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When things get bad, you rescue what you can.

This is a song written to accompany the final episode of "The Ruins of Tropicalia," and as such it's about saving as much of the world as you can; and finding the pieces of yourself worth saving. But it's also about what happens when you return from Tropicalia--or from wherever you've Disappeared--to find that your band is kind of splintered and spread out all over... and realizing that there's still a lot more music inside you all waiting to escape... and knowing you can't let it die... and doing everything you can to get that music out, no matter how far apart you all are... coming together again... feeling the magical tug of creation again... not caring how many people hear it as long as we do... writing and recording eight new songs with a common purpose... and trying to distill everything we have been, what we are, and What We Could Be in this last of these eight songs, for better or worse.

And because that felt a bit too maudlin and a little trite, it's also worth saying that it's a blast to play. And Richard Brautigan was a criminally under-recognized badass.

When things get bad, you rescue what you can.

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When things get bad, you rescue what you can.
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When you've got a little time to kill
You drink your wine, you take your pill
You do what mine disasters do
A lot of good people get lost inside of you

A lot of good people get lost inside of you

No way back home
No way home

When things get bad, you rescue what you can

When you've got a little time to kill
You drink your wine, you take your pill
You do what mine disasters do
A lot of good people...

When things get bad, you rescue what you can

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from Pulled From The Ruins: The Longest EP in the World, released October 24, 2014
Lyrics by Tyler Taylor (Verses adapted from "The Pill Versus the Springhill Mine Disaster," by Richard Brautigan)
Music by The Amends (Drew Weikart, Tyler Taylor, Chris Childress, Shay Byington)
Performed by The Amends

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The Amends Boulder, Colorado

"Holy shit, who are these guys?" -Gas Lantern Media

"A powerful debut (from) a band that promises great things... they've done their homework and honed their chops to the point where they can passionately and convincingly master nearly any permutation of good ol' rock n roll" -Reverb

"Flat out catchy fun... cool music to the max" -I Sing In The Kitchen

"Really fantastic" -Cheap Plastic Tunes ... more

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