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music by Steelroad, © 2008, All rights reserved.
drums: Jon Stewart, except on "Nowheresville, Man" -- drums by Shon MacDughlas
vox on "Sometimes I am the Sky": Andrea Ramirez
vox on "Nowheresville, Man": Pam Shales
vox on "Half the Way": Jon Stewart & Andrea Ramirez
mandolin on "Half the Way": Andre Sapp
bass: r3x, except on "She's Right I'm Slow" -- bass by Mark Ledbetter
vox, guitar, keyboard: r3x
electronica: r3x
There are 2 main story lines to Exile Suffering Love.
One story is about Summertime Susan and her personal struggle. In the beginning, as in "Sometimes I am the Sky," she's at the point where she's kind of depressed or lost and wants to be as far away from everyone and everything as she can get. So she says that "Sometimes I am the sky, Sometimes so high, Sometimes in clouded hour, dripping wet water shower, I'm in no mood for earth below" ("Sometimes I am the Sky"). She relishes a bit in her distancing; it does have its own beauty to it.
It's her muse/higher-self/guardian angel who argues to her that as much as she wants to be separated from her life and especially the things in her life that are causing her pain (and causing her personal exile), she really isn't separated from her life and her self; and the fact that she isn't separated is not only beautiful and as it should be, it is an essential and necessary part of the universe.
"Time [may] not heal the way she feels" ("Flutter"), but there is something essential and beautiful about her personal struggles because ultimately the struggles lead her back to herself and hopefully back into the realm of love and compassion: love for oneself that leads toward compassion for others.
The second story is about her relationship with the male character (doesn't have a name). Their love story is a loosely defined matrix of love exile and suffering. Being in a love-relationship can often foster personal exile at the same time that it provides the path out of exile. Personal exile in the context of a loving relationship creates suffering. The pathways out of personal exile that are provided by a loving relationship usually have parts of the passage which induce suffering (in the sense that suffering is just a necessary and expected part of the process).
Ultimately, love wins out in the end, even if it's not that clear from the title "She's Right I'm Slow." "She's Right I'm Slow" comes right after the male character's "breakdown" song, "Exile Exile." ("Nowheresville, Man" is her "breakdown" song). And, the title is the male character speaking to Summertime Susan's muse/higher-self/guardian angel and to us, telling about how he's realized some of his short-comings, giving a nod to the fact that, for his part, he has been paying a bit too much to attention his needs and hasn't been giving her enough room to grow and flourish in ways that he's been able to.
"She's Right I'm Slow" has no words in part to accentuate the fact that for centuries men have had most of the "say," while women have had their Voice restricted. The silence and recognition embodied in the title and song work to accentuate the male "statement" or, better, demonstration of love. The music, by itself, is intended to be the ultimate love song: no words just action, beauty, intention, emotion, melody, rhythm and harmony.
One story is about Summertime Susan and her personal struggle. In the beginning, as in "Sometimes I am the Sky," she's at the point where she's kind of depressed or lost and wants to be as far away from everyone and everything as she can get. So she says that "Sometimes I am the sky, Sometimes so high, Sometimes in clouded hour, dripping wet water shower, I'm in no mood for earth below" ("Sometimes I am the Sky"). She relishes a bit in her distancing; it does have its own beauty to it.
It's her muse/higher-self/guardian angel who argues to her that as much as she wants to be separated from her life and especially the things in her life that are causing her pain (and causing her personal exile), she really isn't separated from her life and her self; and the fact that she isn't separated is not only beautiful and as it should be, it is an essential and necessary part of the universe.
"Time [may] not heal the way she feels" ("Flutter"), but there is something essential and beautiful about her personal struggles because ultimately the struggles lead her back to herself and hopefully back into the realm of love and compassion: love for oneself that leads toward compassion for others.
The second story is about her relationship with the male character (doesn't have a name). Their love story is a loosely defined matrix of love exile and suffering. Being in a love-relationship can often foster personal exile at the same time that it provides the path out of exile. Personal exile in the context of a loving relationship creates suffering. The pathways out of personal exile that are provided by a loving relationship usually have parts of the passage which induce suffering (in the sense that suffering is just a necessary and expected part of the process).
Ultimately, love wins out in the end, even if it's not that clear from the title "She's Right I'm Slow." "She's Right I'm Slow" comes right after the male character's "breakdown" song, "Exile Exile." ("Nowheresville, Man" is her "breakdown" song). And, the title is the male character speaking to Summertime Susan's muse/higher-self/guardian angel and to us, telling about how he's realized some of his short-comings, giving a nod to the fact that, for his part, he has been paying a bit too much to attention his needs and hasn't been giving her enough room to grow and flourish in ways that he's been able to.
"She's Right I'm Slow" has no words in part to accentuate the fact that for centuries men have had most of the "say," while women have had their Voice restricted. The silence and recognition embodied in the title and song work to accentuate the male "statement" or, better, demonstration of love. The music, by itself, is intended to be the ultimate love song: no words just action, beauty, intention, emotion, melody, rhythm and harmony.
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