Last Flash of Paisley Pastel (formerly known as Story That We Gave) is a formerly unidentified punk rock song by Illinois based band n.i.l.8, released in 1988 along with another song called Too Loud and in 2010 on the album Mind Evulsion 1989.
Search History[]
On November 25th, 2011, WatZatSong user eraserHead posted the song to the site, saying in the post's description:
"OldTape01_A15 (~1985->1992) Hardcore Punk, sXe, HxC, NYHC, Youth Crew, Crossover, Noise. Big Thxxx 4 Ur Help ;)"
They didn’t provide any additional information about the song, and the snippet was only 30 seconds, the maximum length of a WZS post, and the OP went inactive before they posted a longer snippet. The song was most likely recorded off of an unknown radio station.
On June 23rd, 2023, Discord user FatBird24 identified the song as "Last Flash of Paisley Pastel" by n.i.l.8 after he found an upload of the song being performed live.
A day later, HQ audio of the song was found on SoulSeek by user Nonoseacrest. On December 1st, 2024, Mike Worst uploaded the song to his channel.
Lyrics[]
Paisley Pastel walk in middle of the street
In the middle of the night but turns into a green
The intoxicating colors are coming into sigh
The invisible nightmare wrapped and big ol’ eye
The invisible nightmare wrapped and big ol’ eyed, yeah
Psychedelic [sulking] for a flower child at school
Hallucinating on the edge of a one [hit] torch
Illuminating peace and love from a stone grey tune
It awfully seems, haunted black light room
It often seems, haunted black light room
Room has Johnny’s friends on the wall
And the light shines down on the two lovers
And through a broken window
The glass is stained
All becoming shattered
Of all it’s pain
I’ll be the one you talk about but you can’t take home
I’ll be the one you can’t show to your friends
I’m the outsider that doesn’t pass into your cliqué
I’ll be your deal and you know that it won’t end, uh huh
Walking hand in hand with your love of the land
There’s a pistol pointing down at Paisley Pastel’s last stand
From a deal so long ago that Paisley thought he forgot
But the man remembered he’s fired a shot
Yeah the man remembered he’s fired a shot, yeah
Yeah
That there was the story of Paisley Pastel in the black light room
And the blood we smelled
[His links], car systems, and memory changed
One human life we lost but one story that we gained
One human we lost and one story that we gained, yeah
Run around the clock, a circle on the wall that we call time
Run around the clock, a circle on the wall that we call time
Run around the clock, a circle in the wall that we call time
Run around the clock, a circle on the wall that we call time
n.i.l.8[]
n.i.l.8 was an alternative and punk rock band from Springfield, Illinois, USA. They were active between 1980s and 2010s.
The band consisted of four men, Bruce Williams, Damon Soper, Jeff Williams, and Wes Selinger.
In 1988, they released a single EP Last Flash Of Paisley Pastel (The Psychedelic Abstraction No. 7) / Too Loud which became their first release ever in effect. The single also contained this song and one other.
- Last Flash Of Paisley Pastel
- Too Loud
In 1991, they released their (probably) first album Six Inch Extension.
In 1993, they released their second album Hallelujah I'm Gonna Kill Myself. The album title was later reused on their compilation CD in 2010.
In 1995, they released their third album Eunuch.
On August 10th, 1996, they released their first EP, Halloween, with five songs.
- Zombie Slut
- Nothing To Laugh About
- Where’s The Chords
- Balled Up Into One
- Land Of The Lost
In 1997, they released their fourth album Doug.
In 2000, they released their fifth album, South Central Illinois Halloween Hogwash (Live! Live! Live!).
In 2005, they released their sixth album, Aloha Means Goodbye You Filthy Explorer.
In 2010, they released their seventh and most recent album, Mind Evulsion 1989, which also included this song.
After the early 2010s, they once disbanded but reunited in 2016, performing live at Bar None, a pub with a stage hall, at Springfield.
Incidentally, they also ran their own website under the link "nil8.com", which is now defunct.
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