"Wings" | |
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12th track of Prophecy | |
Featuring | Asha Rabouin |
Sung by | Asha Rabouin |
Duration | Track: 6:03 "Wings": 2:45 "Marš na Drinu": 2:54 |
Genre(s) | "Wings": R&B "Marš na Drinu": Brass |
Lyrics by | Max Cavalera |
Composed by | "Wings": Max Cavalera "Marš na Drinu": Stanislav Binički |
Produced by | Max Cavalera |
Released in | 2004 |
Previous track "Soulfly IV" |
Next track "Back to the Primitive (live at Hultsfred Festival 2001, Sweden)" |
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"Wings" is the closing track of the fourth album Prophecy, released in 2004. "Wings" is unique for Soulfly that it is an R&B song with gentle female vocals by Asha Rabouin. This song tributes Asha to her brother Kamau, who passed away at only 19 years old in 2000. The R&B ballad reminiscent of Dead Can Dance and This Mortal Coil lasts two-and-three-quarter minutes before playing a brass band with drums, French horns, trumpets and tuba on the hidden track "Marš na Drinu" (first word is pronounced 'marsh'), followed by Asha's wails before ending the track and the album. Even though "Marš na Drinu" is a Soulfly hidden track, it wasn't recorded by Soulfly as it is the original version composed by Stanislav Binički in 1915 to honor Serbia's victory in the Battle of Cer against Austria-Hungary.
Lyrics[]
Wings all over us
Watching us from above
Protecting us from this world
Protecting us with your sword
Wings all over us
Calming us when we're sore
Even against all odds
Guiding us when we're lost
Wings all over us
Healing the bleeding pain
Helping us find a way
Making us seize the day
Wings all over us
Never letting go
Everyday I feel your touch
Carry me to my home
I can feel your soul
When I die you come and lift me up
Wings all over us
To meet the king on his throne
Wings all over us
Keep our heads up high
Keeping our spirit alive
Open your arms and rise
Personnel[]
Band performers
- Marc Rizzo – lead guitar on "Wings"
- Bobby Burns – bass guitar on "Wings"
- Joe Nuñez – percussion on "Wings"
Guest/session performers
- Asha Rabouin – vocals on "Wings"
- Igor Kurtić – drums on "Marš na Drinu"
- Nenad Bećirović – French horn on "Marš na Drinu"
- Danijel Demirović – French horn on "Marš na Drinu"
- Ekrem Maksutović – French horn on "Marš na Drinu"
- Nica Demirović – French horn on "Marš na Drinu"
- Dejan Aydić – trumpet on "Marš na Drinu"
- Roća Demirović – trumpet on "Marš na Drinu"
- Demiran Ćerimović – trumpet on "Marš na Drinu"
- Ćerim Bećirović – tuba on "Marš na Drinu"
- Pearls From Vranje – performer on "Marš na Drinu"
Songwriters
- Max Cavalera – lyrics and music on "Wings"
- Stanislav Binički – music on "Marš na Drinu"
Engineers and producers
- John Gray – engineering, recording, digital editing
- Sam Hofstedt – additional engineering
- Terry Date – mixing
- Ted Jensen – mastering
- Max Cavalera – production
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Live-only songs on various albums
"Spit" • "Beneath the Remains/Dead Embryonic Cells" • "Roots Bloody Roots" • "Attitude" • "Sanctuary" • "Polícia"