learning....forever learning to look beyond the circumstance, look beyond the pain, and maybe find peace through the pain.... in my valleys in my darkest hours when the water has risen so high there's no support to be found I'm battered…

That didn't stop her. Main vocals/bleeps by Shreya, keys and backing vocals by me. Actually, my baby daughter was in my arms while I was doing those vocals and she started crying. Even though I cropped that part, I didn't use any noise reduction…

lyrics: traditional Orignally from RPM '07 album; this one has been reworked quite a bit. The lead vocal performance is particularly weak here but I'm rather pleased at how the "choir" vocals came out.

The first part of this was a "hidden" untitled track on my original RPM '07 album; the second part was conceived as an intro to "shortwave" but it seemed to make sense to re-sequence them this way.

Originally for (unfinished) RPM '08 album

Originally for (unfinished) RPM '08 album. This song and "shortwave" together probably required more component audio tracks than my entire RPM '09 album, which is one reason RPM '08 didn't see completion.

The image of cherry blossoms folding into a gravel footpath is from a poem by Kanoko Okamoto. Originally from RPM '07 album, this version has been reworked a fair bit.

Second track for Thirty Days of Tracks