Name: Take It Back
Duration: P00H04M15S
Description: "Take it Back" explores the urgency to take back control of your life in a COVID-ridden world where no one feels like they have agency over anything. We pulled from old school rock and metal influences such as Black Sabbath and Deep Purple and added our own personal flare including gang-vocals, dueling-guitar solos, and lots of storytelling.

Take It Back

by Bad Sleeper

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"Take it Back" explores the urgency to take back control of your life in a COVID-ridden world where no one feels like they have agency over anything. We pulled from old school rock and metal influences such as Black Sabbath and Deep Purple and added our own personal flare including gang-vocals, dueling-guitar solos, and lots of storytelling.

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She asked me if I’ve ever
Been trapped right here before
Will my future make it in,
Or has my past locked the doors?

She said she was once like me
Playing the wide-eye’d fool
Warns me that life’s too short
To play by the rules
Because

Currents of your mind
Will pull you back in time
Don’t dig the grave to your life
Take it back while you can
Forget all your plans

She asked me to try and see
A life where I could be
So much more than
My uncertainty

And then I realized
I’ve wasted so much time
Filling casts and molds
She warned me not to fold

Currents of your mind
Will pull you back in time
Don’t dig the grave to your life
Take it back while you can
Forget all your plans

I’ve always been told that I’ll be fine
No need to explore inside my mind
Just sit up straight, and listen good
Be a good girl like you know you should

Then she said
You’ll be dead
Not in skin, in your head
Try to scream
Can’t breathe
No dreams for me

I thought I had it under control
Liked who I was becoming
But not anymore…

Maaaaybe I don’t have a choice
I don’t want to lose my voice

Change might be the only way
To give my life something to say
Something to say

What if I can’t ever see
Past my uncertainty??

credits

released February 5, 2021
Juliet Eve - Vocals
Matt Drozynski - Guitar/Vocals
Zach Ali - Guitar
Luis Loza - Bass
Jacob Frank - Drums

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Bad Sleeper Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Founded in the early months of 2019, Bad Sleeper have been discovering their own personal blend of alternative rock through harmonized guitar riffs, textured synth layers, soaring vocals and heavy drumming. Bad Sleeper kicked off 2021 with a single titled "Take it Back". Described as "a riff heavy, melodious powerhouse of a song" by My Little Underground. ... more

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