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We All Break In The End

from Mirrors (2017 demos) by The Urbane Decay

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I've had the title and chorus lyric kicking around for a while, but didn't know what pressures would be making the singer of song "break" in the end. The recent dialogue around 24-hour work days, social media peer pressure, and emotional labour gave the song a focus.
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Carry the weight
Don’t let it show
Keep it all hid
No one can know

It’s a sign of weakness
To be human (too human)
It’s a sign of weakness
To be human (too human)

Don’t tell your friends
Keep it on the lam
Everyone else is coping
Just look at their instagram

You can twist, you can bend
But we all break in the end

Tell your mother
Job is going all right
Text your manager
You’ll work all through the night (again)

It’s a sign of weakness
To be tired (you’ll get fired)
It’s a sign of weakness
To be tired (you’ll get fired)

Only brittle people break
Only fragile people snap
You can bend like a reed
Tell yourself you won’t crack

You can twist, you can bend
But we all break in the end

Don’t tell your friends
You need their help
We’re all in the same deep water
Drowning in the kelp

Please your partner
Make them feel heard
Solve their problems
Acknowledge their words

Tell them it’s not weakness
To be human (too human)
Tell them it’s not weakness
To be human (too human)

Let them lean on you
So they won’t crack
Let’em walk away clean
When you finally snap

You can twist, you can bend
But we all break in the end
But we all break in the end

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from Mirrors (2017 demos), released October 30, 2017

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The Urbane Decay Toronto, Ontario

The Urbane Decay was an indie pop recording project mainly active between 2002-2010, mainly by Jakob Rehlinger, mainly maudlin and mopey.

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