the way we go

(2020) 

for mezzo-soprano and piano  

written for Helen Charlston 

  • Helen Charlston (mezzo-soprano) and Alexander Soares (piano) on 29 July 2020 at the Clock Tower at St. Pancras Hotel, London (UK), as part of the City Music Foundation in the Clock Tower Live Broadcast Series.

  • mezzo soprano, piano

  • 4’

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Listen to The Way We Go on Spotify. Nathan James Dearden · Song · 2021.

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the way we go

the way we go about our lives
trying out each empty room
like houses we might own
eavesdropping for clues in corridors until

standing at a gate or attic window
seeing beauty in a flag of sky
we’re gone, leaving the doors open
all the lights burning

Katharine Towers (1961- )
with kind permission from Katharine Towers

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