Last Farewell from Last Farewell by Kontovourkis & Co.
Sung and authored by harmonica-player Duncan McCowan, ‘Last Farewell’ invokes an intense intimacy and pathos towards finality - be that of life, love, time or memory. The final single from the EP encapsulates a simple yet heartfelt meditation on the sorrow and inevitability of the end.
Set against a milieu of crisp yet restrained guitar strums, McCowan’s voice - sombre and resolute - lays out the fate of the parting worlds. “Now at that long, insistent knell / We bid the last farewell,” he sings above hazy production and measured instrumentation, their resonances coalescing into a murky gauze before dissolving away into the distant past. “This song is very close to my heart. It combines the anguish of an inescapable destiny with the rapture of having lived deeply, freely and honestly. For me these sentiments embody an ideal for living,” explains McCowan.
Tracklist
| 3. | Last Farewell | 4:52 |
Lyrics
Open arms and we’ll embrace
In open hearts there’s no disgrace
It’s ending, there’s no pretending.
Open eyes can realize
Life’s just a dream dressed in disguise
This ending was always pending
Always intending.
For all the holy hours of you
There still unbroken spell
For silent walks in morning dew
Now as we hear that distant bell
We bid the last farewell.
Open minds no lies confine
Unbroken ties our hearts define
Against this ending
There’s no defending.
Open goes the way ahead
Unbroken flows this day of dread
This ending, so unbending
Always contending.
For all the holy hours of you
There’s still unbroken spell
For silent walks in morning dew
Now at that long, insistent knell
We bid the last farewell.
Open arms and let’s embrace
No token charms can stem the pace
Of this ending
There’s no comprehending
Open hearts will open stay
Our parting kiss will not delay
This ending
There’s no help sending
There’s no mending
For all the holy hours of you
There still unbroken spell
For silent walks in morning dew
Now as our tears we try to quell
We bid the last farewell.
Open arms and we’ll embrace
In open hearts there’s no disgrace
It’s ending
(Farewell)
Open eyes can realize
Life’s just a dream dressed in disguise
This ending
Was always pending
Open arms and we’ll embrace
In open hearts there’s no disgrace
It’s ending
There’s no pretending
Open arms and we’ll embrace
Credits
Music and lyrics: Duncan McCowan
Vocals: Duncan McCowan
Backing vocals: Panayiota Kontovourki
Electric guitar: Mike Nicolaou
Acoustic guitar: Duncan McCowan
Electric bass: Nikolas Fournaris
Keys, synthesizer: Mike Michael
Violin: Panayiota Kontovourki
Tzouras: Michalis Kontovourkis
Drums: Stephanos Eliopoulos
Artwork: Duncan McCowan
License
All rights reserved.
The story of Kontovourkis & Co. begins in Larnaca’s southeast coast of the much-coveted island of Cyprus, a country not quite in any of the three continents it intersects. Their style? The band take things as they come, liberated by any sounds that bring music to their ears.