Worship from Tender Heart by Mia Dyson (AUS Store)

I am astounded whenever I contemplate that for me to be here at all, every single one of my ancestors had to fight to survive long enough to have children who had children. (Not to mention the relatives, neighbours, and strangers who might not even have had children, but supported the line that got me here anyway.) And while that might not seem very difficult in this day, for hundreds and thousands (and millions) of years, survival was extremely precarious and so the chance that you or I would be here, incredibly slim. This astonishing knowledge gives me juice to go on creating, to honour their sacrifice and struggle.

Tracklist

10.	Worship	2:47

Lyrics

the darkness won’t be leaving me lonely
I have every moment to connect
and if i still feel hunger I can use that
I‘ve always had it all inside my breast

will you hold my face when the party is over
remind we where I am if I forget
you bring me back to all that is sober
where emptiness was there is a net

I knew when I was child
there‘re mountains on all sides
and long unbroken lines
of those who made the climb

to worship all the world makes the world whole
i’m a sinner to withhold it from myself
seeking adoration it weakens me
did I forget or ever know who I am

in the land of abundance and poverty protect me from greed
come to me as the generosity
of the warming ocean of sun around
every sensation of cold

I dreamed when I was child
there‘re mountains on all sides
and long unbroken lines
of those who made the climb
and moved with open eyes
no matter what the sight
who fought to clear their minds
and give what is my life

Credits

from Tender Heart, released February 23, 2024
All songs by Mia Dyson, Karl Linder, Daniel Wright & Syd Sidney

Produced, recorded & mixed by Scott Hirsch for Echo Magic
Recorded at Lucy’s Meat Market in Los Angeles, CA
Additional recording at 64 Sound in Los Angeles by Tyler Karmen
& at El Camino in Ojai, CA
Mastered by Ian Sefchick

Mia Dyson - vocals, guitars
Syd Sidney - drums
Dan Wright - bass, backing vocals, drums on ‘These Words’, string arrangement on ‘Golden Light’
Scott Hirsch - river guitars, lap steel, bass on ‘These Words’
Lee Pardini - piano, hammond & wurlitzer
Karl Linder - backing vocal on ‘Thank you’
Yair Evnine - string recording & cello on ‘Golden Light’
Dana Lyn - Violin on ‘Golden Light’

Cover photograph by Birdee
Cover photograph subject Stella De Mont
Artwork by Aaron Taylor-Waldman

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