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Light Lost

by VIS

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1.
Light Lost 01:05
Time was my friend, then I let go Light had me then, where did it go? Tossed to the wind, whatever I know Lost to the end, where do I go?
2.
Luz 04:17
What's the trouble? What you know? Say it for me now It's hard to sleep again knowing everything is Everything is unavoidable Everything is unattainable Everything is a massive foible Everything is, everything is a lie Far away I heard a cry (or was it in my mind?) Of something in the night Who are you to say what we should fight? But you never get it out You can scream, you can shout Say it for me now Say it for me now I used to wait for the light I used to stay up all night I used to run for my life I used to wait for the light You say you were a friend, 'cause nothing else did, You say you have a plan, 'cause nothing else can, You say we're at the end, but I see it light up your eyes as if you're telling me lies I used to wait for the light I used to stay up all night I used to run for my life I used to wait for the light Silence cascaded, my mind has degraded and is spilling out onto the ground My situation is overly complicated so I have taken the steps to break it down I used to wait for the light I used to wait for the light I used to run for my life I used to wait for the light
3.
Unprepared 03:37
Running with dusty feet as long as there is ground moving beneath them My footprints will cover the Earth Never to hesitate for if I do I’ll start to speculate that my life has no worth We all forever fall asleep, so why should I be scared? Cuz I believe in everything and I know that we’re unprepared We all let go of everything and vanish through the air If everything’s a memory than I know that we’re unprepared Still I think that life isn’t much more than coming together and falling apart I think my destiny is the pursuit of everything I dream and speaking the words of my heart Stare across the Abysmal expanse that we’ve fallen from and think we’re never looking back Then I have an honest perspective that we’re nothing more than a planetary rash. We all forever fall asleep, so why should I be scared? Cuz I believe in everything and I know that we’re unprepared We all let go of everything and vanish through the air If everything’s a memory than I know that we’re unprepared Stare across the Abysmal expanse that we’ve fallen from and think we’re never looking back There I felt a longing to retrace all my faulty steps so I can carve a newer path We all forever fall asleep, so why should I be scared? Cuz I believe in everything and I know that we’re unprepared We all let go of everything and vanish through the air If everything’s a memory than I know that we’re unprepared
4.
Sunrise 03:55
Remind me of what we discovered behind everything, it's not like it's covered I spoke with a gleam as I interrupted, We don't look to see, that's why it's so illogical "That's right!" You say to me with undisputed urgency and at that you added, "maybe we should tell the others." I said, You may be right. It might be better to open our eyes and let the magic in. I spin along away through time Scattering the moments out through ether until I'm all alone in my mind Frantic shouts will echo through my inner cavern The face I spoke to, the face that I knew Began dissolving then vanished from view The day was dawning, the sky turning blue As night retreated my friends did too I spin along away through time Scattering the moments out through ether until I'm all alone in my mind Frantic shouts will echo through my inner cavern It's too much, I must've botched the elixir As my blood will congeal with the mixture And the sun makes my skin red and blistered As I run from the heat to the cistern I survive staying under the water And the light getting brighter and hotter I will dive deeper into the water And the light, and the light
5.
As I started to unravel in the heart of the tower That cumbled to gravel, I garnered the power To jump out the window in a leap of faith but I knew that instead of ascending, I'd fall to my death Fall through the air I've seen some things I can't forget, Although they haven't happened yet I stand before the hierophant, Her eyes will see right through me I've seen some things I can't forget, Although they haven't happened yet Such disappointment and regret From eyes that see right through me I'm upside down, seven cups on the ceiling with me They're pouring out holy water that is full of disease Over the ground, rising tide, getting harder to breathe, I slowly drown in a room of memories I sought the moon, but it was torn Split the hour I was born I've seen some things I can't forget, Although they haven't happened yet I stand before the hierophant, Her eyes will see right through me I've seen some things I can't forget, Although they haven't happened yet Such disappointment and regret From eyes that see right through me Something has me caught in its teeth Dissolved in a drink, controls what I think You can't pretend it won't happen, Your future will find you I've seen some things I can't forget, Although they haven't happened yet I stand before the hierophant, Her eyes will see right through me I've seen some things I can't forget, Although they haven't happened yet Such disappointment and regret From eyes that see right through me I've seen some things I can't forget Such disappointment and regret
6.
Let’s see what you can take How much before you break Silently lingering I know you trusted me That’s after the mistake I argue, you deceive You don’t believe in me All over shivers I lost a vision You say that you know Say you miss it Not that it’s gone Say you miss it What is it that went… Say you miss it Not that it’s gone Say you miss it What is it that went wrong? Static, hands wave, nod and shoegaze Everyone had stayed in reverie You think that I could, you would never You think that I should assume the distance There you stay far away from me What went wrong? Maybe I can’t see Say you miss it Not that it’s gone Say you miss it What is it that went wrong? Say you miss it I was there all along Say you miss it What is it that went wrong?
7.
Centenario 03:57
It is closer to the hour that the day is getting bruised I've been waiting for a lifetime, but I guess it isn't true Did it have to come to this? There are rats among the leaves where I've been scraping for a lifetime, now Do we have to wait forever? I've been heading for disaster, but what that is, I cannot see If the waiting force invites me down, The subtle pull of gravity Something told me in a voice I know That we have to wait forever Hundreds and hundreds of icy souls, Do we have to wait forever? Stand and fall and find out what you're made of Something told me in a voice I know That we have to wait forever Hundreds and hundreds of blinding blows, Do we have to wait forever? Wait it out, wait it out Through the nights and through the days
8.
Perdido 03:33
It's just a simple brain It's just greyish meat, that is all But still so much will try to break in and take it Now I'm lost and alone Friends will never tell me I'm a sucker 'cause Instead I'm more valuable unknowing and to Them, I'm just another tool reacting to the ways I've been told If I could ever change Anything that's been done I'd take the grey meat far away from everything I'm still lost and alone Friends will never tell me I'm a sucker 'cause Instead I'm more valuable unknowing and to Them, I'm just another tool reacting to the ways I've been told Stay on the fringe, don't let sanity destroy you Stay far away from society, destroy you If I could listen, then I would know But for this wisdom nothing ever would change for now Somethings gonna come my way As long as we all do what we say But nothings ever gonna change
9.
You say that you know which way to go We started to row, which way? Which way to go? You say that you know which way to go We started to row, which way do we go? The night sky has passed me by Eternity, half-opened eyes So far away, I thought we would taste the wind so we know which way to go So long away, I thought we would stay What could you ever have wanted from it? All of this sorrow, this weight, all to give to the lie You say that you know which way to go We started to row, which way? Which way to go?
10.
I hit the bottle, speech is slurry, things are blurry and it's taking me a while to walk home I'm under water, swimming through the atmosphere like a fish that's been caught in a maelstrom It's very subtle, my feet touch the ground below, they have taken me as far as I can go Let out a shudder, stalling and halting my steps, as I fall down to my concrete pillow You lost your name now Who'd you say you were now? You lost your name Who'd you say you were now? You reach out but you can't find it You cry out but no one hears you crying You reach out but you can't find it You cry out but no one hears you whining Nothing stays for us, so let's redefine what we are tonight Don't you fret or fuss, let's just redefine what we are tonight If you wait, then we'll repeat who we are to the end Nothing stays for us, so let's redefine what we are tonight I used to study it word for word, but I got away from that I must admit that it was absurd now that I'm away from that I tried to add up the things we said so they could have a certain usefulness But, after all, I guess they never made much sense You reach out but you can't find it You cry out but no one hears you crying You reach out but you can't find it You cry out but no one hears you whining Nothing stays for us, so let's redefine what we are tonight Don't you fret or fuss, let's just redefine what we are tonight If you wait, then we'll repeat who we are to the end Nothing stays for us, so let's redefine what we are tonight I heard them say that I lost my name So I searched for days and I found my way I searched for days, I found my way

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released October 25, 2019

VIS | Light Lost

Allen Casillas - Drums, Synths, Programming, Vocals
Aarón Delgado - Guitar, Baritone Guitar, Synths, Programming
Justin Gomez - Bass Guitar, Guitar, Synths, Programming
Tommy Miller - Vocals, Guitar, Synth

Vocals on “Redefine” by Donovan Melero, courtesy of Equal Vision Records
Guitar on “Twentysomething” by Aric Garcia, courtesy of Equal Vision Records
Mark I on “Unprepared” played by Daniel Escobar

All songs written by VIS
All lyrics written by Tommy Miller
Produced by Allen Casillas
Mixed by Derya “Dez” Nagle
Mastered by Mike Kalajian at Rogue Planet Mastering
Recorded at The Lion’s Den Studio, The Frame Studio, Bright Lights Studio, and ATOA Studio
Engineered by Allen Casillas and Anthony Razo

Artwork and layout by Robert Manukyan

We are grateful:
Donovan Melero, Sergio Medina, Ahh-Rah, Dez, Mike Kalajian, Aric Garcia, Robert Manukyan, Vanessa Delgado, Roger Camero, Joshua Unitt, Andrés Aparicio, Daniel Escobar, Chris Pennington, Shane Gann, John Stirrat, Kristelle Pliez, Ken Raymundo, Steve Choi, Rex Carbonell, Crocker, Matt Fazzi, David Gonzalez, Laura and Collin Insley, Shannon Watson, Jack Appleby, Matt Embree, Chad and Haley at BitCrusher Presents, Dan Marter at intheclouds, Kevin Berg, Jeff Cole, Ian Cooperstein, Mike Hernandez, Caleb Easter, Steven Martinez, Joshua Gomez, Christian Absi, Lonnie Brown, Xavier Delgado, Aidan, Jasmine, and Kevin, JM, Jake, Chris, and Lou, Wayne, Jordan, Phil, and Jacob AKA the Pony Boys, Donny Phillips, TandA Media, Aric Improta, Johnny Liu, Judy Becerra, Ryan Minic, Masahiro Sakurai, Koji Kondo, The Delgado/Hale Families, The Gomez Family, The Miller Family, The Vasquez/Ramirez families, and everyone else who has supported us along the way.

Lots of love to Mamá y Papá Casillas. Without you, this album would not be possible.

Big hugs to Mom and Dad Delgado. Without you, we would not have seen the places we’ve seen.

We love these bands: Hail the Sun, Twin Ponies, Andrés, Wolf & Bear, Stolas, Rx Bandits, Rare Futures, Eidola, Night Verses, Facing New York, Silver Snakes, Katzù Oso, Amarionette, She Preaches Mayhem, Icarus the Owl, Royal Coda, Strawberry Girls

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