The title track from Care is a moody slow burner, intended as a message of hope and unity. Bazan, who says he spent the last year performing protest songs, decided to make a plea for empathy with this release. “I found myself in an unfamiliar mode,” he tells us, “trying to light a candle. The song ‘...
She almost can't spit out the question
Can men and women not be friends?
With you, I feel an old connection
Like having brother back again
Later on, we went out walking
Without ruining our lives
We know the difference between talking
And going just outside the lines
It's not like we're immune to it
It's not like we don't burn
We're just surrounded by carelessness
We know how much it hurts
But come on
You'll take my breath away
Come on
We'll never forget
Come on
Mistakes that haunt us all our days
And then, Come on
Stop romanticizing cheating
We are cowards, every one
All of us need major healing
Come and get yours in the sun
It's not like you're immune to it
It's not like you don't burn
You're just surrounded by carelessness
You know how much it hurts
Care was written by David Bazan.
Care was produced by Richard Swift & David Bazan.
David Bazan released Care on Tue Feb 07 2017.