The Lyrics...

I had a discussion with a very good friend about "The Word" and the importance of Gods gift of language and it's impact on Humanity. Language cannot come close to describing an event or an emotion. Some get close and, of course, some are better than others but there is no way that I can describe to you how I felt when I first fell in Love or how low my heart sank when I lost that same Love. With the added help of a Musical backdrop one can come closer but "The Word" shuts off our sixth and seventh senses. That being said, I would like to write a few words around the songs and lyrics on White Flowers.

"White Flowers" is a song based on a poem by Pradip Malde. I met Pradip at his photograghy exhibition in Oslo and under the influence of the gallery owner, Bjørn Sterri, we decided to have a session and see what we could come up with. Bjørn has kick started many of these sessions where I work with a non-musician so Pradip came in with his poems and I had my sounds. It sparked a truly creative period for the both of us. It also gave birth to a new project called "The Fog Prophets". White Flowers was a song that stood aside from the other Fog Prophet songs and that is when I decided to include it on my solo record. It is hard to put a finger on Pradips words since they hit both the conscience and sub-conscience.

"Without your Love" was written whilst I was in Italy. To be in such a beautiful country with such a broken heart created the atmosphere for this song. A friend gave me the good advice to "Go to your guitar... it will ease the pain until you put it down again"