I started us off and sent my tracks to Frank Pedallaro in Northampton, MA where he and Brandi Ediss were inspired to create the middle and ending. Originally demo'd on Theme Music Facebook Group.
lyrics
Beginning
I’m okay but sometimes
I tear like paper
Set me up sideways
Just to keep it together
I’m wild and restless
In this twisted age
You think you’re the winner
But you’re not
Well you played your weakest hand by far
I can’t begin to tell you how wrong you are
Well I’ll tell you how wrong you are
You are you are you are
Middle
The darkness all around
The sound of sweat and bass and drums
You think you’re gonna never tell
The bodies from the music all apart
You think you’re gonna fall in love
In love with the sound of sweat and bass and drums
And then the light
And then the light
And then the light
Ending
You need to know we won’t surrender
Until you go we won’t surrender
These are our friends we won’t surrender
Until it ends we won’t surrender
credits
from The Hazards of Being Free,
released December 25, 2017
Beginning: Nancy – music/lyrics, vocal, acoustic guitar
Middle: written+produced by Frank Pedallaro – vocals, guitar, bass. Brandi Ediss - drums
Ending: written+produced by Brandi Ediss – vocals, keys, glockenspiel, synth strings
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