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about
2020 was insane, and 2021 is still questionable. Let's face it, another apocalypse could be right around the corner.
Written, produced, and recorded by Josh Engen while quarantined in a two-bedroom apartment in Irvine, California and mixed and mastered by multiplatinum-selling engineer Micah Johnson (Missy Elliott, Demi Lovato, Florence and the Machine), Before the Next Apocalypse is an introspective indie-folk ditty that weaves in and out of a lush cinematic soundscape. Plus, it’s about robots and vampires.
So, hug your loved ones, grab a baseball bat wrapped in barbed wire, and listen to BEFORE THE NEXT APOCALYPSE before the world ends again.
lyrics
When the robots came
To take us away
Your bravery nearly got us both killed
But you held your guns
When I tried to run
And now there’s something left to rebuild
When the sky went black
From the martian attack
You threw your hands in the air
And I knew then
That this was the end
Just one last breath for a prayer
I’m gonna miss you
Well I lost my head
Heard breathing under my bed
You stayed awake through the night
When the vampires rose
And the oceans froze
You cracked your fists for a fight
When the monsters broke through
That’s when I knew
We just couldn’t hold out anymore
When I opened my eyes
You said “Just one more surprise”
And smiled like we’d won the war
I’m gonna miss you
I’m gonna miss this
I try to hang on every moment
But then every moment slips
So now I’ll hold you
Until the world ends
After the atom bombs have fallen
But before the next apocalypse
After the atom bombs have fallen
But before the next apocalypse
After the atom bombs have fallen
But before the next apocalypse
credits
released July 29, 2020
Words and Music by Parachutes Fail
Mixing and Mastering Micah Johnson
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