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Before You Break is an original song written, produced and with lyrics by Paul Robert Thomas with music exclusively commercially licensed to Paul from the album More Folk
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Before You Break is available to download at all good download stores as well as on Bandcamp
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You can download the album More Folk at all download stores HERE and on Bandcamp HERE
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The song opens and closes with a deeply relatable feeling—those heavy, exhausting days where simply getting out of bed feels like a battle. It establishes a vulnerability, capturing the exact moment a person reaches the absolute limit of what they can psychologically endure.
The core of the song dives into how society handles this pain. The line “World’s on Prozac” serves as a critique of a culture that opts for quick, chemical fixes to numb discomfort rather than addressing root causes. The repetitive chant “Take off the cap / Break-up Prozac” acts as a literal and metaphorical call to stop masking the pain and face reality, even when it’s uncomfortable.
The song shifts from personal struggle to political defiance in the bridge. It takes a sharp aim at the pharmaceutical industry and corporate elite (“men in ties and jackets”), painting them as forces who exploit human suffering for financial gain, trapping individuals in a cycle of dependency where “their gain will be your loss.”
Amidst the cynicism, there is a brief, yearning desire for genuine hope and healing. The lyrics capture the universal human need to feel like “the world’s a brighter place,” urging the listener to leap into the light rather than staying numb in the dark.
Ultimately, “Before You Break” functions as both a mirror and a protest. It validates the listener’s internal struggles while fiercely challenging the external, profit-driven systems that commodify mental health. It’s a powerful anthem about stripping away the numbing agents of modern society to find authentic resilience.
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Before You Break lyrics
Sometimes you get those days when
You wished you’d stayed in bed
There’s only so much you can take
Before you break
Sometimes you just can’t get rid
Of that pain in your head
There’s only so much you can take
Before you break
All your secrets revealed here
There’s no where left to hide
I’m looking at you real close up
World’s on Prozac
You act like you don’t know what
I’m talking about
I’m looking at you real close up
World’s on Prozac
You don’t like what you hear
It’s not what you want to hear me say
You don’t like what you see
So go on and look the other way
And
Take off the cap
Break-up Prozac
Take off the cap
Break-up Prozac
Sometimes you need to feel that
The world’s a brighter place
And jump forward into the light
Out of the night
Sometimes that’s what it’s there for
It’s always close at hand
So jump forward into the light
Out of the night
Control of the masses
By men in ties and jackets
Growing rich on your pain
Knowing once you start you’ll never be the same
As another one on the heap they toss
Their gain will be your loss
Their gain will be your loss
Sometimes you get those days when
You wished you’d stayed in bed
There’s only so much you can take
Before you break
Sometimes you just can’t get rid
Of that pain in your head
There’s only so much you can take
Before you break
You don’t like what you hear
It’s not what you want to hear me say
You don’t like what you see
So go on and look the other way
And
Take off the cap
Break-up Prozac
Take off the cap
Break-up Prozac
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Paul Robert Thomas PRS No. 497904008 (London)
PRS Tunecode: 032265MC ISWC: T-341.172.099-1
Audiosparx Catalogue ID: 1426770 ISRC: US5UL2655126
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