1) American industrial… Read Full Bio ↴Vast or VAST is the name of more than one artist:
1) American industrial rock band
2) trance, alias of Bernie Eller
3) Drum n Bass
1) VAST stands for Visual Audio Sensory Theater, and is the brainchild of Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter and musician Jon Crosby.
VAST's sound is identifiable as ambient electro-rock with considerable industrial and acoustic influences, usually made with Crosby's traditional acoustic guitar, electronic instruments and processing, drum-driven tracks, and heavy bass. In recent years, however, VAST's sound has been more identifiable with acoustic rock in releases such as April and Me and You.
The musical outfit began in rather minimalist fashion when Jon was only sixteen, with the other members of the outfit being a drum machine and a bass player.
Their real rise to fame began when a local radio station granted consistent air-time to their demo tape, after which Crosby sent demo tapes to New York City recording companies, eventually signing with Elektra Records. Thomas Froggatt, Steve Clark, and Rowan Robertson made up the hastily-assembled band along with Crosby. After touring America and releasing their first album named simply Visual Audio Sensory Theater (1998), they began work on a second album, entitled Music for People (2000). Before it was finished, Robertson left in pursuit of a solo career. After auditioning, Justin Cotta was chosen to replace him. The new quartet began another US tour. In 2001, Cotta and Clark decided to leave the band to form their own.
VAST's next album, Nude, was preceded by the online release of the unmastered demo tracks, which were grouped into separate downloads known as Turquoise and Crimson . Some of the feedback from the fans regarding the demo tracks was taken into account when choosing the tracks for Nude, which was released on February 24, 2004. Two months after the release, the band began the new tour with a new lineup. Towards the end of 2004 when it became clear working with other labels was a bad idea, Crosby started his own label, 2Blossoms Records & Media, and began selling a double CD of the Turquoise and Crimson download albums from the VAST website, mastered and with new artwork, simply entitled Turquoise & Crimson. Strong online sales indicated that a retail release would be well received, and Turquoise and Crimson was officially released May 30th, 2006.
Crosby's model of selling cheap downloads of demo tracks before the completion of the recording process was repeated with the next album, April, which was available in an 'online version' before the album was finished. The final version included five new tracks and alternate (finished) versions of the tracks carried over from the online version. The release version of April is now available as a download from the VAST site, and they plan to release a limited collectors edition CD over the summer of 2007 before the retail release date is scheduled.
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The Last One Alive
Vast Lyrics
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Where people go when their dreams have died
As I walk from it's faceless streets
I must be the last one alive
Where are you, you're not with me
Numb my mind with this fantasy
Watching people live and die on screen
Where are you, you're not with me
You left me high and dry it changed me
You lied to me and now I'm angry
And if the sun comes in your room
And awakes you from your vanity
You won't find me "cause I'll be
On top a mountain pissing on your grave
Na, na, na...
There's a place from where I just arrived
And I escaped the last one alive
Where are you
You're not with me
Where are you
I'm free
You left me high and dry it changed me
You lied to me now I am angry
And if the sun comes in your room
And awakes you from your vanity
You won't find me 'cause I'll be
On top a mountain pissing on your grave
The song "The Last One Alive" by VAST is a melancholic and introspective track that talks about the feeling of abandonment and loneliness. The lyrics depict a person who has been left behind and forgotten by someone they cared about. The singer talks about walking through the streets of a place where people go when their dreams have died, and feeling like he is the only one left alive. He speaks directly to the person who left him, as if they are still listening, and describes how angry he feels about the lies and betrayal that caused them to part ways. The final lines of the song are particularly bitter, as the singer declares that he will be "on top a mountain pissing" on the person's grave.
Line by Line Meaning
There's a place not that far from here
The song talks about a place close by where people go when they lose hope.
Where people go when their dreams have died
It talks about a place where people go to give up on their dreams.
As I walk from its faceless streets
The singer has left that place and is walking away from it.
I must be the last one alive
The singer feels like he's the only one who has managed to survive that hopeless place.
Where are you, you're not with me
The singer is asking where the person he thought would always be there for him is.
Numb my mind with this fantasy
He is using a fantasy or something imaginary to cope with the loss of his companion.
Watching people live and die on screen
He is observing the world and how different people's lives are intersecting on the screen.
Where are you, you're not with me
The same previous line.
Where are you, I'm free
The singer is free to do whatever he wants, but he's also left alone and absent of his companion.
You left me high and dry, it changed me
His missing companion did something hurtful to him that has altered him in a significant way.
You lied to me, and now I'm angry
The companion also lied to him and made him feel angry and betrayed.
And if the sun comes in your room And awakes you from your vanity
The singer imagines a scenario where the sun shining in the companion's room leads to them waking up from their narcissism.
You won't find me 'cause I'll be On top a mountain pissing on your grave
In this fantasy, the singer is so angry and hurt that he imagines himself on top of a mountain, urinating on his companion's grave.
There's a place from where I just arrived And I escaped the last one alive
He's saying that he managed to escape a place where everyone has given up and failed.
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Written by: JON CROSBY
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