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Backup Option

from Get to Know Shwa by shwa losben

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from You Would Have Loved It, released November 8, 2019
Produced by Lang Freeman

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f it had to happen though
At least now I know
But it don’t make me feel any better
I got in the car and I drove
Nowhere to go
But I knew that I had to see you

And now that I did

I can’t eat
I can’t sleep
Maybe it’s not worth it
I can’t breathe
I can’t be
I can’t be your back-up option
Left with nothing

So I walked to your door
And there on your porch
I saw you with his arms wrapped around you
And that look of surprise
Your daggers for eyes
And I knew right then I had lost you

And now that I know

I can't eat
I can’t sleep
Maybe it’s not worth it
I can’t breathe
I can’t be
I can’t be your back-up option
Left with nothing

All this ends right now
I can’t keep breaking down
There’s nothing left to hide
I’ve never been so alive
As when I’m with you
And now it hurts
It hurts

And now that I know

I can't eat
I can’t sleep
Maybe it’s not worth it
I can’t breathe
I can’t be
I can’t be your back-up option
Left with nothing

So the memories fade
More and more each day
But the hurt it just keeps on repeating
I’d follow you half-round the world
Anywhere
But you knew some point I would be leaving

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from Get to Know Shwa, released March 16, 2010
Taylor Baram, drums
Lang Freeman - guitars, backing vocals, percussion
Shwa Losben - vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar
Bradley Oliver - bass, keyboard
Jay Rapoport - piano

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shwa losben San Francisco, California

Originally hailing from Philadelphia, Shwa Losben is a Bay Area transplant whose indie-folk style has garnered comparisons to Elliott Smith and Neil Young.

His earworm melodies and sophisticated songwriting earned him the ASCAP Robert Allen Songwriting Award.

On his upcoming release "You Would Have Loved It," Losben blends intricate stories with elements of Britpop and 90s rock. ... more

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