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"10,000 Words In A Cardboard Box" is a clever and delightfully poetic song originally recorded by UK band The Aquarian Age. “10,000 Words In A Cardboard Box” refers to the numerous thoughts, emotions and experiences one has crammed into such a small, fragile space such as the human brain. “A thousand colourful shadows dancing ‘round my head” - the narrator takes you on a journey of exploration of the enigma of life and death, a search for meaning, trying to make sense of human disjointedness, common misunderstandings and the desire to express oneself - “There he goes on a voyage of his own delusion, never knowing where the next path will take him”. John "Twink" Alder also adds some cheeky “Hello-Goodbye” excerpts that didn’t make it onto his rerecording of the song retitled as "Ten Thousand Words In A Cardboard Box" for his 1970 solo album “Think Pink”. Musically, “10,000 Words In A Cardboard Box” is a psychedelic ensemble with John “Junior” Wood’s rustic, slack-key electric guitar and Twink’s eclectic, multi-layered trippy sound effects and vocals. The song was produced by Mark Wirtz adding an orchestral element with weeping strings, uplifting brass, percussion and prominent drums. “10,000 Words In A Cardboard Box” was first released as a single in the UK in May 1968 B/W (backed with) “Good Wizard Meets Naughty Wizard”.