This song was originally written by a guy called Peter Gutteridge. He was one of the founders of the "Dunedin Sound" a musical scene in the south of New Zealand in the early 80s. From there it was covered by "The Clean" one of the early bands of that scene (he had originally been a member of in it's early days, writing a couple of their best early songs). The Dunedin sound, and the Clean became popular on american college radio in the mid to late 80s. I guess Yo La Tengo heard that version.
Great version of a great song,
When I came here there was more
Now I've come back to destroy
And I've got nothing left
And it's a shame what we've become
When we hurt the ones we love
And it's a place I cannot go...
Anymore
When we collide we lose ourselves
When we collide we break in two
And as we push and we shove
And we hurt the ones we love
It's a hard mistake
When we collide
We break
When the cold comes crashing down
And the fight lost what it's about
I could tell that you'd left
And it's a shame what we've become
When we hurt the ones we love
And it's a place I cannot go...
Anymore
When we collide we lose ourselves
When we collide we break in two
And as we push and we shove
And we hurt the ones we love
It's a hard mistake
When we collide
When we collide
It's a hard mistake
When we collide
It's a mistake
When we collide we lose ourselves
When we collide we break in two
And as we push and we shove
And we hurt the ones we love
It's a hard mistake
When we collide
When we collide
It's a hard mistake
When we collide
We break
We break
Now I've come back to destroy
And I've got nothing left
And it's a shame what we've become
When we hurt the ones we love
And it's a place I cannot go...
Anymore
When we collide we lose ourselves
When we collide we break in two
And as we push and we shove
And we hurt the ones we love
It's a hard mistake
When we collide
We break
When the cold comes crashing down
And the fight lost what it's about
I could tell that you'd left
And it's a shame what we've become
When we hurt the ones we love
And it's a place I cannot go...
Anymore
When we collide we lose ourselves
When we collide we break in two
And as we push and we shove
And we hurt the ones we love
It's a hard mistake
When we collide
When we collide
It's a hard mistake
When we collide
It's a mistake
When we collide we lose ourselves
When we collide we break in two
And as we push and we shove
And we hurt the ones we love
It's a hard mistake
When we collide
When we collide
It's a hard mistake
When we collide
We break
We break
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"It's a harrrd mistake" sounds a bit like something from BSB, but otherwise, this song is awesome. pretty self explanatory