Over here at Progarchy, we have taken special note of how the new album Brass Camel (2026) is a masterclass in songwriting. Complementing the music on each track are outstanding lyrics. The album exhibits how the band has taken the songcraft to the highest possible standard by taking extra special care to compose the lyrics on this release. Therefore we would like to highlight some of these lyrical achievements over the next few days at Progarchy.com, with commentary on each one of the album tracks.

Daniel Sveinson of Brass Camel (who does electric guitar and vocals) comments on the first track of the album:

Starting off the album is “You’ve Got Time” which musically comes from imagining the Grateful Dead playing Rush and lyrically was written as a tonic to the third song on the album, “Why Bother? – the latter was described as a depression-anthem by the director of its coming music video, while the former is a hopeful song encouraging someone not to be too hard on themselves because life is hard and you’ve just got to, as The Proclaimers put it, do your best to do the best you can.

Relevant lyrics:

“Sometimes it’s tough to reconcile

constant forward motion with every day’s new trials

but if you feel the crush of exceptions and regrets

and obligations and deadlines

take a breath

worry not

you’ve got time

to mould the world you wish to see in your design

to watch the play unfolding up upon the stage

follow the script you had in mind”

These lyrics are highly reminiscent of Neil Peart at his most inspiring! Kudos to the Camel for this magnificent opening track.