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Past Tense, Future Perfect

by Transmission Drop

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1.
Elevator 03:11
I'm not an elevator I can not lift you off the ground I'm not a elevator I can not pick you up when you are down You live in the basement Clad in rags soaked in greases and oils Light? There's not a trace, man So your skin's covered in festering boils I live in the penthouse Festooned in silk pajamas and spats Gold guilds every surface I got a swimming built just for my cats I can't take you to the executive suite if you can't even pick get yourself back on your feet You've sunk low, so low I'm not an elevator You cannot push my buttons down Oh, my cable's come unwound Just let the doors close and don't make a sound -Jeff Badger, 2011
2.
Enough 02:48
Hey girl, let me rob your home Hey girl, let met let you walk home alone Hey girl let me borrow your phone I've got to threaten somebody that you don't want to know I don't think she thinks I love her enough I don't think she thinks I think I love her enough, enough Hey girl, let me drive your car I"ll do my best not to set it on fire Hey girl do a favor for me You've got to sneak this package through security I don't think she thinks I love her enough I don't think she thinks I think I love her enough, enough Clean sheets, bleach, bottles of lotion Do we need these? No no no no no we don't These things could be explained carefully But you don't want to know Come on in have a drink and relax I've got to pop into the basement and chop something up with an axe Don't worry if you hear some screams After tonight you'll be the only girl for me I don't think she thinks I love her enough I don't think she thinks I think I love her enough, enough -Jeff Badger, 2011
3.
Force Quit 02:51
five at last empty the trash turn down the heat ride the elevator down to the craters in the street inspirational quotes in illegible script on sticky notes take your pick but the memories are lost you can't just turn it off and back on again mumbled phrases like rats in mazes a liquid crystal telephone nightmare colored wires we set on fire force quit love was all undone when we started out couldn't get enough wrapped together like a cord and a receiver but now when she calls me I can barely hear her through the static and such forgot our math froze up and flashed and like a penny on a railroad track we looked on terror as one tiny error caused a terminal crash tangles of cords connected to things we can't afford and things we miscontrued don't read the warnings just click 'okay' these things are boring full of dust and putty gray windows were missed keyboard, meet fist say what you mean exactly I can never get the gist now I am zero once I was one force quit our love was all undone -Jeff Badger, 2011
4.
We were ready when the waters came to hide the land and swallow the trees. Prepared ourselves with makeshift boats and bags of sand. We could hardly believe. Now I'm on a train with a pen and a brain that's thinking of you and the nights you went out with the man who laughed out loud, in a crowd. Careful now, the ground's still wet. Think of the rain from the rain's point of view. Despite all my best intent think of the man that I turned in to. And now I'm drowning, my life is amounting to cardboard and drought and you're always out with the the man who laughed out loud in a crowd. And I'm floating away, I'm floating away. And I'm holding your place, I'm holding a place for you, it's the least I could do. -Jeff Badger

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Recorded 2011 in Portland, Maine.
Recorded and produced by Tom Abercrombie and Transmission Drop.
Songs written by Jeff Badger.
Liner art by Patrick Corrigan.
Cover art by Jeff Badger.

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released October 22, 2011

Tom Abercrombie - bass, vocals
Jeff Badger - vocals, rhythm guitar, keyboards, harmonica
Adam Bean - lead guitar, vocals
Patrick Corrigan - drums, percussion

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Transmission Drop Maine

Transmission Drop (re)formed in 2009 in their hometown of Portland, Maine, having performed and recorded from 2000-2004 as The Hot Dogs. They recorded a full-length album and a EP under their previous name, and released a self-titled EP of new songs in 2010. Their new EP "Past Tense, Future Perfect" continues to expand their sound from high-energy garage rock to acoustic ballads and psychedelia. ... more

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