Breakin' Down

Regardless if this admission shows my age or not, glam rock was right up there for me as grunge was back in the 90s. Skid Row's Subhuman Race album was part and parcel of my musical fixations back then. I loved the album and practically all the songs in it, regardless of the lack of attention it got compared to Skid Row's earlier albums. It was unfortunate their monster of a vocalist Sebastian Bach was kicked out of the band after this album. The vocalist that came after Bach never really did it for me.

As with a lot of glam bands back in the day, I always loved the fact that they would slip some cheesy yet very cool ballad amongst all their heavier songs. Skid Row's Subhuman Race album had one particular ballad that kinda just stuck to me ever since high school. The title of the song is "Breakin' Down". Today at work, I was listening to this song on repeat over and over again (Yes, I do obsess over songs like this at times). I've been trying to find a way to sort out things in my head given that even people that I care about dearly have grown tired of hearing me vent. I figured this song could help me get by on my own. So as soon as I got home, I picked up my guitar in the hopes that I can learn to play and sing it. I could play it, but the singing part... Well, let's just say Bach is just way too good to be emulated by most. LOL!

This was part of the soundtrack for an old movie called "The Prophecy". I found the official video on YouTube. So I decided to share the video and the song's prose with you in this post.



Breakin' Down
by Skid Row

What was it you once said
That there would be things in life that couldn't be
Not for a second did I believe you
Not for a minute did I believe that

Within your need you lie alone
This empty space you call your home

If you just let me in
I wouldn't let you break down
'cause I'm breakin' down

As if you thought the rain could wash away the day
And could heal you
Not for a second did I believe it
Not for a minute did I believe that

Within your need you lie alone
This empty space you call your home

If you just let me in
I wouldn't let you break down
'cause I'm breakin' down
If you just let me in
I wouldn't let you break down
'cause I'm breakin' down

What was it you once said
That there would be things in life that couldn't be
Not for a second did I believe you
Not for a minute did I believe that

If you just let me in
I wouldn't let you break down
'cause I'm breakin' down
If you just let me in
I wouldn't let you break down
'cause I'm breakin' down


As always, I found a live version of the song. I actually found a better quality one than the one below. But the audio had a static hiss when Bach's vocals would clip, aside from the fact that he looked thoroughly stoned off his ass. LOL! So this MTV one will have to do. Just don't mind the corny MTV UK VJ that introduces Skid Row. LOL!



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