Name: The Hardest Law
Duration: P00H02M32S
Description: “The Hardest Law is about extreme feelings, about those edges so typical of reflection. It is a theme that rides on the back of the piano and the fact that one can be well on the path to death (which we all travel). That is the hardest and most unbreakable law: the certainty of death.”

The Hardest Law

by Ricardo Portman

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“The Hardest Law is about extreme feelings, about those edges so typical of reflection. It is a theme that rides on the back of the piano and the fact that one can be well on the path to death (which we all travel). That is the hardest and most unbreakable law: the certainty of death.”

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The time has come
Is it a matter of faith
It's in my mind
And it feels fake
Someone always has to lose
and that is me

I'm fine
and dying
I am the end

the time has come
It is a shadow of loss
where the last word
It is the hardest law.
Someone always has to die
and that is me

I'm fine
and dying
I am the end

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released January 26, 2024
Produced, recorded and composed by Ricardo Portman.
Ricardo Portman: vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, acoustic bass, piano.
The Hardest Law was recorded in Cerdanyola del Vallès (Barcelona) on December 2023.

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Ricardo Portman Madrid, Spain

Rhythm guitar freak, Beatles lover & melodies searcher.

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