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After the Future

by Whelpwisher

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1.
I don't want to die today, and you've been on my mind of late It's coming up in spades, oh god I was just a child back then, how can you blame me but Inspiration cheated in life and song I don't want to die today, but too much on my mind, head gray Miles away and underground I'm not sure what I would say if you were right here but Inspiration cheated in life and song Competence confused for what I did wrong
2.
This day and age got me worried Sun is rising on an open sore What can I do? Who can I help? Dig my head deeper away After the future will they pick apart our actions and Point out the moral problems of our young and dumb and selfish impulses This day and age got me worried Can't read the news can't be alone What can I do? How can I change? Dig my head deeper away
3.
Sunday Drive 01:31
Take the time, only one way My oh my, you blew my whole day Dim the lights, dream of commotion Mercury lights, perpetual motion Sunday drive, think I'll be alone Can't accept I'm hiding where I'm always in plain view So I'm alive, happy birthday to me Where you won't find, why can't I be
4.
Fell asleep through the best years of my life Living proof of the time I almost died Boring story, I was passed out the whole time Cannot speak what I don't remember right You stay around, I stay right here When J called me, it was something in my head Floor came rushing, could have sworn that I was dead Funny story, they were laughing all my friends I had visions where I am and where I been
5.
Do you get wasted on a sunny day What do you do with time to throw away Ride from station B to station A Destination undefined and gray Sit and waste my time, not if I can help it Never was my plan, damn if it's my fate Do you get wasted on a sunny day Do you find purpose in the mental drain Pull the plug and watch it drip away Destination emptiness, decay God you try so hard Hurts to try so hard And watch it all just slip away
6.
The future is a strange thing Draw your cards to see Five year plan to still exist Hard enough to be Move away and quit your job You're changing the wrong thing Stuck inside your head despite All the traveling Turn yourself into a dog It's worth imagining In another country you're a hund Vow vow dasein That's a plan I'd like to make Fetching and lapping No hard choices left to made Goodbye old me
7.
Agoraphobia 01:40
Decisions done today Can't change things now if I wanted to And I want to drown in my bedroom Hardest place to leave is home Feel my mind shutting down Scanning through the daily noise Wake me from this nightmare of thrill-jock news One more hour left to waste
8.
Cynic cries out for patience yeah Death of a bum relation yeah Blown apart by the vastness of it all Wrap my head around the roundness But you like it City dues pay your papers yeah Accountant clerk and waitress yeah
9.
Save it for a rainy day Safest spot I know to hide it away It's safe now, I set it in the sun Not sure how to get it back today Probably didn't want it anyway
10.
A bird in the hand is worth two in the sea Can't break it down, stupid industry I'll say goodbye and I don't mind A bird in the hand is worth more on the street I hope that all your worries come from me Sorry never cut so deep Stitch me up now I'll be brief

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I finished a project to write and record a song a day for two weeks. This album consists of the best 10 of those 14 songs. Thanks to Suzy for putting up with me.

All sounds by Ben Grigg, recorded at Boozy Grin from 7/31/17-8/13/17.

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released August 15, 2017

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Whelpwisher Chicago, Illinois

Ben Grigg turned his attention to making solo recordings under the name Whelpwisher immediately after Chicago-based indie rock band Geronimo! played their last show in 2015. These recordings served Grigg as idea-engines for his bands over the years. The albums themselves stand alone as engaging and well crafted aural documents, despite the utilitarian intentions. ... more

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