Break My Back

from Shipwreckee EP by Charlie Christenson

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Break My Back

It seems it’s simple though / We question all time
Is it too far to go / While we are intertwined
I will carry you / I hope that we are close
If I can carry you / I hope that we are close

Many men have tried / Many tried and died
If we cannot pass / How long can we last
I will carry you / I hope that we are close
If I can carry you / I hope that we are close

Break my back
But do it slowly
Do it slowly

Break my back
But do it slowly
Do it slowly

And all of us
We’re going back down / Back to California
And some of us
We’re leaving some behind / Over there in Florida

You just wear me down (8 7 5 3 1)
been a long damn time without changing
and I can’t stand what you’ve been saying
(You can pull me down) (8 7 5 3 1)
and the whole world round us is changing
but our expectations are still the same
and I’d yell if you weren’t so crazy
and I’d call you if you weren’t so lazy
been a long damn time without changing
and you say these things that just break me
why don’t you care that life is like this
and it’s hard when your so full of spite, this
is breaking my back and you don’t say
You’re sorry it’s been so damn long
and it’s long cause you can’t just say it
or afraid that you not gonna make it
we’ve been through it all but it’s over now

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from Shipwreckee EP, released November 21, 2013

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