You’re at the Party

You're at the Party is the fourth bonus track on the 2016 Lemon Demon album Spirit Phone.

You're at the Party
Song
Artist	Lemon Demon
Released	2016
Written by	Neil Cicierega
Appears on	Spirit Phone
Sung by	Neil Cicierega
Duration	5:20
Tempo	129
Genre	Synth Pop, Horror
Language	English
Links:	Spotify, Youtube, Bandcamp

Description

This song is about not being able to sleep because there is a party occurring nearby your bedroom. The song has a creepy, mystical vibe similar to a lot of songs on the first half of Spirit Phone, like Eighth Wonder and When He Died. The reason it was not included on the main album is simply because Neil felt he never "finished (the track) to his liking."

Neil explains the track on Spirit Phone's commentary track, stating:

"It’s about a sick person who’s trying to sleep while a noisy party happens next door, and it gradually overtakes him and invades his nightmares- or are they nightmares…? I don’t know, it’s ambiguous."

History

This song seems to be one of the older tracks to be worked on heavily for Spirit Phone, with a full demo instrumental created by Neil in March of 2011.

Lyrics

  Hour hand's gone from two to three, now four
  You've barely slept all night
  All the noise and lights and
  Party songs next door
  Are too much
 
  Ooh, They make you sweat
  Half awake, soaking wet
  Fever dream
  People screaming bloody murder
 
  Paint chips flaking off the neighboring wall
  As the night goes on and 
  Threatens the dawn
  The music fills the hall
 
  They're in your house
  You lock the door
  You shut your eyes tight as your
  Window breaks
 
  Someone-
  Something takes your hand
  You don't understand
  You can't understand it
 
  Eyes shut tight, never open up
 
  (Too late) You've been invited
  (Too late) You're at the party
  (Wake up, wake up) And it's a place you've seen before
  (Whoa-oh-oh) You've seen before
  (Whoa-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh)
 
  A place you've seen before you were born
 
  Now you are dancing
  You're with your people
  You're not alone
  Now you are drinking
  Having a party
  You're not alone
 
  (Too late) You are the party!
  (Wake up) You are the nuisance
  (Too late) You're not alone
  (Wake up) It's not a nightmare
  (Too late) You are delightful
  (Wake up) You're not alone
  (Too late) You've been invited
  (Wake up) You're at the party
  (Too late) You're not alone
  (Wake up) You've been invited
  (Too late) You're at the party and you notice that the-
 
  Sun's not rising 
  And the birds aren't there
  There's only dust on the floor
  Where people were before
  And the dream won't leave your head
  It won't leave
 
  You need a drink
  Half-empty bottles in the sink
  Down the drain
  Sudden rain outside alarms you
 
  Hour hand's gone and now you're feeling strange
  Now your hands grow strong, your fingers long
  And your face
  Your face begins to change
 
  Ooh, you're mesmerized
  You want to cover up your eyes
  But they're already shut so tight...
 
  A whisper in your ear
  Only you can hear
  Only you can hear it
 
  Eyes shut tight, never open up
 
  Too late (mmm)
  Too late (ooh-ooh)
 
  You've been invited
  You're at the party
  And it's a place you've seen before
  (Too late) You've been invited
  (Too late) You're at the party
  (Wake up, wake up) And it's a place you've seen before
  You've seen before!
 
  A place you've seen before you were born
  Before you were born!
  Before you were born! 
  Before you were born!
 
  (Too late) You've been invited
  (Wake up) You're at the party
  (Too late) You're not alone
  (Wake up) You've been invited
  (Too late) You're at the party
  (Wake up) You're not alone
  (Too late) You are the uproar!
  (Wake up) You are the party
  (Too late) You're not alone
  (Wake up) It's not a nightmare
  (Too late) You're at the party and you're not alone

Trivia

• This song seems to lyrically reference, or at least take inspiration from, Hotel California by The Eagles.
• This song has two demo versions, both released in the 2024 rarities dump. The first was finished March 1, 2011. It is titled Ashwagandha.mp3, a song title referencing a medicinal plant. This song features no lyrics, but almost all of the instrumental to the final version of the song, just recorded differently.
• The second of the song's demos, aptly titled you're at the party.mp3 features early sets of vocals and an improved instrumental, but it has multiple different lyrical passages that were changed heavily by the time of the song's release. This demo was finished April 30, 2012.