With their fractured songs, unexpected blasts of feedback, laconic vocals, cryptic literate lyrics, and defiant low-fidelity, Pavement were one of the most influential and distinctive bands to emerge from the American underground in the '90s. Pavement, along with Sebadoh, were the leaders of the lo-fi movement that dominated U.S. indie rock in the early '90s. Initially conceived as a studio project between guitarists/vocalists Stephen Malkmusand Scott Kannberg in the '80s, Pavement gradually became a band during the early '90s. Along the way, their initial EPs and debut album, 1992's Slanted & Enchanted, earned a devoted following of musicians, indie fans, and critics.
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Stop Breathin’ Lyrics

Pavement

Got struck by the first volley
Of the war in the corps
Never held my service
Send em a wire, give em my best
This ammunition never rests
No one serves coffee, no one wakes up
Stop breathin
Stop breathin
Breathin for me now
Write it on a postcard:
Dad they broke me.
Dad they broke me.
[repeat]
I can see the lines open shutters
And the leaves flocked on a grid
Thats what they made my hero say
But nothing gets me off so completely
But when you put it down
Ten feet down in the ground
Call and response in the negative home
Stop breathin
Stop breathin
Breathin for me now
Write it on a postcard:
Dad they broke me.
Dad they broke me.
[repeat]