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Red​-​Letter Holiday

from These Ghosts by Tyne Darling

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I wrote this song on a balcony at the Chateau Marmont in tiny letters on the backs--and sometimes the fronts--of a pocketful of receipts (apparently, paper was in short supply, at the time). Ostensibly, it's about acceptance of one's self--the cause, the hope, the joy, and the catastrophe. It's a call to rebellion against hails of expectation, resignation, judgment, and self-doubt. I like to pretend it's the black flag my younger self couldn't quite hoist high enough or for long enough to pledge allegiance. XOXO.

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Red-Letter Holiday

Wake up for a minute and hold me
A future rebellion means nothing to me
The outline of the barnstorm
A careless heart's demise
I wonder deep inside what I've done wrong
There's far more weight to what I haven't one, than anything I did
The cost of hope will keep us free
Here on my own, there's a quiver in my voice
A pitch that I can't seem to shake
So, tell me what it's like to believe
Tell me what it's like to believe
No epitaphs to cling to
No binds to break
Just broken-down, old memory of my name
With a wish that time forgot
Where nothing makes much sense
Caught up in the back porch of my mind
There's far more weight to what I haven't one, than anything I did
The cost of hope will keep us free
Here on my own, there's a quiver in my voice
A pitch that I can't seem to shake
So, tell me what it's like to believe
Tell me what it's like to believe
Tell em what it's like to finally believe

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from These Ghosts, released November 25, 2016
Instruments, Vocals: Tom Vollman
Lyrics, Music: Tom Vollman
Copyright 2016, Whiskey Contrails Music, ASCAP, All Rights Reserved

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Tyne Darling Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Tyne Darling is a Milwaukee, WI-based musician. Sometimes, though, he lives in Brooklyn. He has some black-ink tattoos on both of his arms. He often spells his name "Tommy Vollman." He’s toured throughout the U.S., Europe, and Canada, played festivals such as SXSW, Wakarusa, and CMJ. ... more

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