Thee More Shallows (initially "Thee Shallows") are a San Francisco based ba… Read Full Bio ↴Thee More Shallows (initially "Thee Shallows") are a San Francisco based band formed in 2001. The band consists of songwriter Dee Kesler, Chavo Fraser, and Jason Gonzales. Their debut album, A History of Sport Fishing achieved a level of critical success and, after touring the US and the UK to promote the album, they returned to the studio to record their follow up, More Deep Cuts, which was released in 2004 in the UK and 2005 in the US. A UK-only EP called Cuts Plus Two followed in 2005, and the Monkey vs. Shark E.P. in 2006.

In early February 2007, the band announced that their third full-length album, entitled Book Of Bad Breaks, would be released on the Anticon label on April 24, 2007.

Post-Present
Thee More Shallows Lyrics

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Let's not go out
Let's not stay up late
Let's not go out
Let's not celebrate
Cause there is no time
Left in tonight

Tomorrow is already here

Tomorrow is already here

Overall Meaning

The lyrics to Thee More Shallows's song Post-Present is a commentary on the human tendency to live for the future, rather than in the present. The song begins by discouraging the typical ideas of going out, staying up late, and celebrating, because the moments that they occur in are fleeting and already in the past. The song seems to suggest that time moves too quickly for us to really savor the moment, and that we should focus on the present while it's still here. The phrase "there is no time left in tonight" underscores the idea that once a moment is gone, it's gone forever.

The second half of the song reinforces this idea with the repeated line, "Tomorrow is already here." The song seems to be suggesting that even as we live in the present moment, chasing after a future that we think will be better or more fulfilling, that future is already here. The future is just another fleeting moment in time that we will likely miss if we don't pay attention to the present. The song is a plea to be present in the moment, to cherish what we have while we have it, rather than constantly looking towards some unattainable ideal.

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