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Purposes and Promises

by Velvet Ocean

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1.
It's So Hard 03:19
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It's too late now tears are falling What can I do? I still hear you calling I'm screaming on the inside I'm so lost My heart is crying What can I do? I feel like dying You left me all alone Don't you know? It's so hard for me to let go Why can't you see? You and I All we need is time to heal our love It can't be gone I love you There is nothing that I wouldn't do To hold you in my arms Once again I hear the sounds The night is calling Can you catch me? The sky is falling How can I find the way? Don't you know? It's so hard for me to let go Why can't you see? You and I All we need is time to heal our love It can't be gone I love you There is nothing that I wouldn't do To hold you in my arms Don't you know? It's too hard for me to let go Why can't you see? You and I All we need is time to heal our love It can't be gone I love you There is nothing that I wouldn't do To hold you in my arms Once again I hope our love will never end
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Tonight 03:47
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Tonight the stars are shining bright Eons right before my eyes Too late for turning back time I'm already gone How long I've been waiting for this time To see the truth behind this all There will be only little time To rage before the calm No need to tell me it's all over I can see the truth in your eyes Whisper me sweet lies We won't win this fight tonight Our journey will continue Through space and time Tonight the stars are shining bright Eons right before my eyes No need to turn back the time I'm already gone No need to tell me it's all over I can see the truth in your eyes Whisper me sweet lies We won't win this fight tonight Our journey will continue Through space and time No need to tell me it's all over I can see the truth in your eyes Whisper me sweet lies We won't win this fight tonight Our journey will continue Through space and time
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Requiem 05:05
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Darkness aid me to the sleep Carry me to a silent sea Where I can get so numb I'm so tired of Waiting for a wind to stir this world Let me be and bury me Far from here Can't you see? My tears fall Can't hear no more The pain is gone You can't leave me alone anymore Away from here You can't see me cryin' Call my name I cannot hear anymore Darkness aid me to the sleep Let me be and bury me Can't hear no more The pain is gone You can't leave me alone anymore Away from here You can't see me cryin' Call my name I cannot hear anymore Can't hear no more The pain is gone You can't leave me alone anymore Away from here You can't see me cryin' Call my name Away from here You can't see me cryin' Call my name I cannot hear anymore Away from here You can't see me cryin' Call my name I cannot hear anymore
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Butterfly 05:26
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Born white in a place So grey there's no colour at all Cold black winter tears Running down my face Wish there were words to say how I feel I wasn't always like this Maybe then you would realize Perhaps you would understand Sometimes I feel like a butterfly Free from everyone's judgmental eyes I could fly away with the wind And find my peace Innocence fades like the promises Cold black winter Still stays in my heart I wish there were still Time to show just how wrong you are Poisoning everybody's minds I don't think you would understand Sometimes I feel like a butterfly Free from everyone's judgmental eyes I could fly away with the wind And find my peace I will show you this insanity The truth of all We call so precious Waste it or throw it away It is empty anyway It’s impossible to escape this place Sometimes I feel like a butterfly Free from everyone's judgmental eyes I could fly away with the wind And find my peace Sometimes I feel like a butterfly Free from everyone's judgmental eyes I could fly away with the wind Sometimes I feel like a butterfly Free from everyone's judgmental eyes I could fly away with the wind And find my peace
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Truth or Illusion 03:01
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It's too late for regrets No time for change of heart All that's left Is just the emptiness The world has won and I am lost The fight we put up wasn't enough Can't you see what's happening Hold on Are you ready? Ready to face the world It's spinning faster and faster No one's noticing the world's collapsing We're half way to hell No one's noticing the world is changing Is this truth or illusion? Our souls are destroyed I don't know what is going on Can't you see what's happening Hold on Are you ready? Ready to face the world It's spinning faster and faster and faster No one's noticing the world's collapsing We're half way to hell No one's noticing the world is changing Is this truth or illusion? The world is spinnin' around I can't hear a sound The game is over All over No one's noticing the world's collapsing We're half way to hell No one's noticing the world is changing There's no coming back
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Elysian Fields 03:58
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Come with me Walk to the end of the world We'll leave behind this bleakness All that remains After the storm has settled Walk with me I’ll show you things That no one has seen before Let’s leave behind this sadness All that remains After the world has settled The beauty lies Hidden in the desolation Most people are too blind to see The beauty that lies Hidden in the desolation Most people are too blind to see We walk on the Elysian fields Far end of the world
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Broken 03:57
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I thought we would make up And nothing could break us What happened to you? I gave you all that you needed Do you remember? Did you forget? I don't understand Is this the end? Now I'm broken It's a dead end I'm afraid I don't want to give up Can we find us again? I don't know I'm broken I don't want to lose you I'm lost without you I hope it's not too late How it's going to be? Please talk to me My heart is breaking It's a dead end I'm afraid I don't want to give up Can we find us again? You don't know You're broken We are unhappy I don't know what I can do Life is twisting Maybe we took the wrong way It's a dead end I'm afraid I don't want to give up Can we find us again? We don't know We're broken We don't know We're broken
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Innocent Eyes 03:28
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It's so quiet Cold wind blowing in my face Winter has come Dark shadows cover the ground I can hear my own thoughts For some reason I don't feel the pain anymore I thought that you loved me Now I know you were lying I look at the world Through the eyes of an angel It's still quiet Darkness wins the light From all the lies you told me I want to break free I can hear my own thoughts For some reason I don't feel the pain anymore I thought that you loved me Now I know you were lying I look at the world Through the eyes of an angel I can hear my own thoughts For some reason I don't feel the pain anymore I thought that you loved me Now I know that you lied to me I look at the world Through the eyes of an angel I thought that I knew all But I'm still like a child I look at the world Through the eyes of an angel Through the eyes of an angel Through the eyes of an angel Through the eyes of an angel
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Lullaby 04:13
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Be silent, please Don't even speak I want to see all Beautiful Sleep gives me hope And calms me down All feels so much easier Asleep I fall into a sound sleep I feel that I'm safe and calm Forget all that's bleak So let me sleep Don't spoil this time Want to forget Want to be free I walk through the valley alone And I can't hear a sound anymore The child inside me is dead And I can't sleep anymore
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Salvation 03:58
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I'm afraid Give me your light I want to hide from this darkness Could you do it for me? Show me your light Would you give peace to my soul Only you can set me free Can I get out of here? Will I have salvation? I see you I can feel you Would you give peace to my soul Only you can set me free Can I get out of here? Will I have salvation? I see you I can feel you I hate myself And I can't stand that I exist Why it had to be me? Please, God forgive me Can I have salvation? Salvation Salvation I feel you

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released April 13, 2023

Instruments and vocals on this album performed by
Riitu Ronkainen - vocals, all keys and programming in Salvation
Jake Ronkainen - guitars, vocals in Truth or Illusion and Lullaby, acoustic guitars, erhu, percussion instruments
Bastian Schallschmidt - drums
Arto Alikoski - cello
Minttu Hietamäki - bass
Marco Sneck - keys and piano in all songs except Butterfly and Salvation
Simo Ollikainen - all keys and piano in Butterfly, additional keys in Elysian Fields
Additional backing vocals in Broken by Maisa Huusko
Additional backing vocals in Innocent Eyes by Jaakob Hyrynkangas

Arrangement by Velvet Ocean and Harri Österman

Produced and recorded by Jake Ronkainen and Riitu Ronkainen at Velvet Ocean Studio in Oulu, Finland

Mixed by Johan Örnborg and mastered by Jens Bogren at Fascination Street Studios

Artwork by Abstract Chaos Design (www.abstractchaosdesign.com)

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Velvet Ocean Oulu, Finland

The embrace of the depths of the ocean can be velvety but can sometimes become a dangerously raging roar. Velvet Ocean draws melancholic and tragic tones from the darkness and light-filled soul landscape of the north to the turmoil of its music. Playing with gothic metal, pop and symphonic elements, the fresh metal band combines acoustic and band instruments with computer-generated soundscapes. ... more

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