Existential Crisis Blues

by Handless Man

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A sad song about a man and the void. Also the first track I've ever recorded in an actual studio.
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lyrics

He woke up one morning
With death on his mind
The remains of a nightmare
He couldn't leave them behind
So he went through the motions
With his head in the clouds
'Cause the thought wouldn't leave him
Way too real and too loud

But he failed to see
That beginning and end
Don't define the between

He woke up the next morning
With the weight of the word
Resting heavy upon him
It all felt so absurd
So he tried to make sense and
Stopped playing his role
You see, the abyss takes her pick and
She swallows it whole

But he failed to see
That beginning and end
Don't define the between

But he failed to see
That beginning and end
Don't define the between
Unless you let them
But he failed to see
When the spiral began
That the world would keep spinning
While he stopped making sense

I woke up this morning
With death on my mind
So I smothered the thought and
I left it behind.

credits

released April 19, 2017
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Lead & backing vocals, guitar, bass: Thomas van Neerven
Backing vocals: Gerben Kuipers, Eefke Burg, Sander Vanheste
Rhodes piano: Sander Vanheste
Drums: Gerben Kuipers

Music and lyrics by Thomas van Neerven
Engineering, recording, mixing: Gerben Kuipers
Production: Gerben Kuipers & Thomas van Neerven
Artwork: Felix Mostert
Recorded at Sunbeam Recording Utrecht

Shoutout to Gerben, Sander, Eefke and Felix for their contributions; hear and see their stuff below:

Sander's Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/sander-vanheste
Eefke's Bandcamp: aveke.bandcamp.com (stay tuned, new music soon)
Felix's photography: felixmason.tumblr.com (@COSMlCDEMON)
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Handless Man Utrecht, Netherlands

Handless Man is a Dutch singer-songwriter and producer. His ramshackle recordings can be found on this page.

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