Impaster - Roots of Paradise I — SANCTUARY WEST RECORDS

“I wrote these words with the setting sun
The water’s turning
This is what I’ve done”

All “***Impaster***” albums were recorded on a portable Korg 1600 MKII in random basements & garages 2003-2008 & finally released in 2020

All songs written, performed and produced by Robert LaSalle, except "The Key" & "Think Twice" with Aaron/8 playing drums

Album art by Megan Kelley

During the 2020 lockdown, the artist released these 2003-2008 teenage mixes as Impaster:

(2003-2004) FRIDGE BUZZING

(2004-2005) CYNIC & THE SUNRISE I

(2004-2005) CYNIC & THE SUNRISE II (acoustic)

(2006-2007) ROOTS OF PARADISE I

(2006-2007) ROOTS OF PARADISE II (acoustic)

(2008) LOVE IS NOT AS BLIND AS ME

WATERWAYS

I found the beach off the beaten trail

I blew the wind through my own sails

I wrote these words with the setting sun

The water’s turning, and this is what I’ve done

The water moves from day to day

It never stops, it never stays the same

I tried to build my own waterway

I built my own waterway

I tried to walk out on my own game

I pried the lock, I could not escape

I kept an eye on my yesterdays

I fought the heartache, and I fought the pain

The water’s turning to carry me along (life me away)

The sun has set, I’ve come and gone

This is what I’ve done (waterways, waterways)

I talked to God, and he gave me praise

I sailed through the horizon to see another day

He told me something, sometime, somewhere, someway

Somehow I always knew that I’d recognize his face someday

And I found love as she found me

(Love, love, love, love, love, love, love)

It was as real to me as anything I’ve felt or seen

Every word that I could ever try to say

Wouldn’t come close to me truthfully explaining love

All my love, and all my life

All who lived, and all who died

Kept me on the water, kept me off the wake

I built my own waterway

The water’s turning to carry me along (life me away)

The sun has set, I’ve come and gone

This is what I’ve done (waterways, waterways)

I am a naked sail at sea

I was what I could never be

But every water has a way to be won

And every day has its setting sun

I learned my colors, and I learned my trade

I earned my honor, and I met my fate

And this is what I’ve done

This is what I’ve done

UNTIL IT'S OVER

I’m true love and I’m wilting

I keep my heart tied in a knot on my sleeve

Hope you forgive but don't forget me

If I get what I give, than it's meant to be

I think I’ll fall apart with history

Until it's over it's not real to me

Mask over defeat

You make it hard for me to live

This is as good as it will ever be

Won't know what

I won't know when

Until it's over

Never be this good again

Until it's over

It's not real to me

And it never will be

Until it's over, whoa whoa whoa

Until it's over

I’m an hourglass and I’m tilting

While I’m alive, I control my destiny

The sky is in between infinities

I am the only one who knows it's falling

(the sky is falling)

This is the only heaven I’ll ever see

Until it's over it's not real to me

All the tears will make it hard for me to burn

Live for defeat in a finite world

Lost the future that once saved me

But really I can't be saved until it's over

Won't know what

I won't know when

Until it's over

Never be this good again

Until it's over

I can't be lost

But I can't win until it's over

And I’m gonna live

Until it's over

LOVE, PT 3

Take me down easy

Take me down slow

Leave me for a lifetime

Where I never knew what you’d done

Too soft for an empty bottle

That’s what I’ve been swimming in

And I said forever

Forever’s what I meant!

All my love

Forever’s what I meant

All my love

You took it all away

All my love

Hid behind your guilty eyes

Stripped you of your own devices

Brought your cold hard heart to life

All my love

All the love I held on to

All the hell you put me through

Take me back where I never knew

Walking backwards through a hotbed of misery

Take me back to when I’m dancing with eternity

Take me back to the innocence that hides behind you

Take me back to a love I never knew

The veil fell in vein

It’s still falling the same way

Love is gone but still love remains

The veil fell in vein

It’s still falling the same way

Love is gone but still love remains

Forever’s what I meant

All my love

Forever’s what I meant

All my love

Forever’s what I meant

All my love

All my life I waited for you

Now I’m hiding from the truth

Now I’m back where I met you

All my love

All my love I gave to you

All my dreams are coming true

I must be a fucking fool

Float away float away love

I’ll see you again someday love

Swimming in a bottle babe

There’s a message that I sent

Forever’s what I meant

Love is relentless

Walking forward through a veil I’ll never see

Sleeping in a hotbed of apathy

Dreaming of a love I never even knew

There is no time or place where I won’t find you

The veil fell in vein

It’s still falling the same way

Love is gone but still love remains

The veil fell in vein

It’s still falling the same way

Love is gone but still love remains

THE KEY

True love

It’s hard to find

So hard to find

It’s hard to find, but I found you

Sunshine

It’s hard to give

So hard to give

You can't give in 'cause I gave it all to you

Love

The sun will rise

Look between the lines

And hope it all comes back to you

All the love that lies

In the complacent life

All that hides inside

The songs I write for you

True love

It’s hard to find

So hard to find

It’s hard to find, but I found you

True love

It’s hard to find

So hard to find

It’s hard to find, but I found you

Think twice

Read between the lines

The sun will rise

Think twice

Read between the lines

The sun will rise

Find true meaning in true love (show me how)

it's the chorus where you open up (show me how)

Find true meaning in true love (show me how)

it's the chorus where you open up (show me how)

Be, be the key, be the key, be the

THINK TWICE

Show me how

Touched in politics on the surface

It was short and sweet

She convinced me I was wrong

But so was she

She lost me that night

I held her close inside

I lost her at my expense

And to my demise

Love I hold inside

I won't misplace it

I won't ask why

Love could be forever mine

Open up and show me how

Show me how

I’m just someone else

Lost but never found

If she’s always on my mind

She’ll never show me how

My old companion rose

Wilted fast and will never grow

I lost my love

Won’t misplace it ‘cause I’ll never know

I’ll never know

Love I hold Inside

I woN’t misplacE it

I won't aSk why

Love Could be foRever mine

Open up and Show me how

Show me how

You know I love you more than anything

You know I wish I wasn’t the way I am

You know I love you more than anything

You know I loved you more than anything

You know I loved you more

VIRGIN MARMALADE DYE

Hey Marmalade

Call off the wedding

It will never be

You're in me

Or so it seems

A color you and I can only see

Hey Marmalade

You took me where

I never wanted to be

What was a perfect shade of pain

This love affair will always

Haunt me in my dreams

Innocence is so sweet, yeah

Until you take it away from me

A color only you and I can see

A color you and I can only see

Innocence is so sweet, yeah

Until you take it all away from me

A color only you and I can see

A color you and I can only see

Hey Marmalade

I’ll never be the same

But I’ll be better off

TIMEWALL

Did you see it

Caught in a whim

Timewall

Is time well spent

Did you see it

Caught in a whim

Timewall

Is time well spent

Timewall

Is time well spent

Did you see it?

MY HEART SAYS

I’ve left so many times

My mind says I’m right

When I’m wrong

And I know I’m wrong

Come but you go

But you come but you go

And my heart says I’m wrong

In my lethargic cynicism

I can find you in this song

Never listen to my mind

My heart says, my heart says

Never listen to my mind

My heart says, my heart says

Never listen to my mind

My heart says, my heart says

Never listen to my mind

My heart says you’re mine

Redeeming factors lead me to believe

That we're something better than me

But you come but you go

And you come and you go

And my heart says no

My heart tells me tales

In details in details of love

I fall for them every time

Sure as gone, sure as gone

When I tell you never listen to my mind

Never listen to my mind

My heart says, my heart says

Never listen to my mind

My heart says, my heart says

Never listen to my mind

My heart says, my heart says

I never listen to my mind

My heart says, my heart says

Never listen to my mind

My heart says, my heart says

Never listen to my mind

My heart says, my heart says

Never listen to my mind

My heart says, my heart says

Never listen to my mind

My heart says, my heart says

You find love when you, you find love

Touch love when you're on your own

Find your heart

Come but you go

You find love when you, you find love

My heart says, my heart says

BLANKET OF FAITH

Faith, save me

Some shallow desires

Are tearing through my dreams

Life caught in between

My destiny and me

A levelheaded liar

Living among men

Whispering through my soul

But I must abandon him

Faith, faith, please don't abandon me

Wait, wait, wait

Wait for my desperate plea

I’m buried between my vices

And you're the only one that can

Save, save, save me

Save me where I stand

Running down the stairs

Eyes completely blind

Bodies completely bare

Trapped inside minds

Please don't abandon me

I’m no longer self-absorbed

It’s some kind of distant dream

Won’t ever close its door

Faith, faith, please don't abandon me

Wait, wait, wait

Wait for my desperate plea

I’m buried between my vices

And you're the only one that can

Save, save, save me

Save me where I stand

Beg at the feet of your beds

Give all I have to sacrifice

I’ll find comfort in my mind

I won't sleep in between my vices

Solitude in mind

With the conscience to change

All it needs is time

And a blanket of faith

Faith, faith, please don't abandon me

Wait, wait, wait

Wait for my desperate plea

I’m buried between my vices

And you're the only one that can

Save, save, save me

Save me where I stand

Oh faith, faith

Please don't abandon me

Oh wait, wait

Wait for my desperate plea

I’m buried between my vices

And you're the only one that can

Save, save, save me

Save me where I stand

I DO

Yes, now I know

Know you're sorry for what you've done

Done to me

And my darling I can't breathe

Days Saturdays

Saturdays are lonely

Without you

Late, tell me that

Tell me that

You love me, my love

Those aren't my clothes that you're wearing

That’s not my house you're living in

That’s not me

That’s not me in your bed

My love, I’m right here in your head

Did I tell you I love you so much?

Couldn't wait to tell you

I love you, I love you, love you I do

You’re the message that I sent myself too late

I had to tell me

I love you, I love you, love you I do

You’re the secret that I keep between my minds

I want to break it down and build it back up

I have to kill you first and then I’ll break your heart

I want to stop you now before you can start

Somewhere there's still love in my heart

Yeah, yeah

Love, another song

Another for my insulated head, head, head, head, head

Couldn’t wait to tell you

I love you, I love you, I do

You’re the message I sent myself too late

I had to tell me I

I love you, I love you

I love you, I love you, I love you, I do

I love you, I love you, I do

WHY

Keeping my distance

Taking my time

It’s not stopping me from wondering

From wondering why

What were we doing?

How do you sleep at night?

Where were we going?

And when will I know why?

Don’t want your pity

Don’t want your sympathy

You could just

Give me an explanation

Don’t want your love

Or too much of your time

To keep me pacing

Back and forth through your mind

Don’t want your words

Don’t want your advice

Don’t need you taking another piece of my life

Just tell me why

Devil’s in the details

Love is on the line

Awaiting an answer

Tell me why

Through footsteps and fingerprints

Living fairy tail lies

Sifting through your livelihood

To find out why, to find out why

Don’t want your pity

Don’t want your sympathy

You could just

Give me an explanation

Don’t want your love

Or too much of your time

To keep me pacing

Back and forth through your mind

Don’t want your words

Don’t want your advice

Don’t need you taking another piece of my life

Just tell me why

Fortunes framed in fool's gold

Dreams aren't closing my eyes

Sleeping with a pipe dream

I'm just asking why