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Got no religion, got no T.V.
Ain’t got no women chasing after me
and the road ahead looks pretty dark from what I see
Don’t know where I’m goin’ or where I’ve gone
Lost on this dark road every turn is wrong
Now I’m singing a lonely country song
The turn ahead is much too sharp
and the traveling is looking dark
I wish I had some time to rest or park
Ain’t got no women, ain’t got no booze
Just got a radio bringing bad news
Now I’m sitting on my porch playing the blues
And the skies were looking grey
And the boats were docked at the bay
And something inside of me wishes it would rain
Don’t know where I’m going or where I’ve been
I’m hoping this lady will let me in
and the happy times will finally begin
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I Have Seen The Light
02:42
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Living in a darkend haze
I walked around an endless maze
of drunken bars and magazines
Living somewhere in between
The line between the good and bad
I never knew just what I had
She held me close and said it'd be alright
I have seen the light
I took the good and I took the bad
I took whatever they had
I was holding on to a desperate tip
as blood ran down onto my lip
I ran through streets and thoroughfare
snow falling in my hair
I searched all day and I searched all night
I have found her
and have seen the light
I ran on down to Times Square
to see what I could pick up there
I found some love and I found some hate
but neither seemed to be too great
I fell into a book of dreams
where nothing's really what it seems
she rescued me on a downward flight
I have seen the light
I've seen the devil
and I've seen the son
I took my chances with the chosen one
I took a grasp and sealed my fate
although my time was running late
I scurried deep to shadows bare
and found desolation there
She pulled me out with all her might
I have seen the light
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Egyptian Eyes
01:16
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Why did I see you again?
Why did I give into sin?
Why do I look in your eyes?
Why do I believe your lies?
Why do I try to turn my head,
when you turn it back instead?
Why do I push you from me?
Why try to deny destiny?
You’re my angel, my muse,
my worst excuse,
my Medusa, my curse,
a turn towards the worse.
Your Egyptian eyes,
and your solemn refrain:
Will you be my demise,
or will you bring me back again?
Why do I try to understand your deceiving ways?
Should I take you by the hand, or punch you in your face?
Why don’t you listen to me?
Why embrace misery?
Why rely on misplaced deeds,
or ensue charity?
I won’t treat you unkind,
or forget your last name.
I will stand by your side,
if you do for me the same.
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What's In The Box?
04:11
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What’s in the box, baby?
What’s inside?
Somebody’s secret
Or hidden pride?
Something worth seeing?
Something diseased?
Could it be human; could it be me?
Where did it come?
Is there writing outside?
Is it worth looking into?
Who will decide?
Is it something for nothing,
Or is it all for not?
Should we pry it open,
Or leave it to rot?
What’s in your heart, baby?
What’s writhing inside?
What’s to discover? Has something died?
I wanna know, dear,
what you’re keeping from me.
Should I put on my glasses?
Is there something to see?
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Loose Ends
06:56
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These loose ends are strangling me
Pulling me away from who I used to be
Can't get it together, its ripping me apart
Getting dragged to pieces
Gotta get back to the start
I have given all I have, and sold the rest away
I let it go and said goodbye, there's no more yesterday (yesterday)
I hung my heart upon the wall, I couldn't make it stick
Slow and saccharine, sweet it was
The thorns were coated thick
(Coated thick)
I can't see in front of me
You could be all that's left of me
I have so much to say, but just can't find the words
Wandering in wilderness, my skin exposed to burn
Someone show me mercy, I've been struggling oh, so long
I've been languid in my loneliness, drowning in my song
You have taken all I have and thrown the rest away
No recompense for circumstance
There's nothing left to say
(Left to say)
I won't look for you anymore, in shadows or in light
Reconcile, reprimand, I never got it right
(Got it right)
You can leave so easily
You'll never be the best of me
Say hello to happenstance, let's throw it to the wind
Secondary second chance, its time to start again
(Start again)
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Miami
01:36
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I am a passenger, don't know if i'll last here, sir
Tryin' to keep my head above the water.
But I can still see the shoreline of Miami.
I forgot your name, babe.
Everything's changed;
Nothing's the same after Miami.
Palm trees and summer rain.
Grey skies and hurricanes.
I am a passenger trying to get out of here.
And I'm never coming back;
Never coming back to Miami.
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Goodbye
10:00
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Goodbye, it's time to say goodbye
Goodbye, I wont forget good times
Goodbye, when things once seemed fine
Goodbye, why must this be goodbye?
Ghosts and neglect
Before you left you were lost forlorn withdrawn already gone
When something's not right it's wrong did we drag it out too long?
We're dealt what we least expect, cherishing regret
Early morning rolling fog the hills were draped in dew
Every evening side by side the days were fresh and new
Golden hair and silver string we tied them in a knot
Lost ourselves along the way and forgot forget-me-nots
Oh to return to the place which we once knew
If you turn around and look at me I'll come running back to you
There's nothing left to be said about yesterday
Let's give it one more chance don't throw it all away
Don't throw it all away
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Dear Sue
03:32
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This torrid affair
has gone nowhere
Cut your losses
cut your sails
Get your mind
on better times
Take me home dear Sue
Echandens
My passport’s gone
Some are stronger
some are strong
Sing with me
this lonesome song
Take me home dear Sue
What went wrong I may never understand
Were you fooling me or was I just fooling myself?
It blew away like a feather on the back of my hand
Shut your eyes
paint your lids
reminisce the things we did
Now you treat me
like a kid
just stay away dear Sue
Made your choice
spoke your voice
Fucked my friends
that’s not nice
Our love is dead
clear my head
Just stay away dear Sue
I don’t like what you’re doin’ ‘cuz you’re doin’ it to me
Your unfettered callous direct approach
You pass off cruelty as honesty
Your blonde is black
that’s what I lack
You’ve forsaken all
you can’t attack
Before I fall
shut up and pack
Don’t look back dear Sue
Don’t look back
Don’t turn back dear Sue
Don’t turn back
Don’t look back dear Sue
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All Your Angels
04:12
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All your angels have gone away
there's no time left for to pray
it never did you much good anyway
yesterday or tomorrow
Your children have all grown and gone
like ashes spread across your lawn
A lion tears the flesh from a fawn
with no regret or sorrow
Were we wrong along?
Were we wrong...?
All your dreams have gone up in flames
You only have yourself to blame
it's really always been the same
beg steal or borrow
The schooners have set their sails
from your eyes will fall the scales
A serpent swallows its own tail
sinking fang into marrow
Were we wrong along?
We we wrong...?
Nothing ever goes as planned
and no one understands
the past ain't too away
I've been there, I've lived there
I'm still there today
All your nightmares have come back home
there's no time left to atone
cuz they've never really left you alone
buried deep in sleep's meadow
Were we wrong along?
We we wrong...?
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In Our Other Life
03:24
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I was yours
In our other life
Tile stained
TVs plied high
You were mine
Guiding wingless flight
In another time
In another life
Will I ever get back to you?
Icarus and Bruegel blue
Consummate and tried and true
Who was lying to whom?
I was lost
Elevator blues
Bloody nose
Don't know what to do
Grey hotel
In a desert town
Forest green
Upon a lake unknown
Secrets deep swim all alone
Silver foil and telescopes
Wet hair and plush bathrobes
Was I lying to myself?
Cold steel, blank stares, lover's games
Liquor stores, thin disguises, sad charades
False eyelash, compass cracked, bottles break
Regalia for another fools parade
You were there
In our other life
When with you
It's always Christmas time
Nestle in
Unmade bed, spilt gin
Can we really go through this again?
In our other life.
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Aaron Lepley Austin, Texas
Aaron Lepley is a composer, performer, and educator who currently lives in Austin, TX. His music ranges from works for full orchestra, small ensembles, solo pieces, electronic music, and various hybrids thereof. He received the Master of Music in Composition from the University of South Florida and creates original compositions for advertisements, film, and multimedia art installations. ... more
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