After a near-death experience, I sought out frank conversations and writings about death. I came across some words by Ira Byock, a palliative care doctor, expressing an idea, found in many cultures, that there are only a few things that I might need to say if I were dying or if one of my loved ones were dying:
“Thank you
I love you
Forgive me
I forgive you”
Around these ‘last words’, Karl and I wrapped a prayer to die well, whether together or separately, contemplating being the first to go, or being left behind to continue living.
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