Name: When I'm Afraid
Duration: P00H04M02S
Description: This track was written and recorded remotely during the COVID-19 Pandemic, with guitars, vocals, and synth recorded in Bethlehem, PA at Alex's home studio while drums were recorded at Space Jockey Sound in Atlanta, GA.

When I'm Afraid

by Imposters In Rome

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This track was written and recorded remotely during the COVID-19 Pandemic, with guitars, vocals, and synth recorded in Bethlehem, PA at Alex's home studio while drums were recorded at Space Jockey Sound in Atlanta, GA.

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I woke up today
with my head banging
a drum I couldn't seem
to keep in time
I thought I'd escaped
the dread I feel
when nothing that I've made
seems like it's mine

sometimes I'm amazed
at just how ridiculous I look W\when I'm afraid
take it in, here I am
It's no secret how I ended up this way

terrible form
when details wore
what's left of all the
confidence I had
I bounce around
the cap and gown
were warnings of
impending ego death

sometimes I'm amazed
at just how ridiculous I look W\when I'm afraid
take it in, here I am
It's no secret how I ended up this way

Will I ever see things the way you do
if the demons in my head won't ever leave?
Why can't I just be imperfect now
believe that pushing forward won't destroy
the reasons I have left to be me?

sometimes I'm amazed
at just how ridiculous I look W\when I'm afraid
take it in, here I am
It's no secret how I ended up this way

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released January 15, 2021
Lyrics: Alex Brown
Music: Alex Brown and Ben Cato
Production/Engineering: Jeremy Nichols
Album Art: Jim Toia

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We write songs remotely, on Zoom, every week. Sometimes we record them.

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