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Alexandrite

by Days of Summer

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1.
Sat In a Corner 03:35
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Sat In a Corner Party, kitchen Felt out of place You said there were no wrinkles on my face Said you were a Pisces So that felt safe Talked in circles, low, Whispers and jokes So we sat in a corner We made a pact Looked down our nose Isn’t that the way it goes? Folded a paper Ring to give you, Tossed it with good-bye. How is that gonna fly? Stop thinking ahead Stop before you’re dead You threw down a drawing I’d painted all red “Will you stay or will you go? Tell me, kid, I need to know.” Went to a drive-thru On Christmas Day. Said “I really need to leave him, but what will people say?” Stop thinking of them. She’ll die on that fence. Get out of the car. Go and run to your brothers and have fun This is not yours to carry, To carry.
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Figure It Out (2020) 04:24
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Figure It Out (2020) Verse 1: Fall days hypnotize Looking for somebody’s eyes I don’t recognize Myself in disguise Chorus 1: I just can’t figure it out Oooo oooo I just can’t figure it out Oooo oooo I just can’t figure it out Ooo oooo ooooo Verse 2: What sort of sort are you? Am I that sort too? Walk in circles in my house I’m the cat, and I’m the mouse Chorus 2: I just can’t figure it out Oooo oooo I just can’t figure it out Oooo oooo I just can’t figure it out Ooo oooo ooooo I just can’t figure it out Ooo oooo ooooo [Interlude] Chorus 3: I just can’t figure it out Oooo oooo I just can’t figure it out Oooo oooo I just can’t figure it out Ooo oooo ooooo Verse 3: Wrap a scarf around my head In the dark it’s just like death Maybe I can Get that over with Chorus 4: I just can’t figure it out Oooo oooo I just can’t figure it out Oooo oooo I just can’t figure it out Ooo oooo ooooo I just can’t figure it out Ooo oooo ooooo Coda: I never expected you To be here I never expected you To change
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Rib 03:21
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Rib I can never reach it. When I do, it has left. Like your shadow round the corner, Slipping through my teeth, clenched. Peripheral -ripher -ripher -ripheral… We run as fast as we can In the headlights. Your hand so near, a flame, And you on the couch, Inches from my toes. You put your furry blanket on my lap instead of yours. It's summer. I've forgotten. I am no one's Marianne, I am a Leonard. And a woman Leonard is a sinner. Chorus: I'm my own goddamn Rib. I don't need your clay. I'm my own goddamn Rib. I don't need your master's hand. Except for when I'm… Now I see you there, always there. With half my gestures. And I wonder how twins fare Far from their eggshell. And I want to stuff you in a nest, Only for safekeeping. It's fall, A year from when we met, It’s fall, 2 years from when we met, 3 years from when we met, 5 years from when we met, 8 years from when I met you. I am no one's Marianne, I am a Leonard. And a woman Leonard is a sinner. I'm my own goddamn Rib. I don't need your clay. I'm my own goddamn Rib. I don't need your master's hand. I'll get my own goddamn Apples, And I'll grow my own Eden. I'm my own goddamn Snake, I'll slither away. I don't need your say. Except when your voice echoes in my head.
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I.D.E.N.T.I.T.Y. 03:57
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I.D.E.N.T.I.T.Y. Should I even go back to Texas? Maybe I’ll drive up the coast Think about the person I love the most. They change faces. Maybe they are someone else. Maybe I am someone else, too. Free, free, finally free, I’m alone with my own thoughts. Freeeeee, I’m a person, and I’m not. I miss the cold beach, I miss Marin. I miss the redwoods, towering. I miss the white fog to hide in, My adopted state. But I’ve been thinking a lot about places. Are you ever anywhere If you can’t feel it within? Compass spinning. Should I even go back to Texas? I could just drive up the coast. Think about the person I love the most. They change faces, And their name’s spelled: I D E N T I T Y I D E N T I T Y I D E N T I T Y I D E N T I T YYY Who am I? Who am I? Who am I? Who am I?
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Golden Girl 05:59
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Golden Girl Verse 1: Run this town Lights turned down Never know if you’re coming or going away Keep the shades up Yeah you’re acting tough No one makes you say what you need to say Bridge 1: At last the curtain fall Past, fragment wall Refrain: Surprise, surprise, I’m your golden girl. Verse 2: Had a little sister You really, really missed her But you didn’t want to tell her And you didn’t want to crack a smile So judgmental It’s like a missile Ready to launch If I step within a mile Bridge 2: Fast, red doors part. At last, a human heart. Refrain: Surprise, surprise, I’m your golden girl. Surprise, surprise, I’m your golden girl. Verse 3: Many have pined I’ve seen their outlines Bodies on the ground Dusty with chalk Major sin Trying to get in I felt the block You didn’t want to talk. Bridge 3: Gaslight killed. Blast - chess game nil. Refrain: Surprise, surprise, I’m your golden girl. Surprise, surprise, I’m your golden girl. Ooooo, oooo, ooooo, ooo x 4 Surprise, surprise, I’m your golden girl. Surprise, surprise, welcome to a new world. Oo oooo ooo ooo oo oo oo ooo oo oo
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No Secret 04:16
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No Secret I pick apart what I don’t understand You only look in the palm of your hand What use in taking a stand now? I’m three steps forward, you’re two steps back You cherry-pick while I choose lack. What use in paying you back now? I’m no secret now I’m no secret now You’re moving on while I’m sitting down You fake a smile when I fake a frown What use in turning around now? I grieve without resolution In your hands, my absolution What use in making you see now? I’m no secret now I’m no secret now So take your words back now So easily poured out You only wanted to see me now I am translucent, Roman cloud What use in precipitation? You want to clear the vines from my mind. I want to be, well, just be fine. What use in stopping the way we shun? I’m your secret now. I’m your secret now. So take your clothes off now. We’ll take our clothes off now anyhow. Ooo ooo oooo ooo Ooo oooo oo oo oo Ooo ooo o ooo oo
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Matter 05:18
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Matter He said: How do you feel about the material world? I don’t know, I don’t know. I’ve always had trouble with the material world. Does it show, does it show? My feet float an inch off the ground. Yes, they do, yes, they do. You don’t want to fill that gap. Don’t blame you, don’t blame you, don’t blame you. I think it has something to do with the way that I move around a lot. I think it has something to do with the way that I can’t sit still for long. I’m on my back and I’m wondering if this is a lifelong knack. Oh way off track, Way off track, way off track, way off track. You matter, because you’re matter. I’m matter, I matter, we matter, we’re matter. Earth throwing full force at her, Will she stand or shatter? Will she stand or shatter? I think it has something to do with the way that I ran away from home. I got so far I could hear all the cars from the big, dangerous road. Then I went back, I was tired of the slap of my duffel against my knees. Wondering if anyone had noticed that I’d been missing, please. That’s what I need. That’s what I need. That’s what I need. That’s what I need. You matter, because you’re matter. I’m matter, I matter, we matter, we’re matter. Earth throwing full force at her, Will she stand or shatter? Will she stand or shatter? I think it has something to do with the way that I can’t say yes or no. I’m holding back, and I want to move on, stuck between stop and go. There is a split, and I can’t seem to reach it, I can’t seem to fill that hole. Oh, I don’t know. Oh, I don’t know. Oh, I don’t know. Oh, I don’t know. You matter, because you’re matter. I’m matter, I matter, we matter, we’re matter. Earth throwing full force at her, Will she stand or shatter? Will she stand or shatter? Coda: I matter, because I’m matter, You matter, you’re matter, we’re matter, we matter.
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Stoneheart 03:47
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Stoneheart I’ve wandered far from the trail and the sun hides its face. Far enough where I can now proclaim this my own place. I’ve been wandering. Maple has lost all her leaves and she looks very cold. Habits they fall off my back trade the new for the old. (it’s all the same) I’ve been wandering. Maybe I’ve wandered too far and my heart misses home, Or maybe it’s stone. Mouth of a cave beckons me with its dripping echoes. Seventeen bats and a stew bubbling over red coals. I’ve been wandering. Man selling vegetables with a dark glint in his eye. “You’ll have to prove your worth”, but I walk by head held high. I’ve been wandering. Maybe I’ve wandered too far and my heart misses home, Or maybe it’s stone. Maybe it’s stone. Maybe my heart moves at glacial speeds you’ll never know, Or maybe it’s stone. Maybe it’s stone. Steel yourself. It helps to move on. And I’m half a mile away it’s stone, Half a look away, it’s stone, Half a world away, it’s stone, Half my life away, it’s stone, Maybe I’ve wandered too far Maybe I’ve wandered too far, Maybe I’ve wandered too far, Finally on my own.
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Useless Song 03:48
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Useless Song I got shit skills and no prospects In a world of capitalism I’m not an employee asset I’m not even an “ism” I wanna live in a world that asks What do you want? And not how much it costs What do you need? And not what do I gain Have you read quantum mechanics? It’s pretty insane. Trucked down to the Yuba River Where the water flows clear and blue Got into an argument - about gas station attendants (extend regular chords here a bit) Is that really work people wanna do? Then My friends took off their tops But I kept on mine on cuz I bought it I’m mighty contemplating giving in But for so many years I fought it I wanna live in a world that asks What do you want? And not how much it costs What do you need? And not what I gain Have you read quantum mechanics? It’s pretty insane. “It changes everything” (spoken) Are you like me? Are you one of the useless people? Counting out your pennies Looking down your nose at the “sheeple”. Scraping by, feeling out of place Never wanting to ask for more Sliding in under that poverty line So your money doesn’t go to war But now you’re like “Oh shit I’m in my 30s” I gotta put a roof over my head Not gonna lie, there are days I think That I might be better off dead But oh no, I’m not losing hope Because there’s Canada I’m working on my French Canada They have artists’ grants Canada O, Canada I wanna live in a world that asks What do you want? And not how much it costs What do you need? And not what I gain What do you want? What do you need? What do you want? What do you need? And have you read quantum mechanics? You’ll shit your tweed.
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I'm Gonna Miss You 03:07
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I'm Gonna Miss You I’m gonna miss you I’m gonna miss you I’m gonna miss you Like the rain of the west Like the shade miss the noon Like this rock in my hand Miss the face of the moon But this is just the beginning For you. I’m gonna miss you I’m gonna miss you I’m gonna miss you Like the stars miss the dust Like the dust that we writ in Like the seasons that separate The cold from the mitten But this is just the beginning For you. I’m gonna miss you I’m gonna miss you I’m gonna find you (in small things) You, like a jungle so green Like a verdant return Of a long, shy spring And my feet yearn to run But this is just the beginning This is just the beginning This is just the beginning For you.

about

Hello!

Here is some basic information about these songs:
Title (year written) (location when written).

Sat In a Corner (2021) (Austin, TX)
Figure It Out (2020) (2020, perhaps obvious) (Brooklyn, NY)
Rib (2019) (Los Angeles, CA)
I.D.E.N.T.I.T.Y. (2021) (Los Angeles, CA)
Golden Girl (2016-2020) (Los Angeles, CA & Brooklyn, NY)
No Secret (2020) (Brooklyn, NY)
Matter (2020) (Brooklyn, NY)
Stoneheart (2017) (Los Angeles, CA)
Useless Song (2019) (Los Angeles, CA)
I'm Gonna Miss You (2017) (Los Angeles, CA)

As you can see, I've wandered around a lot. I wouldn't necessarily recommend it to anyone who'd like to accrue a large amount of material wealth or keep their address list simple. And you do have to be okay with shedding layers of books, clothing, sleeping mats, skin, to accomplish such a thing... But, for me, I feel things in a big way, so I move in a big way. And my narrow mind can only expand through experiences.

I hope that I'm entering a greater period of stability in my life now. Music has been a centering force, I can say that for sure. It seems to be here to stay.

These songs kept me company and helped me process many days of doing many things and loving many people outside of music. I still consider this their primary purpose - a way to get through the day.

Anyway, this music is released now. It's no longer just for me. I hope it lifts you up in some way. Or moves that thing that's been wanting to move.

~Angela & Days of Summer

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released July 28, 2022

All songs written by: Angela Greco
Produced and mixed by: Alex Hastings
Some song arrangements by: Aki Laakso

Recorded at: Mockingbird Sound Recording Studio
Denton, TX.

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Days of Summer Austin, Texas

ATX, but wandered all over. Writing from the heart. My friends help me make this sound good.

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