1. |
A Place I Know
02:51
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Instrumental
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2. |
Losing Game
03:49
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Sometimes I feel like I’m living on the outside
Sometimes I wish I could see things from your eyes
But even from so many miles away
It still seems like yesterday
That I saw you block the light from my windowpane
Sometimes I can’t picture you at all
Other times I see you everywhere I go
I dreamt that I was on the road again
The moon rose high and the air grew thin
Your shadow was waiting somewhere around the bend
Lately we’ve been trying to win a losing game
Looking for something that doesn’t feel the same
Let me in or let me down easy
But don’t go back again
Or we’ll been running from ourselves until the very end
I said, "Slow down, wait until tomorrow"
Then she vanished in the summer air
The kids were all there dancing by the river but I never saw her there
Sometimes I feel like I could love anyone
with these dry eyes, but I could be wrong
Cause I'm still hoping she’ll be back before too long
Lately we’ve been trying to win a losing game
Looking for something that doesn’t feel the same
Let me in or let me down easy
But don’t go back again
Or we’ll been running from ourselves until the very end
(Lyrics by Aaron Marcus-Willers)
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3. |
Two-a-Perched
03:24
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Side by side, but still apart
It's no surprise it's not the start
Stand like statues every day
Leaving so much left to say
Two a-perched
No need to search for something new
Away they flew
You tell yourself you'd like to try
With things so sunny why can't I?
A little rain will come and go
It's just a matter of how slow
I can't begin to understand your ways
They're no longer mine to know
They tell you that you're good as new
The thoughts they planted barely grew
It's getting hard to hold my tongue
But I'll wait until your song is sung
Two a-perched
No need to search for something new
Side by side
No need to run or hide or seek
To catch a peek
(Lyrics by Tyler Meloan)
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4. |
Honeymoon Phase
03:44
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Seeing static
It's erratic but in keeping with the mood
It feels so rude
It's just a cactus but the fact is I'm still constantly aware
Of that subtle stare
But I am not compelled
I'm not under that spell
In the deep end for a stroll
I guess the pecking order has its role
Inconsequential
Wasted potential when it's scripted to begin
So you'll never win
Get used to passive
It's a massive part of what's become your norm
What a rigid form
You mimic what's around
Caught up in the lost and found
Only one thing could be worse
Honeymoon phase in reverse
Prickly pear I see you everywhere
It used to be so rare
I picked one at the root
And you followed suit
Now the fruit of your labor's out of season
Going through the motions without sight
So consumed with sour we didn't savor
We're bursting at the seams to set things right
Set incentives day by day
Gotta lean into your ways
But even if I hit my stride
It would't feel the same as pride
Prickly pear it's nice to know you're there
You gave us such a scare
I picked one at the root
And you followed suit
(Lyrics by Tyler Meloan)
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5. |
Flightless Words
03:32
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The darkest of nights is at noon in July with your lights on
Making your way to the top of the stairs and you're already gone
Silently she asked of me, "What is this fruit that falls so free?"
I told her that the words had slipped my mind
Feeling alive at a quarter to five you're still sleeping
The television glow said we all have to sow what we're reaping
We're younger now than we were back then
We're strangers with our oldest friends
I'd call you but the words just slipped my mind
Closing my eyes just to watch the moon rise through the ceiling
I'd love to see the day when we're all here to stay but I'm leaving
Slowly like a summer day, the wind came up and blew away
All the flightless words that slipped my mind
(Lyrics by Aaron Marcus-Willers)
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6. |
Birds of a Feather
03:18
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Movement, larger than life
Improvement, but it's riddled with strife
Mistake elation for witnessing colors that run
Can't shake creation and now can't fake all of that fun
Birds of a feather, you know what they say
With nothing to weather they've all gone astray
All lost their way
It's the luck of the draw, no patterns to see
Forget what you saw, ignore what you'll see
From outside your tree
Hollow, a hollowed out tree
Follow every decree
Hear out begrudgingly just about every two cents
Peer out beyond what you thought was the top of your fence
Your grass is still greener, and that much rings true
Maybe it's cleaner or just changing hue
At least in your view
It's the luck of the draw, no reason or rhyme
I know what you saw, so I'll save you the time
You still pantomime
(Lyrics by Tyler Meloan)
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7. |
Laser Lemon
01:11
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Instrumental
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8. |
Fly on the Wall
03:25
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Oh, to be a fly on the wall
When you set me free,
Left me to be on my own
It's a wonder how I stayed under your radar so long
Lately feels wrong just to say
These days it's not in the cards
Though it shouldn't have even been hard
Should I take it as some sort of sign
Or assume that it's simply benign
Bobbing and weaving
Without ever leaving
A doubt about why
You reach for the sky
Felt like going for gold
It often grows old
For the people who make
Rather than take what they hold
Lately it's not in the cards
And it's treated with such disregard
Do I stand here and take in the day
Or slowly erode it away
Something was lost
I'm still learning the cost
Poised at the drop of a hat
'Cause I'm stuck in a stare
And I'm never quite where
I departed when I first had sat
Seems that it's not in the cards
But I can't help but stand here on guard
Still it's prying and vying for space
And won't stop gamifying the chase
Oh to be a fly on the wall
When you set me free
Let me be
(Lyrics by Tyler Meloan)
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9. |
Back in Town
03:36
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Suddenly, I woke up here
From a strange dream where I disappeared
In the river, under starlight
I had vanished from my own eyes
Tender solitude
So many miles from what I knew
Broken silence
The sun on the horizon
Yesterday I was walking
Through the backstreets I grew up in
And the radio from a passing car
Told me that I'd gone too far
Tender solitude
So many miles from what I knew
Broken silence
The sun on the horizon
Tender solitude
So many miles from what I knew
Broken silence
The sun on the horizon
Here in solitude
So far away from everything I thought was true
If ever I am back in town
Will you leave the light on?
(Lyrics by Aaron Marcus-Willers)
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10. |
Big Dipper
01:50
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Instrumental
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11. |
Landlocked
04:52
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I've been accused of seldom crossing boundaries
By those who say they've seen the other side
Tried my hand again
But I got too close for comfort
Can't leave the safety net of coastal tides
Mixed signals coming through
The magnetic field of blue
Each day is just a new way to give in
If I ever venture past, it might just be the last time
That I'll be forgiven for my sins
That I'll be forgiven for my sins
I dreamt that I was back in eastern Missouri
The muggy summer air still slowed me down
And it's been ages since I've seen the Mississippi
Some nights I still fear that I might drown
I always felt unsettled being landlocked
It seemed like every door needed a key
Made a habit of leaving without notice
It's a hesitance I thought would stay for free
Mixed signals coming through
The magnetic field of blue
Each day is just a new way to give in
If I ever venture past, it might just be the last time
That I'll be guilty of that sin
That I'll be guilty of that sin
It's hard to conjure up alternate endings
To a story that was all but set in stone
'Cause now the road is narrower and bending
Who's to say we're not better off alone?
Mixed signals coming through
The magnetic field of you
Each night is an invite to give in
If I ever venture past, it might just be the last time
That I'll be guilty of that sin
That I'll be guilty of that sin
That I'll be guilty of that sin
(Lyrics by Tyler Meloan)
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12. |
Beyond the Valley
02:50
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Beyond this valley, there's a place I know
From stories spoken softly in a dream
Some call it wasteland, others paradise
But I've found it's something in between
I met her there along the riverside
When silence fell over the trees
The birds had taken to the southern skies
Searching for a warmer spring
And as the dusk fell over us that night
I heard an echo on the breeze
It told me that I should be traveling on
That this promised land is nothing like it seems
The road stretched out into the rising sun
She slept under its early golden light
I looked back silently to say farewell
For I know that I could never word it right
I took that restless highway to the world's end
But never did I see another sign
Now I'm back here in that place beyond the valley
Looking for the one I left behind
(Lyrics by Aaron Marcus-Willers)
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13. |
Juggling Act
03:16
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Instrumental
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14. |
Looking In
03:54
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I spent so many days
Looking over my shoulder or far up ahead
Motionless circles of hands
I was sounding out words I could've said
'Til sleep withdrew me
In the gentle tide
That brought me here
When I first arrived
Memory forest in fall
There's a golden mirage that I thought that I saw
I did all I could do
Just to clear all the branches that hung in my view
Then I came to a river
That split in two
And reflected back
Was a child I knew
There's no need to evade
The silent commotion
There's nothing at stake
Just an eye looking in
Discovering places it's already been
(Lyrics by Aaron Marcus-Willers)
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Aquamarine Sonoma, California
Aquamarine consists of multi-instrumentalists Tyler Meloan and Aaron Marcus-Willers. The Sonoma, CA duo's sound builds on traditions in psychedelia and Americana, weaving introspective, dreamlike narratives in their musical and lyrical exploration. Their second full-length album, "Two Perched", arrives August 28, 2023. ... more
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