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Ocean

by Taylor Holland

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Picking up the pieces of a heart that’s just been broken Or thinking back on something long ago Our thoughts go out to ramble in the nighttime Wishing that the pieces could be whole again It’s easy to mistake a simple letter For a pledge to keep on writing all your life Words that speak some truth wash away in rising tides A promise scatters easily in the wind So who are we to wander in the stars Dreaming becomes a reckless thing Hearts in broken pieces cannot sustain a life But voices soaked in sorrow still can sing The quiet of the night invites confession Open in the arms of those we wish to learn to love But contradictions surface in the morning light And we can never know which road we’ll land on The magic of a moon and the softness of the starlight Together send us spinning all around the sky Looking for the answers of lovers long ago Seeking something lovely for a little while So who are we to wander in the stars Dreaming becomes a reckless thing Hearts in broken pieces cannot sustain a life But voices soaked in sorrow still can sing
2.
Only in imagination Writing letters in the distance We are not here We are gone Everywhere Opening my world Opening each other Everything was merged my lover Laughing dancing Chasing music in memories Pictures conjured up I see you in the quiet chords and laughter Playing at happy ever after Everywhere and absent We are everywhere and absent Talk to me talk to me Quiet in my mind quiet in the silence You are not here anymore I'm left here crying Fearing pressing play On what we listened to to start each day I don't know what the music tells me But it always brings me something Everywhere and absent We are everywhere and absent Talk to me talk to me Only in imagination Find the limits of the distance We are not here We are gone Everywhere Universe expanding Into endlessly unfolding music Hear me as I hear you singing Wanting tenderness returning Everywhere and absent We are everywhere and absent In the ripples of your distant knowing Hoping I will find you growing We are not here We are gone Everywhere
3.
Hide our dreams in melodies No one’s watching, but everybody sees Who we are you and I Going forward learning how to fly Nothing stays, this we know Moments in the darkness quickly go Ask too much stay too late We are drifting spiraling through space Who am I who am I My words wonder Your rhythms hide What you always want to know In the nighttime these things show The eyes of the audience are blinding Little mirrors all over the crowd Up above we can’t run away again Left singing alone with the voice that can never be still Who am I who am I My words wonder Your rhythms hide What you always want to know In the nighttime these things show Hide our dreams in melodies No one’s watching, but everybody sees Who we are you and I Going forward learning how to fly
4.
Can I write a melody you’ll hear When the way that my words reach you isn’t clear They get caught in paradigms and prayers Falling off the spiderweb between us Brushstrokes and a sweet embrace Never are enough to build on When the same foundation isn’t there There are different reasons why we’re living And they come between us when we’re leaving Even loving hearts can only stretch so far Hide behind a cross again Neither God nor the Devil can conceal you Look at the people standing on the street Why must everyone know before you see Tenderness is pouring from your fingers And your hands are full of love So be careful not to let it all run out While you’re looking at the sky There are different reasons why we’re living And they come between us when we’re leaving Even loving hearts can only stretch so far So much that I’ll never understand And so much of me that you’ll never know Watch each other from another world Sending something across ten thousand miles There are different reasons why we’re living And they come between us when we’re leaving Even loving hearts can only stretch so far
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If this puddle of tears gets big enough Maybe I can swim away  Through the rivers of my homeland To the ocean Salt water stop my bleeding And the moon will guide my way In your gently rocking cycles I will heal Ocean take me  Ocean call me home To your waters and your waves  Keep me whole and keep me safe I’ve been crying Mama told me to be cautious  And I watched her all my life Suffer from the cost of waiting Keeping quiet holding still Well I leapt into the world  And set my body on the line And I’m paying all the same  Ocean take me Ocean call me home  To your waters and your waves Keep me whole and keep me safe I’ve been drifting Can I travel where the ocean Brushes lands that are not mine Does my heartache stay beside me  If I take it far away I don’t know which road I’m walking Now you’ve left me on my own But I’m used to going forward I’ll be fine Ocean take me Ocean call me home To your waters and your waves Keep me whole and keep me safe I’ve been loving There’s a cost to giving freely That you never realize Till the balance is upended And the gifts are thrown away But I catch the things that fall And make them into little songs Singing home to the water Ocean take me Ocean call me home To your waters and your waves Keep me whole and keep me safe I’ve been learning

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Recorded in Cape Town, South Africa, Ocean captures a moment of heartbreak spilling out over loving poetry, raw self-reflection, and a journey across the sea, all woven together in soft melodies echoing ancient traditions.

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released August 8, 2016

Taylor Holland / Vocals, Guitar, Songwriting
Jack Springer / Recording, Mixing, Mastering
Meghan Daniels / Photography

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Taylor Holland Boston, Massachusetts

Singer and writer Taylor Holland hails from the wild Pacific Northwest. “An artist who has the rare ability to connect directly and deeply,” she draws on her background in traditional folk music to craft quietly powerful songs reminiscent of Joan Baez, Joni Mitchell, and Vashti Bunyan. ... more

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