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Would the Light Hold Me

by Oceanique

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G.I. Native
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G.I. Native One of my favorite albums! Thank You for this beautiful music! I've listened to the entirety of this album over and over and it never gets old. even my 6yo, who doesn't now the words, can't help but to join in when he hears the the harmonies. The hand written "Thank You" letter was a special touch that I cherish. Favorite track: Now and Then.
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Cas P Two sisters bring us a beautiful album centered on voice and vocal harmony. Folk music but with lovely angelic harmonies that you'd sooner expect from ... gospel? maybe. If you love vocal music, this needs to be in your collection.
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1.
Moving straight through the glass can't keep up I can't find my way through the past Eyes watching Looking straight through I'm looking at you but I can't seem to move And I feel things breaking It's a slow kind of fall But I feel them shaking And I can't seem to do anything at all Slow motion picture where broken glass Glistens in the sunlight holding the light from the dark All you see is colours faded lights Washing from warm to light warm to dark warm to white I feel things breaking It's a slow kind of fall And I feel them shaking And I can't seem to do anything at all Anything at all
2.
Sleepy house, foggy shadows on these walls The house is cold and I feel it deep in my lungs And it's the silence of the old house I love And it's just like this Can you feel it The earth is a painting drawn by the one who chooses to see it And in mine shadow casting creatures run in the sky with all their layers of white And it's the clouds, the way I feel like I'm floating with them I love And it's just like this Can you feel it Your eyes are the colour of the earth in spring The way the sun casts your reflection onto the rivers surrounding me And it's the feeling I have, some would call love And it's just like this Can you feel it
3.
There is a long road between us I thought the space would help me grow As a person, as a daughter I find myself, I find myself In it all sometimes, contemplating life I’m trying to figure out why, people run from things Why I’m running, why I Thought I needed space to feel Like I’m living, like I’m living I thought I needed safety I built it up, I built it up, now it’s breaking I’m trying to figure out why, my heart is hurting While I’m growing, learning I thought I needed to change to feel Like I was living, like I was living But I’m changing the walls around me There’s something in the fear of leaving I’m changing the walls around me And I’m left here standing The walls are changing Colours shifting Time is folding In two I’m changing the walls around me There’s something in the fear of leaving I’m changing the walls around me And I’m left here standing
4.
Time Passes 03:44
Can distance change the way you see me Cause it’s funny i haven’t felt the same as i did leaving Give me time to process The layers that have been added to the person i once knew I never read the synopsis before the play So trying to follow your last month in one day is something i can’t do It’s impossible to understand It’s impossible to understand how you feel from this far away I’m trying to navigate life whilst i’m living it There's this washing feeling of loving and losing and loving it Whilst i'm in it And the time passes Can you feel the silence Between myself and who i used to be As the time passes, do you feel the silence
5.
Heavy 04:29
I don’t feel the pull that I'm supposed to feel And I have to ask when you read the lines do you feel just as disconnected Or did you follow the storyline Words fell onto your paper But I rewrote the ending, Now I’m looking at you as a stranger, a stranger Becoming heavy As I’m running forward, heavy Heavy on my shoulders, heavy I remember when I felt lost, lost touch That view from that big wide window made life look a little darker And even rom the second floor, there was something in your eyes that shone through And i look at mine, am I supposed to feel connected to you, in some way Becoming heavy As I’m running forward, heavy Heavy on my shoulders, heavy Heavy, heavy, heavy I don’t want to know you anymore I don’t want to know you anymore I just want to forget what you ever taught me Becoming heavy As I’m running forward, heavy Heavy on my shoulders, heavy Heavy, as I’m moving forward, heavy Heavy off my shoulders, heavy, heavy.
6.
I feel at ease on the road With my heart pressed against the wheel Always looking forward Always moving fast Faster than I feel Faster than I feel How is it that, how is it that I feel so still And how is it that, how is it that I feel so still I’m losing connections as we hide I am hiding from you Cause it’s easier to Cause it’s easier to I feel at ease on the road Wide open spaces to breathe Searching for the silence Searching for the answers to fall on the streets And how is it that, how is it that I feel so still And how is it that, how is it that I feel so still I’m losing connections as we hide I am hiding from you Cause it’s easier to Cause it’s easier It’s easier It’s easier to I feel at ease on the road With my heart against the wheel Sinking into the distance Cause it hurts less not to feel It hurts less no to feel I am hiding from you Cause it’s easier to
7.
Build A Wall 03:48
8.
Now and Then 04:01
Heat on my skin As the sunlight settles in for the night And I look up to the sky and I wholeheartedly believe Make a wish on the first star you see Lost between now and then Caught in the distance, the places I’ve been Children get wiser and time feels older I don’t know where to turn from here Here, here Shake me from this False idea, it’s endless, cut all ties the fear And I look up to the sky and I wholeheartedly believe Take a chance on the first star you see Lost between now and then Caught in the distance, the places I’ve been Children get wiser and time feels older I don’t know where to turn from here Here, here From here, here, here Where from here
9.
We’re moving forward against the wind Pulling you back to a piece of yourself My hands out the window but I can’t seem to find that piece to pull it back Into my into my chest And I feel further away from everything I know I have an emotional weight in each hand And it is pulling me apart I feel the break right in my ribs And then it tugs at my heart Lost in the motions can you locate where I need to be My hands out the window and my body’s In the last in the last town And I feel further away from everything I know I have an emotional weight in each hand And it is pulling me apart I feel the break right in my ribs And then it tugs at my heart I have an emotional weight in each hand And I’m moving the furniture around Hoping it would shift hoping it would shift the energy Or maybe shake this feeling I have an emotional weight in each hand And it is pulling me apart I feel the break right in my ribs And then it tugs at my heart My heart And I feel further away from everything I know From everything I know
10.
Can you hear me, can you hear me In your sleep I’m trying to fill, the silence within this room Can you see me, can you see me In your dreams we’re dancing in a crowded room and my hands are holding onto you And I don’t want to leave And I don’t want to leave Don’t let me leave, don’t let me leave Can you hear me, can you hear me In your sleep I’m holding yellow sunflowers and the lights washing over you Can you see me, can you see me In your dreams we’re lying on the grass and you’re telling me about your past And I don’t want to leave And I don’t want to leave Don’t let me leave, don’t let me leave I will hold you, I will hold you until you’re standing strong again Can you hear me, can you hear me In your sleep I’m trying to fill, the silence within this room
11.
Feel the ground shake Feel time change Feel the dust as it lifts off your shoulders Feel the light on your skin And let this settle in See the wise old trees See the space that lies between See the leaves as they fall onto your path See how it feels to have your feet firmly on the ground And let this be enough for now Let this be enough for now And let this be enough for now Now, now, now Now, now Feel time move Faster now And at 23 I’ve never felt more ready For this, take a breath And let this be enough, for now Let this be enough, for now And let this be enough for now

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Oceanique's debut album 'Would the Light Hold Me'

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released March 29, 2023

Credits:
Music and Lyrics - Maddy and Jess Houston
Produced, Recorded and Mixed - James Newhouse
Mastered - William Bowden
Vocals and Acoustic Guitar - Maddy
Vocals, Piano - Jess
Wurlitzer on tracks 1, 5 & 10 and Harmonium on track 1 - Jess
Double Bass on track 1, 2 & 3 - Lukas Drinkwater
Backing Vocals on tracks 3 & 5 and Bass on track 3, 4, 6, 7 & 11 – James Newhouse
Drums, Percussion, guitar and - James Newhouse
Photos - Robin Bottrell
Design - Red Room

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Oceanique Melbourne, Australia

Winners of Folk Alliance Australia’s ‘Youth Artist of the Year’ 2022, Oceanique are a twin sister duo from Western Australia, based in Melbourne. Their songs are full of close harmonies, wonder and warm melodies, a sound that calls to mind the sibling harmonies of First Aid Kit and The Waifs. ... more

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