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Shipwrecked Man

from Sweet Desperation by The Shady Janes

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I wrote this during Christmas break from school a couple years ago. Melodically, it's inspired by a song called "(Davide Bowie I Love You) Since I Was Six" by Brian Jonestown Massacre (the beginning anyway)...and lyrically, albeit subconsciously, by the TV show LOST. Not that the show holds any significance for me, just that we spent that month watching the first five seasons and some of that imagery crept into my lyrics. I digress...

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Battered and broken but we are still buoyant, my friends
Take time to laugh about failure and untimely ends
Climb over the bad days and trade all the nightmares for light
And everything, everything is all right

We travel in circles, intent on retracing the lines
Until someone breaks it and stretches it out into time
Fear is a compass, your courage creates a new road
And out on the wire, we try and ignore what’s below

Eroded memories populate darkness with ghosts
So we take a drink of the moon as it lights up the coast
We dream of the ones who we miss when the sun bows its head
And promise ourselves we’ll meet them again when this ends

We're caught in the middle of something we can’t escape
And we know nothing about
I shed the shackles and chains
But a prisoner’s mind is a darkening cloud
I crossed a river and clung to a tree
Then I swam in a sea of self doubt
Now I lay my head in the sand
A shipwrecked man

Save me or give me my own means
This water and sand are all that I am
Maybe I’m blessed
Save me or give me my own means
This water and sand are all that I am
A shipwrecked man

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from Sweet Desperation, released December 25, 2011
written/performed/recorded by Brad Hahn
mastered by Carl Saff

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The Shady Janes Fayetteville, Arkansas

The Shady Janes is a rock band from Fayetteville, AR. Relying on heavy-hearted songwriting from singer/guitarists Brad Hahn and Jayce Bannister, the band evokes the somber and the hopeful with equal fervor. Backed by the rhythm and creativity of Jeremy Mock on the drums and Damon Dugdale on the bass guitar, the group packs an emotional punch and distinct energy that is likely to capture hearts... ... more

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