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BIG SPECIAL have returned with ‘ONLY FREE WHEN SLEEPING’ and news of new EP ‘O’JOY!’
The ten-track project collects material from their first two album sessions.
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"I ONCE HAD A KESTREL." is a track by BIG SPECIAL, from the album NATIONAL AVERAGE., released 3rd July 2025. The track is 1:06 long. It's filed under Alternative. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 19 articles about BIG SPECIAL.
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She'd have died trapped either way At least she got free of the block and stretched her wings and sent Herself up over the estate and the sycamores like her blood ordered Even if her Jessies hanged her in the woods, those Straps that man made to keep a bird at man's depth The Jessies she broke loose from, but for a day Why is satisfaction so dependent on pulling things down?
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