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Violet and the Sun

by Violet & The Sun

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Deep in my bones there’s a fear Part of me wants to make it real How do you shut this thing off? How do you find where it starts? This world I know is tearing at the seams The fabric split, the hologram blew steam, Cartoon shrapnel flew across the screen, Chroma bled like technicolor dreams I try to integrate it all until I cave Retreating to the wine and cheese parade Safety in the putrid and inane Safety in the stench of the insane But a tiny green man in a walkin’ stick suit Is parked in front, above the light on my stoop He reminds me of that June bug in the fire light What a tiny little powerhouse of shimmer might Yeah, I bet she could tear a hole in this plastic night Yeah, I bet she could tear a hole in this plastic night Yeah, I bet we could tear a hole in this plastic night I know we could tear a hole in this plastic night Oh, this world seems gone Washed away inside this song Where the river meets the sea I can drift into what’s real Tear open the night We’re waiting here Deep in my heart there’s a spear Part of me knows that it’s real How do I pull this thing out? How do I pierce through the doubt? This dark side of myself makes no sense I’ve gotta stop pretending that it does I think I’m right but do I even care? I can’t even feel my own heart Oh, this world seems gone Washed away inside this song Where the river meets the sea I can drift into what’s real Then a dragonfly whizzes right past my ear He won’t let me forget that he’s here He reminds me of that vision in the firelight What a beautiful imagining of grace and might There’s a world beyond this muddy, garish, silly sight Yeah, I know we could tear a whole in this plastic night Yeah, I know we could tear a whole in this plastic night There’s a world beyond this muddy, garish, silly sight Yeah, I know we could tear a whole in this plastic night I know we could tear a whole in this plastic night Yeah, I know we could tear a whole in this plastic night I know we could tear a whole in this plastic night
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Amaurot 05:31
Test of time inside a rhyme Of riddles and of lore We stand behind the unlocked door Just waiting for you, to turn it You cried out for help, we showed But your eyes were too full of tears to see us A place so dark no one could hear But you would not be neglected By the man in ironclad, The witness stand protected Inside the walls of time and space, Oh, the riptide is rejected Will you drown or swim to shore and Take your soul back, off the saddle? Or will you let that wild horse Run off, drag off, take off with your victory? Shootin’ idle, sitting star We wait for you to shine Child of the future, You have a heart of gold What you imagine now Is what will matter most Child of the future Stop the nothingness Look where beauty lands To bring Amaurot back You are the one, you are the one who can save us (Imagine the world that you really want) x2 They hand out hope for sorrow And paint the streets in gold The hills of red are full of dead The heart within is green with sin The upside down will swallow you, If you choose to let it win The nothing world will fill your mind With visions we’ve rejected Will you fall or jilt the sight Of gore and fame and folly? In the smear campaign of life is grace, Ooh, but will you ignore it? The path within is full of burs, We’ll pull them off at the altar A countess lion full of fight From way beyond the grave Sets the table now before you, For the man inside the cave Shootin’ idle, sitting star We wait for you to shine Child of the future, You have a heart of gold What you imagine now Is what will matter most Child of the future Stop the nothingness Look where beauty lands To bring Amaurot back You are the one, you are the one who can save us Imagine the world that you really want Child of the future You are the one, you are the one who can save us Imagine the world that you really want Child of the future You are the one, you are the one who can save us Imagine the world that you really want
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So, who am I now? When I’m not who I’ve been, Who I will be? I am not where I came from And not where I’m going Not who I made up just to please everyone I am more than a body, The son of the sun (Who Am I?) I’m more than a group and there’s no group, That could hold all I am I’m love that came from love to go back This is all that I am, love A wind in a valley of myrtle, Breathing fragrance in space To the creatures around A stream of the ocean that gives life to all That needs nothing to love, Gives and takes not Just love unto love A holy kiss of deepest love Pressed to the mouth of one above A breath of the creative force Infusing life with form Love is all I am From love to love A breath of life in song From love to love x3 (Who Am I?) Drops of heaven in song That return back To when nothing need said Love that came from love to go back This is all that I am now Love is all I am, From love to love (This is all that I will be) From love to love (All that I have been even when I can’t see) From love to love A breath of life in song (Even when I forgot love is all that I am) From love to love (A holy kiss of deepest love) From love to love Pressed to the mouth of one above (Who am I?) A breath of the creative force Infusing life with form (Who am I?) Drops of heaven in song that return back, To when nothing need said
4.
Pretty done with travelin’ the globe Pretty done goin’ out to shows Pretty done with workin’ on my bod’ Pretty done with workin’ on my head For you I’d travel Around the whole world I’d do more yoga, Give you somethin’ pretty to hold I’d make your favorites Fill them with passion I’d go to shows to see you smile, To watch you grow old I would stick around to see you laugh I would stay on earth to catch your breath There's not much that I still want to do But for you, I'd do it all again For you I’d travel Around the whole world I’d do more yoga, Give you somethin’ pretty to hold I’d make your favorites Fill them with passion I’d go to shows to see you smile, To watch you grow old
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I'd guide you through madness Like a flame in the dark Like a bloom on a cactus Like the love of a child I'd love you in starlight Love you in daylight Through mighty rainstorms And ever blue skies We could lasso All the dragons With our love And ride on the moon To Violet and the Sun X2 I see you there, Trapped in clouds Before nightfall Pink, through the sky, Romance caught Heaven breaks through I, I wait here, for your love Will you find me? Here, through the storm I shine true I will find you I'll wait for forever For stars to rejoin For earth to meet heaven For light to sound notes I'll breathe in your each word And listen to spaces Keep time with your breath And rest in your stillness We could lasso All the dragons With our love And ride on the moon To Violet and the Sun X2 My love, won’t you come meet me here My love, won’t you come willingly My love, won’t you come meet me here My love, won’t you come willingly My love, won’t you come meet me here My love, won’t you come willingly To heaven’s gate To heaven’s gate
6.
Stardust 04:54
Dearest one, do you think you can tell, True love from the well, What’s real from your pride? Can you tell when the tamer, that dark lust for comfort, Whips you back to familiar, grips your soul with his game? Do you get a strange chill when that old ghoul, he enters? Stops your heart through suggestion Guards your shame with his charm? Did he get you to trade in your best gifts for sand? Lure you into his web? Fill your glove with his hand? Laughing at what you could be Lays your dreams down Stabs the heart of your true love, Then grins his way through her funeral If I could, love, then I would free you Let you see your true potential I’d spread you like stardust Through skies of endless day Oh, my friend, you don’t fit through that door Please don’t shrink for that hall Please don’t drown in that well Will you tear down those guards now? And turn from pleasure that traps you? Walk through fire that burns you? Take off mask that feels safe? Won’t you spill all your secrets And lay your prize down Trade your house for the heavens Swap your cave for cosmos? Will you be breath of heaven In every cell, every atom? Can you become the heartbeat of all the life there is? If I could, love, then I would free you Let you see your true potential I’d spread you like stardust Through skies of endless day
7.
Constant 03:59
I don’t know what You feel for me But I know you Make me better I don’t know what You need from love But I’ll give you All the best I have Oh, constant How you polish me Helps me stretch higher I burn brighter Oh, my constant You command the best of me Oh, my constant Help me find my destiny Let’s try to fly Pull it through As one we can Set us free x2 If we make it With each other We could touch the Hem of heaven When I’m lost I Find my way by Talkin’ to you You unlock all my love Constant How you polish me Helps me stretch higher I burn brighter If I could hold the world as you I could part the veil, and walk through Touch the other side ‘til we got lighter We go higher Oh, my constant You command the best of me Oh, my constant Help me find my destiny
8.
When they met, the stars spun into day Spilling secrets 'til the sun came up It seemed every pain and shame could be erased now, ‘Cause George loved her despite all he could see Martha brushed off flaws he wore on his ripped suit sleeve The laughs they shared made right their tragedy But George and Martha loved each other Underneath it all Though they wasted their time here fightin' And they shed all those years dry cryin' If you stand by their grave, you can hear their love Oh, their love Their love Sad, sad, sad In her kiss he'd taste all his missed meals And in his eyes she saw black skies turn blue But then her lips turned into something colder And his eyes were soaked in storms of prison hues The warmth she held was locked beneath the surface All his laughs contained the stone he never threw Guilty over love they lost Sick from memories swallowed down They vowed to drop their words and fight in stares Now the life best friends had built Was a bullring without any fans Their hearts became the taunts of red that their horns would spear without a thought But George and Martha loved each other Underneath it all Though they wasted their time here fightin' And they shed all those years dry cryin' If you stand by their grave, you can hear their love Oh, their love Their love Sad, sad, sad
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Some days I wonder what of me they'll remember Will this earth be better off because of me? I want to do more than act out human drama I want to leave a path from my heart to heaven Can I be that brave, can I be that bold, Leaving selfish things behind? When the perfect comes, and the partial goes Will I serve them like a man? But I am tryin’ in my own way To find a path to love and faith (A path to love and faith) I’m tryin’ I will Learn to sing along To the Ruby Song To the Ruby Song I gave up when my idols all had to failed me They were as full of flaws and falls as me Now I can either give up, or find my own way Carry the torch of those who came before Can I be that brave, can I be that bold, Fight the battles others lost? I refuse to think this is all I am, Just another human mess But I am tryin’ in my own way To find a path to love and faith (A path to love and faith) I’m tryin’ I will Learn to sing along To the Ruby Song To the Ruby Song

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Violet and the Sun is so original, with extensive synth work, trippy sounds, orchestral instrumentation, playful mallet parts, and lush vocal arrangements--all done with a pop sensibility.

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released October 23, 2019

The album would not be complete without the stylings, inspirations, ideas and talents of Aaron Day, Jon Margulies and Christine Bucher—or the finesse of award-winning composer, producer, engineer, and multi-instrumentalist Ben Leinbach, whose final touches and mixing/mastering skills took each song to a new level.

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Violet and the Sun is an ethereal pop band whose musical inspirations are as enigmatic and original as they are lush and eclectic.

Bandleader, singer-songwriter and producer-engineer April White has relied on playing the piano and singing to express herself in private most of her life, to revive her spirit. She brings her inner life to the foreground in this iconic and eponymous, album.
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