Wax Poetic (2014-2015), by Kelly O'Meara

Wax Poetic (2014-2015)

by Kelly O'Meara

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Philip Graham Very chill, intelligently so. Ambient-like music that keeps the ears perked, and I love the quirky use of the guitars, one two-stringed and the other detuned!--there's magic in that combination.

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1.	Out of Time 04:02	lyrics	buy track
sippin on a melody oh baby can you starting to see why i'm tripping on the beating in my chest when i'm trying to find the beat but let's dance into the hours when we should be sleeping or getting up so soon and i'm tripping on the beating in my chest cause i can't find the beat and i'm running out of time running out of time don't forget i won't be standing still for very long i am running even if i'm gonna die i am finding i don't have a single fucking reason why i should lie dive into my chest and feel i'm not insane dive into my chest it doesn't run the same talking like you never said to shut the fuck up i don't go away and i'm feeling like i'm moving everything that is in front of me and i'm tripping on the beating in your chest i think that i am going to see what i can do when i don't think i'm crossing all the lines and i'm running out of time running out of time don't forget i won't be standing still for very long i am running even if i'm gonna die i am finding i don't have a single fucking reason why i should lie and i will be back i'm taking my time flipping on the things i used to think i'm moving down the line and i won't be following the beat you move to i will use my feet so i'm running to another place where they don't live inside their screens and i'm tripping on the beating in our chests cause we don't beat the same and we're running out of time running out of time don't forget i won't be standing still for very long i am running even if i'm gonna die i am finding i don't have a single fucking reason why i should lie
2.	Shake 03:23	lyrics	buy track
do you feel it inside you? you're not moving those feet everybody feels alright but all you do is stare do you think that it is foolish? no one's laughing at you everybody says so what but oh you care so much do you see now? it is ok you don't look like you're out of place everybody feels alright maybe you will too
3.	Sweet Frustration 02:54	lyrics	buy track
i'm not moving sweet frustration it is coming what am i to do? my surprises die in my head you're waiting on me your breathing doesn't lie go to sleep i can't do anything wide awake i'm living dangerously i'm not trying i have reasons this should end soon but i'm not saying why my surprises build in my head are you waiting? i wouldn't see the sign go to sleep i can't do anything wide awake i'm living dangerously i am thinking sweet frustration will it end now? the window's closing soon i don't know what things could happen is this happening? or are we paralyzed?
4.	Cada Vez 04:03	lyrics	buy track
cada vez yo no se lo que soy en el ciudad de el puerto dime que miro y como me escucho quando abro la boca o como muero del calor dime como naci en este ciudad camino en la sombra donde estoy seguro el mundo sabe que no tengo idea a donde camino y a quien le conozco en mi vida escondida sin una raza como muero del calor dime como naci en este ciudad de donde vengo ya no es mio dime donde tengo una vida real yo estoy perdido yo estoy perdido a donde camino? donde sera mi futuro? cada vez yo no se lo que soy en el ciudad de el puerto
5.	End of the Road 02:13		buy track
6.	Wanderlust 05:04	lyrics	buy track
out in the snow i am unaware walk in the dark to nowhere in particular out of my mind i am out my mind i'm out my mind i am out of my mind do you see me? i'm spinning outside if you see me i hope you try out in the light i am dripping sweat out in the sun nobody can hide out of my mind i am out of my mind i'm out of my mind i am out of my mind do you see me? i'm spinning outside if you see me i hope you try does it ever end if i go to sleep? walking in circles that i don't see wandering looking for you what do i have to do? so i'm not alone
7.	Emerald Eyes 05:09	lyrics	buy track
such a pretty mouth twisting like a labyrinth whisper in my ear girl you get under my skin stand inside the fire i won't melt away the beating in my chest is getting louder in my head i am still right here stop staring at the wall i see everything and i can't turn away if i could i would just i'd close my eyes i'd close my eyes i'd close my eyes maybe i'd see clearly now i swim inside your emerald eyes the water feels so good i'm not coming up for air everything is ok don't give up breathe and give in don't give up breathe and give in
8.	Don't Look Down 03:02	lyrics	buy track
i'm standing in the corner do i blend into the wall? when you're always working so damn hard three days and i'm burning out running on my last fumes i shouldn't think so much don't get any big ideas don't look down don't try so hard standing in line is killing me take me far away where you will be i'm living in a dream she's curled up on me this won't be the last time i'll find her through the skies

about

This album was recorded during my sophomore year of college at an apartment owned by the school. These songs were recorded using Logic Pro and are probably the most "advanced" recordings I have done. Most of these songs date back to the summer before my sophomore year when I stayed weekends in San Francisco with Duke Loomis. My early attempts at recording songs like Out of Time and Cada Vez occurred in that loft in SOMA and I owe a lot to Duke for having the patience to put up with me and for pushing me to keep going when I lost motivation

Songs of note:
Shake was actually the first of these songs to be written (at Camille Pechja's apartment while Agatha Ramirez and I catsat) and ended up being the impetus for embracing a new name/sound and shedding myself from Divers. Emerald Eyes had been kicking around since the fall of my freshman year but was not fully written until that summer in San Francisco. Out of Time and Cada Vez were conceived in that loft in San Francisco. End of the Road was finished the night before I left for the Middle East. Don't Look Down was written and originally recorded in my grandparent's house in Walnut Creek in about an hour.

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released May 21, 2015

All songs recorded by Kelly O'Meara Morales. Emerald Eyes was written with Jake Rickman, Jesse Nyiri, and Chris Manana. All other songs written by Kelly O'Meara Morales. Anthony Verone contributes a guitar part on Sweet Frustration

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Kelly O'Meara Yonkers, New York

6 years of music on one page. All songs recorded and mixed by Kelly O'Meara Morales, many written and inspired by great friends.

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