Videos – Page 15 – The Repressions

LYRICS:

SLIDING SCALE

This is a sick song
This is a sad song
This is a bad song
Where everything’s wrong

I’m coming apart now
Soul-sick in my heart now
I can’t even start now
So run right along

I’m lying in bed bow
So leave me for dead now
Get out of my head now
I’m not very strong

On my sliding scale of sadness
On my third derail today
You pay for how you play and what you cannot say and what you throw away
Which came first the sick or sad which way… Sliding scale… Sliding scale

This is a sick song
This is a sad song
This is a bad song
Where everything’s wrong

I’m not a machine here
Quit acting so mean dear
I’ll fix it up next year
If that’s not too long

The world’s a bit gray now
it’s just not my day now
Can’t go out and play now
I do not belong

On my sliding scale of sadness
On my third derail today
You pay for how you play and what you cannot say and what you throw away
Which came first the sick or sad which way……………….. Sliding scale…. Sliding Scale…… Sliding scale….Sliding scale

This is a sick song, This is a sad song This is a bad song , Where everything’s wrong
This is a sick song, This is a sad song This is a bad song , Where everything’s wrong

Here is a video of Barbara doing a solo cover of I’m Going to Go Back There Someday, as made famous by Gonzo in THE MUPPET MOVIE. Performed live at The Quays in Astoria, Queens.

While The Repressions are preparing to finally record their full length album, where can you find a lot of their music? For now… this playlist of mostly live videos… Not quite all of the songs but a good deal.. plus two strange cover songs. Thank you for listening.

Sometimes you just have to give in… give in to the feelings, give in to the things that comfort you when the feeling hits. Here is a video of the original song “DOWN” from The Repressions’ recent show at The Quays in Astoria…

Trauma changes us fundamentally. We live with it, we adjust, adapt, we carry on and often think we have contained it. It is the ultimate trickster, however, and can so surprise-hello you just when you think you have put it away. .. and so we dress it up, we dress it over…

If you or someone you know is dealing with trauma or PTSD, The Repressions understand and dedicate this song to you.