Type: Audio

Track 7 of the Salvationed EP. Released June 2019. Recorded at the BAR Studios in Bedford, Indiana, produced by Chris Learned.

Track 6 of the Salvationed EP. Released June 2019. Recorded at the BAR Studios in Bedford, Indiana, produced by Chris Learned.

Track 5 of the Salvationed EP. Released June 2019. Recorded at the BAR Studios in Bedford, Indiana, produced by Chris Learned.

Track 2 of the Salvationed EP. Released June 2019. Recorded at the BAR Studios in Bedford, Indiana, produced by Chris Learned.

Track 1 of the Salvationed EP. Released June 2019. Recorded at the BAR Studios in Bedford, Indiana, produced by Chris Learned.

This is the first full band and first studio version of this song. It was recorded in Bedford, Indiana at the BAR Studios and produced by Chris Learned. Then released in June 2019 on an EP titled Salvationed, available on Bandcamp.

Lyrics

EP Lyrics

You don’t have to tell me, you can handle anything
I don’t have to tell you there is no such thing as grace
You call it sacred, maybe, I just call it strange
Either way, it’s okay

I don’t know where you’re going
I’m not too worried for it
I think you’ve got this figured out

You’re breathing in
And you’re breathing out

There ain’t too much struggle, there ain’t too much fight
You’ve just got to be here, you don’t need to make it right
One hand holds a little, maybe, one hand holds it all
But there is no difference, no fault

I don’t know where you’re going
I’m not too worried for it
I think you’ve got this figured out

You’re breathing in
And you’re breathing out

No good thing disappears
No good thing disappears
No good thing can leave the air

I don’t know where you’re running
I’m not too worried for it
I think you’ve got this down by now

You’re breathing in
And you’re breathing out

(from Salvationed EP by Brandon Pfeiffer)

Credits

• Chris Learned — Producer, Engineer, Mixer, Drums, Electric Guitar, Backing Vocals, Piano/Keys
• Brandon Pfeiffer — Acoustic Guitar, Songwriter

Bandcamp

the vocals of this version were recorded while walking along a road in the middle of nowhere, alaska – listen closely and you’ll hear the crunching of the snow

Lyrics

I feel like a long distance runner, the finish line keeps moving
You’re dressed like a cold winter, and your concrete air I’m breathing
dry leaves, wounded knees and you keep pushing the seasons back

i have notes where i had written this chorus on paper in 2007, and i remember singing it in my head for a long time before that… so far this voice memo from 2015 is the earliest recording i can find… i know the chorus was all i had written until i was forced to write more in 2016 or 2017 as i was preparing for a studio recording

digging through some old files on new years day 2023, I stumbled on this worktape from 2015 – it’s got a few good moments and really captures the lackadaisical prowess of the lyrics