on the line
Cosmic charger’s doing ne
Got his radio, got his ‘scope,
got his miscellaneous tools
Space probe launcher, satellite car,
surface explorer in low gear
Build it up, take it apart, build it up again
Black Falcon’s fortress, scale the walls
Forward siege tower, horses and swords
Armoury, etchery, guarded inn
Drop the drawbridge, let me in
Bow and quiver, shield and lance
Catapult and trebuchet
Got his helmet, got his plumes
We’ll take King’s Castle before noon
Limitless possibilities, bound only by your imagination
Unfettered creativity, building is a verb in this quotation
Take a journey through the town
See the sights and hear the sounds
Police siren, fire house
Bucket loader, dumper truck
Past the station, forklift crane
Loading pallets onto the train
Weekend cottage, white picket gate
Takes me right back to ‘88

credits

from Things Unseen, released April 24, 2020
Written by Michael Whiteman

license

about

I Am The Manic Whale Reading, UK

We are a progressive rock band from Reading & London, UK. 3rd album out now.

Facebook

contact / help

Contact I Am The Manic Whale

Streaming and
Download help

Redeem code

Report this track or account

If you like I Am The Manic Whale, you may also like:

Foreign Land
by The Far Meadow

supported by 104 fans who also own “Build It Up Again”

Fantasy progressive rock is not something I'd ever thought of. Yet Foreign Land, especially the Foreign Land track itself, transported me straight into an unknown, magical fantasy world. Hakim Zulkufli
go to album
The Depths of Winter
by Tiger Moth Tales

supported by 100 fans who also own “Build It Up Again”

From the first play of Hygge I was sold beautiful and very talented musician. Thank you Peter for your music buffplums
go to album
Phototroph
by Moon Tooth

The Long Island metal band's third album etches arena-sized hooks into their jagged compositions, deftly balancing experimental and poppy inclinations. Bandcamp Album of the Day May 12, 2022
go to album
Lords of Data
by ASTRAL HAND

Sustained by seismic psych riffs, proggy shifts, and vivid sci-fi storytelling, these Milwaukee cosmonauts command respect. Bandcamp New & Notable Mar 29, 2023
go to album
Titan Agronomist Project Volume 2 - A Juggernaut that Cannot Be Stopped
by Randy M. Salo

Marauding symphonic metal that pairs stampeding riffs with castle-size organ and tremendous blasts of brass. Bandcamp New & Notable Oct 8, 2023
go to album
London Song
by Big Big Train

supported by 89 fans who also own “Build It Up Again”

BBT are standard bearers for modern prog, with a sound that evokes the spirit of those legendary 70s bands whilst managing to also be thoroughly contemporary. It's astonishing that over 30 minutes of music of this quality, with such high production values, is being made available for free - and their full albums are also very reasonably priced... Eleventh Earl of Blah
go to album
Still Alive / A Visit To Rockfield
by Tiger Moth Tales

supported by 81 fans who also own “Build It Up Again”

Astonishingly beautiful song.. thank you! Colman Jones
go to album