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Heart of Shadows

by ROYAL

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KINGS AND QUEENS Lyrics By ROYAL Kings and queens we’ll be Tattooed hearts we keep Mirror the deepest desires Bones only hold us from fire Let’s challenge the gates And break down the walls I’ll be your faith And stand through it all I’m ready for war Crowns of jewels we mold Bind our hearts of gold Heaven exists here with you We’ll reign forever us two Let’s challenge the gates And break down the walls I’ll be your faith And stand through it all Let’s challenge the gates And break down the walls I’ll be your faith And fight through it all I’m ready for war
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Vessel 03:20
VESSEL Lyrics By ROYAL Verse One: You wanted to go so I pushed you away What I didn’t know is, I wanted you to stay Now I’m broke, bleeding, left out on the curb and I’m dying for you Throw the roses on me, throw the roses on me Pre-Chorus: I can throw a dress on Put my lipstick on and play it cool But underneath the surface Cherry red has turned to black and blue Chorus: I’m just a vessel without you I’m just a vessel without you I’m just a vessel without you I’m just a vessel without you Verse Two: You called me your girl and it made me feel whole Wishing you weren’t lying Said that you’d never go Now I’m broke, bleeding, left out on the curb and I’m dying for you Throw the roses on me, throw the roses on me Pre-Chorus: I can throw a dress on Put my lipstick on and play it cool But underneath the surface Cherry red has turned to black and blue Chorus: I’m just a vessel without you I’m just a vessel without you I’m just a vessel without you I’m just a vessel without you Bridge: Write me off ‘Cause it don’t matter Just tell me how to live without you Tell the angels to cue the thunder ‘Cause heaven is falling without you Chorus: I’m just a vessel without you I’m just a vessel without you I’m just a vessel without you I’m just a vessel without you
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Black Beauty 03:04
BLACK BEAUTY Lyrics By ROYAL Verse One: Emptiness surrounds me in revolving darkness Shades of hope shatter in the unexpected hours Remnants of the dreams scatter across my mind While the medicine man continues to blind Pre-Chorus: I can escape the fire for awhile Avoid the flames with icy revival My baby you won’t recognize me now Chorus: They call me black beauty They call me back beauty Verse Two: Running from the truth as you pull me under Sinking here while you hold a veil across my eyes Remnants of the dreams scatter across my mind While the medicine man continues to blind Pre-Chorus: I can escape the fire for awhile Avoid the flames with icy revival My baby you won’t recognize me now Chorus: They call me black beauty They call me back beauty Bridge: I can escape the fire for awhile… Pre-Chorus: I can escape the fire for awhile Avoid the flames with icy revival My baby you won’t recognize me now Chorus: They call me black beauty (I can escape the fire) They call me back beauty
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Reminisce 03:51
REMINISCE Lyrics By ROYAL

 Verse One: He was a tall dark glass of whiskey Oh the summer nights with him My heart it knew not what was coming When I looked into those eyes Pre-Chorus: How could something so good turned to black, black Chorus: He was someone I will reminisce For the rest of my days He could take me higher than the rest Simply just the best Simply just the best Verse Two: There was deceit under his halo Oh a brokenness within I did my best to numb his sorrow But the nights grew tired and thin Pre-Chorus: How could something so good turned to black, black Chorus: He was someone I will reminisce For the rest of my days He could take me higher than the rest Simply just the best Simply just the best Bridge: He became a wanderer, a wanderer, he was Gone and now a mystery, what misery my love My love, my love Chorus: He was someone I will reminisce For the rest of my days He could take me higher than the rest Simply just the best Simply just the best
5.
The Hunter 04:33
THE HUNTER Lyrics By ROYAL Verse One: I can taste the poison running through my veins Part of your destruction Toxic in every way Ruin me with your lips Suffocate by taste They say I won’t listen But I’ve no choice to take Pre-Chorus: You’ve enveloped all of me now And I can hardly take Knowing I should run now But my feet only shake Chorus: Moonlight, cover my tracks If he can’t find me there’s no way that he can ever bring me back Moonlight, help me fast Don’t stop running now or else he’s going to come and take you back The hunter’s on his way Verse Two: I can hear your footsteps Getting closer now Lurking through the shadows Expecting me to bow I’ve been fooled by you too many times before It’s time to break the record I know you’re keeping score Pre-Chorus: You’ve enveloped all of me now And I can hardly take Knowing I should run now But my feet only shake Chorus: Moonlight, cover my tracks If he can’t find me there’s no way that he can ever bring me back Moonlight, help me fast Don’t stop running now or else he’s going to come and take you back The hunter’s on his way Bridge: You won’t catch me Watch me run now Hide and seek is way less fun now Moonlight cover up my footsteps I won’t go back I won’t give in Chorus: Moonlight, cover my tracks If he can’t find me there’s no way that he can ever bring me back Moonlight, help me fast Don’t stop running now or else he’s going to come and take you back The hunter’s on his way
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Rebel 04:22
REBEL Lyrics By ROYAL Verse One: I saw the wounds against your chest I did my best to fix what’s left of you I didn’t know the pain inside was self inflicted by the hands I let hold mine Pre-Chorus: Pour some liquor on it Let it sink right in On the deepest, darkest hours of your sins Chorus: Rebel heart Rebel heart Verse Two: I saw the road that lay ahead If you remained inside my head Consequences have a way Of showing you, you were wrong to have stayed My tortured soul and fragile mind Were not strong enough Against the weapons you designed Pre-Chorus: Pour some liquor on it Let it sink right in On the deepest, darkest hours of your sins Chorus: Rebel heart Rebel heart Bridge: Fool me once, fool me a hundred times To myself I can’t help but lie My loyal love knows no bounds I’ll take it all, and I won’t make a sound Chorus: Rebel heart Rebel heart

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In 2018, ROYAL embarked on her most personal and ambitious project to date. Working with noted artist and producer, Luca Fogale (Mathew V, Emily Rowed), she tapped into her past darkness to compose her second album, Heart of Shadows. Representing an auditory odyssey of tortured romance and the loss of identity, Heart of Shadows encompasses ROYAL’s refined sonic vision and envelopes it with a darkly cinematic flavour.

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released November 2, 2018

All tracks produced by Luca Fogale except “Vessel” produced by Luca Fogale and Sean Wharton
Mixed by Samuel Woywitka
Mastered by Brock McFarlane (CPS Mastering)
Symphonic composition by Samuel Kim
Photography by Liz Rosa
Graphic design by Harry Olson
ROYAL - vocals
Luca Fogale - guitar, piano, bass, synth
Nigel Blondeau - bass
Christina Cuglietta - violin
Mylle Fournier - harp
Jen Foster - organic drums
Recorded at Monarch Studios + Fogale Music
Additional engineering by Stefan Nowarre, Scot Wallace, and Olivia Quan

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