The Other Side

The other side is a song of hope when there appears to be none; staring at the gallows and hoping for a reprieve - a song about not giving up. “I will rise where I am fallen, I will swim the sea so wide, where my true love will be waiting when I make the other side.”
We got one of our best friends, Melbourne singer/songwriter Liz Stringer, to do some BVs on this one. She adds a strident top end on this song. (She’s one of my favourite singers on the planet, and her album Pendulum from 2008 is one of my desert island discs)
The song came together one night when John Bartholomeusz and Nad Budge caught up for a writing session and John had written the lyrics for a new song but didn’t have the melody yet; Nad had a new melody and chord progression but no lyrics, and, voila, within five minutes the song was written and remains pretty much in the form it is on the album. Just one of those magical collaborations!