Spring Break 1899 by Murder by Death
Spring Break 1899 by Murder by Death

Spring Break 1899

Murder by Death * Track #11 On Red of Tooth and Claw

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Spring Break 1899 by Murder by Death

Release Date
Tue Mar 04 2008
Performed by
Murder by Death
Produced by
Trina Shoemaker
Writed by
Adam Turla
About

“Spring Break 1899” is the final track on Murder By Death’s 2008 album, Red of Tooth and Claw. The song concludes the narrator’s journey, finding him drunk and dying at the side of the road after being stabbed by his wife’s lover at the end of the previous song, “‘52 Ford”. As life slips from him, h...

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Spring Break 1899 Lyrics

[Verse 1]
The sun is coming up over the hill
Or maybe it's not, I can't even tell
But there's a warmth on my face
That isn't the blood
And my tears are turning
The snow into mud
And I can't feel my left leg
But I think it's still there
Did I kill anybody?
Hell, I never fight fair
What state am I in?
Am I still on the run?
Has it really been so long
Since I've seen the sun?
My instincts are telling me
To pick up and go
But I can't feel my fingers
And I can't move my toes
There's a drained bourbon bottle
Laying next to my head
And the piss and the vomit
Are the sheets on my bed

[Chorus]
Is it you? Could it be you?
Don't want it to

[Verse 2]
I went out all night drinking
So I took the bait
And I jumped off the interstate
To Highway 8
To the bars full of girls
Who all know me by name
They all drink the same drinks
And they all fuck the same
Now my eyes are turning red
In this hotel bar
And she's breathing out smoke
As she motions towards the door
The kindness of a stranger
Or a trick of the trade?
God knows I'm not the first mistake
That she's made

[Chorus]
Is it you? Could it be you?
Don't want it to
Is it you? Could it be you?
Don't want it to

[Bridge]
I been down and out
I been spit on for so long
I stored my shame in my belly
'Till I needed to be strong
In my last guilty whim
I stole a map and a truck
It's pure chance
That I haven't already been picked up
But from here on the slate's clean
I'm heading way south
Always heard the girls were pretty there
I got to find out!
Look, Ma, your son's a traveling man!
I don't know what I did
But I'll do all the good that I can

[Outro]
Could it be you?
Could it be you?
Could it be you?
Could it be you?
Could it be you?

[Coda]

Spring Break 1899 Q&A

Who wrote Spring Break 1899's ?

Spring Break 1899 was written by Adam Turla.

Who produced Spring Break 1899's ?

Spring Break 1899 was produced by Trina Shoemaker.

When did Murder by Death release Spring Break 1899?

Murder by Death released Spring Break 1899 on Tue Mar 04 2008.

What did Murder by Death say about "Spring Break 1899"?

In an interview, lead singer Adam Turla commented on how the song fits into the overall narrative of the album:

It’s sort of the pivotal moment when in the preceding song he goes home and finds his wife has been unfaithful. He is sort of looming over her bed, ready to kill her, and he decides at th...

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