Name: Bus Trapped Underground
Duration: P00H03M16S
Description: Released as the A-side of a single in 2016, and chosen as one of the top ten singles of that year by WFMU's Evan "Funk" Davies.

Bus Trapped Underground

by The Modern Airline

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Released as the A-side of a single in 2016, and chosen as one of the top ten singles of that year by WFMU's Evan "Funk" Davies.

lyrics

There's a bus
trapped underground
broken windows eggshell white wrecked rusty brown
and there's a girl
she lives in there
she felt the world change so fast
things crashed down
clouds rolled in
it was the lowest of the lows
a long time ago
and now is now

There's a bus
trapped underground
and everything is broken but the radio
it's tuned to a song
that sings the news
it sounds so good she longs she screams she wishes it was true
that everything she's hearing now
would cancel out the things she felt
the things she'd breathed
the things she'd seen
a long time ago
and now could be now

There's a bus
it's slowing down
the road beneath begins to sag then falls away
but no one's hurt
but they're all annoyed
they're sure to be late getting where they're going great
and now a bus is stuck in a pit
blocking the street and down below
a patch of blue sky hits the eye of the girl in the bus
trapped underground
and now is now

credits

released March 10, 2016
Amy Brown - bass and vocals
Lee Chabowski - vocals and guitar
Margaret Chabowski - synthesizer and vocals
Josh Hunter - guitar
Gary Langol - drums

Produced and Engineered by Gary Langol and Lee Chabowski

Song by Lee Chabowski
Arranged by The Modern Airline

Mixed by Michael Judeh at Dubway Studios, NYC - www.dubway.com

Mastered by Heba Kadry - www.hebakadry.com

Cover photo by Lee Chabowski

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The Modern Airline Brooklyn, New York

Bringing new wave to audiences since 2008, coming to life at Brooklyn's Southpaw, they've continued to perform and record, with WFMU's Evan "Funk" Davies selecting their single "Bus Trapped Underground" as one of the top ten singles of 2016. Since then an ever-growing list of radio DJs continue to spin their jagged tracks, as they inspire crowds live at new clubs like Brooklyn's Mama Tried. ... more

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