The second song off of the album Possession, Coming Apart is a song that gives into a “sense of millennial doomsdayism.” In Joywave’s animated series “Tales of Possession”, lead singer Daniel Armbruster explains:
People always ask things like, ‘oh, are you going to have children?’ or ‘have you star...
[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
Crazy, I'm feeling you but
It's an age made for disposable love
It'd be easy if it were a joke
I'm afraid that we finally broke it, it's true
[Pre-Chorus]
Why can't you unwind? (I do)
You're going to split yourself in two
You look so tired (That's rude)
How can you be so sure?
[Chorus]
It's coming apart
It's coming apart
It's coming apart
It's coming apart
[Verse 2]
You're amazing and beautiful
But it's an age made for the stupid and numb
We've got parents regretting their young
A malaise that could block out the sun soon
[Pre-Chorus]
Why can't you unwind? (I do)
You're going to split yourself in two
You look so tired (That's rude)
How can you be so sure?
[Chorus]
It's coming apart
It's coming apart
It's coming apart
It's coming apart
It's coming apart
It's coming apart
It's coming apart
It's coming apart
[Bridge]
Here it goes, watch it die
Aim it low, wrong is right
[Chorus]
It’s coming apart
It's coming apart
It's coming apart
Why can't you unwind?
It's coming apart
It's coming apart
It's coming apart
Why can't you unwind?
It's coming apart
It's coming apart
It's coming apart
Coming Apart was written by Paul Brenner & Benjamin Bailey & Kevin Mahoney & Joseph Morinelli & Daniel Armbruster.
Coming Apart was produced by John Hill & Daniel Armbruster.
Joywave released Coming Apart on Fri Mar 13 2020.
When speaking to Billboard, Ambruster said:
I was writing the song at peak North Korean nuclear fear news cycle time. [The opening is] ‘Hello, how are you?’ Which is totally innocuous, but met by a loud irrational scream as soon as the song kicks in.