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Peripeteia

by Aergia

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1.
Intro 01:24
2.
With amateur dreams of getting to the top Lacking experience We formed the core of what we are today It started out slow with rhythms of our youth The music was loud It would drown out our mistakes We took for granted the criticisms And thought we had it all figured out We had some troubles down the road (We can't let this) With rivals threatening our hope (Bring us down) To each his own, but we endured (We can't let this) All of the taunts, don't bring us (Bring us down) Down the road we've become versed with How the world may treat us different Competitions ending darkly Composing this reality x2 (Never knowing who we are; and to Think we had something to bring to the world) [This time we'll make a change and Give everything it takes to Reach the crest of this league and Have the time of our lives] Let's get this started We need to leave our mark To be remembered Is all we really want Put forth the effort With all our blood and sweat And we'll remember For our entire lives All things that are great must come to an end This last time, let's go out with a bang Let's show them everything we've got Under these spotlights tonight All things that are great must come to an end This last time, let's go out with a bang Let's show them everything we've got And seize the night Let's go!
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These past few years I've had the time to reflect on your role And how valued I placed it next to me You brought me through the times I couldn't bring myself through And in return for this, my brother, know I'd do the same for you Through my hardest times you were by my side And when the time came for me to realize What you were to me You were my everything You left a hole in me when you left us all Back then I was deaf to this song and I screamed All these times couldn't have been any better without you It's closing time, the chips all long cashed out This flickering flame, once so brilliant now wanes towards its death I'll cup this light lest we feel the touch of day And I try so hard to perservere With my foundation falling down Where do I go? What do I do? When my whole world revolves around you So many times we watch the world go by in a flash Taking for granted the gifts that are simplest When I die I want you beside me Whoooaaaaaaa (It's hard to believe that you're gone) Whoooooaaaaaaa (I cannot cope without you here) Did this friendship not mean a thing? (Please stay, please stay) It's not time to go our separate ways What if you find happiness there? What if you replace us all there? Your ship is sailing and I'm stuck believing that I'm still the wind in your sails (I'm bailing water out of your ship to put it in mine) It was my fear that told you not to go But look at us now We won't let distance hold us down You're in our hearts We won't forget you! "If you got this then you were one of the people who I think made me the way I am I say I will miss everyone and I will but you are the ones I will truly miss I hope you keep in contact with me, as I will try to keep in contact with you Thank you for making my school years what they were; I think you are the greatest..." (you are the greatest...) Sometimes we must lose what we have for it to be found And what we found was a devotion transcending distance And when we look hard enough we can find what we lost Never again to recede beyond the barriers of permanence
4.
Breach 05:26
Living in harmony with my life and my regrets I know I'm not perfect but my doubts laid to rest I have lived a life worthy of envy And thus assert my claim to a more welcoming death I can feel something inside clawing at my mind The cause of which has yet to be defined I know somewhere, somehow the answers I seek will find me under the air you breathe My screams and cries are drowned in the deep Tossed aside to fall just like your anchors My madness compels me to a revelation As my heart beats frantically I spread my own disease Living to spread the infection Living to die Wasting away I further my own (death) If we all sit and waste away then the clock strikes 11 for us every day My cries of agony ring darker than the deepest blue in the deepest sea Eyes and limbs once mine begin to take control I feel compelled to dive Silently I make my way across my world under your night My goal forever in my sight; I see nothing else Slowly I near my destination The incessant rush now over to return no more As I gaze upon where my sky meets your waters I tremble with excitement This journey, so long, finally over I no longer fear this diease as I once did One final push and I'll be done I leave nothing behind, no tears in my eyes As I gaze into your skies
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Memento Mori 04:00
You never know when the day will come by When everything that you once knew leaves your side So go out and live your life Just don't forget your end is near I know that it's hard to keep your ground When you look forward, you feel tied down Don't let it get inside you It's something that we all have to go through We only have so much time to prove That we're more than a mass to be entombed So take a chance, why don't you? You never know what motion might ensue Trust your gut, live for what you love What are you so afraid of? Sometimes we fall, but don't recoil It's just a matter of time now So forget your fears And confide in your potential Don't look down, you're stronger than you think It's a constant struggle But I promise it's all worth it If this were your last day, would you feel content? Life's too short to live in others' shoes Believe me, you gotta do what you want to do Just hang in there now, it's worth it in the end (Just hang in there now, it's worth it in the end) Keep in mind your mortality There's nothing wrong with living in the now 'Cause I mean, if all you're living for and working for is all your success You might lose track of who you are and never really progress (There's nothing wrong with living in the now) Trust your gut, live for what you love What are you so afraid of? Sometimes we fall, but don't recoil It's just a matter of time now So forget your fears And confide in your potential Don't look down, you're stronger than you think It's a constant struggle But I promise it's all worth it If this were your last day, would you feel content? Now hear me out It's not an easy thing to consider But rest assured, it's a necessary evil Think about the future now Think about your independence, do you Have a plan when you're on your own? Are you prepared to face the world by yourself? Keep doing what you love to do Don't forget time here is short Make something of yourself And enjoy your life
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I'll never forgive you I'll never forget you did this to me I won't let this kill me I'll never forget this pain you've given me
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Vendetta 04:18
Three years ago, It was as cold as Death's soft breath against your neck We gathered warmth as we sat on our hearth, creating silhouettes They danced from the flickering of flames behind our hands As we told stories, how the shadows are but heroes of their land It's the little things that make us whom we are That keep us holding on and reaching for the stars But when those little things are taken from our grasp We realize how it all is gone in just a flash Ohh.. I cannot take in all this I will have my revenge if it's the last thing I do This time, oh love, it will be his blood to coagulate Between these grains of sand tonight A crack of glass, We felt a draft of winter's breath breaching our lives Paralysis has overcome our motion, what has burst inside? I held your hand as we patrolled through the house Time slowed, I turned, a blast, your hair, this blood, oh God, what have you done?! He got away that night, my heart collapsed in woe I've sobbed an ocean, plus some, because of you, my foe I wish the worst of pain and suffering as I Sit here in solitude, with nothing but this picture in my mind Ohh.. I cannot take in all this I will have my revenge if it's the last thing I do This time, oh love, it will be his blood to coagulate Between these grains of sand tonight Madness has taken its toll on me I've planned your perfect fate to free Myself from this torture inside You took my soul, I'll take your life Your time has come, You've brought me nothing but this torture deep inside I raise my hand, and take a breath as I remember how she died Maniacally, I laugh with this vendetta flowing from Your inflicted wound and through my fingertips, where hers for years are gone The task is done, revenge is gushing from your veins But she's still gone, this pain, it still remains With blood on my clothes, am I superior to him? I've done all I can do, but I still feel the same within Ohh.. With this brisk air, I recall Memories of when we were together in harmony This time, oh love, I will bring hope with this change of mind I leave you here with flowers of light
8.
I haven't seen the sun In God knows how long This eternal darkness, It overcomes my senses My soul, my mind, I'm running thin As light begins to peer above the horizon My body begs for rest Though my mind is at its peak, I give in only to further my spiraling down When I wake, I realize I haven't dreamt in so long (Forgetting my happiness that I once knew) [It's still dark out, I feel like I'm going insane] The only light I see Shines so dim, it seems so out of reach I feel like I'm working my body too hard All the while I smile to hide what is really beneath And though I know they can see Right through my mask, my lies and deceit I still lie to myself as if maybe I'll lose it, I'll prove it, there's nothing that can bring me down I know this in my heart Rest assured, it's absurd, but I know that it's right My mind has been so distorted I feel as if my senses are numbed (I'm losing it, I can't take much more) [All I feel is this burning sensation inside] I'm at my breaking point Save me from this hell that's killing me I bring myself to you 'Cause I have never felt so alone in my whole life I need a change, a change of pace in my life A change of mind If you can, please help me I can't take anymore I'm fading away (It's all right, just follow to the sound of my voice. Everything is going to be okay. Just hold on, hang in there, and don't slip. 1...2...) The voices, they're getting louder, Telling me that it's all right I'm slipping into hysteria The darkness consumes me Obsession with my imagination Leads me to believe The voices are everything I've got They're everything I need Have I fallen too far or is there A chance that I can still be saved From total loss of self? (You can be saved) [Just follow my voice] My god, what have I done? Have I led myself this far? In these crimsoned rags I reach out for the light I close my eyes for one last time As I reach out to those Who tried to help me oh so long ago I guess I'm not alone I haven't seen the sun In God knows how long I'd forgotten all I once knew And though I'll need some time I'll say goodnight And in the dark, I find rest (Right next to you, I smile as I watch the sun take its last breath My eyes, they fall; my mind, it slows And in the dark, I'm finally at rest)
9.
Do you remember when we'd walk Down the streets and just look at the stars? We were lost in the shadows of the night What ever happened to those golden days? It seems like It was only yesterday we'd set things ablaze But I guess The times are changing, nothing ever will last I just never Thought the day's end would approach us so fast What's up with everything these days? How have you been, what are you doing, Is it all still the same? I feel like it's been years since we've even talked It's like you don't even exist beyond a mental block What happened back then? Was it just jealousy? Or was it deeper Like my hypocrisy? I made the blunder And let it escalate Like knives from a serpent's tongue I slashed with words of hate I didn't mean to Let things get out of hand But there's no return No hope of reprimand Remember the times you'd go through extremities just to Get me to do the things I'd never put myself through? It's because of you that I am right where I stand today You've had so much influence on my life so I convey That this is wrong And though it's for the better I feel so lost I can't let this engulf me I'm so blinded by this enveloped light This fire burns inside To guide my way, but I can't feel it Oh God, have I lost myself? Deep in this grim charade The fire dies This burns like capsaicin in my eyes I sigh... In this cell I sit and Ponder why I let you go I've lost all sense of myself now But it's all right I cannot dwell anymore Oh, let's break this childish tension And make amends Oh, you must admit that we had some fun Let's scythe these rough edges And let the world know that I lie alone gazing up at the stars Times changing with every breath I am lost in the shadows of the night
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The Elder 13:25
"So implored you are by me to cease all protest to my cause-" "And shall I sit idly by whilst my kingdom's crops die?" "Sit idly so though not being causeless allow me to-" "Go! Not a word you speak more, lest you dare face my sword" In its splendor Jairo wakes as A young man walks his day's first steps With practiced precision, eyes bright Portraying clarity despite a drought of sleep (People cross paths with each other If only to check what must be done Work never ends but with a town Of friends the day's work can be done) A sudden misstep in consciousness Falling through self Paradigm awakening And lo! The young man in his moment Of wandering thought became Solitary in his claim to sure footing As all fell beneath this strange power The young man excluded by this force Fled the occurrence with all in witness With distance fading, in time the young man Sought to understand that which brought About the events of the morning Eyes closed, clear mind to hear Wind blowing, mind floating Dust swirls around the young man's feet Controlling it, in theory And over time his mastery Of the profound acts he performed Led him to build up quite a profound score With his kinsmen, the latter of whom Wouldn't accept a troublemaker From any woman's womb The many signs of problems Finally reached the King Through word of his subjects Leading to his arrest The king, sensing his power disrupted By this usurper of peace quickly moved To have the flow of chaos cut off at Its source, exiling the young man The young man upon hearing of the warrant For his immediate removal from Jairo Decided to spite this by stealthily Exiting the town himself with aid from his newfound power Several days passed until a shopkeeper Came forth claiming to witness the Exile To be leaving Jairo seemingly under his own pretense With the nuisance however removed, the king Sought to reassure his kingdom A speech was delivered by the king Which quelled most rumors of instability Though this succeeded in suppressing the masses There were a few who doubted the king’s word The shopkeeper in witness of the exile’s flight Together with a close group of friends supposed Some of the occurrences surrounding the exile Were not pure happenstance (There has to be a way!) Aether, it shall be called The way in which the exile was special How forces bent to his will as though controlled We can control the controller In secret we shall become (We will learn to control) Time has passed, nothing lasts A storm blows; A secret no one knows Jairo has unwittingly traded Their king of deceit for a king of gluttony; due to his actions The community and surrounding Lands have been deprived of wealth For too long; should this go on The once prosperous people and lands Of Jairo shall become a barren Landmark reminding all what greed caused In secret the Cult of Aether As they called themselves To search for the answer long-awaited: How to control this force When suddenly Accidental resolution on a Mental plane within one member causes The mystery of aether to be solved Recorded thusly The long sought secret of Aether is now known Though the controls were bestowed by chance to One member and thus to all the unknown Possibilities kept most from the practice Nonetheless, all in witness of the Knowledge were grateful to have All the potential of the great mystery of Aether to be realized A traveler passes through a drought-stricken Jairo Months later bearing odd news of an old man seemingly Unaffected by the drought, living in a cave no less! The man is taken by the king and held, never to bear testimony again The cult, hearing of the traveler’s tale decided to search For a man who controlled the sky and earth And so they departed on their secret quest Finally they stumbled into his cave after three days without rest Should you not heed our call Jairo falls the men explained Convincing The Elder to return to- "This land is mine as well as anyone in it Protest more and find yourself locked up in the dungeon, kid You’ve got a lot of nerve," the king said as he spit "But what you speak of, Aether, it doesn’t exist" The former king’s words rang in the Old Man’s head As though yesterday, even so long ago Tension and suspension accompanied the Man on his journey home Free your mind Watch and learn Let it flow In light of recent events the townsfolk of Jairo Proclaimed the hero of the city was to reign (reign...) However The Elder so titled only Stayed so long as to make sure Jairo Was settled and then bid his home farewell For he had learned his true home was In his peaceful cave passing through The ages, never to be seen
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Outro 04:54

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Aergia's debut album Peripeteia is an 11-track record that pushes the boundaries of what you might expect from a typical release. From a wide range of sounds, all we can say is...well, it works. Sit back, relax, and enjoy an hour long journey through our imagination.

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released January 18, 2014

Aergia is:
Michael Fluker - Guitars/Vocals
Frank Johnson - Keys/Synth/Vocals
Jean-Pierre Castrillon - Guitars
Nick Espinosa - Bass
Evan Munger - Drums

Recorded and Mixed by Jeramie Kling at Smoke and Mirrors Studios in Spring Hill, FL. Summer 2013.
Mastered by Steven Morse of Sure Fire Mastering. Fall 2013.

All songs written and performed by Aergia.
Guest vocals on "Lost in the Shadows" performed by Jeramie Kling

All artwork by Bo Bradshaw and Marc Whisnant of Brilliant Engine (including Aergia logo, album art, and album layout)
Live photos by Matt Agan of MATLOKMEDIA

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Formed as a result of Cure the Corrupt’s breakup and subsequent drive to continue musical pursuits by some former members, Aergia formed with their lineup of Michael Fluker, Nick Espinosa, Frankie Johnson, Jean Pierre Castrillion, and Evan Munger. The musical style of Aergia combines modern metalcore, melodic hardcore, progressive, and punk elements into a single sound. ... more

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