Sounds a bit like Elton John. And that's a very good thing!

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Written by Akis Androutsopoulos
Performed and mixed by Akis Androutsopoulos
Drums created using BetaMonkey Loops.
Mastered at Abbey Road by Alex Wharton
Artwork created by V.A.E. Designs

© 2014 Akis Androutsopoulos 
℗ 2014 Akis Androutsopoulos

Moving Forward

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This song is only a rough draft, but I decided to release it because I don't think I will be returning to finish this song. So, may as well publish it and feel like I finished it.

Vertigo

This is a laid back acoustic tune, Lyrics written by Leslie Fisher.

Because Of You

From a series of tunes that I wrote a few years ago about about a time traveler who, as a side effect of time travel, looses some of his memory and must wait for it to return.   My bandmate, Joe Davis, supplies the awesome guitar lead.  

Getting Home

This is a song about coloring outside the lines! Marching to a different drummer! Following your passion!

My favorite section is the second half of verse 2! This just kinda tickled me! I like the ending too as this fellow breaks the rules one more time!

Embracing All My Days

So many years ago
when I was just a silly lad
my momma tried to tell me what to do
she told me not to climb a tree
and not to eat that sugar sweet
but I just would not listen baby blue

I went speeding
Down the highway
I went running
Toward the grave
I was bound
To do things my way
Embracing all my days

I grew into a man
and I traveled all the land
police tried to make me step in tune
but I drank the fire water
and I touched the farmer's daughter
and I stayed up late a howlin' at the moon

I went speeding
Down the highway
I went running
Toward the grave
I was bound
To do things my way
Embracing all my days

Now so many years have passed
and the end is near at last
they tie me to a chair and feed me gruel
but tonight when all is still
I'll climb over the windowsill
and drive that car until we're outta fuel

I'm still speeding
Down the highway
I'm still running
Toward the grave
And I'm bound
To do things my way
Embracing all my days

© 2015 John Staples

Embracing All My Days by John Staples

Wrote this over the course of three days, right after dropping out of college. Another one of those songs with an unclear future. Watch this live on youtube here: https://youtu.be/8Tfs0zNu5OQ

Lyrics:

Each night
To make it right
Call out the fore                        

Then we begin
To breathe again
But still tend to slow more

Winter, take the fire
And raise the light
'Til no one comes found

Their face slips
Into a grimace
Baffled by the witness

Hold your heart beating
Turn in your destroying

For you
Few would speak in
Someone culls to weaken

Her course
Stays the main shore
Hull in solid lake door

Hang while you come down
Someone sails, there's no one left now

But they sink
Away in glory
Dreary-minded worry

They know
Trail of paint flow
Tucked in by the stain coat

Hang your heart beating
Turn towards me and stop destroying

Still know
I would see through
Every rite to speak to

Each night
To make it right
Call out the fore

Then you begin
To sing again
But still tend to slow more

They know
To blind the story
Still inclined to hurry

But they still sink
Away in glory
Dreary-minded worry

Hang while you come down
From the sail
There's no one left now

Hang, Your Heart Beating

Analog goodness. Analog weirdness. I like my Moog. I like electricity. Yum. 

In TIme


The amazing Nick Harris has produced this one. 

Linger demo

Lyrics:

Take that step
Open up your mind
Make a change
Something less confined
Follow that feeling
Wherever it may lead
Don’t let it go
It’s a chance to feel freed

It’s not just a name
It’s more than a title
Though once there were six, 
We were the five, the Five of Diamonds,
The Five of Diamonds

Right from the start
There was uncertainty
Ever changing roles
We had to proceed carefully
One by one
We started dropping like flies
Then it was done
There were just three to arise

It’s not just a name
It’s more than a title
Though once there were six, 
We were the five, the Five of Diamonds,
The Five of Diamonds

This band may have died
But don’t think that we’re done
Our music journeys will collide
We’ve only just begun the fun

Just begun the fun

It’s not just a name
It’s more than a title
Though once there were six, 
We were the five, the Five of Diamonds,
The Five of Diamonds

We gave it a shot
We choose a change
We did something new
And I’ll never be the same

Written by:
Mike Cipolla

Test 313 - EP

Five of Diamonds

Five Of Diamonds

Lyrics:

How could I have seen this from the start?
You seemed so sweet to me I never had a doubt
But I didn’t know about the 
games you play, you’ve made me
overthink every word I say, overcomplicate everything this
way, so why should i even stay?
By you, after this, I mean,
I’ll be honest
We were never a thing girl you made very clear through
all of your actions
Your poor decisions 
About the times to flirt with me, hug me, or even look at 
me, could you tell me what you’re thinking? 

Why are you ignoring me
Why don’t you talk to me
Why are you ignoring me
Why don’t you talk to me

Driving home I couldn’t understand
I thought about the ways thing should be, 
the way things could be if 
you hadn’t left me in dust 
And now your flashing before my eyes 
All the things you said to me, why’d you 
leave me all alone? 
When I needed you most you left me on the floor

Written by:
Mike Cipolla

Getting Home

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