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Cement Brain

by Ruff Majik

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Ruff Majik returns with the low-slung boogie of Cement Brain taken from the band’s forthcoming, defining long-player Elektrik Ram out 28th April 2023 on Mongrel Records. On Cement Brain all requisite ‘Majik boxes are ticked in thick, bold permanent marker - sludgy, distorted riffs, vast landscapes of sonic abandon, dark imagery, tasty sound bites & infinite swathes of biting colour.

As with previous single Elektrik Ram (and album title track), Cement Brain was once again inspired by and written in a mental health facility. Vocalist Johni Holiday had gone in for treatment of severe agoraphobia and a crippling panic disorder, which he self-medicated with alcohol and many other substances. In the window of time that he became well and had a clear head, he penned this number as a plea to his friends and family to never let him slip back into his old ways again.

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Lyrics:
It's all coming back to me slowly
Feels like I saw you yesterday
But it's been a year I'm told
And I must confess
I feel a thousand years older

Please don't let me go
Back again
Don't let me fall off the fucking wagon
Please don't let me go
Back again
Don't let me fall off the fucking wagon

I told you before
all I see is darkness before dawn
And I'm tired
Of all the mistakes I have made and
I swear I tried my best
So please just

Don't let me go back
Back again
Don't let me fall off the fucking wagon
Please don't let me go
Back again
Don't let me fall of the fucking wagon

Oh my head feels like it's full of cement
And I can't keep it above my shoulders
No more

Don't let me go back
Don't let me go back

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released February 24, 2023
Just Music Publishing

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