Neptune is one of the slowest moving planets, spending about 14 years in each astrological sign. It first entered Aries at the end of March 2025, which is around the time I started writing this song. Neptune rules dreams and delusions, defining the vision or spiritual climate of a generation. Aries is the first sign of the zodiac, so it symbolizes a sort of cosmic reset button. Neptune slid back into Pisces for a final goodbye last fall, then moved to Aries again on January 26, 2026. Neptune will stay in Aries all the way till March 2039.
Looking back on lessons I’ve learned over the past 14 years, I thought of this song as a conversation with my past self, somewhat like Adele’s Hello. I thought of all the ways I have and haven’t changed. I wonder what I will carry forward into this new era. I wrote it mostly in my notes app on buses, planes, and trains, so there’s only one page of scribbles as I was working out the structure.
This demo is an exercise in changing meters to match each line of lyric, which is the opposite of how I normally approach phrasing. It’s mostly in 3/4 but there were a few lines in the chorus that needed an extra beat of breath in order to hit the right place in my ribs. The bridge, more resolute, is square in 4/4. It’s a sparse arrangement and boring chord progression because the meter was my area of focus. I could see myself coming back to this someday to flesh it out with orchestral colors, especially since it now encapsulates a meaningful time period and revelations of self.
I am wrestling with my computer, now six years old and adding pesky latency as the Intel chip fights against all the idiotic AI features that Logic keeps trying to force down our throats. I’m also dissatisfied with my sketch template that isn’t jiving well in my new apartment space. Over the next month, I’m planning to start from scratch and build a new template, so I can get sketches out faster and buckle down on the Mars chapter of my album in July. KM
Neptune in Aries
Hey stranger
Been a minute half-past forever
And yeah, I still remember
I still live downtown
I’m surprised I haven’t seen you around
Till now
And yeah, I still write songs
Still lie awake trying to revise all my wrongs
Still haven’t found the one
But I’ve never fallen out of love
No I’ve never fallen out of love
New neighbor
You changed your name again, how clever
I know you don’t remember
I heard you moved downtown
Funny how time spins us back around
Not now
And yeah, I still write songs
Still lie awake trying to revise all my wrongs
Still haven’t found the one
But I’ve never fallen out of love
No I’ve never fallen out of love
There’s a different river
And I cross it every day
And I thank god we didn’t burn the bridges
We can count the distance
In miles or inches
We will always be mirror images
And yeah, I still write songs
Still lie awake trying to let byes be bygones
I might’ve found the one
But I’ve never fallen out of love
No I’ve never fallen out of love