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.

Past Tense

by Ex-Breathers

/
  • 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  or more

     

1.
Blank 02:27
Blank stare - blank stare Does the blank stare back? This is not my problem anymore Smoke rises up from the sockets of my eyes Crawling above from the flames in my mouth I spit them out Disappear with me now Too late - I'm gone Turning away is not so hard Can I face the flames? Smoke I am obscures that spark I can't burn my eyes - no Gone I'm gone I'm gone and I'm gone away Running behind the firewall Burning all of me away Blank stare back
2.
Your art is boring, I don’t want no part of it Real life is boring and I need this to exist So kill the past, ‘cause it casts such an ugly shade And I'm feelin change Static Machines Sing me to sleep Kill my time Pass me by Fill my life with lies Oh, I can tell it’s a lie When I can’t tell it’s alive Oh you got something to say? Or are you just repeating? well i’m feelin change
3.
Car 02:29
Say you’ve got a big idea So spit it out All this talk about your freedom Whats it about? Well now is not the time For your eyes to lose focus Unwind, spiral out Pull the car over here I see something ugly again Turn it into myself Before I fall into the sky again A thousand wrong words They all sound like you They’ve never heard my name Because talk is all they do So pour all that bad blood On all the air between you and me Because you make me stick I make myself stuck
4.
Open Source 03:01
A hundred faces Lie illuminated Oh your lips light them all While I’m left blind to My own direction Tell me how this story goes It goes Recite, sight-unseen (The story of) Recite, sight-unseen (The story of) How I came to be Of who I am Of how this all ends This is how it all ends This fake clarity I hear it over and over again I’m losing interest/I’m failing to forget that I’m losing interest
5.
Existing to remain Counting down the days Existing to remain Life’s the price you pay Teetering on the edge Of living and not dead Breathing mimics the ticking of a clock Beating heart, no thinking Teetering on the edge Of living and not dead Racing away from some mistake Remaining in this tired place I’ve found you Rationalize your lost days with old names and faces You’re lost See, here’s the thing You’re not just stuck in some bad dream You are here Let go of all your hope You’re gone
6.
Stand Still 03:36
This is not an end Repeat signs hanging in the air Two dots staring daggers At the space on your sleeve where you used to wear your heart Singing in style for the song Staying in key like you believe That this is where you belong But don’t you get it wrong Time only slows when there’s a stop Seconds stretching out while you remember when you thought When you thought Life’s wasted on the dead Life’s wasted on the dead And you’re not dying yet You’re still standing So stop listening to your mind Stop listening to past doubts Stop listening to others And just stand still
7.
Wired Weird 01:07
Tell me about all the figures I don't care Show me all ten of your fingers Do they all work the same as mine? I don't think I need you Mr. plastic Laughing static Different planets Tell it again to another Someone who cares They’re waiting for you around the corner Already half dead
8.
Forced binaries 0s and 1s Tried and true Black and blue Everything is two Everything is two Everything is two Forced binaries Distance and space A to B You to me Everything is you Everything is you Everything is you You're nothing
9.
Window 01:42
I pulled my skin clean from the bone It said cut and clear in one single word It said "quit" I drew the air up off the ground To hear another kind of sound - dynamic No fear, all love Window consumes wall Everything that’s been built up Spilled out now Blood pressure erupt I've got a million ways to spill all of myself the fuck out Head crash into wall
10.
Thin Lines 03:32
Waves and patterns for all to see Barely making sense to me Fate locked inside a clutter I made it all up again Thin lines compose the commotion Thin lines direction in motion Thin lines will talk to me and tell me what Is going on in my head Thin lines build me castles out of sand So where are the words that we deserve? Creeping in shadows, exist in a blur If you've got a light, then why take mine? Blind stepping forward, alone i find... Past tense resident Existence in the dissonance I'm alive inside beginnings You're addicted to the distance
11.
A moment in isolation Picked apart to prove The power of separation Divide to dispel the truth So bite your tongue clean off Desaturate the conversation? Shades of gray to hide the guilt False motives and explanations Blur to exonerate the filth So bite your tongue clean off Here we are on the wrong side of right Trapped under foot and longing for light They’re sending tanks and expecting a clean fight?

about

Adam - Drums
David - Guitar/Vocals
Jack - Bass/Vocals

You can purchase the record online at both of these sites:
www.explodinginsoundrecords.com#!releases/c1hbs
hexrecords.bandcamp.com/album/past-tense

credits

released October 23, 2015

Recorded and mixed by Justin Pizzoferrato at Sonelab
Mastered by Carl Saff at Saff Mastering
Album Art Design by Jack Vermillion
Cover Photo by David Settle
Released on Exploding In Sound Records and Hex Records

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

Ex-Breathers Tallahassee, Florida

contact / help

Contact Ex-Breathers

Streaming and
Download help

Redeem code

Report this album or account

Ex-Breathers recommends:

If you like Ex-Breathers, you may also like: