The Aftermath, by Dead on Both Shoulders

The Aftermath

by Dead on Both Shoulders

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1.	Sky After the Rain 04:59	lyrics	buy track
i feel like i've lived this all before in a different place where does this all come from? i feel like i've lived it all before where does it all go? not your standard back and forth always moving, always changing different expositions, conclusions stay the same motivation fighting motivation not sure if i'm lying or if i should be motivation fighting motivation get up, walk around sit here, calm down this circle is only a jagged line we know where this comes from and it's a difficult place we always try to leave but there's a piece of us it holds too tightly we know where this all goes and we don't bother to stay for long to avoid tedium we always find ourselves coming back look at the sky after the rain look at its crooked grin it knows it's gone for now but you know it'll come again it's stockholm at its finest prisoner to what i love to hate feels like i'll be here for the rest of my days asking myself what the crime is no trial, no sentence clouds form overhead
2.	Living Amongst the Flies 04:53	lyrics	buy track
in this sea of faces it can be hard to find a reason to stay afloat feast your eyes, not your mind close your ears, play the game let's try each place but we can't afford to take our time ride the circle 'round and back again try not to tip over midway face one side and face the other foolish as this may be the product is what really matters we're building a new bridge standing on two feet again living amongst the flies 'round and 'round it goes 'round and 'round it goes again destination known but the fruits of this labor are far too few surrounded by loneliness everyone the same and no commonality eyes bleak and falling heavy the rules of this game, they always escape us
3.	Stalemate 04:15	lyrics	buy track
it's okay to feel good once in a while and it's okay to fall but is it all right to throw in the towel and join the others in their world? it's time to accept what may have been fate this whole time my knowledge is flawed and my methods are subpar at best it's time to accept what may have been fate this whole time it just might be i'm not the person i think i am could it be that if we keep at this charade the ideal result will show its face? though this feels like it could end up a stalemate let's keep the path and traverse these waters and while it might not be safe to say that i've never had the luck of the draw i'd wager this deck is rigged i bet there's something in these cards it's almost over but we know that this will never end
4.	Patience 04:56	lyrics	buy track
i'm sorry, but i should tell you this is not what i came here for there is only one answer i will accept and it's not what you would guess i have no idea of what i want to say but the real problem is that i dont know how to express this but i will not wait for the words to come i hold you all to this standard where i also hold myself and i don't have the patience i just don't have the charm there's something in the air i just can't feel, i just can't see
5.	Opportunity 05:24	lyrics	buy track
somehow, unlike the stories that i've heard, this trail of crumbs has only led me away from home or have i strayed so far that i've lost track of where home is? is this what home is? have i finally found myself? but i catch myself trapped in this circle, dragging bodies in one after the other, one after another but what if this time it's different? this is now the point where we have gone too far we've taken it too quickly, been too forward, now it's gone momentum ceases, the well runs dry and now it's gone but still we sing i will not just sit here and let indecision take over me i will take this opportunity i refuse to sit idly and let this indifference wash over me i will take this opportunity i will not just sit here and let indecision take over me i will take this opportunity and if the stars don't align and just nothing will ever go my way i will have taken this opportunity
6.	This Place 01:57	lyrics	buy track
and how we got to this place will never be remembered in full detail but somehow we know this is where we belong this is where we belong
7.	Walking Into the Wind 05:15	lyrics	buy track
don't leave me here with these ideas don't play with possibility a stroll through the park on a cold afternoon hearing the sounds that just aren't there fill me with your apathy the wind blows at my back weeks are years and years are hours dying to remember what couldn't be don't leave me upstairs with the dust and the incessant howling of broken parts and dreams left for naught just stay a while take a seat, hear me out if it's not the way, then what's the point? have i been taught wrongly this whole time? how is this supposed to work? if only we could turn back and change this from the start we've learned that this battle only goes uphill we're always walking into the wind curious times await us left here with these ideas this work we hate to love treading the lines of the system it's just cold enough wind blows from the side shadows melt away time slows and all life comes to a halt it's just cold enough to shake off the dust force the eyes open and force the mouth shut
8.	For the Ride 02:58	lyrics	buy track
i'm secretly afraid of the world afraid of what could happen always looking over my shoulder but there's nothing there but what if this time it's different? what if i'm not just dragging myself along this road of seemingly endless possibilities i'm secretly afraid of the world afraid of all of the eyes even though i've given them no reason to care but what if this time it's different? what if i'm not just dragging myself along for the ride, we all pay a fee rise and shine, it's our time to be for the ride, we all pay a fee and for a smile, i shed a tear
9.	The Border 04:23	lyrics	buy track
it seems we've made it back around again build yourself up just to bring it back down tear it apart and destroy the remains look me in the eyes and listen no one is going to hurt you unless you go out of your way to hurt yourself you're a spider surrounded by flies a rat in a maze that's actually a straight line it all happens so quickly i know why you're so scared but you have got to hear me out what will it take to get you to understand? do i have to strike you down with the idea that walking the border isn't crossing the line it all changes so swiftly what was i doing here in the first place?
10.	Been a While 02:16	lyrics	buy track
it's been a while and all that's changed will soon amount to nothing it all amounts to nothing
11.	The Aftermath 06:53	lyrics	buy track
let's take a step back all of this boils down to change to cycling through atmpspheres but when i become content with my surroundings the desire to create leaves me entirely what is there to write about? this does not base itself in happiness it bases itself in fear and longing and sadness and self-loathing when those are gone, it just doesn't flow and it's gotten to the point where i need the flow so something comes out and why should i want such a thing? prolonged contentness flips itself on its head it's become too much to bear yet somehow it's never forced i can't do it alone the trigger is pulled and i fall into myself overexaggeration, expectations lead me down this road again i hold you all to this standard motivation fighting motivation and though i might hold these standards and things might not line up at times there's always a way around those details the real point, though, is that i end up at square one, or whatever square this may be because of this something, may it be the desire to create or the dependency on my creations my own dependency on my creations even though i feel it's safe to say that this goes beyond all of you now this square's corners are rounding and i find myself in this circle pushing at the walls, finally i see the way out is to want out
12.	Sky After the Rain (instrumental) 04:59
13.	Living Amongst the Flies (instrumental) 04:53
14.	Stalemate (instrumental) 04:15
15.	Patience (instrumental) 04:56
16.	Opportunity (instrumental) 05:24
17.	This Place (instrumental) 01:57
18.	Walking Into the Wind (instrumental) 05:15
19.	For the Ride (instrumental) 02:56
20.	The Border (instrumental) 04:23
21.	Been a While (instrumental) 02:16
22.	The Aftermath (instrumental) 06:53

about

This is The Aftermath - the sequel to Walking Into the Wind, digging into the events and feelings of the three years after we ceased walking directly into the wind.

credits

released February 22, 2014

Tristan Zemtseff - Guitar, Bass, Drums, Vocals, Piano, Engineering, Mixing, Mastering
John Henry - Additional composition
Aki Shindo - Additional engineering
Andy Eisen - Additional vocals on "Opportunity"
Ben Read - Additional vocals on "The Border"