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Songs For The Last Man On Earth

by Anu

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1.
New Ways 03:17
I grow more obsolete with each passing day I used to be so bright when I knew how to play Now I don't understand I can't comprehend Nothing makes sense anymore I don't like the new ways Bring back the old days Nothing is good anymore Now everyone is different but me And it's not like they said it would be Warm friends grown cold My young face so old Nothing makes sense anymore I don't like the new ways Bring back the old days Because nothing is good Nothing is fun Nothing is right anymore I remember our machines Birthday parties Summer dreams Crystal cities Company All gone now
2.
In 1969 an experiment was devised 20 babies were kept alive All alone They gave them food and kept them warm But kept them away from everyone As the years passed, they all turned gray and died I am the only one who survived They tested me until I turned 13 and then released me to a world I'd never seen and studied my reactions to the stimuli No one tells me what's going on but they record and dissect my every fault I can feel the pressure of their eyes I am the only one who survived There are days when I look back and I long for the lab Simple problems and tests I understand Though their conclusions are drawn, I'm still trying to prove them wrong But I think I am failing I am the only one who survived
3.
Twilight 03:32
There are times when I believe this is the best of all possible worlds There are times when that brings me down There are times when I know I'll never have more fun than I'm having right now As day turns to night In the twilight I try to hold the moment but it is gone Like reverse alchemy the leaves are turning brown Entropy is winning I see it in every town As days turn to miles and miles turn to years what's left of hope is turning into fear In the twilight there is only the road Taking me somewhere I have never known All this turning and changing doesn't seem to touch me I must be a survivor I must be dead inside
4.
Catherine 04:18
When I awake, you are gone And the poison memories bubble up, one by one Of all my ghosts, you haunt me the most I dream of my release I dream of release I dream of my release Catherine, I hear you calling Catherine, come back to me Catherine, I hear you calling Catherine, don't leave I fear the silence, now you're not here It grows in the space that remains Now everything between us is gone Like you've been erased Like it never was I thought I saw you today Take this longing away Catherine, I hear you calling Catherine, I feel you near Catherine, I hear you calling Catherine, don't leave me here
5.
Cold Friends 04:39
The clock on the wall isn't moving There's no paper at the door And I don't see my friends anymore My little piece of world is about 3 miles square There's only empty darkness further beyond there I gave you everything And you just left me here I did so much for you And you just disappeared But I don't miss my cold friends Bet you think I'm lonely Bet you think I'm bored But I've got music, books, and games And all the time in the world And I don't miss my friends at all I don't miss my friends anymore I don't miss you fucks at all I don't miss my friends anymore You were no company at all
6.
Sun 03:51
I see the blinding shades of winter and I believe it can't go on much more This cold inside me flowing through each fiber This broken spirit is frozen to the core I want to see the sun Feel the sun against my skin Let loose Let go Let down the walls that keep inside this cold Let go Let it burn away the shit that fills my soul Hold on There must be something better I hold on Hold out for something more I want to see the sun Feel the sun against my skin Let loose Let go Let down the walls that keep inside this cold Let go Let it burn away the shit that fills my soul
7.
LEM 04:58
I awoke today and everything was blue And I knew that all the answers were on the moon So I found an old Russian ship with fuel left in the cells and lifted off at 3 am Climbed the gravity well I leaned my head against the glass and looked into the endless night Drifted up and fell asleep for my 4-day flight To where the only answer Is no answer And nothing's left at all I awoke today and everything was green The ship was down in the Tranquility Sea I suited up and opened the hatch, headed for Moon Base 3 Calling out on all channels "Are you there? Do you receive?" But the only answer Is no answer There's no one else at all I awoke today and everything was gray I think this world is fading away I watched the Earth rise, returned to my ship, and left the Moon below Started the long fall down to home Nowhere else to go I stopped in space at a place once called Lagrange point 5 Floating between the Earth and Moon, I drift and wonder why The only answer Is no answer And nothing helps at all Caught between two zeros Nowhere to go
8.
They say growing old is growing wise But all they told you were lies Growing old is growing hard Saying goodbye to your dreams Growing old is crying inside As innocence dies away Growing old is going bad And all that you'll have is fear Growing old is failing to change When the new ways have come Growing old is growing tired Giving in to sleep If growing old is all I've seen Then let it end with me Sing a song for the last man on earth Don't cry too much for him There is nothing you can do anyhow
9.
Burned Out 03:19
Guess I drove myself too hard Guess I drove you all away Guessed that I could do it Guess that I was wrong Guess that's all there is to say Burned out and wasted away It's funny how things change Never thought it would end this way I awoke from beautiful dreams With the taste of ashes in my mouth Burned out and wasted away I'm waiting for tomorrow I'm all through with today
10.
Sleep 05:33
It's time to go I can't wait to leave There's nothing more to say All alone now At the movie's end I can't remain awake Drifting out Nodding off Lift me up into sleep This is where the struggling ends In sleep, into sleep This is where the suffering ends I want the soft And comfort now There's nothing I can do It's been so long and far too hard Now I just can't hold on Falling down Faster now Diving out into sleep This is where the story ends in sleep This is where reality ends

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A science fiction story and meditation on loneliness.

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released July 16, 1997

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Anu San Francisco, California

Anu has been creating music for more than three decades.

He studied electronic music at Dartmouth College, with Jon Appleton and Christian Wolff.

He is a pioneer in the Internet music industry, and one of the creators of the Rhapsody Music Service.

He created and taught "A History of 20th Century Music" at Duke University's Talent Identification Program.

Anu currently lives in San Francisco.
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