Past Perfect

from Part 1: Past Perfect by Cold Reading

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The EP’s title track is all about dealing with the past. On the one hand, I tend to glorify the past, on the other hand, it can happen that I mourn missed opportunities or indulge in melancholy. These fundamental human emotions are what I wanted to express in this song. Nostalgic feelings can be very comforting, but once they are at odds with reality and all its positive and negative facets, they can evolve into something dangerous.

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LYRICS:

When I rewind
I know I can’t rely on any memory
Still I compare the present with the past
I’m looking back with glassy eyes
Are we shouldhavebeens or ready to move on?

I’m craving for my memories
Oh sweet nostalgia you’re everything I have

Surrender again
To rosy recollection, I perfect a past
A past that has never been
Distorted light, like visions in the haze
How am I supposed to change?

I’m craving for my memories.
Oh sweet nostalgia you are everything I have.
I reminisce, remembering
It is everything and nothing in the end.

There it goes again
A vision in the haze before I wake
When I rewind
It all seems so colourful
When in fact it’s just in monochrome
I’ve tried but I can’t let go.

I’m craving for my memories.
Oh sweet nostalgia you are everything I have.
I reminisce, remembering
It is everything and nothing in the end.

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from Part 1: Past Perfect, released May 24, 2019
Written & Performed by Cold Reading
Produced, recorded and mixed by Jan Kerscher & Konstantin Cajkin
Mastered by Philipp Welsing

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Alternative/Indierock Quintet hailing from Lucerne, Switzerland.

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