Name: Lowered
Duration: 3 min 16 s
Channel: Dan Sheehan, Jeff Nealon, Joe Smith
Description: A fairly heavy song about angst and how to deal with it.

Lowered

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A fairly heavy song about angst and how to deal with it.

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BANTER

BANTER is a band which combines modern and classic rock sounds in most refreshing ways.

Banter rocked the clubs and airwaves of the Northeast United States from 1996-2004 with a catalog of songs infusing everything from folk and punk and Arabian drones into a unique brand of rock that defies classification (OK, fine, call them alt rock if you must). Their lyrics range from musical paintings of places that have affected their lives (and ours), as found in songs like "The Fort," "Springtime in February" and "Three Weeks," to themes of angst and paranoia as tackled in "Lowered" and "Farewell." Their CDs, which include the highly acclaimed EP and their full-length album , brought the group international attention with reviews in places as remote as Bryansk, Russia and chart success in France. BANTER has performed throughout the Northeast United States from New York to New Hampshire and has championed the New England media from magazines to TV.

Song Info

Genre

Alternative • Grunge

Charts

Peak #258

Peak in subgenre #16

Author

Dan Sheehan, Jeff Nealon, Joe Smith

Rights

2002 Daniel Sheehan

Uploaded

November 21, 2002

Track Files

MP3

MP3 3.0 MB • 128 kbps • 3:16

Story behind the song

This is the only Banter song to feature lyrics by our old bassist, Jeff Nealon.  The music came about very spontaneously while we were jamming as a band, and Jeff started writing lyrics which ended up being the first few lines of the song.  Dan came in and finished them off, throwing a little hope into the second verse, and we had one of our most instant songs

Lyrics

Eyes lowered to the pavement 
While my mind drums out the pace 
I don't know where I'm going to 
And I really don't seem to care 
With shoulders low and eyes aglow 
Some stranger bumps into me 
As I look back to visually attack 
My latest enemy 

All the dreamers have been stoned 
Should have just left well enough alone 
As you re-trace the road to your regret 
Do forgive but don't forget 

Eyes cast on the horizon 
Where decisions and destiny meet 
Trying to shake the feeling 
That it's all in someone else's hands 
The ecstacy awaiting me 
Can't evade me for too long 
Trying to carve a future 
That's been mapped out all along 

All the dreamers have been stoned 
Should have just left well enough alone 
Concentration seems so hard to find 
When you don't have peace of mind

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