NIGHTBIRD(S) / LET YOURSELF GO

Ain't got the blues, I ain't homesick, 
I've got to move away 
from this bore here. 
I love these places 
where I am unknown, 
Here I'm in phase 
to really let myself go. 

Call me owl, call me vampire. 
Night is the right time 
for nightbirds to fly. 
I love those times 
when I am unknown, 
Here I'm in phase 
to really let myself go.

Let yourself go... 
Yeah let yourself go... 
Just how you know...

I never rely on anyone, 

Here amonst strangers 
it doesn't seem wrong. 

Surrounded by liars 
for much too long, 
I can not believe, 
I am not that strong. 

Call me owl, call me vampire. 
But I live my life 
the way that I like. 
And if I'm living just for tonight, 
Night is the right time 
for nightbirds to fly. 

Let yourself go... 
Yeah let yourself go... 
Just how you know...
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Original version (Audran / Soulmonkey): 
music & lyrics written by Arnaud Schmitz. 
Pentastar version: lyrics by Arnaud Schmitz, music by Julien Stark, arrangements by Pentastar. 

Originally recorded and performed with Soulmonkey 
(Number Nine Experiment side-project) and 
released on "Slave System" (December'2006). 
(All instruments performed by Arnaud Schmitz)  

In 2008, with Pentastar, we were working on a new song based on riffs brought by the guitarist Julien Stark, I decided to try these lyrics thinking it might fit... 
So then, I eventually interchanged the verses... 
After a couple of live performances, we were happy with the result. 

Here is a live version recorded in October'2008 by Pentastar with: 
Arnaud Schmitz: guitar & vocals 
Julien Stark: guitar 
Gab Helfenstein: bass 
Eddy Bellatel: drums. 



Another demo of the song (Soulmonkey's version), with an alternative folk rock arrangement was released in December'2012 as a bonus track on "Psychotic Monkeys Planet" by Audran. 
(All instruments performed by Arnaud Schmitz)