Oh My God Please

Album: To Carry A Whale (2021)
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  • At the start of 2020, Benjamin Francis Leftwich had a conversation about songwriting with a publisher at BMG. She introduced him to Sam Duckworth (aka Get Cape Wear Cape Fly) and the pair hit it off straight away. Within a few hours of meeting each other, they headed to the studio. The first song they came up with was this tune about their understanding of faith in God.
  • Leftwich told DIY magazine he already had a semi-jokey country idea that he was working on and he played it to Duckworth. They both realized there was something in it and came up with a worship song that isn't objectively religious. "We felt it was an honest representation of a human asking for help from something they can't see, in a moment of desperation or surrender," Leftwich said.
  • Leftwich recorded the song for his fourth full-length album, To Carry A Whale. The title came from an idea he came up with midway through 2019. Leftwich was at his girlfriend's house in Liverpool, playing on a family piano, when the phrase "to carry a whale" entered his head. He didn't end up using the song idea, but loved the title.
  • Leftwich told The Sun newspaper the album title is an observation on what it's like to be a sober alcoholic addict in recovery. A whale is heavy to carry, but also beautiful, "and it needs an eye kept on it because if not, it will jump up and squash me."

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