"Alu'a" is the Tongan word for goodbye when you are staying and the other person is going. "Rest" is an album dedicated to this sentiment. I wrote the songs over a duration of three years (2005-2008) and recorded it in the last year by myself in my room in San Francisco. Sometimes you can hear someone doing dishes or the beep of a dying smoke-detector. This album is an example of the slow, whispering tempo, slanted harmonies and embellished metaphors that I grew up listening to.
These recordings would have never been possible be it not for the help and generosity of my friends who lived in that house on Thomas Ave. (Jay, Sandra, Sylvia, Erika, Skip, Mander).
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lyrics
why can't i just stay if you want me to stay?
why must i obey such uninformed legs
they don't know, they don't know
how cold the world can be
they don't know, they don't know
how warm you were to me.
why must i behave in such incongruent ways
you'll constantly say that i'm always changing names
i don't care if it's wrong i want always to belong
to your heart, to your arms magnanimous and strong
and though they tire
of split desires
and though they'll walk
for far too long
my legs go.
why can't i speak when you want me to speak?
cause i know that you'll always wanna be between the sheets
and i know, i know that you do love me so
yes i know, and i know, but somehow my legs go
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