Lemon Demon - You're at the Party [LYRICS]

"You're at the Party" by Lemon Demon. One of the bonus tracks from the 2016 album "Spirit Phone".
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
They make you sweat
Half-awake, soaking wet
Fever dream
People screaming bloody murder
Paint chips flaking off the neighboring wall
And as the night goes on and threatens dawn, the music fills the halls
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, you've seen before
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 are dead
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
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
Too late
You've been invited, you're at the party
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
Stock footage from PEXELS.
Made in iMovie.

[@cosplaydreams4136]

This gives off big,”I woke up at 4 am on a weeknight and, while severely dehydrated, I convinced myself I didn’t exist.” Energy

[@SofaKingGasPriceSpike]

Why is that so relatable?

[@strideryourself]

accidentally did that to myself yesterday but instead i almost had a panic attack on the bus because of sudden body dysmorphia? is that even a thing? i didn’t recognize my legs so i got scared i was in someone else’s body and not my own

[@buddy6507]

@egg-thanos Ah I’ve done that before too

[@glennianheroes1383]

This song does a really good job of dragging you into the story. When the character sweats you sweat. When he feels worry you feel worry. When he dies you die.

[@NashiEmilie]

God damn I didn't get the last part

[@thrynn2914]

This person was never seen again

[@Xx_STRHMN_xX]

My heart stopped when the character died

[@buzzsawenthusiast1756]

what? I've listened to the song and I'm not d

[@orbsorbs8465]

Man, idk about the dead part. Unless... have I been dead the whole time?

[@sugarplum3565]

This is genuinely one of the most stressful and unsettling songs I've ever heard and I am absolutely vibing

[@oddmerit6530]

when i first downloaded spirit phone, this was one of two songs that i absolutely couldn’t listen to, not because i thought it was bad, but because i was genuinely scared of this song

[@woah4167]

Wait what the frick there are still active Lemon Demon fans? holy heck-

[@thenudistartist6691]

What is the second song?

[@oddmerit6530]

@@thenudistartist6691 the other song was spiral of ants. i honestly cant remember why, it was years ago at this point, but i think it was just too unsettling and trance-like for me to sit down and listen to--which was pretty much the whole point of the song, so kudos to neil for getting that down

[@lordlandcandlestick3010]

@@oddmerit6530 yeah that song makes me extremely sad for some reason, but it's a great song :)

[@arpodyssey7913]

Caitlin Walsh Spiral of Ants is genuinely one of the best songs ever created. Not just Lemon Demon songs or Neil’s songs, just music in general.

[@Mae_Dastardly]

You're at the party Hour hand's gone from two to three, now four But out of the corner of your eye you spot him... *Shia Lebouf*

[@CometMothman]

Wurm *p l e a s e n o*

[@Mae_Dastardly]

@@CometMothman too late! You've been invited

[@mantis9126]

AAAAAAAA

[@CometMothman]

Wurm *I DON’T WANNA BE INVITED MOMMY!!!!!*

[@jmiddleton7518]

PARTYING AT NIGHT WITH SHIA LEBOUF HE’S BRANDISHING A KNIFE IT’S SHIA LEBOUF KILLING ALL THE PARTICIPANTS PARTY GONE TO FAR - SHIA LEBOUF

[@gabrielamarroquinmorales853]

I like to think this is based around the theory that when we die,we all go to a party for eternity

[@harpyhelp]

Gabriela Marroquin Morales hell for introverts, heaven for outroverts, purgatory for ambiverts

[@Jokoko2828]

@@harpyhelp Nah, you just need to go find yourself a corner and down drinks for eternity as a introvert.

[@dusty4676]

So, Valhalla.

[@croetheconfused]

whose the dj

[@CircusSabre]

Can i just sit in the corner and eat breadsticks for the rest of eternity then

[@advantgardeboy2007]

Everyone is afraid while I'm here just vibing

[@truemind1018]

yo what kinda fucin vibes are you having mate?

[@advantgardeboy2007]

True Mind bop vibes

[@tomfooler9398]

same

[@supersmashbro596]

this is extremely catchy, fun... and extremely unnerving.

[@phantomhat1665]

Same, just go with the vibe

[@ThatOneIrishFurry]

everyone out here with morbid explinations of the song and im just here like "its actually a fever dream but its so vivid the protagonist thinks its real"

[@vm-bj6vf]

69 likes and i agree with you

[@TheCalmProxy]

its confirmed that it is about death and the afterlife but ig you can interpret it however you want.

[@funnylittlecreature]

@@TheCalmProxy death of the author babeyyyy

[@alexthetrain6708]

Party Hard: The Musical

[@sharx2002]

i love how perfectly this song captures the feeling of being sweaty and uncomfortable and unable to sleep at like 4 am and having fever dreams. such a specific and abstract feeling but neil is just an amazing lyricist

[@RottenLegacy]

I think the song's neat. I go into the comments as usual. I see people talking about being scared and uncomfortable, and only then do I realize that my heart is pounding harder than usual... Interesting!

[@hoopdogtheking2348]

This song reminds me of that episode of the Powerpuff Girls where the monsters block out the sun with a giant disco ball and then they party all day/night and all the humans are too afraid to leave their homes lol

[@snacciboii8961]

The greatest analysis of this song 👌

[@yourgrimmreminder]

wh- what????

[@magpie8249]

"you are the party" feels like a threat you could use that makes no sense to the point where it ends up being extremely intimidating and disorienting

[@gasterblaster9817]

This song makes me physically uncomfortable why can't I stop listening h e l p

[@OccultistOfTheBloodMoon]

T O O L A T E

[@akeuroma]

W A K E U P

[@tacobelle404]

kinda like modify

[@NashiEmilie]

YOU'RE AT THE PARTY

[@Youtube_Hivemind_Member]

Hey! I've been listening to this song pretty frequently for around the past month and finally got around to giving credit where it's due Warning: cringe edge alert lmao I don't like parties at all due to past stuff that's happened, but I'm a huge extrovert who loves talking with people and I try to be as positive as possible in every situation, and it ends up being this strange tug-of-war between sheer horror and genuine joy for me whenever I'm stuck at a party When I first found this in my reccomended I'd never heard the song, but was just getting into Lemon Demon so I thought I'd try - and I've never had anything more accuratley describe what the sensation and feeling of being at a party is like for me It's really nice to feel like someone gets it, and even though it's definitley NOT Neil's authorial intent to describe going to a party with ptsd this song is really comforting to me in a strange way, and I wouldn't have found it without you Thank you! :DD this song helps me a bit

[@supersmashbro596]

i'm an ambivert myself. (a mix of extro and intro verts.) part of me wishes to be the life of the party, the showman, the host... the other part of me wishes he could spend half the day wrapped in blankets on the computer in peace and quiet. its a constant battle. this song pretty much encapsulates what it means to be an ambivert thats equal on both sides.

[@Zosalot]

You sharing something personal is not cringe and if someone told you it was, that person lacks empathy and is just an asshole. Thanks for sharing your feelings.

[@chistinelane]

It's been forever since ultimate showdown of ultimate destiny.

[@MezephelesArt]

What the hell HAPPENS in Neil's mind?

[@VHSo_o]

The party

[@strideryourself]

i don’t know but he is here

[@Forcommentingpurposes]

He reads a wikipedia page about the subject and then goes "neat! Let's make that cursed :-)"

[@eliascolbart9592]

Pretty sure he's gets abducted by aliens on the nightly.

[@VoidEon]

You're at the Party is my favourite bonus track. Thank you for this.

[@toucanplaythatgame9187]

Even though this song is incredibly weird and unnerving I absolutely love it. It dosen't capture the surreal sad theme as "Amnesia was her name" but it's really good at messing with your head lmao

[@nyranna_]

So if I’m hearing it right in the song they started hearing voices and feeling their body change after they drank a leftover drink right? I think they drank a spiked drink someone left behind

[@shepsfield]

bro that was hj7. hyde's been partying hard

[@fernandoleamshake7031]

@@vulpeslyrics Nah, it's a post apocalypse. The sun won't rise and the birds are dead, dust on the floor where people were before. the radiation mutating you and driving you insane. A voice in your head only you can hear, wake up, wake up.

[@heheheiamasupahstarslam5397]

@@vulpeslyrics actually it about the afterlife. the song starts off with a super loud annoying party next door, stopping them from sleeping at 4am as the song literally states at some point they die probably window breaking part. "eyes shut tight never open up", eyes being closed is referenced multiple times after this line like during the scene where the hands on the clock go away, "you try to close your eyes but they are already shut so tight", another hint is the line "a place you've seen before you born being said a few times", finally the album spirit phone which the song is from is all about life and death, particularly the first song on the album is about life while the last song is about death, this song being about the afterlife makes tin of sense when you realize it isnt included in the album but is a bonus song as the afterlife comes after death and the song about death is the end of the album.

[@mantis9126]

@@heheheiamasupahstarslam5397 plus "your hands grow strong, your fingers long" etc. i'm pretty sure is referring to rigor mortis if i remember right?

[@NoahTheBelovedDipshit]

nan0zen ooh yeah!! Long probably refers to the fingernails of corpses pushing out, giving them the appearance of “growing”

[@ThatOneIrishFurry]

honestly this song brings out the goth in me

[@Nieveria]

Only Neil can make me dance to a song about the slow realization that you're dead.

[@strideryourself]

god all i can imagine when “they’re in your house” is said is just an amalgamation of teenagers melted together slowly hunching to your room. all in anguish from once being invited to the party. also the protagonist becomes the party from a plug connecting to the back of the neck, being controlled by some teen kid in the shadows. also lights come out of the protagonist’s mouth and eyes and the cord that connects to their neck slithers looking for them once they escape and eventually invites them again. you are not yourself. the kid sits behind you, controlling your limbs with a modded dualshock 2 controller. he smirks after finally getting you in his clutches. he camouflages by wearing a black hoodie, dark grey jeans, black high top old skool vans, and his black hair already helps. he wants you. this is the only way he could get you. his plans? unknown.

[@downbelow123]

This song is so dark and for some reason I’m just discovering this now🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️

[@edibleturd]

The entire album is some form of absurdist cosmic horror, it's great

[@arcanekitsune4202]

To me this entrails the following scene- This person is in their bed, the neighbors next door are teenagers throwing a party. The person can't sleep due to the noise. Soon, a gang/ group of teenagers break in there and kill people there, explaining the lyrics- 'People screaming bloody murder'. Fever dream perhaps explains what they think they are having when they hear it. Then the teenagers go to the person's house and break in, they find him and kill him very fast with a gun. The person is then taking the hand of, perhaps, something similar to an angel. They don't understand because they don't know they're dead. Then, the person is at 'the party', or perhaps purgatory. They are stuck there for a long time, eventually, the person realizes this isn't normal and notices that there aren't actual people or birds and the time never changes. Once they realize, they slowly change into their next life. It's too late they died. Or perhaps they were in a coma and in the end they died from it. Eyes shut tight likely means the denial of the situation. Wake up is the mind's attempt to make them go past denial.

[@FreshSqueezedSlugs]

Ok but 'screaming bloody murder' is just a way of saying being loud.

[@arcanekitsune4202]

I see it more as referring to a bad situation due to what seems like the person dying.

[@alexthetrain6708]

bruh just go play party hard

[@Copyright_Infringement]

I like this theory

[@tentakrool7032]

Neil said it about a guy feeling sick trying to go to sleep but can't because of his neighbors then has a fever dream. Or is it? *weird ghost noise* Also im not kidding with that ghost noise, neil made a ghost noise

[@casperwashere]

“There’s only dust on the floor where people were before” Th-Thanos?

[@CometMothman]

Maddie the Kitty *OH SHIT-*

[@rowanannabel8576]

shut up

[@ethanriem9242]

Having an episode to this song is one of the more memorable experiences

[@crowbrainzz]

4:35 gets me everytime, its just so beautiful

[@yourlocalcryptid8095]

I like to think this is somehow connected to the song: I've Got Some Falling To Do.

[@gryynnn]

this song is a manifestation of The Spiral

[@crowbrainzz]

statement of neil cicierega regarding a party he went to

[@locomona64]

i mean the song does literally mention one's fingers growing unnaturally long

[@riverscuomo7140]

why is this so unsettling

[@santoriomaker69]

I like to believe that this is the other side of Lifetime Achievement Award, where you are in the popular artist's POV. This song might take place at the first time the celebrity was revived. (I assume that each chorus in Lifetime Achievement Award is another attempt at reviving him since he keeps on dying) He could remember seeing his room before he died the second time ("you lock the door... you shut your eyes as tight as the window breaks..." he must be inside a bedroom!), and it's the same place when he first died. ("It's a place you seen before you were born" or revived in this matter) Taking Neil's intentions with this song, it's possible that the person is in its own personal afterlife space after death that reflects on his past second life. He was the party because everyone knows him and the celebrity always get into crowds and concerts, so he is always with his people, which reflects on the afterlife place he is in right now. This might also be the reason why he can't sleep last night because he must be partying so hard before he died. Those "too late" "wake up" in the refrain must have been said by the people who are surrounding the celebrity who just died in his room (maybe that's why they are screaming bloody murder). Although, I can't figure out the "You don't understand" part. Maybe since he's dead, he literally can't understand anything really. Or maybe he cannot understand why people want him so much that they can just break into your room through door and window just to see you. It's also possible that since he's dead, he just feels the things that surrounds him and not really see anything. Like he is in a constant dream state and it's just replaying what happened to him before he died.

[@santoriomaker69]

​@@vulpeslyrics After reading my comment again, I just realized how badly confusing my wording is, haha. Must've wrote that when I'm half awake listening to this song. Anyway, thanks for the reply!

[@fordsrest]

this is a nightmare story. i've had something very similar to this happen to me where the situation is like you just woke up and everything is normal but the fabric of reality starts slowly decaying and it feels like hell. my nightmare confirms this for me.

[@fidly4]

What about the part where it says "it's not a nightmare" though?

[@coronelfalk]

@@fidly4 lt's not nightmare, because you are dead

[@quantumblauthor7300]

"you don't understand, you can't understand it" Emphasizing that you're confused twice This bastard became a monster, went back in time and kidnapped himself and dragged himself to the party that made him, and each version of him is confused by the other's presence.

[@davieberry3872]

i honestly think that this song is like a devilman cry baby/homestuck trickster type thing. like the party is full of demons and some of them break into their house and take them into the house. theyre the only real human and they realize theyve seen the party before they were born, in some sort of purgatory. they slowly turn into one of the demons and blend into the crowd. thats my personal theory and im mostly writing this for my own reference lol

[@happykitty6474]

This song makes me feel physically nauseous and I don't know wHY-

[@vivimakesthings]

this song gives me severe anxiety but it’s ok because it slaps

[@MeepCoo]

I'm aware that this song is about a fever dream but the first time I heard it I thought was that it was about alcohol poisoning or overdosing at a party and I still can't get it out of my head it lines up so perfectly

[@Autumn_Actually]

Big Unknowing vibes, for any fellow The Magnus Archives fans ✌️

[@Autumn_Actually]

@@vulpeslyrics oh that's so true, dang... Also thanks for making such stunning lyric videos!

[@nathminegirl2933]

Is it weird that the first time i listened to this was when i was getting ready for school at 6 am?

[@SkeithSheep]

I still think it reference the party fever of 1518, but giving it a more sinister and sobrenatual twist

[@lemonscented605]

what i imagine happening in this song is, like the protaginist says in the beginning, hes sleeping, hearing loud party music when he is grabbed by some sort of creature. essentialy, he is killed and his body remains undead, joining this mob of corpses, which explains some of the lyrics that dont seem to make sense. describing the experiences both his body and his soul in the afterlife. theres some sort of undead horde that plays party music, or maybe a cult

[@zoelio999]

the soul is like half there while their zombie body just goes ham?

[@coronelfalk]

maybe some monsters killed the people that were in the party and you too. and now you share hell with those people, in a party, in a place you have seen before you were born, because your mother almost died when she got you.

[@brogankelly766]

DUDE just lemon demon beging the best artist

[@amythetoon6535]

this song feels like a tma statement

[@funnyassclown8869]

"And I was at a party hanging out with Mos Def"

[@funnyassclown8869]

@hands Is it because I have a really cool wig?

[@a-bird-lover]

lol everyone's scared but like.. the afterlife is a party until you reincarnate? I don't party but hell yeah I'm down for that

[@mimisaur5000]

yesssss

[@a-bird-lover]

@@mimisaur5000 lol nice name

[@mimisaur5000]

@@a-bird-lover hehehe you too! i keep running into you on youtube, which is weird

[@a-bird-lover]

@@mimisaur5000 I get that a lot, I'm in the bad habit of leaving a lot of comments :p

[@mimisaur5000]

@@a-bird-lover same dude

[@moonrender680]

LOVE lemon demon

[@DoesEliHaveSwag]

Imagine listening to this song at a party as a reminder that you are in fact at a party

[@gabrieltallent1658]

This strangely fits "Night of the Comet"

[@gho0ost306]

just reading the comments at 2am and honestly I loved this song so much before but now it's kinda freaky... like. I'd never thought this deep about it before

[@PokeAndDestroy]

On one hand this terrifies me so much but on the other hand it’s one of my favorite songs

[@alchemlemnis]

can relate because yesterday at 12-3 am my neighbors were having a party and it was so loud and someone broke like 3 glass bottles and people were screaming like crazy and i think something blew up

[@mineingmo]

So if this song is about dying... Could this be a Dead Man's Party?

[@Inkspeckle]

me and the bois tearing it up in Hades like

[@chipreal]

This will sound stupid but when I was suicidal I often took Benadryl. This song perfectly encapsulates the delirium it inflicts on people in higher than normal doses. Whenever I took higher than 400mg I would have convincing hallucinations of music playing, shadow people, auditorial hallucinations of whispers and people calling my name. I understand the song is about death and stuff but the comparison was funny to me

[@BitcoinBitz]

cool weird stuff

[@Forcommentingpurposes]

This lemon demon cant be THAT good, too many people are overrating it! Anyway I've had this on loop for approximately ten hours now 😌❤

[@rainingwhenidie]

This song fucking terrifies me and makes me imagine like. Idk. Shadow people or some shit following me around and makes me paranoid but it bops so hard that I will ignore the adrenaline rush and listen to it on repeat

[@earthprisonpanopticon]

this is one of those songs that feels like it lasts forever

[@wiiu42]

Wow, you all have radically different interpretations of this song than me. You know that one skit from Limmy's Show, "I'll imagine they're my pals?" (If not: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nJvQqYeViaZ1l9k ) Well, if you put an introvert who *is* invited to the party into Limmy's shoes, you'll get this song. They were invited to a party held by their housemate but they didn't go due to anxiety (a voice that only they can hear). Now, as they survey the aftermath of the party, they are feeling regret about not participating. They feel like something is wrong with them for not participating, and that they wouldn't have been alone last night, but it's too late now.

[@Sanusofan]

Personal favourite song--

[@sansundertaleofficial9947]

this song triggers my anxiety i love it 😍

[@rowanannabel8576]

this song is about hereditary i’m friends with neil

[@soscary]

IT'S PARTYTIME BABY

[@sillysepia]

this song makes me uneasy for no reason

[@brogankelly766]

the hand is the train man as he kindnaps you dhhh

[@crowbrainzz]

could you imagine if parties were actually real

[@thes7274473]

Even though they’re completely unrelated in every way except names and my love for the artists, I kinda want to hear this mashed up with The Party by Phil Ochs

[@fishy658]

a BOP

[@BaronB.BlazikenBaronOfBarons]

Everyone here saying that they were scared to hell by this song, and I’m here glad I both didn’t really like the beat to this song and that I can only take things at face value.

[@crybabyblxssxd]

Part 2 of touch tone telephone

[@Rein_the_Rat]

NOICE

[@bluef00t86]

is it a complete coincidence that this looks like the 2018 Live TMBG album insert, or no?

[@МаликаПалтушева]

pov: you're the dead girl in the pool.

[@jakeySquarre]

This artist name makes me think of the lemon monster from FNF

[@МаликаПалтушева]

@@jakeySquarre yeah, that's the whole point of the character 😊 He is a reference to this band (and I think his songs do resemble the actual artists' ones 🤔)

[@shieldwalker]

We do kinda be at the party doe

[@Silver-lu1dt]

Not gonna lie, to me it sounds more like zombies than dead

[@tealfeline]

feels like anxiety

[@wishinglizard7292]

this gives me very bad vibes. but it also has some good funk. so uh yeah it's like a "It hurts so good" type thing.

[@ck7993]

why is everybody scared its a party

[@could_possiblybe_thane07echo]

Why are all of the comments being enabled after so long⁉️⁉️

[@thewordywarlock7159]

I feel like it's about The King In Yellow.

[@Mae_Dastardly]

Ia Hastur

[@Pokshire]

I'm sorry but at certain points all I can think about is that crab from Moana

[@scarlataps3]

SEAAAFOOD

[@oreo_6206]

Fear

[@arklypurple99]

Party

[@iiArixae]

Everyone else: this is so deep 😩😭😭 Me: this is literally just fnaf 4 huh- 🤪

[@keltonholsen767]

Is this song also a reference to Thomas Pynchon's "Entropy"? Because if so I'm mad.