Unknown Mortal Orchestra
Unknown Mortal Orchestra
Unknown Mortal Orchestra
Unknown Mortal Orchestra
Unknown Mortal Orchestra
Unknown Mortal Orchestra
Unknown Mortal Orchestra
Unknown Mortal Orchestra
Unknown Mortal Orchestra
Unknown Mortal Orchestra
Unknown Mortal Orchestra
Unknown Mortal Orchestra
“If You’re Going to Break Yourself” talks about the band missing and wanting someone who seemingly has a tendency for self-destruction. This in turn hurts them as well.
It first premiered with an acoustic performance for BBC Radio 6 Music Live Room.
[Verse 1]
Where'd all my druggy friends go?
Mississippi, San Francisco
They think I don't understand anything anymore
I miss how we used to speak the secret loser language
You blocked my number just because I stayed alive
[Chorus]
If you're going to break yourself
If you're going to break yourself
You're gonna break me
You're gonna break me
If you're going to break yourself
If you're going to break yourself
You're gonna break me
You're gonna break me
[Verse 2]
Our tongues and our spit blue from blue candy
Kissed with numb lips and wondered what was up with
This landscape is a paradise when you close your eyes
And you're an asshole, you know, but I miss you
[Chorus]
If you're going to break yourself
If you're going to break yourself
You're gonna break me
You're gonna break me
If you're going to break yourself
If you're going to break yourself
You're gonna break me
You're gonna break me
[Bridge]
Gonna break, gonna break me
Break yourself, yourself
Gonna break me
Gonna break, gonna break me
[Chorus]
If you're going to break yourself
If you're going to break yourself
You're gonna break me
You're gonna break me
If you're going to break yourself
If you're going to break yourself
You're gonna break me
You're gonna break me
If You’re Going to Break Yourself was written by Ruban Nielson.
If You’re Going to Break Yourself was produced by Ruban Nielson.
Unknown Mortal Orchestra released If You’re Going to Break Yourself on Fri Apr 06 2018.
Ruban Nielson in an interview with huck:
Yeah, I suppose so. One of the songs on this record, ‘Break Yourself’, is really specific for me. I’m talking to two or three people in a general group of friends I went to university with – friends I gradually got ostracised from for not living the same kin...