Broken

Broken
REBUILDING PERMIT - track 7
Album released April 2020.
More from REBUILDING PERMIT:
1. It's OK
2. If I Write It Down
3. The Handling
4. The Biscuit (Who Grabbed My Face)
5. Diet Of Worms
6. The President Of The United States Is The Breitbart Bimbo
7. Broken
8. A Good Road Is Hard To Find
9. (Who Am I) To Ask You To Dance?
"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.