Pavement - Stop Breathin Lyrics

love love love pavement and love love love this.....

Weeper are mega stars because the world was not ready for pavement.

outro impossible here without Slint's work. S'all over it

Never ever will get old!

Greta Thunberg brought me here.

DAD THEY BROKE ME

Dad, they broke me

this fricking band and this song has gotten me through so many tough times! Hats off to the last psycho/psychedelia nor cal band!

Psychodelic that's how I describe the Butthole Surfers.

Right around 2:17 its like Sigur Ros' Olsen Olsen

Was so fun seeing this live. Saw them at Annie's in Cincinnati. And across the river at southgate house in Newport KY. Excellent!!!

Too good

best album: WESTING

“Got struck by the first volley of the war” always makes me laugh lol

Song is so beautiful

The way he sings is so unique, and he sounds kinda hurt here... I fucking love Pavement and crooked rain, crooked rain is easily one of the best records of the 90’s

this song potencialize all the sadness that surrounds my thoughts throughout the day

Morceau culte

Its impossible to explain how important this band was, just write it on a postcard and send it to daavid.

No words

That outro is one of the best things I ever heard. It starts off sad, goes to sinister, then quirky, then unsure, then hopeful, then a bit of optimism, then hopeless...then madness!

ClarkyGuitar fuck yes man, I was just thinking that....then looked at my pad and saw 2nd comment. Haha then I tried to think of my fave pavement song, and gave up quick!

tennis dad blues

cool this like chillest rodeo song ever. stop reeling start breeding. ridin', done a poster. dad, need rope please.
such good lyric. if you wonder this is true rodeo

Wowie zowie is a great album just like crooked rain

Write it on a postcard
Dad, they broke me.
Dad, they broke me.
THE POETRY.

Fuck this song kills me

This song is about living in a place far away from the people you love, where all the wrong things matter and no one stands up for anything decent and meaningful and true. Living in this place is slowly destroying your soul, but for whatever reason you can't leave, so you sit down and write a letter to your dad.

cuz also you ridin rodeo. that obvious thogh i guess

what is this song about

I always think of this song as being about someone in a controlling relationship. "Stop breathing, breathing for me now"

I'm hearing lots of Can's "Sing Swan Song" in the ending instrumental portion

yeah SM has admitted the ending was partially lifted from that song

Malkmus played the entire album Ege Bamyasi live once, so, not surprising.

@Taco Bell Valet No wonder I love these guys so much. Can is one those absolutely brilliant bands that influenced Everybody but hardly anyone realizes it..the musicians musicians musicians.

me and 2 of my m8s wanna start a pavement cover band...cant find another willing guitarist tough, not enough pavement fans out there

My friend had one. It was called Acrylic. Long time ago....

back in the days before music is giving us brain damage

this song is seiously like crack to me right now, can't get enough. so much power for such a chill song. amazing🍻

"chill" ??

Yeah that's what I said, not sure what music you usually listen to but this is definitely on the chill side of my mix

For some reason, this song reminds me of All Quiet on the Western Front.

Movie? Book? Or both?

+laurennicole04 I have actually only read the book. The part that this reminds me of the most is in chapter 4 when Paul hides under the coffin during the bombardment. I don't know why the song made me remember it though.

+Will Robichaud I can see where you're coming from. I definitely get the same vibes you do.

this song will be played at my funeral

you diehard rodeo huh me too

And at my bankruptcy hearing

I Love the chorus to this song so much. Feels like the vocal is one step out of beat with the instrumentals. 
GOOD

Pavement was so ahead of its time, but the best part was that they had no clue. Pure magic.

chriscony, I like the Jicks, but no way they're better than Pavement. even Stephen couldn't repeat the formula, in fact, I think Spiral had a lot to do to Pavement songs (at least the ones with the Proco Rat thing goin on), and Steve used to use more alternative tunings too back in Pavement

Out of Reaches, Brain Gallop, Church on White, Planetary Motion, Freeze the Saints, Do Not Feed the Oyster. For example. But obviously it is a matter of taste. Pavement was then. The Jicks are now.

R.Aguiar Yeah, I feel like Stephen is pulling a Rodger Waters in saying he only wants to play with the band every 10 years or so. I like his stuff with the Jicks but the music was better with Pavement and if he doesn't know that, he is in denial.

considering how this song is based on can's "sing swan song" which came out in 1972, i think credit oughta go to them lol

outro kinda reminds me of storm by godspeed in a way

Titanic stoned simplicity.

@nasslovesyou kim deal

@fffffcccckkkk no.

@fffffcccckkkk thumbs up if you saw this live at the time it was current

Stuie1973 sounds like an amazing time I'm 16 rn and this music feels great

Stuie1973 born in the wrong time haha

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This is how I feel while listening to this song

@nothingsafe84 guys always leave.

he shared it with me in august...and I have only listened to it now.............I miss him.....

@nasslovesyou a lovely guy shared this with me...I wonder where is he....

one person still breathing

Jesus Cristo two

Who was the bastard that unliked this video?

The Great Anti Music Satanic Monster Moloch Thing

@ilovesteves there is always one smart arse!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! lol

saw them at brixton o2 on monday 10th 2010!!!!! they finished with this song! quality

Yeah. Just yeah.

Top 5 song of the 90's