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Psalm (live at Tate Liverpool)

from Surface Industries II by Paul Rooney

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(FITZHERBERT)
I will cry unto | God with my | voice:
Even unto God I will cry with my voice, and he shall | hearken | unto | me.
In the time of my trouble I | sought the | Lord: I am so troubled | that I | cannot | speak.

I had some problems with my | talking | voice:
I couldn’t maintain any strength if I had a normal conversation, on the | phone | or in | person.
My voice would get incredibly tired, it would | fade | out:
There was a tiredness in my throat because I thought, I’m | tired, tired |
of talk | ing.

I honestly don’t remember a time I | did not | sing:
Another therapist pointed out that by singing you were determined that | people | heard your | voice.
She also said, “It’s interesting you | learnt | sign language: To work with the deaf, to | give | people | voice.”

(HOPKINS)
When the speech therapist asked me if I had a ‘persona’ | when I | sang:
That really hit home what I’d been thinking, that I feel more | real | there on | stage.
I felt the truth was: on stage it was | really | me:
And since the therapy that’s who I am all the time, now | I am | not pre | tending.

(SLOWLY FITZHERBERT)
I have considered the | days of | old:
And the | years | that are | past.
I call to re | membrance my | song:
And in the night I commune with my heart and | search | out my | spirits.

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from Surface Industries II, released August 7, 2023

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