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Help Yourself

by elias and the error

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midisurf This album is very important to me. It encapsulates so many personal experiences+feelings while simultaneously making me dance my ass off. Thanks for never letting the music go! Favorite track: Invective Vows Implied Consent.
benry
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benry so glad I listened to Unfamiliar Optimistic View years ago, bc this is one of the best albums I've ever heard love it sm Favorite track: Zero-Son, the Mercurial.
Brielle
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Brielle I LOVE THIS IT SOUNDS SO HOT AND FUN
Mak
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Mak One of the greatest albums of all time, but I think I say that about every Elias and the Error album. Favorite track: As I Was Going to St. Clair.
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  • Cassette + Digital Album

    The original 2013 album on cassette for the first time
    Limited to 55 hand-numbered editions
    New 6 panel art by GOBLINKVLT
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    Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    original 2013 digipak pressed professionally in San Francisco
    12 panels of full color art, photographs, and lyrics
    100 were pressed, these 13 final copies were discovered deep in our tour luggage from years ago
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  • Arcane & Annul Double 7" *TEST PRESSING*
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    This is a test pressing of our Arcane and Annul double 7" vinyl single
    All tracks are vinyl exclusive and not available online
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    Arcane
    A: As I Was Going to St. Clair (Dreampop version)
    B: Depraved Indifference (Dreampop version)

    Annul
    A: Now I'm Fine (Punk version)
    B: Satic Onanism (Punk version)

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1.
As I was going to St. Clair You stopped the car and left me there As you drove down on Wagner Street You thought you'd seen the last of me She said, "Hello, sir. You don't seem ill And here's some forms for you to fill I'll look them over once you're done It says right here that you can't sleep And they're afraid you've cut too deep We'll do our best to cure your sunken mind" Terrified When they made me remove my clothes They wouldn't let me be alone They locked the door and locked me in As if I wasn't panicked then She said, "Clean those wounds and they will heal And here's a paper for some pills I'm sure that you will be just fine Dose yourself then straight to bed The guilty dreams will fill your head You won't want to sleep at night again" Now I know I've got to lie To have a chance just to survive Upset you to return so soon But I couldn't stay in that hospital room
2.
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So you thought I could be bought Your support is a souvenir coin Show me the gang I long to join Who am I and tell me why I would assume you're no ally You heard a lie and wrote it down You have said my name so I appear Provoking accusations that I hear "The you that I know" You don't know me Watch your back and watch your mouth It's nights like these my teeth need glue They rattle like pills when they're shaking loose How you feel and how you deal Are not subject to their ideals There is no soul that you owe pain
3.
I have grown so tired of this shell, my hell "You will trust this visitor, I bet." "Not yet." So come to me, I need you now I want to nest inside your black hole Let down your guard and let it go I want to be human I'm so scared please hold my hand Jingling keys to the promised land I don't know you, but I need you Your love's nest is featureless at best, I guess Postured is the pyre we ignite, tonight Empty my bags, we'll cast away All the heirlooms that reject convention I won't defy this Stepford life No need to be human I'll give you everything of mine if you never leave my side (Please never leave) I'll be a vessel for your wish, I'll be your victim and your bitch I'll adapt my course to taste, give you all my time to waste Never been in love, it crawled from your face Remaining in my body, the rest is erased
4.
The climate confirms what the author undressed The planet has nourished human loneliness Birth order dictates desultory plight Everybody's waiting for the next flight Between us the unseen is straining to speak You've sundered the union and counted the weeks Dead bedroom stage, I admit I was there Now you've got a cover for the knife scare The more you resist the harder I get The terms you've declared seem to favor my flight Reducing your burden on Saturday night Fictitious friends will be left in the dark I will bring the dynamite if you play the spark Design your disguise from my brittle skin This is not my destiny, it's not a war that you can win Fashion your face but we'll always be twins This is not the end of me, this is the point where I begin Martyr me, the savior you sell I am not the devil but I can give you hell
5.
You're right, it's time to grow up and start my life I know, you're right, I'll grow up, it's time They will love me once I change I will make them proud All my friends are done with school Dreams are just for sleep I will let the music go I won't play another show I got a letter from a girl named Jessica She said my songs had saved her life At the club was Chris with a Sharpie and a disc He asked when the next would be out You're the ones who understand I won't let you down Through the failures, we believe In this song we share I can't let the music go I will play a thousand shows
6.
Most nights I dream about you dead I want to set fire to all our things How can you smother your own urge? I wish I'd never tried to integrate you I want to make you pay for all the soul I lent you I want you to confess your life is safely soulless You've subdued your desire and everybody knows You think you're concealed but in your voice it shows Oh no, in your voice it shows (The worst thing you could be is somebody is love with me?) You hate yourself, oh no, and in your voice it shows Let us go back to the hotel I never knew that I could feel so tended Who knew one day I would wake up In a world that can retract its fortunes? I want you to admit you're so ashamed of yourself I know I'm one to talk, at least I try to own it You've siphoned my empathy and I want you exposed You think you're clean but in your heart you know Oh no, in your heart you know (The thing you're running from is something we are all made of) You're one of us, oh no, and in your heart you know I can retreat no further As far as history goes, I am dead But I have found God and he is insufficient All we do is abuse each other Where do you think he learned it, mother? Where do you think I learned it, mother? Bloodless mutilation pierces bone and marrow My assimilation, tormentor fed infernos Look into my eyes and say "Why don't you cum like a good boy?" Spit in your hand and make me cum like a good boy You freaked out when I found a tissue you masturbated into I took comfort in knowing I wasn't the only thing you came into Crumpled up and threw in the trash
7.
Hello friend, did you know there's a ghost present, and if not You know now, 'cause through my feet you see the ground Goodbye friend, and since I'll never call again, you found out There is no me and we can't have that happen, can we? Who the fuck do you think you are? Why should it concern you? Who the fuck do you think you are? I've got no fucking clue! Maybe I'm a girl 'cause today I'll be a bitch Maybe I don't give a shit, it ain't that hard to switch Maybe I'm a tree or just a fucking shrub Maybe I'll be just like you or none of the above Hello love, did you know that we're far too young For these types of habits But we can still pretend we're rabbits Goodbye love, I'm not the one your heart's set on and with that Your pain lifts, it manifests upon my wrists Maybe I'm in Stockholm 'cause I've been captive for years Maybe I'm a child with a past due bill of fears Maybe I'm a genius and this wicked world's depraved Maybe I'm an atom bomb and all of you should pray
8.
Good morning, master, what will it be today? Good morning, master, what will it be from me, your slave? Good morning, master, what can I do for you? Good morning, master, what can I do if you're untrue?
9.
I slipped God my number, but he did not call No silent receiver is breaking this fall Oh, and I smile as I shatter I'm alive and well and well that's it Acedia's muzzle has swallowed me whole I seek the condition you seem to extol I don't trust the money, so where did it go? The cuts are strategic so you'll never know I am looking for a fix, anything that does it quick Fatal mechanisms to evade responsibility I am searching for my worth, my intentions never work Futile ceremonies to acknowledge objectivity
10.
So help yourself Take what you need Why is nobody helping me? Am I the only one here? I have no help, why am I so helpless? I have no love, am I unlovable? I have no hope, why am I so hopeless? I have no life and it won't end today Will I let you have your way? When I do the ghost will say I am so smart, how did I end up here? I am too young to house this hurt and hate I am so kind, why did I come back here? I am too brave, the guilt manipulates Pin a medal to a bleeding chest Dress it up, you did your best I won't wither where you wish I stayed This is how a warrior's made
11.
Who we are, we're the ones that they said were not right Who we are, we're the ones who've gathered here tonight Who we are, we're the exiles of the town Who we are, we're the flame that melts it down It never ends, me and my friends Drinking wine and rarely making sense If I've got you to see me through Unfamiliar optimistic view Let it go, all our pennies in the well Let it go, all our destinies in Hell Let it go, all our value they can't see Let it go, all those people we don't need The secret, I've found, is never give up Always be firm, don't give a fuck All that we need is not what they say They ought to know since they made us this way

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released April 16, 2013

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