Get all 6 Bryan John Appleby releases available on Bandcamp.
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Underwater Intro
02:33
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Manresa Dream
05:45
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I wish I was a cloud
Floating high above the ocean
I wish I was the ocean
Indigo blanket for the land
I wish that I was solid as the land
That I could hold it all inside my hand
And give you something stable you can stand on now
Every once in a while
I know it's coming for me, but
What can I do about it
You'll find me in my Manresa dream
Blown from the open hand
Sliding into the blue
Blue light swallowing the shoreline
Ursala moon
It's so nice to be unknown
Let the tide remove my trace
And it's nice to be a clean wave
Nothing hidden on my face
It feels alright in this rip tide fantasy
Floating lost in the amaranthine breeze
With you are lying here next to me
Even though it might be coming down
I know it's coming for me, but
What can I do about it
You can find me in my Manresa dream
Blown from the open hand
Sliding into the blue
Blue light swallowing the shoreline
Ursala moon
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Gold Leaf
04:57
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Gold leaf
You been lost inside
The palace of your mind
But you forgot about the outside
The enchantment of Gold leaf
Lifted up by the swarm
Into the infinite more
More, always more
Through a thousand doors
Gold leaf
Don’t keep your head in the clouds
Come find me
I’m waiting on the other side
There’s a gap in the shroud
Let go of the stone, and wait for the sound
Let go of the stone, and wait for the sound
The deeper you go, the further the ground
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Heron
03:54
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High on a limestone bluff
Hiding deep in the ground
Iceplant covered up the mouth
Of cavern pools you had not found
You still had time
Pulled back the vines
Was it what you had in mind?
Will you ever know?
You still have time
Pull back the vines
Will it be what you had in mind?
Here and there
The grey-blue heron
Watching in a fog
Patient in the shallows
Below the silver moss
And I’ll be that stream of waiting
I will be among the reeds
Among the argent minnows waving
And the frogs on which you feed
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Poppy Petal
01:52
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Tangerine
04:03
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Break it off
Tangerine
You been hanging up there long enough
Time to find a new scene
I know it aches
To see the passing of an age
Green waking gold in the glade
I know it’s tough
Man, the fall can get so rough
But Tan, it is time for the break
Blushing violet dawn
Poppy pedals drawn
Yellow jacket waking in the fog
Tangerine
What could you be?
Let the cool rush take you
Down into a new dream
Don’t be afraid
Though the frost is on the sage
Now it is time for the break
Green reaches gold in the glade
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Sweet Tooth
03:25
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Figs in the sunlight
Falling on the grass, bats in the pine
Waiting for the twilight, staying alive
Blade of the evening
Green flash, shadow when the moth arrives
And I hear you walking up the drive
Gliding thru the half light
Your echo breaks like a new cut tooth
Eyes glowing at the edge of the lawn
Craving to be let loose
Leave the window wide
Lie on the roof
In the brazen night
Defiant blooms
We let it pull us through
Heat of the daytime
Held in the ground
And then cut loose
Fruit on the pavement, bat in the sky
Diving at the right time
Gliding thru the half light
You echo breaks like a new cut tooth
Moth clinging to a false moon's honey
The pleasure of the consumed
In a half light trance
It’s changing every chance it gets
Eyes roving at the edge of the lawn
Ravenous without regret
Leave the window wide
Lie on the roof
In the brazen night
Defiant bloom
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Everything is Fine
02:12
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Tangled in the sheets
Wide awake at night
Answer incomplete
Everything is fine
Water in the sink
Comfort in the white noise
Rinse away the details
Think it will be alright
Everything is fine
Everything is fine
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Solitary Tide Pool
01:44
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10. |
Green Glass
05:00
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Holding nothing
Floating away
A chimeric image
Caught in a haze
But just try to relax
You have been here before
Close your eyes
Let yourself find the floor
You tell it all to strangers
When your alone at the bar
Not afraid to make the changes
To find out what you are
When none of it follows
Pageant queen
Feel the fantasy
Make a transformation
And then ride in on a cloud
Now you’re never alone
On this pedal covered float
Waving roses
Along with the crowd
Find your own reflection
On the surface of a hidden lagoon
Could it be a revelation
Or is it nothing new?
Either way, it’s only you
Floating on green glass
Skin can soften
Unshape the fountain
You have nothing to prove
Break all the prizes
Why don’t you pry off the lid
And let it live on the fringe
Where the arm’s untwisted
There’s no invisible hand
Show whatever you want
No more light only seen thru folded eyes
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Bryan John Appleby Seattle, Washington
Bryan Appleby is a singer-songwriter based on the West Coast
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