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Wishing Well

from Blood & Bone EP by Aaron Rickel

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I’m pretty sure this is the most honest song I’ve ever written. I’m guilty of just tossing coins down the wishing well, hoping things will change for the better while doing nothing about it. I think we all are. Maybe it’s living in this town that’s holding me back. Maybe it’s this relationship. Maybe it’s this job, or these friends, or these beliefs. This song explores my inner battle between presenting an outward image of progress while sitting stagnant inside. “I’m petrified of being alone, but I’m terrified of being known” is the contradiction that keeps many of us from intimacy, from vulnerability, and ultimately from being accepted, understood, and known. This song is best listened to anywhere in Los Angeles on a day when you feel like giving up.

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I’ve been living in the loneliest places
I’m never around enough to get you off my mind
And I know I need a change
But I never try
I only know myself in intimate spaces
But I’m finding I’m inspired by the noise
And I’m running off to LA
For the second time

So I throw my dime in the wishing well
And I wonder why
my life isn’t telling the story that I wish it would tell
And I wait for a reply
And the wishing well says I’ll take your dime again next week

I hope you think that I’m on top of the world
Cause I’ll take a picture making it come across that way
But I’m a master of pretending I’m someone else
Someone I’d really like to be

So I throw my dime in the wishing well
And I ask myself
“is it worth it putting on this disguise?”
And I look to the skies and wait for a reply
And the wishing well says give me a little of your time

I’m petrified of being alone
But I’m terrified of being known
So I keep my secrets close
I’m not letting go
So I slip into the back row

So it’s time I need a change
I can’t keep acting out this way
It’s time I found me a place to call home
To be my blood and my bone
Instead of throwing dimes in the wishing well

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from Blood & Bone EP, released March 31, 2017

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Aaron Rickel Los Angeles, California

Aaron Rickel is a singer-songwriter from Los Angeles, CA. Pulling inspiration from acoustic acts like Jon Foreman and The Lumineers as well as highly produced indie pop like The 1975 and The Japanese House, Aaron lands in an eclectic middle ground of polished sound and raw performance. ... more

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