Name: Desdemona
Duration: P00H03M53S
Description: One of those "relationships on the rocks" songs, "Desdemona" finds songwriter Luke Sneyd exploring the push and pull of long-term commitment for a couple teetering on the brink.

Desdemona

from We Haven't Been Properly Introduced by Charge of the Light Brigade

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One of those "relationships on the rocks" songs, "Desdemona" finds songwriter Luke Sneyd exploring the push and pull of long-term commitment for a couple teetering on the brink.

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Take me out on a razor blade
In your eyes a knife-edge flashing, so betrayed
You oughtta know love comes and goes
Like a river flows and dies
Is this endless or just today?

Desdemona, you know you broke my heart
Desdemona, or did I start the war?
Desdemona, it's only love that brings us down

There was a girl in the falling rain
There was a boy without a name
They found each other and swore it all would change
And now we know it's all for show
As the stage-lights fade we're standing stock-still
So afraid
We could end this, or start again, again

Desdemona, you know you broke my heart
Desdemona, or did I start the war?
Desdemona, it's only love that brings us down

Just one chance, just one chance
Just one chance, just one chance

Is this endless?
Desdemona, you know you broke my heart
Desdemona, or did I start the war?
Desdemona, it's only love that brings us down

credits

from We Haven't Been Properly Introduced, released June 14, 2010
Luke Sneyd: Vocals, guitars - Zack Mykula: Drums, vocals
Marc Koecher: Keys, bass, guitars
Produced and mixed by Marc Koecher at MK Soundworks, Toronto. Mastered by Tim Branton at Joao Carvalho Mastering.
©2010 All right reserved. A Mannequin Phono release.
www.cotlb.com

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Charge of the Light Brigade Toronto, Ontario

Melodic, expansive and driving, Charge is Luke Sneyd, Jason Eagan, Owen Tennyson and Marc Koecher. We've been getting great notices at home and abroad. Like "Canada's next indie rock sensation" says Lithium Magazine. Our eclectic powerpop has been featured by Consequence of Sound, ExploreMusic and more. Also, we're really bad at chess. ... more

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