We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

The After Party

by The Past Imperfect

/

  • Streaming + Download

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    Purchasable with gift card

      $5 USD

     

1.
I Was Walking 04:02
lyrics
buy track
I was walking from my house to the end of hell’s creation I was thinking that the end was gonna be here soon I was listening to the hum of the age of information I was noticing how fire’s like a rose in bloom Slings and arrows, straights and narrows Strike a match, we’re gonna burn this mother down Rags to riches, miles and inches In the end we’re gonna burn this mother down I was basking in the glow of the institution Just admiring the beauty of the cracks in this window I was looking for a means to an evolution I was wondering what your head’s doing there on my pillow Slings and arrows, straights and narrows Strike a match, we’re gonna burn this mother down Rags to riches, miles and inches In the end we’re gonna burn this mother down Guns and ammo, SWATs in camo Strike a match, we’re gonna burn this mother down Exposition, intermission In the end we’re gonna burn this mother down
2.
Down Your Street 03:57
lyrics
buy track
I wasn’t thinking, I only followed where my feet led I turned the corner, I didn't notice what the sign said Please understand I wasn't thinking about the past I was just looking for a bed-sweet-bed The house was empty, I could see the door was open The bed was all made up, though the windows all were broken Please understand I wasn't looking for a lover Just some sweet words that were unspoken Everything I needed was in that place, in that house On your block, down your street, and far away (Home, salty home, sour home, bitter home) The cupboards were bare, and so I thought you would be long gone The bathroom mirror showed me a ghost of your reflection And then what happens but I find you at the porcelain throne Praying to the dawn-sweet-dawn I wasn't thinking, I'd gone before a man could count to five I ran on empty, like a car that forgot just how to drive Trying to get away, it seems this house is haunted By a person who is still alive Everything I needed was in that place, in that house On your block, down your street, and far away (Home, salty home, sour home, bitter home) Off the map, off the charts, off the grid, far away Out the door, down the road, long gone, and far away
3.
Trying To Find 03:10
lyrics
buy track
We are oh so pretty on the wall, behind the glass Chained to our ambition, chained to fate, chained to the past We are oh so pretty in the dark, children of night It's been so long since I've seen the sun, I forgotten light Is this place a prison or a home? I used to care. Have you seen the waking world my friend, what can you share? Will remember who you are after the light has died How did you end up here with me, what were you trying to find There's nothing here but dying hopes haunting a broken mind How did you end up here with me, what were you trying to find?
4.
The After Party 04:06
lyrics
buy track
I’m outta here, this place is dead Like a whip-crack smacking upside my head Like a skinny dip into a lake of fire Like a tightrope walk along a garroting wire When the stars in your eyes are getting in the way Bowling Earths down the alley of the Milky Way There's gotta be something bigger than the works of man And I'm gonna find it any way I can The world makes so much sense in black-and-white Until you see nothing but evil when you close your eyes I’m going to the after-party ‘Cause it’s not enough to survive I’m leaving this scene behind me This place is dead, but I feel so alive You can take a walk, take a hint, take a powder You can take it on the chin, take it to the house Take it to the limit, take it in, take it out, take it over You can take to the bank, but you can’t take it with you I’m going to the after-party ‘Cause it’s not enough to survive I’m leaving this scene behind me This place is dead, but I feel so alive The world makes so much sense in black-and-white Until you see nothing but evil when you close your eyes I’m going to the after-party ‘Cause it’s not enough to survive I’m leaving this scene behind me This place is dead, but I feel so alive This place is dead, but I feel so alive
5.
Where Everything Was Happening 03:22
lyrics
buy track
It was that time and that place Where everything was happening It was a lost cause, a hopeless case The distant winds are swirling And the past and future circle back again We're doing nothing staring into space The way we always did It's a bitter pill, a bitter taste To watch your world unraveling A proverbial slap in the face The distant winds are swirling And the past and future circle back again We're doing nothing staring into space The way we always did The distant winds are swirling Past and future circle back again We're staring into space And see it's just the way it's always been And from the eye of the hurricane The silence here is harkening To another time, another place The distant winds are swirling And the past and future circle back again We're doing nothing staring into space The way we always did The distant winds are swirling Past and future circle back again We're staring into space And see it's just the way it's always been Another iteration Comes around and circles back again Our precious civ'lization tumbles down The way it always did The maestro of destruction Smiles on us and circles back again The hollow of the vortex swallows us The way it always did I look to you, you look to me To find the kindness of a friend Amidst the blur of static Fading us away until the end The past and future circle back Into the swirling of the wind And we're alone together See it's just the way we've always been
6.
Didn't Work 04:07
lyrics
buy track
Becca didn't think she'd have to lift a finger Life's just too short to get a job Mom and Dad were bringing in plenty of money Until they got mowed down by an unruly mob Didn't work, didn't work, did it? Not exactly your plan all along Armageddon is no place for a rich girl 'Cause there's no one left to love you when the money's gone Anthony was born with nothing but his passions Carrying a torch for any and everyone Thought calamity would make everybody equal Now the rich folk are the ones who have the guns Didn't work, didn't work, did it? Not exactly your plan all along Armageddon is no place for a poor boy And there's no one left to love you when the money's gone Anthony and Becca went together like oil and fire People like that are bound to wind up hurt or dead But what's one more disaster in the grand scheme? All we all could do was look and shake our heads Didn't work, didn't work, did it? Not exactly your plan all along Armageddon is no place for some star-crossed lovers And there's no one left to love you when the money's gone There's no one left to love you when the money's gone There's no one left to love you When the money's gone
7.
Got Lost 02:17
lyrics
buy track
Abandoned, left to rot Like a ruin, something that time forgot And I wonder what they did to you Are they keeping you from me? I can see you in hindsight I can see you when I close my eyes And I wonder what they did to you Are they keeping you from me? Even their touch corrupts I never gave you up Hidden at any cost Somewhere the truth got lost
8.
Turned Around 03:22
lyrics
buy track
I was only ever looking for a purpose Things got turned around, oh, but I deserve this I could go on alone falling down forever But there is a better way, if we stick together I never needed like I need you as my guide I'll never turn away long as you're by my side I'll never turn away long as you're by my side I'll never turn away long as you're by my side I'll never turn away long as you're by my side I'll never turn away long as you're by my side
9.
Went Home 02:52
lyrics
buy track
A heavy burden, being right all the time Now she's sifting through the ashes of the scene of the crime She poured her heart into a fiery lie Spent her love on a person who just left her to die Oh, oh, where can she go? She cashed it in and went home Oh, oh, where can she go? She cashed it in and went home There's nothing left except a scorch on the ground And the bare foundation echoing the softest of sound He turned her yard into a funeral mound But she still whispers his name when there's no one around Oh, oh, where did he go? He cashed it in and went home Oh, oh, where did he go? He cashed it in and went home He lit a fire cause it's just what he does Built a towering inferno just to see what it was I don't exactly know what he was thinking of But if he felt anything for her, she was his second love This sort of thing it didn't happen everyday Until the devil came to earth and then he blew it all away They say the powers that may be have all abandoned what they may And while we wait for them to sort it out we're all here to stay Oh, oh, where did they go? They cashed it in and went home Oh, oh, where did they go? They cashed it in and went home
10.
Now I'm Just 03:36
lyrics
buy track
I used to be able to finish a sentence It used to be nothing at all I used to take people at their word I used think no problem was too small I used to make a contribution I used to be part of the team I used to walk around holding my head so high so goddamn proud Now I'm just... I used to be part of the solution I used to be willing to change I used to care how everything would all turn out In hindsight, I used to be so strange I used to want to be your perfect little snowflake What the hell was wrong with me? I used to walk right up to the edge of the abyss And stare out into the nothing And tell myself everything's gonna be fine Now I'm just... Now I'm just waiting for the world to end...
11.
So 03:15
lyrics
buy track
So The joke is getting stale The punchline has become a painful afterbirth And I don't know what's worse The stench of rotting flesh The swarm of angry flies They buzz incessantly and I can't make them stop And I can't clear my head So I'll keep marching on, like zombies on parade And you can point and jeer The stiffs go sliding by Their heads cocked to one side As though their necks were broken We don't live here anymore But thanks for stopping by We'll pass on your respects We'll give them all your best It's like they never left The furniture's still here And everything just so So this is how the story ends A long awkward silence Stop sniveling
12.
Damn 03:35
lyrics
buy track
Head down, eyes on your toes Nothing to see, nowhere to go Violent death, fiery birth Every phoenix knows what it's worth Give me a angel, I'll damn it to earth Sickness under the skin Forbidden fruits corrupt from within Death comes now for us all Something so rotten, something so small Give me an Eden, I'll damn it to fall You may say I'm crazy, say I'm broken Could a broken man assemble himself anew From the fragments of a dying world You, me, tied to our fate All we destroy is all we create You guessed the ending I'd never tell I didn't know you knew me that well Give me an Earth and I'll damn it to hell
13.
Alone 04:00
lyrics
buy track
Think of all the good I did Or might have done When I was stable Think of all the happiness That gets left on the table See, I don't want to be, but I think I'm better off alone I don't want to be, but I think I'm better off alone Without all the people This great big world Is full of space If only there were some way To send them all away To send them all away See, I don't want to be, but I think I'm better off alone I don't want to be, but I think I'm better off alone I don't want to be, shouldn't have to be, never meant to be All the same I really think I'm better off alone

about

146-83-296-6-320-77-119-297-315-217-259-67-12

credits

released April 3, 2015

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

The Past Imperfect image

The Past Imperfect Saint Louis, Missouri

The Past Imperfect are Les Mots and Lora Mipsum.

contact / help

Contact The Past Imperfect

Streaming and
Download help

Redeem code

Report this album or account

If you like The Past Imperfect, you may also like:

Bandcamp Daily  your guide to the world of Bandcamp

On Bandcamp Radio

Saxophonist Isaiah Collier chats about his new LP and the influence of Pharoah Sanders.
listen now