브리티쉬락의 한 획을 그었던 ELP의 리더 키스 에머슨이 이끄는 프로그래시브락 트리오 더 나이스의 두번째 작품으로 그 동안 많은 프로그래시브 락 팬들의 수집 표적이 되었던 앨범. 최근 리이슈된 본 앨범은 디지털 리마스터링과 오리지날 앨범에는 수록되지 않은 4곡의 보너스 트랙이 수록되어 한층 높은 소장의 가치를 선사한다. 특히 대부분 곡들이 뛰어나지만 20여분의 대곡 'Ars Longa Vita Brevis'은 반드시 들어보아야 될 필청 트랙이다. .... ....
Little Arabella, she's always out of her head. She lives in a daydream, she never understands what she said. She carries a flower, long after everyone said it's dead. And if you see her, you'll never believe, her head.
Little Arabella, she giggles away into bed. A skirt around her ankles, smoke comin' out of her head. She wakes in the morning, looks and there's nobody in her bed. And if you meet her, you'll never believe, her head.
Talks in riddles, talks in rhymes. She reads the stars and looks for signs. She is a problem of the times. I'm rather glad she isn't mine.
Little Arabella, she giggles away into bed. A skirt around her ankles, smoke comin' out of her head. She wakes in the morning, looks and there's nobody to be found. And if you meet her, you're sure to be, her next ground.
Arabella, that's Arabella. Arabella out of her head. Arabella out of her head. Arabella out of her head. Arabella out of her head. Have you ever met a bird, quite like little Arabella? Course you have, she's sitting right next to you.
Explain to you, The girl who tells me that she knows herself. I say to you, (my girl,) You don't know you, (my girl,) Only really shallow people know themselves It's true to say.
Everybody's playing happy Freud. I say to you, (my girl,) You don't know you, (my girl,) Your Capricorn is showing, And the edge is getting frayed, frayed.
Here's to all those people Who know themselves; (They really know themselves.) They look into a mirror and They know themselves. (They really know themselves.) I will build them A mirror they can see themselves As other people see them!
Here's to all those people Who know themselves; (They really know themselves.) They look into a mirror and They know themselves. (They really know themselves.) I will build them A mirror they can see themselves As other people see them!
Bum bup ba! Babba babba ba!
Everybody's playing happy Freud. I say to you, (my girl,) You don't know you, (my girl,) Your Capricorn is showing, And the edge is getting frayed.
Bum bup ba! Babba babba ba!
Everybody's playing happy Freud. I say to you, (my girl,) You don't know you, (my girl,) Your Capricorn is showing, And the edge is getting frayed.