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Breathe the thing out

from Early Volume by Slug

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Recorded September 1991.

Released with "Go tell" and "Break neck" on 7" single by Sympathy for the Record Industry.

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Breathe the thing In, Breathe The Thing Out,
Breathe the thing In, Breathe The Thing Out,
Through these old sick lungs, residue from our past
Gagging up the trust we've broken,
giving in to the crumbling like old hacks.
Desperation of our search, and what we'll find
A long forgotten sickness, spitting out a lie
 
"Aves la noche...sometimes the night,
Takes you with it, wraps you up and rolls you along
Leaving you washed in sleep, at the morning's edge...
and sometimes the night goes on without you."  *
 
In with the good air, our with the bad.
Corrupted inside me, a chance it never had.
Time elapsed suffocation, some call this perfect health.
All I know, this is all I've felt.
 
Breathe the thing In, Breathe The Thing Out,
Breathe the thing In, Breathe The Thing Out,
 
In with the good air, our with the bad.
Corrupted inside me, a chance it never had.
Time elapsed suffocation, some call this perfect health.
It's all I know, it's all I've ever felt.
 
If these old shaking hands weren't banging on my chest,
Once again unconscious, maybe I could get some rest.
Respiration of our search, and what we'll find
A long forgotten sickness, swallowing a lie.
 
*From "At Paso Rojo" by Paul Bowles

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from Early Volume, released November 18, 2016

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Slug Los Angeles, California

Active from 1988 to 1996, Los Angeles based experimental noise-rock sextet Slug recorded three albums, a half-dozen singles, and tracks on several compilations, and played hundreds of shows in Los Angeles, the northwest and throughout the US.

Their entire discography has been digitally remastered and is now available here on Bandcamp.
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