From the recording The End is the Beginning
I recorded this song with Pete Pawsey for a SoLaTiDo 2025 project. It was just shrutti box and vocal. Three months later he sends me his own version which blew me away. He took the original recording of 2'14" and turned it into one just over 5 minutes in length, stretching it out with beats and other added sounds. Infusing the very ancient sound with a techno vibe. I just love it.
Recorded and mixed by PT Pawsey at ChemistrySetWest, Durham NC, Dec 2025 - Jan 2026
Other Contributors: The Twenty Bars
Lyrics
The end is the beginning – the beginning of the end
Walking in a straight line may take you round a bend
When you give your “yes” to one thing, you say “no” to something else
Any kind of choice – says something ‘bout yourself
There’s many in the one and one can stand for all
Falling to your knees may help you rise up straight and tall
Forgiving what has happened cleans the slate for what’s to come
Leaving what behind you may just help you to get home
Freedoms for and freedoms from is freedom that’s set free
It comes with do’s and don’ts and clear-eyed honesty
Freedom’s seldom given – freedom’s never free
A costly aspiration, a responsibility
There’s a sound that sounds like silence – It’s the breathing of the wind
It can take you from the middle and bring you to the end
The end is the beginning, the beginning of the end
The end is the beginning as we begin again / The end is the beginning as we begin again