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The Grand Station – Oversize the Oversized

Oversize the Oversized är The Grand Stations stora skattkista – en samlingsplatta som samlar upp allt det där som annars riskerar att gå förlorat i tidens brus. Här finns demos, alternativa mixar, outtakes och experimentella tagningar från bandets olika perioder, sånt som ofta bara bandmedlemmar och de närmast sörjande fått höra tidigare.

Det är en resa genom bandets historia bakom kulisserna: de första trevande versionerna av låtar som senare blev fanfavoriter, råa liveinspelningar med all sin energi och oförutsägbarhet, samt udda experiment som visar på bandets kreativitet när studion förvandlades till lekplats.

Titeln Oversize the Oversized är en blinkning till att allt fått plats – här är det maxat, storslaget och kompromisslöst. Skivan ger både en dokumentär känsla för trogna fans och nya ingångar för den som vill upptäcka The Grand Station från ett annat håll.

Detta är inte den polerade studioversionen av bandet – det här är de råa kanterna, de lyckade olyckorna och de ögonblick som skapade bandets identitet.

Time [Video Version]

SS, Mitch Brody, Marc, Matt Kaprelian

You talk like you've been through hell
I was born into it
While you were learning to throw your first punch
I was learning to smile through the first insult
While you were bragging about the scars you chose
I was collecting the ones I did not
I've been told to sit pretty, to shut up
To take a joke when there wasn't one

I've learned to read the room before I speak
To swallow rage so deep
You wear your toughness like a jacket
I had mine sewn into my skin
So no
You're not tougher than me
Because baby, you've never had to be

I've been talked over
I've been looked through
I've walked home with my keys in my fist
Praying the footsteps behind me kept their distance

I've learned to read the room before I speak
I swallow rage so deep
You wear your toughness like a jacket
I had mine sewn into my skin
So no
You're not tougher than me
Because baby, you've never had to be

You think you're tough cause you've fought men
I've fought the way men look at me
The way they talk to me
The way the world keeps telling me
I'm smaller, and expecting me to prove otherwise
Without ever breaking stride
I don't need to tell you
I'm tougher than you
Because you've never had to
Survive me

I've learned to read the room before I speak
I swallow rage so deep
You wear your toughness like a jacket
I had mine sewn into my skin
So no
You're not tougher than me
Because you have never had to be

© Stephanie Gilliard

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