Name: What Makes It Better?
Duration: P00H04M15S
Description: a song written in the aftermath of big loss. written by the beach, written to process the parts of grief that feel a lot like drowning. intense and messy and bottled up energy. enjoy xo

What Makes It Better?

by Clay Aching

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a song written in the aftermath of big loss. written by the beach, written to process the parts of grief that feel a lot like drowning. intense and messy and bottled up energy. enjoy xo

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what makes it better?
can you remember when you're not bad
setting and rising and the seasons
and I fall right back to the place
that I imagined would hold me up

what makes it better
when minds are racing past 4 in the
mourning for you is like a fever
legs stuck to the leather forever
and I'm trying to come up for air

drift into the background
you said that you loved me and I found out
night time gets so loud
it's all out of my hands

wading through the red tide
never happened, no one died
third one I've known in my life

never let them see me cry
wading through the rising tides
never happened no goodbye

every year gets left behind
sweeping up a suicide
my mind goes for miles and miles

tell me what it was like
fill my head up with lies
wading through the rising tides

everything is full of lies
when I dream I go for miles
live forever and swim all night

what makes it better is not okay
try to remember what happened
in the first place
the pain that you carry
it gets so heavy that it drags you down

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released January 29, 2022
lyrics and guitar - Clay Maroney
production, bass, mixing - Noah Schneidman
lead guitar - Greg Freeman
drums - Ben Schnier

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Clay Aching Burlington, Vermont

clay aiken walked so that I could run

northeast USA

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