Golem Effect

from Volume Three - Program by Royal Holland

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Recorded & Produced by Brian Olive at The Diamonds
Performed by Royal Holland

Copyright © 2016 Royal Holland. All Rights Reserved.

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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

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from Volume Three - Program, released January 19, 2016

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