Impaster - Cynic & the Sunrise II

The Cynic rides west
He prays for salt to turn to seas
The Cynic breathes his own disease
The Sun won’t set if I keep riding east
 

All songs written, performed and produced by Robert LaSalle except "Half Mile Away" with Luke Freeman playing drums

Album art by Megan Kelley

During the 2020 lockdown, the artist released these 2003-2008 teenage mixes as Impaster:

(2003-2004) FRIDGE BUZZING

(2004-2005) CYNIC & THE SUNRISE I

(2004-2005) CYNIC & THE SUNRISE II (acoustic)

(2006-2007) ROOTS OF PARADISE I

(2006-2007) ROOTS OF PARADISE II (acoustic)

(2008) LOVE IS NOT AS BLIND AS ME




CALM DOWN OLD MAN

Growing up in fury every day

Telling what you can and cannot say

Being told you can and cannot do

I know you know we know they want us to


It’s too late, it’s too late

What’s this got to do with age?

It’s too late, it’s too late

What’s this got to do with age?


Conquer all the world and then they’ll know

You have the power, not the time to grow

When’s the best time to believe?

When you peak, you’re just a memory


It’s too late, it’s too late

What’s this got to do with age?


Calm down, calm down

Calm down, calm down


Make your mark on me and me to you

If you race you might get there too soon

Slow down you might be all alone

You’re too angry, man, you might be getting old


It’s too late, it’s too late

What’s this got to do with age?


Calm down, calm down

Calm down, calm down







IT'LL ALL COME BACK (ACOUSTIC)

You’s the law man

You says what's is true

But your morals still stuffed 

Deep inside of you


You’ve covered them up

With your bloodstained hands

And stomped out the ashes 

In every other man


I could wash your brain too 

It needs the cleanse

But I choose not to fuck you 

To make amends


Take your hand off the book 

And lift it to your head

You were born with integrity

Now you're better off dead


Take it all away

It’ll all come back someday

If what you say is true

It’ll all come back on you


Civilized now

No more savages in cages

Only oppressed desires 

And fat middle ages


Steel-toe battles 

With guns and knives

All the good folks are whore lawyers 

With fat housewives


Think twice 

Before you really know what's good

And if you think you're better

You probably shouldn't


Who’s the judge? Who’s the jury?

And who's here to endorse them?

Where’s the baby blue peasants

You pay to enforce them?


Take it all away

It’ll all come back someday

If what you say is true

It’ll all come back on you


All of the good I plan to do

The only one in my way is you


Take it all away

It’ll all come back someday

If what you say is true

It’ll all come back on you







HALF MILE AWAY

Too late today

You’re a half a mile away

There’s nothing left to say

No, there's nothing left to say


I tied us up in twos

I gave everything for you

Now there's nothing left to do

Now there's nothing left to do


Give myself to you

But you long to see me dead

I guess what's left is in my head

I guess what's left is in my head


Our love’s a perfect knot

But your heart I strung’s now lost

Once love's now love that's gone

Once love's now love that's gone


Too late today

You’re half a mile away

But I’m walking anyways

No, I’m walking anyways


I tied us up in twos

I gave everything for you

Now there's nothing left to do

Now there's nothing left to do


I wander to your place

For a last glimpse of your face

But I find myself alone

Now and longing for a gun


I tied us up in twos

Now I’ll tighten up the noose

‘Cause what’s left I leave for you

What’s left I leave for you







SETTLE FOR LESS (ACOUSTIC)

Heaven is a mountain

If hell is just a hill

I’m here for answers

I’m here to kill or be killed


What’s this you say? 

I’m in a valley?

What good is this to me?

I’m climbing, getting tired

I’ve stopped to rest beneath a tree


So, yes might settle for less

And build a castle on this hill

If it doesn't make me stronger

Then it's bound to make me ill


Settle for less

I’ll never ask for more

And I’ll never be the best

I’ll settle for less

Incompetent excuses

Call me lazy if you wish


The Cynic and The Sunrise

The product of someone else’s eyes

I’m free to do whatever I want and so are you

So are you


Revisions and sadists and crud in your head

I’ve come clean, I’m Godspeed, and I’d rather be dead

Don’t surrender, don't decay, don't be shun from the day

Can you feel it? It’s real

It can blow you away


Fuck your dreams

Fuck your fortune

Fuck the sparkle in her eye

Fuck your "feelings inside”

Fuck all four stable lives


Do I pray for this sentiment?

Is this not what won’t hit me?

My prayers do have answers and they're all 50/50


I’ll settle for less

I’ll never ask for more

And I’ll never be the best

I’ll settle for less

Incompetent excuses

Call me crazy if you wish

The Cynic and The Sunrise

The product of someone else’s eyes


The Cynic rides west

He prays for salt to turn to seas

The Cynic breathes his own disease

The Sun won't set if I keep riding east

The Sun won't set if I keep riding east, eh?


Wouldn’t it be great if we all died and God said… 







A NEW LIGHT

On the second floor in bars and chains

Is there nothing here I can change?

The good fight for a bitter life in vein

Is there nothing here I can change?

Tomorrow’s light will be the same

It’s a burden breathing down my neck


Is there nothing good

Is there nothing good to come?

I can't believe what I have done

Is there nothing good

Is there nothing good to come?

I can't believe what I have done


Hopelessly the last of me has built a castle in The Sun

Is there nothing good, nothing good, nothing

Nothing good to come?







NO TIME OR PLACE

Simple words with a simple voice

From a simple life in a simple world

Complete my life with those simple eyes

And show them what they've seen


Watch as they fly astray

Has no time or place


Honestly, there's a lot to see

There’s no clouds, and there's no rain

Luckily, there's a breeze today

And hopefully I’ll blow away


And when I land I’ll find that face

Has no time or place


When I land I’ll find that face

Has no time or place


If you've heard those simple words

Watch them as they fly astray

Enjoy the sounds in the senses dawned

And try to find that place


When I land I’ll find that face

Has no time or place

When I land I’ll find that face

Has no time or place


When I land







JONAB

(No Lyrics)







WITNESS TO THE STORM

The Sun’s at the shoreline

The cloud’s everywhere

I see the storm coming

I feel it in the air

Here as I’m witness

To Spring as it's sprung

Here’s the last lone cry

Of the Winter's dusk


The hills disappear

Through the rain as it falls

The water splashes

From its shallow walls

The Winter fights

To survive another day

As I fight

To keep my mind awake


Trees fall

The wind is high

Thunder sounds

In a flash of lights

Spring calls

Storm cries

The storm sings

Lullabies

Goodnight


Walked for miles

Just to witness this

I built a fire

On the edge of cliff

I feel the storm

As it opens up

I’m so tired now

My eyes are shut


Trees fall

The wind is high

Thunder sounds

In a flash of lights

Spring calls

The storm cries

Storm sings

Lullabies

Goodnight


Awoke into The Sun

And the coals are dead

It’s a long walk home

I’m cold and wet

I slept through the forecast

As I could predict

Spring has begun

And I’m a witness to this







DISTORT THE REST OF ME

Welcome back

We will, we will welcome you

Hope the worst won’t

Tear through the best of you


We’ve picked through the change 

We’ve promised you

We’ve forgotten all the good things

Understood?


Meaning, must there be?

Distort the rest of me

When you die, remember nothing


Hope the worst won’t tear through you

Bring me the answers to my questions

Still you think you're worthy?


Hope the worst won’t tear through you

Conquer their sadness, nothing matters

Nothing brings you further


Missed the message

Completely dead inside

You think that something comes next

You’re wrong


Lived a good one? 

Think you deserve it?

Here’s the answer to all your problems


All eternity

All eternity

These are things you’ll never compre-


Hope the worst won’t tear through you

Bring me the answers to my questions

Still you think you're worthy?


Hope the worst won’t tear through you

Conquer their sadness, nothing matters

Nothing brings you further


Hope the worst won’t tear through you

Bring me the answers to my questions

Still you think you're worthy?


Hope the worst won’t tear through you

Conquer their sadness, nothing matters

Nothing brings you further







NUDE BLUES

Nude blues

Dancing with the savage in your bed

Long ties, long time coming

Practice makes perfection turn to sin


Love is best

To touch her heart, first touch her skin

Practice lovers

You’re bound forever now instead


Here and now

The last place you'd expect to see new life

You borrowed her future

Don’t have to take her home tonight


Love is best

To touch her heart, first touch her skin

Practice lovers

You’re bound forever now instead


Nude blues, nude blues

Nude blues, nude blues

Lust begins and ends in twos







NO REGRETS

Water falls against the earth

I gave up, I dove in headfirst

Water pounds against the shore

All is calm on the ocean floor


No regrets

On the ocean floor

Peace at last

Beneath the storm


Up above the wind is high

Never touch the surface now

Up above the lightning strikes

All is calm beneath the tide


No regrets

On the ocean floor

Peace at last

Beneath the storm


Not to see, not to breathe

Life rises out of me

Water pounds into the shore

All is calm on the ocean floor


No regrets

On the ocean floor

Peace at last

Beneath the storm


No regrets

On the ocean floor

Peace at last

Beneath the storm







NEVERMORE

A flawless kingdom

Touches your senses

Provokes your every nerve

The king writes in bold print

Messenger won't receive it

Nevermore is his last word


He built you a castle

And pushed you off your throne

Never ask for nevermore

The fine lines are inside

Forever etched in stone

Never ask for nevermore


The king never asked him

Was forewarned in bold print

Take you for the last word you send

The fine lines are not on this earth

Send this word to the messenger

Let him know the walls are caving in


He built you a castle

And pushed you off your throne

Never ask for nevermore

The fine lines are inside

Forever etched in stone

Never ask for nevermore


If you see him coming, don't look back

Until the walls around you drop


He set out on white horses

To give the king his fair warning

From coast to coast the clock towers bend

Prepare yourself for the last dance

He said, send word to the messenger

When it ends it never ends again


He built you a castle

And pushed you off your throne

Never ask for nevermore

The fine lines are inside

Forever etched in stone

Never ask for nevermore







UP

Up, it's the only way I’ll ever reach you

'Cause you can't reach me

Why? If I go down, I’ll never see you

You see my contradictions a battleground


I got to hold on tight

Life, a stupid game


Pay attention, you'll agree

When the world's not listening

Listen closely, then you'll know

It’s the only place I want to go


(I got to hold on tight)

Pay attention, you'll agree

When the world's not listening


(Life, it's a stupid game to play)

Listen closely, then you'll know

It’s the only place I want to go

I want to go home