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Within The Water

by Holysseus Fly

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After stepping out as a solo artist with her debut single Marigold, Holysseus Fly vocalist, co-writer and pianist from critically acclaimed Ishmael Ensemble drops her second single Within The Water. 

She wrote the song in a few days from an improvised session with Jay-Z sampled Bristol pianist, James Graham. She sampled and then looped a section of the session and wrote a powerful vocal about rebirth into self love. Holysseus Fly’s strong vocal boldly tells a story of hope against a backdrop of watery piano textures.

Words from Holysseus:

“I was having a recurring dream that my mouth was full of grit. At the time I was struggling with my emotions after treatment for cancer, not speaking about them. Keeping them to myself. I wrote this song as part of my rebirth. A declaration of my determination to love myself and to speak my truth. The repeating lyric “loving you has been my greatest fear” is an admission that I needed to accept and voice these feelings in order to move forward.

Similarly “I hope one day we will turn around, see what it made of me”, is my intention to look back with pride at how my cancer journey has made me who I am. I had to dig deep and confront these difficult feelings to arise from the depths of the ocean and float in the water.”

lyrics

I dream with grit in my mouth
When I try to speak out
There’s something deep within the water here

Reach backward to scrape it out

God made no mistake here

But I can’t seem to get out of my head

Loving you has been my greatest fear
And I’d like to go instead

Loving you has been greatest fear, greatest fear

Loving you has been greatest fear, greatest fear

I hope one day we can turn around

See what made of it me
Rain fell for years I thought I’d drowned

Awoke in the sea


God made no mistake here

But I can’t seem to get out of my head

Loving you has been my greatest fear
And I’d like to go instead

credits

released April 7, 2023
Written by Holysseus Fly and James Graham

Produced by Rob Pemberton and Holysseus Fly

Mixed by Iain Berryman

Mastered by Matt Colton at Metropolis Mastering



Artwork:

Photo + editing by Giulia Spadafora

Video grading by Hannah Squires 

MUA Izzy Grigsby

Concept by Holysseus Fly

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Holysseus Fly Bristol, UK

Vocalist, co-writer and pianist with critically acclaimed collective Ishmael Ensemble, Holysseus Fly has already made a powerful impression as a solo artist. The EP’s singles, Marigold, Bloom, and Teach Me have
caught the attention of everyone from BBC 6 Music’s Chris Hawkins to Annie Mac, Craig Charles, Jamz Supernova, and ITV News. Holysseus Fly’s star is very much in the ascendant. ... more

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