Love's a Promise

from See You in Marfa (EP) by Salim Nourallah

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The See You in Marfa EP is a collaborative effort with English guitarist/songwriter/producer, Marty Willson-Piper. Marty spent over 30 years in the Australian band, the Church. During the Fall of 2018 Salim assembled his long-time band of John Dufilho (Deathray Davies/Apples in Stereo), Joe Reyes (Buttercup), Richard Martin (Shibboleth) and Jason Garner (Polyphonic Spree) for the first time since 2011's Hit Parade. Along with Marty, co-producing and playing guitar, the group of six musicians cut an album and a half's worth of songs in a Nashville studio called Welcome to 1979. Plans to release a full length album of the material fell through when the Covid pandemic struck in March of 2020 and forced Marty to cancel plans to come to the United States and tour with Salim. Salim ended up indefinitely shelving the album, A Nuclear Winter. The five song See You in Marfa EP includes bonus material from the Nashville sessions as well as "Hold on to the Night," a song Salim and Marty wrote together.

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Written in Austin while I waited for my friend, Martie Maguire. I'd been invited to her ranch to write songs with her and a few other musicians. We were "assigned" a different writing partner each day and on this particular day Martie was supposed to be mine. By the time she arrived I had most of the song. I asked her to work on the words with me but she insisted they were finished. It ended up being one of the quickest I'd written.

lyrics

i don’t really know what i’m doing today
so how can i make a promise to you girl that i wouldn’t have to break?
i’m just trying to get by in the here and now so don’t rely on me
to give you anything in the future you might need

love’s a promise we make, love’s a promise we make

swimming in a sea with billions of people who long, long to be
living with their love in perfect harmony
straddling, battling to not plunge in to the fiery pit below
we all crave safety but we need the fall to grow

love’s a promise we make
love’s a promise we make
love’s a promise i might break

i need a leap a faith, i need a leap of faith

so i’m just gonna do what i’m gonna do and i hope i don’t hurt you
in the end maybe you’ll see my aim was true
these days and nights we’ve spent together are something that i won’t, i won’t forget
and you know if you left you'd be the one i’m gonna miss

love’s a promise we make
love’s a promise we all make
love’s a promise i might break

i need a leap a faith, i need a leap of faith

credits

from See You in Marfa (EP), released May 1, 2022
Salim: acoustic guitar/all vocals
Marty Willson-Piper: electric guitars
Richard Martin: keyboards
Jason Garner: Bass
John Dufilho: drums

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PSR Music Group Dallas, Texas

We used to be Palo Santo but now we're Happiness under the PSR music Group. Salim Nourallah and Alex Dezen run this thing so you can have an option for music that doesn't involve the Sony Music Group.