Get all 5 andy santospago releases available on Bandcamp and save 35%.
Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of Darkness Burns, Classified documents, AM Gold, Year of the Horse, and Tiny Problems.
1. |
Till darkness (DEMO)
02:52
|
|||
|
When you feel it’s all too much
and you shatter everything you touch
and the dream that won't come true
is a spirit haunting you
whether your rich or poor I won’t close the door
cause I’ve been the fool I’ve been the fool
the fool who hoped for more
And I’d do it again, over and over
til darkness turns
fight it my friend, over and over
til darkness burns
So you sail off without a plan
from your castle made of sand
grab a safety vest, girl I can attest
cause I’ve been the fool I’ve been the fool
wishing for the best
And I’d do it again, over and over
til darkness turns
fight it my friend, over and over
til darkness burns away
to reveal a bright new day
|
||||
2. |
The Hour (DEMO)
04:41
|
|||
|
Time is a lonely burden
And a gift I don’t want to lose
that small town road became a highway
Stretching between me and you
No one really can tell the hour
Safe to say it’s far later then you think
And the time you hope to spare
Another tries to kill
Even when it seems to crawl
It’s never standing still
Tonight is a cold thin curtain
Can’t hold back the speed of light
When it spills out your love and laughter
Thats the time I feel alright
No one really can tell the hour
Safe to say it’s far later then you think
|
||||
3. |
||||
|
Just a lonesome rider
underneath the tropical sun
No companion beside her, wanting for no one
In the naked light of day she wears a big straw hat and shades
early morning, noon and night, hiding in plain sight
nobody's baby, no man's prize
she knows every deceiver needs a believer in the lie
Now I know what mother would say, a lonely heart brings an early grave
but we both just laughed at the newlywed fight, hiding in plain sight
nobody's baby, no man's prize
she knows every deceiver needs a believer in the lie
We're closer, closer than she thinks
What a pity. She don't want to know me, she's just looking for herself
She’s not like others in disguise, smiling faces with evil eyes
She won't let them shine darkness in her light, hiding in plain sight
|
||||
4. |
||||
|
Bus stop in the city, something deep inside of me
wants to see the ocean rolling endlessly
This running jump to flying, wouldn't feel so trying
if I could feel that warm sand underneath my feet
so if my kite goes up in the wind
don't tell me to reel it in
all I need is time and sensation, my main motivation
Take me to the place where the water meets the ground, before the sun goes down
Service on the weekend looking like a dead end
sat down on that hard bench and closed my weary eyes
in my dream I went there, wind was blowing through my hair
by the time I heard the horn blare, the bus was rolling by
pushing a rock up a hill is a hard way of standing still
all I need is time and sensation, my main motivation
Take me to the place where the water meets the ground, before the sun goes down
|
||||
5. |
Mika (DEMO)
03:13
|
|||
|
Mika’s so kind
Digs my music and blessed my family
A treasure to find
I’ve known her for years from 6000 miles away
How is your feline friend she asked
The one in the picture
Can’t bring myself to send Mika the news
the old girl passed away some time ago
We had some fun, I really miss her
But 21 is a real good run for a cat
Mika’s a dear
friend of American bands so humble
that many don’t hear
Makes me wonder what it’s like to live in Japan
We had our breaks and bends
The drummer moved south, singers in Chicago
Oh but we’re still good friends
Moody songs will never let you down
But its sad when it ends
We had some fun I kinda miss it
But 21 is a real good run for a band
Don’t have the heart to send it down the wire
off to the great ball of yarn in Shangri-La
Bands unbind and cat’s nine lives expire
But I’ll sing you a song to say Arigatōgozaimashita, Konnichiwa
Olive is gone, the music goes on
|
||||
6. |
Carousel (DEMO)
03:35
|
|||
|
i've been riding on a carousel
spinning round is what I do
Lovely horses but it hurts like hell
not as much to admit that i've been missing you
Wobbling teetering above ground
are my eyes deceiving me
cause wherever I’m not looking
that's the place you always seem to be
been a thousand days of circles
will I return to a quiet sorrow
why should I make up my mind right now
just to do it all again tomorrow
I could step off any time
But my mind is set to ride
Shadows grow on the calliope
but i'm not ready to leave show business behind
|
||||
7. |
Ageless
03:44
|
|||
|
He came along with his red house song
Didn’t live too long, long enough to sing the blues
What they can’t teach in the academy
How to be stone free with nothing left to lose
we're ageless when the music starts, ageless if you got a heart
Waves they crash upon the sand, but the castles still stand
Had a machine to kill the fascist regime
But all the years in between it's gotten rusty I fear
Let’s get in tune, play all afternoon
what divides us soon will completely disappear
we're ageless when the music starts, ageless if you got a heart
Weightlessly we leave the ground chasing stars around
We're ageless when the music starts, ageless if you got a heart
Weightlessly we depart
we're ageless when the music starts, ageless if you got a heart
Waves they crash upon the sand, but the castles still stand
|
||||
8. |
Look Into That
03:54
|
|||
|
Ten thousand starving, one getting fat
better look into that
Boys came back home but they’re still in combat
Better look into that
easier to ignore desperate eyes
Or a face in the mirror
Is there still a little time?
Truth is fiction
The earth is flat
Better look into that
The cause of death: driving while black
Better look into that
Sad man running from the ones you love towards a reflection
that fades before your eyes
The abyss, we'd be fortunate to miss
no rabbit in the hat
there’s an elephant in the room
good guy with a gun a scope on your gat
You’d better look into that
Further divided by the manic autocrat
Better look out for that
When we try cross the river of blood
we'll wonder aloud
Is there still a little time?
|
||||
9. |
Dark Magic
03:49
|
|||
|
Still foolin' round with a ritual
Doing dark magic
Should be trying to sleep like everybody else
instead of dark magic
What's in the cauldron
your passing over my way
smells of desperation and cheap Cabernet
maybe something with a little more zing
sometimes you slip off the wedding ring
little bit of whatever does the trick
stir it up with your magic stick
just the standard poisons
of a restless mind and dark magic
nothing supernatural
but it's the best that I could find, dark magic
it's partly cloudy with a devil wind
blowing down the castle wall every now and then
where the vampires make a fright
never pay for a drink all night
little madness, a little bit of pain
top it off with a monkey brain
|
||||
10. |
Weapon
03:27
|
|||
|
Ooh I wanna be a weapon
Filled with sunshine loaded with stars
Ooh teach a lovin’ lesson
Just like Sister Rosetta's guitar
better think of everyone you hold close
better think about the life that you chose
guess I shouldn't be talking tough, cuz talkin ain't enough
i'll sing it out, spread the word, let myself be heard
put me in the turbine
Load me up with rocket fuel
we've got fight in the bloodline
Don’t go soft and make me look like a fool
stand with me and rise above
gotta stand beside the ones that you love
you say I shouldn't be acting tough, cause acting ain't enough
sing it out, spread the word
fear is the little voice that tells you it's time to run
love is the stem of a rose in the barrel of a gun
demand the respect that's owed
sock it to me like the queen of soul
say I shouldn't sing so proud, man you make me wanna belt it out
sing it loud, spread the word, let myself be heard
|
||||
11. |
The Time Before
04:04
|
|||
|
The Time Before
Back in my day kid we walked to school in the falling rain or snow
I knew what I had to do and where to go
Herded up and corn fed like pigs in a pen
Delivered the paper past with the mouths of the German Shepards and the Pekonese
made a buck 35 after seven awful weeks
put down my kick stand, walked away
now I don't have perspective anymore
So be kind if I sweep my mind up off the floor
And tell you bout the time before
I’m reminded of the rattle of the silver and a face full of steam
Drunk chef yelling get those dishes clean
Scrape em, spray em, load em, yeah I've seen more
more of the the dark side of four stars than your average dining fool
the hands and jokes were dirty, often cruel
just past the clanging of swinging doors
can you wake me from this place of yesterday things
there’s phone on the wall that hardly ever rings
only wrong numbers time to time
everyone else moved on down the line
now I don't have perspective anymore
So be kind while I sweep my mind up off the floor
as I tell you bout the time before
|
||||
If you like andy santospago, you may also like:
supported by 4 fans who also own “Classified documents”
Every time I drive around in my truck listening to Mr. Galaxy I feel like I’m on a secret mission and I don’t even know what the secret is but it feels cosmic and righteous.
go to album
Reasons for the Dead
by Aisle Knot
Stark, folk-derived songs built on brittle acoustic guitars that conjure the image of a fire burning in the distance on a dark night.
go to album
Jangle-pop songwriter Morgan Enos looks to inspirations as far afield as Sun Ra and Steely Dan on this new EP.
go to album
Zero Sum Defeater
by Other Houses
Infectious power-pop that sidesteps the subgenre's obvious tropes with literary abstraction - an emotional sucker punch.
go to album
featured on Bandcamp Radio May 10, 2022
go to album
A fascinating, appealing record no less “weird” than the rest of her oeuvre, but certainly the most weirdly versatile.
go to album
Folk for camera
by Louis DeCicco
An album of eight hushed songs from Louis DeCicco that emphasize the gloriously ghostly sound of slide guitar.
go to album
