FAWM: "Gently Together"

Gently Together

2 weeks ago by @philnorman

Gently Together

philnorman

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Liner Notes

Another Saturday morning vignette. Thankful this is not my current personal experience, but sometimes I think we wait for permission to go. Love your people, and let them know it repeatedly and often.

#folk #acousticonetake #saturdaymorningvignette

Lyrics

you've done your work
you've served your time
you can be done with this whole world and still be mine

there is no rush
I know somehow
it is enough the way you sleep beside me now

when you're ready
we'll go gently together
we'll go gently together
we'll go home

what is a ghost
but holding on
lingering when it's time to be done

what is love
but a chaperone
I can't go with you but you do not go alone

when you're ready
we'll go gently together
we'll go gently together
we'll go home

Comments

@andrewrusse 3d

Catching up on my listens/comments... many thanks for yours on mine the other day.

Oh wow... fabulous song. Sounds like we're moved by the same sort of stuff. LOVED IT.

@mikedebenham 5d

What a sad, loving, beautiful song.

@jonmeta 1w

What this has above all is warmth: of your voice, your guitar (with that resonant low D), and the warm embrace of the words as the singer lets go and gives permission to let go. The 'What is love ... chaperone ... not alone' section is a little gem.

@spinhead 1w

I would not have thought it possible for your voice to improve, but there's a depth and resonance I don't remember from, oh, 20 years ago . . . this is beautiful.

@oddbod 1w

Oh boy, it’s often the simplest things that have the most weight and the capability to touch the emotions more. That’s certainly the case here

@hbusse 1w

Gorgeous choice of that drop D tuning. You set the mood from that very first chord. And that delicately hooky chorus - chef’s kiss. Also love the chaperone lyric.

@srcoops 1w

What a nice song! Both the lyrics and the presentation are most pleasing

@aaronnathans 2w

This is wonderful, Phil. Perfect little song.

@davidtaro 2w

Oh man, you need to put a health warning on the liner notes, I wasn't emotionally prepared for what I've just listened to. I'm very rarely reduced to tears, but I'm fairly close right now. Heavy stuff. But beautifully expressed. 'What is love but a chaperone'. Amazing line. Sensational work, Phil.

@wrenarcher 2w

Good lord this is stunningly amazing.
Just... *sigh* everything about it. Your voice, the lyrics, the production quality, your guitar sounds beautiful, arrangement. It's all quite amazing.

And it made me cry.

@phylo 2w

Hauntingly beautiful. So sparse, you have a lovingly raw way of phrasing your words. Captivating.

@celineellis 2w

This is a bandaid. Perfectly paced, perfectly spaced. There is a vulnerability in your voice, that I wouldn’t know this wasn’t a recent lived experience. The vocal delivery is pristine and the accompaniment is just enough