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Volume Three - Program

by Royal Holland

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1.
Demimonde 03:29
You were Standing in the kitchen by the sink Light was streaming through your hair just like a breeze But you didn't notice me there You lifted up your hand toward your face And brushed away the bangs draping your brow You seemed as if you were falling through the room Shes not falling Shes only teaching me how to fall. Your ghost escaped and caught me looking on It passed through me and whispered to my ear "You're not supposed to hear this" I looked at you again but you had changed Your face was firm and your eyes had turned dark I got lost in them one last time She's not falling She's only teaching me how to fall.
2.
I long to be free Of this lowly station The base frequency Of miscalculated obligation I'm pounding against All the corners i find myself in But the program is bound To the body in which it sits This mantra believe You're the product of your own visions But this message receive You can't output more than you're given I'm pounding against All the corners I find myself in But the program is bound To the body in which it sits This body is a binding contract with me. This body is compiling lines terminally.
3.
As I'm folding up the corners of the evening I make sure to never let fall any crumb Of the joy or of the misery I'm holding It's important What's important? Each single one I'm not ready, I'm not ready for this What prepares you for the things you think you've already missed? The years are steady but every night I'm remiss Once it's ending I just wish it'd start all over again As I'm kneeling on the precipice of morning Getting ready to plunge into another day And the sun is slowly heating up its warning It's not easy What's not easy? Living each day I'm not ready, I'm not ready for this What prepares you for the things you think you've already missed? The years are steady but every night I'm remiss Once it's ending I just wish it'd start all over again
4.
Golem Effect 05:18
Why can't I be the sun Shining through your window panes Making it too bright to sleep And warming your fragile skin Or a smaller star in the sky That you never wished upon Unless you could really mean it But you never really can Because your voices are all hidden In the sky and in the ocean And I hear the songs they're singing But I never can quite sing them. So I reach as high as I can And I hold my breath for hours But I’m cramping in my side Treading water in the salty sea I could be a cloudy day The kind that seem so far away Then maybe you could just forget Or maybe you'd want me to stay I could be the sky for you Every different kind of gray Cloudy shapes your fingers trace And a loveless cold embrace Because your voices are all hidden In the sky and in the ocean And I hear the songs they're singing But I never can quite sing them. So I reach as high as I can And I hold my breath for hours I reach as high as I can And hold my breath for hours But I end up breaking my neck And drowning in the salty sea
5.
Embassy 04:56
Some days it seems I could take these shoes off and walk straight into the sky Unlace my darling inhibitions and my anxious fear of dying I'd look back on this broken shell and laugh at how I used to care About the way it looked to others, about what they thought was there

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Volume Three: Program is the finale of a trilogy of EPs introducing the tragic tale of Royal Holland.

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released January 19, 2016

Recorded & Produced by Brian Olive at The Diamonds
Performed by Royal Holland
Baritone Sax on ‘Embassy’ by Brian Olive
Banjo on ‘Embassy’ by Wonky Tonk
Backing Vocals on ‘Embassy’ by Margaret Darling, Kristen Kreft,
Wonky Tonk and Daniel Wayne
Copyright © 2016 Royal Holland. All Rights Reserved.
Photo of Royal by Terry Eaton

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Royal Holland Dayton, Ohio

Dreamy Synth Folk Rock songs about loss and love.

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