Name: Cracks
Duration: P00H04M21S
Description: Cracks, the debut single for prog-rock newcomers Burton Badman, presents the listener with a rumination on growing up, on longing and loss and on the cracks that appear between who we wanted to be and the life we experienced. The dramatic, complex arrangement resonates a range of the band's various influences, from progressive rock to modern psychedelia.

Cracks

by Burton Badman

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Cracks, the debut single for prog-rock newcomers Burton Badman, presents the listener with a rumination on growing up, on longing and loss and on the cracks that appear between who we wanted to be and the life we experienced. The dramatic, complex arrangement resonates a range of the band's various influences, from progressive rock to modern psychedelia.

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Better keep out of the sun
The heat is here to stay
You never know what might be found
When the ice melts off the ground
Cracks cutting cross the terrain
Like lines in the palm of your hand
You can walk among shipwrecks
On a dried out lakebed sand

Now that we are young, nothing seems to matter
Foolishly we wish that summers last forever
Maple trees in autumn, daylight seems to soften
Spider Lilies blossom, all will be forgotten

I can feel the breath of the earth
Burning in my lungs
In the rhythm of my blood
In the beat of phantom drums
A desperate prayer for flood
In the face of eternal drought
Where arid lands stretch out
Where seeds will never sprout

Now that we are young, nothing seems to matter
Foolishly we wish that summers last forever
Maple trees in autumn, daylight seems to soften
Spider Lilies blossom, all will be forgotten

I can feel the breath of the earth
Burning in my lungs
In the rhythm of my blood
In the beat of phantom drums

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released December 21, 2021
Composed and written by: Burton Badman
Performed by: Burton Badman with Illay Chester - Cello
Arranged by: Burton Badman
Recorded at: Tamuz Studios and Bardo Studios
Mixed by: Raz Burg, Tamuz Studios
Mastered by: Shmulik Daniel at Hook & High

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Burton Badman Tel Aviv Yafo, Israel

Burton Badman is an alternative rock band that blends hues of post-rock, prog, dark and theatrical.

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