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Falling Leaves

by Giannis Vakaloudis

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1.
Lia's in the air She always has been Orbiting around my brain She says she's flying somewhere Always somewhere new She just doesn't seem To ever stand still But all she really does Is hide behind the stars Pretending she isn't there And stare At me Lia's in the air And she will always be Orbiting around my Orbiting around my Orbiting around my brain A leaf was in the air And it would always be Orbiting around my Orbiting around my Orbiting around my brain
2.
Άννα δεν ξέρω τι άλλο να πώ θέλω μόνο να σε ξαναδώ δεν θέλω παιδιά, δεν θέλω να σε παντρευτώ μια μέρα, μια ώρα, για ένα λεπτό θέλω μόνο να σε ξαναδώ Άννα δεν ξέρω τι άλλο να πώ χρειάζομαι λίγο ακόμα το βλέμμα που ανταλλάξαμε εκείνο το βράδυ που σε είδα τελευταία φορά λόγια κι από των δυο το στόμα χρειάζομαι λίγο ακόμα
3.
Let me fall out of love with you Your eyes, your smile Keep me in Let me fall out of love with you If only you just stopped The things that you do That make me stay in love with you I’d go away with nothing to say But I know that I can’t Cause your eyes and your smile Are my chains Let me fall out of love with you If only you just stopped my dear And save your charm For another slave
4.
Hide'n'Seek 03:57
Changed the key to my thoughts Now you can’t come in Now it’s time for me To get you out Spent too much time for the key But you keep finding me I guess it’s time to admit That ostrichism never got me anywhere Hiding in excuses never worked Seeking me could not be any easier Cause hide’n’seek’s a game I never won Hiding into the shades But your light still shines on me Changed the key to my thoughts Why are you still in? I guess it’s time for me To finally Close my windows
5.
Just a common leaf I met you in spring You left in September I should have known you better By now From green to brown You’d soon touch the ground You fell in September And I should have known you better Cause I know, leaves are meant to leave I just thought you were evergreen First I thought you’d climb back up At least to get your colour back You left in September And I should’ve known you better Cause you’re not coming back Yes, I know, leaves are meant to leave I just thought you were evergreen
6.
Tomorrow I won’t love you anymore Games will mean nothing to me You won’t determine who I’ll be Tomorrow I won’t love you anymore But it’s still today Tomorrow there’ll be nothing left from you You’ll belong in the past But please make it last just a little more Tomorrow I won’t love you anymore But it’s still today Memories and pictures surround me They make you look so flawless I loved you through those glasses But I forgot to take them off Tomorrow I won’t love you anymore Tomorrow there’ll be nothing left from you Tomorrow I will take my glasses off But now, it’s still today
7.
Κίτρινη σαν τη φωτιά Ήρθες τόσο ξαφνικά Κι αν νιώθεις η ώρα πως περνά Μην δύσεις ξανά Κόκκινη πια μου γελάς Να’ξερες πώς με πονάς Το χρώμα σου κι αν το αγαπώ Άλλο τόσο το μισώ Φεύγεις και μένω εδώ Έδυσες κι έμεινα εδώ Να κοιτώ τον ουρανό Ο χρόνος φεύγει σαν πουλί Έγινες πια βιολεττί Γύρισες εκεί απ’οπου ήρθες Κι όσο κι αν το ξέρω απ'την αρχή Ακόμα ρωτάω γιατί
8.
Burgundy 03:34
My burgundy dreams Some burgundy dreams And I think I'm inside them too Small yellow spot That, just like that Spilled itself out of the blue And in my yellow dreams Some burgundy slips Now, is this choice yours or mine? Neither can tell which one first fell But both of us seem to be fine With that Burgundy's lying next to me Snoring so peacefully And I cannot sleep but that's ok I'm as yellow as I can be Had been longing for you Long before we met You had been longing for me All that it took Was some common ground A canvas for colours to meet
9.
Diary entries thrown away Photos torn apart Still it is so hard to explain Why each time I close my eyes Your face comes to mind Fantasies are gone by now I'll look for something new Differrent from you Still it is so hard to explain Why each time I close my eyes Your face comes to mind
10.
Change 04:43
Too many fallen leaves It's already getting cold Maybe the autumn's coming early, Maybe i'm getting old I never thought of changing To be old is to stay the same Maybe that's why I always lost In every kind of game A change is what I need And sometimes all of us do Cause we all love the summer But forget that it was due Yesterday I wonder why she left I thought she was just another one No wonder why she left, I treated her just like any other one Maybe there's a winter For all the things we love And they're going to fall like leaves Either we've got them or not A change is what I need And sometimes all of us do Cause we all love the summer But forget it was due Yesterday I was in need Of a tree to lean under Today all the leaves of it Lie on the ground And i'm not protected From the rain that keeps falling So maybe I'd better be Washed to the bone

about

An album that looks into the people's tendency to use other people as human shields to protect themselves from their demons, their insecurities, their own selves. My first LP.

credits

released February 17, 2020

Violins, Viola - Stefanos Sekeroglou
Cello - Stamatia Sgouropoulou
Double Bass,
Electric Bass - Minas Vakaloudis
Vibraphone - Stefanomario Gazilas
Flute - Eva Matsigkou
Drums - Filippos Samlidis
Piano, Keys,
Electric Guitar,
Vocals,
Compositions,
Arranging,
Lyrics - Giannis Vakaloudis

Additional Guitars,
Glockenspiel,
Whistling,
Recording,
Mixing,
Mastering,
Cooking,
Coffee Making,
Friendly pats on the shoulder - Aris Alvanos @ Analogio Music Production


This album wouldn't be available to your ears if it weren’t for some wonderful people and the help they provided. A big thank you goes to Philippos Samlidis, Stefanos Sekeroglou, Stamatia Sgouropoulou, Stefanomario Gazilas, Eva Matsigkou, George Karalanidis, Kristallia Litra and Meliana Karta for playing and singing so soulfully and wholeheartedly in this album, as if it was their own. I would like to thank Vangelis Maramis for lending me his Korg M3 keyboard, with which many of the album’s songs were recorded. Big thanks to Stelios Tsompanidis, Michael Karamichalis and AMS studios for the help with the recording of the drums. Huge thanks to Dafni Papastrati for the beautiful work she put creating the artwork and layout design of the album. Big love goes to my mom, dad for believing in me and for their tolerance all those years of experimenting on the home piano and inviting bunches of friends over to hear me play and my little sister who was the only one I let hear the album in it's final stages, for lending me her ears and her constructive criticism. I would especially like to thank my brother Minas, for not only recording electric and double bass in the album, but for being by my side since the beginning of this musical and also emotional trip, giving me his constructive criticism, challenging me and pushing me forward when I felt stuck. I would really like to thank Aris Alvanos not only for all the work he put helping me produce, record, edit, mix and master and also playing in the album, but also for believing in it and investing his personal time and space so that I can feel as comfortable as possible expressing myself, in and out of the studio. I am also very grateful to a lot more people that, in some part of the jourey, in one way or another, helped bring the album into existence. Giannis Karathanos, Dimitris Chatzizisis, Nikos Moraitis, Kostas Makrygiannakis, Lefteris Moumtzis, Christos Rafalides, Dimitris Oikonomou, Sotiris Gazilas, Giannis Kandylas, Maria Siede Spina, Dimitra Charizani, Carlos Aguirre, Juan Quintero, Andres Beeuwsaert, Oren Lavie.
Finally, thank you for listening.
Giannis

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Giannis Vakaloudis is a multi-instrumentalist from Greece, that plays teaches and composes music as a way of living (and also for a living). He just released his first EP called "Falling Leaves"

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