Name: American Breakdown (demo)
Duration: P00H03M52S
Description: Oh god, This is so old that I'm sure I can no longer hit these notes. Recorded on cassette with a toys-r-us guitar that had a broken jack. I made a mike out of some headphones and put them right next to the strings. I played all the instruments which is why it sounds the way it does. You know, bad.

American Breakdown (demo)

from The Unmade Album ep by The Long Shadows

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Oh god, This is so old that I'm sure I can no longer hit these notes. Recorded on cassette with a toys-r-us guitar that had a broken jack. I made a mike out of some headphones and put them right next to the strings. I played all the instruments which is why it sounds the way it does. You know, bad.

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Driving your complacent car the radio reopens scars triggered by the song of the day finding yourself in tears your destiny consumed by fear these feelings will not simply go away cos your real emotions convey the notion to drive you far away in finding the meaning a cinder of feelings is burning you with dismay
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its the chaos of emotion that reminds you of the ocean turbulent and whisking you away a freeway sign reads Tampa Bay you feel the urge to run away but your boss and your wife depend on you everyday so you wake up hungover on a beach thats over nearly four hundred miles away its called a nervous breakdown but now that you're safe and sound its going to be one hell of a sick-day you're the mad man crying in the waves you're the madman laughing in the waves
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its in these times of clarity you'll see your dreams and fancies are all but getting slowly washed away we try to think outside ourselves to preserve our own mental health it worked for Jesus, Gondi, and M.L.K. you're going to need to get some therapy you're going to get a grip one of these days
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from The Unmade Album ep, released December 12, 2013

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