Solitude from Rightovers by Mikayel Abazyan and Friends

Having somehow found an irregular tuning for this song, I played it on and on and on, until such a dangerous idea of recording it in the studio came to my mind. I didn’t mean to change it significantly, just not to use harmonica due to my inability of playing it. However, something should had taken its place. When I was recording grand piano tracks for other covers, I asked Levon (my faithful Soundman, friend and companion) to add one more track to ‘Solitude’. Just for fun, just like that.
No pretentious piano parts were in my head at that moment. I just tried to shape the harmony in minimalistic way, and so I did it carefully, with some dose of hesitation. Whether it worked or not, the resulting version sounds different. And interesting too, I hope!

Tracklist

1.	Solitude	5:08

Lyrics

(Lyrics by Peter Hammill)

Silently I rest in the tall green grass
and look steadily upwards.
Birds sing ceaselessly around me,
and the blue of the sky surrounds me strangely.

Out here, life is at its essence,
and watches the world with innocent eyes;
far from grime, far from rushing people
it seems that I have found a tiny peace.

On the blue backdrop of the unknown
water droplets trace their paths;
on the sky, mortals hang on metal -
but who is to know how long either will last?

The lovely white clouds glide
across the sky and into my dreams.
I feel as though I had died some time ago:
now I'll wander with the clouds through eternal space.

Taken from Peter Hammill's Sofa Sound web-page at
https://www.sofasound.com/phcds/fmlyrics.htm#4

Credits

from Rightovers, released May 22, 2021
Written by Peter Hammill.

Mikayel Abazyan – vocal, grand piano, acoustic guitar, bass
Ashot Korganyan – drums

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