The Basement Song

from Life Underneath (2010) by The Young Leaves

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Started off in the depths of a basement
Couple of guitars, oh we'd play them
I'd write a line or two about Carolyn
Hope that she would hear them but in fear that she would hate them

Oh they were never really good
And this I know for sure
Oh they were never really good
And this I know

Went a year without leaving the basement
Thought she would come to me, I kept waiting
I left a hundred songs in that basement
By believing she was in her room with them playing

Oh they were never really good
And this I know for sure
Oh they were never really good
And this I know for sure

Started off in the depths of a basement
Felt like we'd go far, like we'd make it
A couple years and I'm still in a basement
And I can almost hear the sounds of us wasting

Oh they were never really good
And this I know for sure
Oh they were never really good
And this I know for sure

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from Life Underneath (2010), released August 6, 2010

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Formed in 2006, The Young Leaves are a 3-piece indie rock band from Holliston, MA. Taking influence from bands such as Dinosaur Jr., Archers of Loaf, and Husker Du, The Young Leaves play loud, fast, and powerful sludge-pop that will make you think you traveled back in time to 1994. ... more

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