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Tracks
Pavement
Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain
Stop Breathin'

TRACK

Stop Breathin'

Release date: 14th February 1994

From Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain

Track 3

4:28

Alternative Music Indie Rock Rock

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About This Track

"Stop Breathin'" is a track by Pavement, from the album Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain, released 14th February 1994. The track is 4:28 long. It's filed under Alternative. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 5 articles about Pavement.

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Lyrics

Stop Breathin'

Got struck by the first volley of the war in the courts
Never held my service
Send 'em a wire, give 'em my best, this ammunition never rests
No one serves coffee, no one wakes up

Stop breathin, stop breathin
Breathin for me now
Write it on a postcard
Dad, they broke me, dad, they broke me

Stop breathin, stop breathin
Breathin for me now
Write it on a postcard
Dad, they broke me, dad, they broke me

I can see the lines, open shutters, and the leaves flocked on a grid
That's what they made my hero say
But nothing gets me off so completely than when you put it down ten feet down in the ground
Call and response, negative hope

Stop breathin, stop breathin
Breathin for me now
Write it on a postcard
Dad, they broke me, dad, they broke me

Stop breathin, stop breathin
Breathin for me now
Write it on a postcard
Dad, they broke me, dad, they broke me

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Track details

From Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain

4:281994

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Album

Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain

14th February 1994

Track number

3

Release year

1994

1Silence Kid
3:01
2Elevate Me Later
2:51
3Stop Breathin'
4:28
4Cut Your Hair
3:07

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