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Starting Over - Lyrics

Division bells are tolling
Their sounds of loss ring in my head
I can't escape this insanity
I can't break these barriers

I'm picking scabs again
Oh, the contradiction of it all
I can't escape this insanity
I can't break these barriers

Sounds of division, sounds of loss
They ring in my head as I turn and toss
Solace, won't you grace me and stay a while?
I'm starting over without a change of mind

This is it, this is real now
The start of yet another start
And this time it feels alright being alone
This is it, this is real now
It's time to hit them all once more with feeling

Sounds of division, sounds of loss
They ring in my head as I turn and toss
Solace, won't you grace me and stay a while?
I'm starting over without a change of mind

Now it's time, dry your eyes
Start again, start again
Now it's time, don't look back
Start again, start again

Sounds of division, sounds of loss
They ring in my head as I turn and toss
Solace, won't you grace me and stay a while?
I'm starting over without a change of mind
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Recorded at Watts Audio Recording Studio, South Africa
Produced, mixed, and mastered by Clint Watts
Written and performed by Craig Pietropaolo
Copyright © 2015 Craig Pietropaolo
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Starting Over

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Secrets - Lyrics

I've never known such a cruel decline 
It's come to building walls 
We've gone from all to nothing 
And in nothing at all 

You made me an open book 
While you locked yourself away 
And the only key that I have left 
Is me begging you to stay  

And all I know, is that you know

What are you thinking? 
You look so lost 
Like you've been walking for miles 
With bare feet on frost 
The sparks in your eyes 
Are doused with tears 
And you ain't said a word 
In what feels like years  

I can feel that something's wrong 
You can't hide from me 
You're dressed to kill but you're playing dead 
And all for what? 
It seems the song has changed 
It seems we're out of sync  
And now our hearts beat 
To the ticks of wasted time  

And all I know, is that you know

What are you thinking? 
You look so lost 
Like you've been walking for miles 
With bare feet on frost 
The sparks in your eyes 
Are doused with tears 
And you ain't said a word 
In what feels like years

Oh, the secrets you keep 
In this thick air we're breathing 
We drowned in silence 
And then we were strangers again

It feels like years

What are you thinking? 
You look so lost 
Like you've been walking for miles 
With bare feet on frost 
The sparks in your eyes 
Are doused with tears 
And you ain't said a word 
In what feels like years

It feels like years
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Recorded at Watts Audio Recording Studio, South Africa
Produced, mixed, and mastered by Clint Watts
Written and performed by Craig Pietropaolo
Copyright © 2017 Craig Pietropaolo
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Secrets

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Left Behind - Lyrics

How long should you wait? 
Should you wait -
For it all to fall into place?

You've never been one for change
But you can't even roll with the punches these days
All that you can do
Is what you can - 

Sing some words that are heard, not listened 
Find yourself, no one cares you're missing 
Or left behind
Left behind 
 
Mindset: There's only up when you're let down
Your relevance begins out of bed

You've never been one for change
It's time you lift that chin up for the punches these days
All that you can do
Is what you can - 

Sing some words that are heard, not listened 
Find yourself, no one cares you're missing 
Or left behind, left behind
Left behind 

Left behind, left behind

Sing some words that are heard, not listened 
Find yourself, no one cares you're missing 
Or left behind, left behind
Left behind, left behind   

Left behind, left behind
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Recorded, mixed, and mastered by Craig Pietropaolo
Written and performed by Craig Pietropaolo
Copyright © 2020 Craig Pietropaolo
All Rights Reserved - International Copyright Secured

Left Behind

Craig Pietropaolo (born 2 August, 1994) is an Italian South African songwriter, music producer and multi-instrumentalist. He is best known as the current lead singer of the Alberton-based rock band Kidnapped by Gypsies, and as the original bassist of the cover band Alchemy (also based in Alberton) from 2015 to 2018. He was also one of the in- house sound engineers at Sundowners Sports Bar & Live Music Venue from 2015 to 2020.

Pietropaolo was born in Alberton, Gauteng, South Africa. He picked up his first instrument, the electric guitar, at age thirteen while attending high school at Marist Brothers Linmeyer. It was during that time that he formed his first band - a thrash metal group called Thunderkill (later Martyry) and began writing songs. Martyry was unsuccessful however, having never performed live in the local gigging circuit and released only one single, "Redemption" in April 2013 which was recorded at Tritone Studios.

Pietropaolo got his very first taste of the stage at age seventeen as a stand-in guitarist for the thrash metal band Empery (members of whom now perform as Age of Indica) in 2011. He then spent the next few years teaching himself to sing and play bass guitar, performing small open mic and charity shows with musician friends, and studying audio technology (specialising in music recording) at the Academy of Sound Engineering.

In February 2014, he became the new bassist and backing/clean vocalist of the metalcore band Inceria, with whom he enjoyed many successful performances in the local metal scene - even taking part in the 2014 Wacken Metal Battle. Following the band’s break-up seven months later, he joined the Afrikaans electronic rock outfit Die Hartbreek Revolusie as a second guitarist. DHR had the honour of performing with local rock giants Prime Circle at the annual Academy of Sound Engineering student party at Roxy's Club Melville on 12 June, 2015. 
 
After a short bout with DHR, he was then approached along with drummer Nelis du Plessis (Truth and Its Burden, Parts X Fiction) to join the iconic local cover duo Alchemy on bass, where he performed as part of their reformed full line-up for the next three years. Alchemy performed at Emperor's Palace, went on a provincial tour, and supported numerous local giants such as Desmond and the Tutus, Fuzigish, and Shortstraw by 2018.

Pietropaolo launched his solo career on 26 June, 2015 with the release of his debut single, “Starting Over”, recorded at Watts Audio Recording Studio. He has to date released three singles, accompanied by three music videos. His music has received airplay on numerous local and international radio platforms including Tuks FM 107.2, Mix 93.8 FM, DStv’s DMX Campus Rock Channel 816, and KCR College Radio in San Diego, California.