the way I am sick, by dakota suite

the way I am sick

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1.	the way I am sick 13:05	buy track
2.	my awakening 04:29	buy track
3.	falling apart I 03:03	buy track
4.	the emptied ocean 02:14	buy track
5.	just below the surface 03:04	buy track
6.	lesseps (for strings) 02:55	buy track
7.	before she was on her own 01:52	buy track
8.	black river falls 03:18	buy track
9.	falling apart II 01:29	buy track
10.	your vigour for life appals me [part 1] 03:19	buy track
11.	one for the shoeshine man 03:10	buy track
12.	loss 02:00	buy track
13.	about when we met 02:00	buy track
14.	lesseps [original version] 01:58	buy track
15.	to have wondered [1943-1996] 03:51	buy track
16.	december 8th 1980 02:17	buy track
17.	episode 03:08	buy track
18.	I turned away so that I might not see 03:07	buy track
19.	bereavement and loss 01:51	buy track

about

the way I am sick,
the flowing current,
it takes more than brains to understand,
the fear invoked by the invisible,
the glory of a stained carpet,
that hands can touch the mind translates,
when the light-bulb blows and blooms the dark,
it's riding a wave of unknown size,
that crashes me down, that raises me up,
the power in the everyday,
and every word contains a book,
the way I feel too much is the way I am sick.

these words were written on his face,
and I tried tell him that it's not a sickness,
it's the moon that flakes the varnish off your body,
but now the roof has come off and he's scared of the stars,
if you see the divinity of the moment,
you can stop remote viewing your life,
It's a helium and a prison,
that pulls you back ten years or tells you why,
the way we find the way we feel
this is the way we are sick.

“the way I am sick” is a poem which was sent to me by elliot sturdy
and which inspired the title piece.

for Johanna, because when I was sick you held me near

recorded in a church in leeds during the winter of 2001. this was my first attempt at writing pieces for a string ensemble.

the european editions included a second disc collecting all non navigators yard instrumental pieces together on an extra cd which I include here (songs 10-19)!

credits

released February 26, 2002

chris hooson piano
colin dunkley piano / cello / organ
david buxton piano

with

k allen violin
g julier violin
a rowan viola
k cook cello
j ayre violin
r oliver violin
k wyss viola
j summerfield cello
t cutland violin
r radford violin
f fuller cello
c peatson double bass
d camrass violin
h schroder violin
f heap cello
h thompson organ
n hilton violin
e levine viola
d nicholson cello

strings conducted by david bellwood

photography by johanna hooson

recorded and mixed by richard formby at south parade baptist church in leeds

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dakota suite Leeds, UK

Formed in Leeds during a particularly melancholy 1996, Chris Hooson and David Buxton have set about making both singer songwriter and ambient / cinematic soundscapes since the beginning.

They do this with varying degrees of success.

The band has toured with only slight vigour across Europe and Japan. The music of Dakota Suite has featured in mainstream cinema, art house cinema and also TV. ... more

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