Down

from Breathe by Soul Unseen

	/

Streaming + Download

Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

Purchasable with gift card

$1 USD or more
Buy the Full Digital Album

lyrics

The invisible hand upon our shoulder
Built by writers, lawyers, soldiers
The match alights, the parchment smolders
And every statue gets knocked over

Down. it’s comin’ down
It’s comin’ down. it’s comin’ down, down, down
Down. it’s comin’ down
It’s comin’ down. it’s comin’ down, down, down

Forgettin’ back when they could fly
Now the clouds block out the sky
And they’ve gone, gave up their slice of pie
Never stopped to wonder why

Toadies tellin’ them it's not too late
Hanging a promise of escaping fate
Just another game of switch it and bait?
See the crossroads, they lock the gate

Down. it’s comin’ down
It’s comin’ down. it’s comin’ down, down, down
Down. it’s comin’ down
It’s comin’ down. it’s comin’ down, down, down

Pockets lined with silver, filled with gold
Tellin’ me it’s the lucky who grow old
Did it take you skill, was it that you’re bold
What color’s heaven in your world?

Cheat the system, hack the rules
Put one over on all those fools
Living out a code of ridicule
Cut the knot, 'n take the Devil’s due

Down. it’s comin’ down
It’s comin’ down. it’s comin’ down, down, down

Pockets lined with silver, filled with gold
Tellin’ me it’s the lucky who grow old
Did it take you skill, was it that you’re bold
What color’s heaven in your world?

Well. it’s comin’ down
It’s comin’ down. it’s comin’ down, down, down
Down. it’s comin’ down
It’s comin’ down. it’s comin’ down, down, down

The invisible hand upon our shoulder
Built by writers, lawyers soldiers
The match alights, the parchment smolders
And every statue gets knocked over

credits

from Breathe, released April 15, 2021

license

about

Soul Unseen Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Thanks for listening!

soulunseen.com

contact / help

Contact Soul Unseen

Streaming and
Download help

Redeem code

Report this track or account

If you like Soul Unseen, you may also like:

Downey to Lubbock
by Dave Alvin

Soulful guitar interplay form the heart of this lovely Americana collaboration from Dave Alvin and Jimmie Dale Gilmore. Bandcamp New & Notable Mar 2, 2018
go to album
24th Street Blues
by Tom Heyman

Tom Heyman documents life in San Francisco circa 2023, refusing to succumb to easy characterization & instead capturing the city’s nuance. Bandcamp New & Notable Oct 22, 2023
go to album
False Spring
by Zachary Cale

Thoughtful and poetic folk with a Cosmic Americana flavor from the Brooklyn singer-songwriter. Bandcamp New & Notable May 14, 2020
go to album
Fear of Frying
by Eggs Over Easy

In honor of the band’s 50th Anniversary, Yep Roc have reissued the 1980 album by pub rock pioneers Eggs Over Easy. Bandcamp New & Notable Sep 30, 2019
go to album
Zed For Zulu
by Those Pretty Wrongs

Jody Stephens of Big Star and Luther Russell of the Freewheelers team for a radiant LP packed full of slide guitar and pop smarts. Bandcamp New & Notable Sep 11, 2019
go to album
Realize
by Tumbleweed Wanderers

Epic, folksy psych-pop, diligently crafted from sessions recorded in a beach studio and an old San Francisco mansion. Bandcamp New & Notable Jun 9, 2015
go to album
Drag All the Lights Inside
by Nesting

From Seattle comes this tumultuous art rock record, full of intricate songs that alternately whisper and kick. Bandcamp New & Notable Oct 9, 2023
go to album