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Checking Out (Don't Need A Reason)

by Zak Younger Banks

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Wake me when it's better
"But it's better than it's ever been"
I think you won me over, somehow
While the streets were burning
There was something lost between the lines
It's heavy when I'm sleeping
And I'm stalling 'cause I'm checking out
I don't need a reason do I?
There is no argument, you serious?
There's nothing between us
Would you look at the sky?
Don't need a reason do I?


You paint it black and white and red and wonder where is your God?
After you've torn his world in half
You've got one second left before it burns
You'd use it, but the only thing
Left in your lungs
Are the words
That you've said
Since the start
Not enough

You know it's not enough, you're terrified
You're only a dog, on the road
When the cars are gone there's nowhere to go
'Cause we can chase and we can never do more
We can choose, or we can never be more

Loving is illicit come and live it
In the land of the free
In the wild, wild west
Where you get nothing for free
I'm going underground
The only place people can be
Don't need a reason do I?

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released August 6, 2021

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Zak Younger Banks Glasgow, UK

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Newcastle’s alt-folk singer-songwriter Zak Younger Banks combines emotionally raw vocals, poetic lyrics and alternative/electronic influences to create original and distinctive songs, drawing comparison to James Blake, Bon Iver and Leonard Cohen ... more

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