You Would Have to Lose Your Mind

from Queens of the Breakers by The Barr Brothers

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An example of restraint giving way to catharsis. For nearly a year, this recording was considered a demo, until the band realized it had a spook to it that could not be replicated. This is one of the benefits of recording at 4am, running on scotch whiskey and homemade ketchup. This is the only song on this record that was written and considered for the band's previous release, Sleeping Operator. - Brad Barr

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The speed of love returning
To my depraved heart
Like a song, it carries the memory still

You waited til the river froze
To come and find me
With your voice, speaking the words in my throat

The dream you dream of falling
Out of the blue, child
Like a stone--I think I've been dreaming it too

We were never forced to love
You would have to lose your mind
You would have to lose your mind
You would have to lose your mind

When Icarus was falling
Burning and blinded
He was born and buried along with his pride

Woke up in the bed last night
Her features were golden
And the walls, they were crowded with symbols of lust

And then, an emperor returning
Dragging his sword
From the guerre, cutting the snow on the ground

We were never forced to love
You would have to lose your mind
You would have to lose your mind
You would have to lose your mind

The Line that you were drawing
You would have to lose your mind
You would have to lose your mind

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from Queens of the Breakers, released October 13, 2017

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