"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
i am stuck under water and
i am slowly sinking into the sand
my love has left me for something new
just like i always knew she would do
the sea is swarming and it feels so divine
just wish this feeling could last all of the time
but the tide is turning, pushing me away
and i do get farther each and every day
the deepest blue isn't deep enough for me
and i have found that even underneath the sea
life is so lonesome and creatures are cold
and all you do when your born is grow old.
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