"Broken" contains the first recorded vocal to have made it onto REBUILDING PERMIT, tracked almost two years ahead of the release date.  It's for everyone who ever needed to place a call for help, even if it was to their own self.  Milk Arnold, my production partner for the album, was even more passionate than usual about this song, and thus he went above and beyond in co-producing / mixing it, creating a build and release that I wouldn't have found without him.  

 

LYRICS

 

One for me and one for you 

Yours is perfect, mine's askew 

And that's how I like to be 

If it's broken, it's for me 

 

Sealed up tightly to preserve 

But this crack's what I deserve 

Pick the lock or choose the key 

If it's broken, it's for me 

 

If it's broken, it's for me 

Splash the coffee, spill the tea 

Once it shatters, then it's free 

If it's broken, it's for me 

 

When the grinners, teeth set straight, 

call you 'sinner,' can't relate, 

Use you how you used to be, 

Call you broken – look for me 

 

If it's broken, it's for me 

Do the fix or let it be 

Once you shatter, then you're free 

If you're broken, you're with me 

 

Hand me over your hand-me-downs 

Crooked smiles and frightened frowns 

Don't you fear, 'cause we agree 

If you're broken, you're with me 

 

If you're broken, you're with me 

Soiled in solidarity 

Though we're damaged, good shows through 

If you're broken, I'm with you 

 

Through our damage, good shows too 

If you're broken, I'm with you. 

 

written by Dolph Chaney 17-19 April 2018 

©2018 Dolph Chaney (BMI). All rights reserved 

Jim LeFager: Drums. 

Dolph Chaney: Electric and acoustic guitars, bass, voice.