Name: memory by Robert Symons
Duration: 2 min 37 s
Description: This track is from the album Tropicana Steel Pan ~ Bermuda Volume 3 and is available for purchase on CD Baby here: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/symons3

Order of the Dying Knights (ODK) released its first studio album, "Miranda", in 1996.  We returned to Exocet Studio in 1998 to work on our follow-up album.  This was a song we had written around this time.  We performed it live a few times, including at the 1998 Atlanta Pride Festival, but we never recorded it.  Originally, it was titled "Dreams Run Wild".  

During a snowy night in Atlanta on January 11th, 2025, I recorded this version in my pop-up studio (an old MacBook, Spanish Guitar, Apple earbuds and a broken Casio synthesizer). 

Lyrics:
Here we are, safe behind our walls
with all of our appliances in tact
so enamored with time
that we don't notice it passing
There is a trade-in time
when all of your desires run wild
Tell us, did you ever learn?
Tell us, will you ever learn?
Are we making this hard to ignore?
Did you try multi-tasking?

I found awakening through searching leads
There were a number of these openings
These are the captions that float in my dreams
I found awakening through my own means
in vast detail

Release, stand by, at least stand by us
Combine, release, stand by, at least stand by us
Combine, release, stand by, at least stand by us
Comply, rely, stand by, release, send out
Comply, rely, stand by, release, send out

I was one of the fortunate ones
I made it out with my sanity
battling dead horses
with a lust for victory
There at the trade-off line
when all of your desires went on trial
Tell us, did you ever learn?
Tell us, will you ever learn?
Are we making this hard to ignore?
Did you try moving past this?

I found awakening through searching leads
There were a number of these openings
These are the captions that float in my dreams
I found awakening through my own means
in vast detail

Release, stand by, at least stand by us
Combine, release, stand by, at least stand by us
Combine, release, stand by, at least stand by us
Comply, rely, stand by, release, send out
Comply, rely, stand by, release, send out

ODK - Dead Horses (Dreams Run Wild)

This track is from the album Tropicana Steel Pan ~ Bermuda Volume 3 and is available for purchase on CD Baby here: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/symons3

memory

Robert takes pop gems and transforms them into an Island Paradise on the Steel Pan creating the perfect ambience to complement any occasion.

memory

Robert Symons

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