Indie – Page 7 – The Repressions

A SONG FOR ICHARUS June 2017

Let me down

I know I cannot hit that high

Bring me down

It’s not a place that I can live

Please kill this climb so fast it dies

Let me down

The clamber can’t be comprehended

Backward space can’t be transcended

Disappoint me now may I descend

We always know the top’s the end

Let me down

You know I cannot scale that sky

Bring me down

It’s not a place where I can live

Please kill this climb so fast it dies inside my mind

Let me down

The undermost should be by home

The bottom rock fell on my head

I’ll burrow in the basic basement

Content a life with no event

Please bury me some more……… Bury me some more

Let me down

You know I cannot crucify

Bring me down

It’s not a place where I can live

Please kill this climb so fast it dies inside my mind before the time

Let me down

It’s safer sinking sliding, let me scramble off your shoulders

I can’t fall fast enough fail fast I can’t let fate fare bolder

Take me below with words you know will mar me

Lacerate me harm me strike me now and scar me

Bust me up to keep me down now

I’ll clutch the ground now

Please bury me some more…….. Bury me some more

Let me down

You know it tore me up to try

Bring me down

I never should have tried to glide

It’s not a place where I can live

My childish strive can you forgive me

Please kill this climb so fast it dies inside my mind before the time will find me rising

Let me down

Please kill this climb so fast it dies inside my mind before the time will find me rising

We always know the top’s the end.

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.

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.

… for their big Holiday Show!

Sidewalk is an awesome place. Playing in an awesome venue with four awesome bands on the best holiday weekend ever was too much! Thank you to Angie Atkinson, Norwood, Hannah vs. the Many and The Love Howl. Thank you to the stellar audience! Thank you for Halloween!

Remember it is free, you can wear a costume, and there is sure to be candy! Also, five bands and amazing live music. The Repressions open the show at 7pm! 94 Avenue A in the East Village