“The Breaks” by Balancing Act – A Song Feature

 

     The lyrics of “The Breaks” are included at the bottom of this post. The interpretation is open to speculation. We certainly need help on the first verse, but it includes the line “‘Cause you crave me all too much,” so there is a reference to a relationship that has difficulties. Is there a problem with one of both ages? That is the suggestion in the chorus:

Crimson and closure

It’s the right time to give me the love

If we were older

It’s be the right time to give me the love

Oh love

     The “Crimson and closure” is particularly interesting. We had to confirm that it wasn’t “Crimson and Clover,” the title of a 1968 hit by Tommy James and the Shondells. Tommy James confirmed that the phrase is meaningless outside of the song – it is a combination of his favorite color and his favorite flower. Some “experts” interpret the 1968 song as being about infatuation and love, while others say it’s about drugs. Can a parallel disagreement run for “The Breaks," which begins with the statement “Take a sip of the elixir I rise”?
 
      Regardless of all discussions of lyrical meaning, “The Breaks” should be explored. The song resides on the debut album of Balancing Act - Part 1 of “Who’ve You Come As?” The band is based in London and the members are Kai Jon Roberts (vocals), Jackson Couzens (guitar), David Carpenter (bass), and Pat Hanbury (drums).
 
     “The Breaks” by Balancing Act

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Lyrics of “The Breaks” by Balancing Act
Take a sip of the elixir I rise
The teeth they scrape
Suspended from the ceilings higher
Expose the breaks
‘Cause you crave me all too much
And pace round the garden of trust
Expose the breaks
 
Is it not the right time to give it up
In another life
Another love
Pace it to the top then peel it off
On your own
Monochrome
 
Crimson and closure
It’s the right time to give me the love
If we were older
It’s be the right time to give me the love
Oh love
 
Take a sip of the elixir I rise
The teeth still scrape
Suspended from the ceilings higher
Expose the breaks
‘Cause you crave me all too much
And pace around
 
And if it’s not the right time to give it up
In another life
Another love
Pace it to the top then peel it off
On your own
Monochrome
 
Crimson and closure
It’s the right time to give me the love
If we were older
It’d be the right time to give me the love
Oh love
 
Crimson and closure
It’s the right time to give me the love
If we were older
It’d be the right time to give me the love
Oh love