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Goodwill

from Living People by Slow Ships

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You once wish you had a man to lean on to, sometimes
Sometime, a man may lean upon you
sometimes

*Time hangs so dreadfully
All day, every minute I want to work it away
To keep myself from feeling blue
An inactive sort of drifting feeling that can't be described*

Last night I kissed you in my mind
You were only an arms-length away but I didn't reach for you
Except in my mind

Last night I sat and listened to some ailments for some hours before bed
It's awfully exhilarating
especially when you feel blue
A feeling that still can't be described.

*I wonder how you're feeling?
Blue or not feeling anything at all
Just drifting
It's hard either way isn't it?*

I once thought o I can't cheerfully so I shan't talk at all
But I carried out long-winded conversations in my mind
for practice

Last night in my mind there was a kiss
Silent like a moth
A quiet fluttering resting on your lips, my darling,
to wish you good will through the night

*these words originally appeared in a law book I was reading. It had a case study of an English woman who wrote letters to her lover in Australia. They were suspected of being involved in murder of the woman's husband. But I wasn't really interested in that. Rather, her beautifully worded letters to her secret lover captured my attention and I have used some of her phrases and re-contextualised them and now they carry new meaning. If anyone ever comes across this book, could you please get in contact with me so that I can credit this woman's words properly in future pressings of my album because I lost the original source material.

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from Living People, released October 8, 2016
Composed by Rubaiyat Howlader.

Produced by Tony Dupé.

Recorded @ The Abandoned Fireworks Factory, Melbourne, VIC.

Played by:

Rubaiyat Howlader - piano, voice.

Mastered by Denis Blackham at Skye Mastering, UK.

© Slow Ships 2016

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Slow Ships Sydney, Australia

From nocturnal odes to lilting hymns, Slow Ships draws on themes from the natural world, memory, creatures and places, family trauma, self & cultural identity, ultimately weaving
narratives of love, unfolding, and the juxtapositioning of inner and outer worlds.

"Sublime" - Lachlan Wyllie, Chiefly Sounds.

“Deep, personal storytelling” - Maia Bilyk, FBi Radio 94.5FM
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