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All Is Lost

by El Misti

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1.
Slim pickings in a lonely town, Found one I could stand and I settled down, Next thing you know I was playing around, Ain’t that just like me. My girl told me she was walking away, Before she did she asked if I had something to say, I said the wrong thing and I lost her for good, Ain’t that just like me. Started arguing in a bar with a man, Talking about something that I don’t understand, He ended my night with a beautiful right, Ain’t that just like me. I had a few drinks and I decided to drive, Bottle of devil strapped in the passenger side, Woke up in my home both safe and warm, Ain’t that just like me. Ain’t that just like me, Ain’t that just like me, I always struggle to see the wood for the trees, Ain’t that just like me. Had a rough year and I lost my mind, I bought some medication that I wasn’t prescribed, Took the whole bottle and I didn’t die, Ain’t that just like me. My doctor didn’t agree with my pattern of thought, Said I needed to go to somebody and talk, Told him it was him that was going mad, Ain’t that just like me. Ain’t that just like me, Ain’t that just like me, I always struggle to see the wood for the trees, Ain’t that just like me.
2.
Lately I’ve been having trouble caring, Will I ever feel anything again, Please don’t despise me, My numbness terrifies me, I’m going back to where I belong. I’ve been all round this town, Even went through the lost and found, But I can’t find my heart anywhere, So I better save my soul, Just in case I ever grow old, I need something to bargain at the gates. True you never find when you are searching, But I’ve lived too long to shed a tear, Will I always struggle learning, From the mistakes that I made when you were here. I’ve been all round this town, Even went through the lost and found, But I can’t find my heart anywhere, So I better save my soul, Just in case I ever grow old, I need something to bargain at the gates, I need something to bargain at the gates. Not much luck there at my home, So I went to the last place where I got stoned, I found an empty bottle of pain relief that didn’t kill my grief, It may be that searching is not for me.
3.
Though I can’t be alone, I’ve got an acid tongue, And I will push you away, Nothing you’re able to say, Darkness clouds my brain, Who could make someone this way, Through my eyes ever glazed, Even in hindsight my vision’s a haze. Couldn’t God damn someone else? Give them the feelings I felt, Reset me back to the start, Allow me to open my heart, Couldn’t God damn someone else? Couldn’t God damn someone else? Well, I went down to the sea, To scatter what was left of me, And I crashed into the waves, Therein I did something brave, I pulled myself back out, Destined to live with this doubt, I need to rearrange, My deathly fear of change. Couldn’t God damn someone else? Give them the feelings I felt, Reset me back to the start, Allow me to open my heart, Couldn’t God damn someone else? Couldn’t God damn someone else? If you think you’ll find a reason in my thought, Then you’ll never understand how hard I have fought. Acceptance is my only way, I’m sorry I drove you insane, I need to disappear, Because there’s not much left for me here, So just move on with your life, While I struggle with mine, One thing I need you to know, You really did help me grow.
4.
You stole my heart, but you gave me sight, Like a whole in the ceiling of hell letting in the light, I know that you know about the power you hold, I’ve tried to live without you, But I can’t breathe without you. Every time I climb over one of your walls, The higher that I climb the faster that it falls, I get covered under stone, Suffocate alone, Dust myself off then I head back home. One day the piper will expect to be paid, I’ll have to try and sleep in this bed that I made, I don’t think I’m ready for reality to bite, So, I’m going to beg for a little more time. It’s not like I need it, But my defences have been happily depleted, And now I can’t keep you away from me, You’ll always return to your favourite sin, Baby you consume me, Still, you stare right through me. Every time I climb over one of your walls, The higher that I climb the faster that it falls, I get covered under stone, Suffocate alone, Dust myself off then I head back home. One day the piper will expect to be paid, I’ll have to try and sleep in this bed that I made, I don’t think I’m ready for reality to bite, So, I’m going to beg for a little more time. Every time I climb over one of your walls, The higher that I climb the faster that it falls, I get covered under stone, Suffocate alone, Dust myself off then I head back home. One day the piper will expect to be paid, I’ll have to try and sleep in this bed that I made, I don’t think I’m ready for reality to bite, So, I’m going to beg for a little more time, time, time.
5.
Never really in the moment, Always floating above, Inspired only by chaos, Burdened by love, In between the pillar and post could never find much room, I bit the hand that fed me so many times I’m now served with a spoon, I just can’t stand it anymore. I’ll never be happy until I’m truly miserable, And I’ll never forgive myself for breaking something so beautiful. Truth and doubt they weigh me down and I can’t get up off the floor, Never saw beauty through my own eyes until I saw it in yours. I’ll never be happy until I’m truly miserable, And I’ll never forgive myself for breaking something so beautiful. Well, I’ve been spinning my wheels too god damn long, Innocence is gone and I no longer hear a song, Regret is hard to swallow with an acid tongue, I just can’t stand it anymore. I’ll never be happy until I’m truly miserable, And I’ll never forgive myself for breaking something so beautiful. No, I’ll never be happy until I’m truly miserable, And I’ll never forgive myself for breaking something so beautiful.
6.
Broken Blues 06:25
If I set fire to this tomorrow, Please remember my smile, For I won’t beg or steal but it feels I have borrowed, You from the heavens for a while. You are the spring in my step, My hope when I thought I had none left, And you said you could see everything in my eyes. One day this is all going to crash and burn, You can count me as a lesson that you had to learn, When that comes to pass, Please remember your worth, Because my heart speaks a language no one deserves. Don’t want to love you in a hurry, But I’m not sure I have much time, When you see things like I do, That we’re just passing through, You wouldn’t ask for reasons why. Maybe you are just a fever, And I’ll be cured of you in days, Perhaps then I could breathe again, And rise on through the haze. I’ve said all I can say, I’m not going to stay if you won’t fight for me the same. If I don’t belong to you, Onward I will move and sing my broken blues. My broken blues, My broken blues, My broken blues, My broken blues, If I don’t belong to you, Onward I will move and sing my broken blues. If I don’t belong to you, Onward I will move and sing my broken blues. The air truly left my lungs, When I became an accidental slip of your tongue. The rapture had to come and go for me to be able to see, You were the only thing standing in between hell and me. The only thing standing in between hell and me.
7.
This is a godless place, This is a godless place, The dragon in its scorn will rip you out from where you’re born, This is a godless place. This is a godless place, Lords of rot and waste, Corruption of the truth, And the virtual reality of virtue. This is a godless place, Grace has left no trace, Worshipping with joy at the altar of the coin, This is a godless place. Lord, don’t you forgive them, They know just what they’ve done. This is a godless place, Revere the surveillance state, But while you’re locked down in your home, Remember all roads lead to Rome, This is a godless place. Do not move for the clatter of hooves we need to stand our ground. Baptised in the fires of the liars, It’s time we took them down. Resets and leaps as masters speak of forced evolution, All the good books shall burn together, Starve your faith and your doubts will feast forever, They’ll feast forever. Godless place. This is a godless place, This is a godless place, I thought I heard you say that you would chase them all away, This is a godless place.
8.
Bloodshed is now more accepted than it’s ever been before, Drunkards in their stupors discuss their favourite war, Celebrating discord in far off lands with neighbours on their knees, Whatever happened to protest, All the talk of love and peace. Where’s the end to the violence, When did wrong become right, Instead of screaming for silence, We better rise up and fight, Before they take the light. Remote controlled warfare takes the conscience out of death, And although it seems hopeless you shouldn’t save your breath, We already fell divided when the poor turned on the poor, The fallen are your example take the mantle off the floor. Where’s the end to the violence, When did wrong become right, Instead of screaming for silence, We better rise up and fight, Before they take the light. The future is fluid as conflict drifts between the shores, It’s still so unclear just what they’re fighting for, Talking about manoeuvrers like murder is a dance, We’re sleepwalking into fascism without a second glance. Where’s the end to the violence, When did wrong become right, Instead of screaming for silence, We better rise up and fight, Silence is your betrayal, Don’t become the final nail, And get buried with justice, the disabled and frail.
9.
Gather round hear the stories of glorious war, And how you’ll never compare to what has gone before, You are nothing without omnipotent law, So, tip your cap for the privilege of the floor, If you’re lucky they’ll let you keep your shoes and your socks, And tell you, you can change it all with an X in a box, Don’t ya love democracy! Tongue tied, I will be no longer, Tonight, I will bring your house down, Freeride, You won’t get from me, Because I’m already sick and tired of the way things are. It’s agreed you’re free to read and have your little conversations, Perception is controlled by controlling the information, Exploit of perception can manipulate behaviour, Then fear is weaponised until you beg your demagogues to save you, Election is reduced to theatre in the name of peace, The censorship of challenge keeps the masses ever on their knees, Don’t ya love democracy! Tongue tied, I will be no longer, Tonight, I will bring your house down, Freeride, You won’t get from me, Because I’m already sick and tired of the way things are. It may boil your blood to learn that there are no borders at the top of the pyramid, But still they let division rule and keep you pacified in conflict, Hoover up your trusted institutions and centralise the power, Until only their can is the can capable of watering all of the flowers, But your guns, and your sex, and your screens, they’ll keep you soothed, Until the most hated one in the room is she who knows the truth, Don’t ya love democracy! Tongue tied, I will be no longer, Tonight, I will bring your house down, Freeride, You won’t get from me, Because I’m already sick and tired of the way things are. Tongue tied, I will be no longer, Tonight, I will bring your house down, Freeride, You won’t get from me, Because I’m already sick and tired of the way things are. They’ve burned down all your churches, Who are you going to worship now, Liars, murderers and thieves have no moral authority, Don’t ya love democracy!
10.
Take your time, Hurry up and slow down, Half your life conflicting orders from these clowns, You played your part in the sinking of your town, Too late to jump ship now, You’ve already drowned. So, you’ve climbed a couple of rungs of their ladder. When you get to the top boy, You’re going to pull that ladder up, Have yourself some children and condition them to be just like you, And they’ll emerge from this cycle as vicious as you. So, you’ve made it out of this town you call home, Just wait until you reap the seeds you’ve sown. What will you do with your illusion of power, Will you use it against those who helped you build your tower, Hold their heads under the water keep all the air for yourself, Feed them fear to quell the hunger, Protect your soiled wealth. So, you’ve made it out of this town you call home, Just wait until you reap the seeds you’ve sown. Poverty persecution, No time to wait for devolution, Leaves only on solution, So, where are you going to hide in the revolution?
11.
I spent my days in search of the truth, It wasn’t taught in their schools, It wasn’t on their news, I couldn’t drink their water, I couldn’t eat their food, And when I asked them a question I was forcibly removed. All is lost and hope is gone, All is lost and hope is gone, How’s a man like me meant to carry on, When all is lost, and hope is gone. They took my faith, and they took its power, They took my love and locked her in a tower, I couldn’t get no sleep, And I could barely breath, So, I went to a doctor, but the doctor tried to poison me. All is lost and hope is gone, All is lost and hope is gone, How’s a man like me meant to carry on, When all is lost, and hope is gone. They took my reputation when they took their minds, Turned me into a joke to the rest of my kind, I can only dream that after all this noise, I may find a place to fit if some distance ears can hear my voice. All is lost and hope is gone, All is lost and hope is gone, How’s a man like me meant to carry on, When all is lost, and hope is gone. All is lost and hope is gone, All is lost and hope is gone, How’s a man like me meant to carry on, When all is lost, and hope is gone.

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released July 26, 2021

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El Misti Frodsham, UK

Ten years after a chance meeting in a humid Rio de Janeiro hostel, Cheshire/Liverpool band, El Misti, finally release their debut album.

From Nashville to Santiago de Cuba, Memphis to Manchester, Liverpool to Laurel Canyon, and Belfast to Woodstock, the needles of musical diversity and political discourse glide elegantly over El Misti’s debut record.
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