The Kill by Thirty Seconds to Mars (written by Jared Leto), arranged and performed live on cello and piano by Brooklyn Duo.
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This song was released back in 2005, and it's been on our list of "songs to cover" for quite some time. It's such a well-written song - if you haven't heard the original, you have to check it out. Also, fun fact: the songwriter and lead singer of Thirty Seconds is Jared Leto! We're so glad we were able to record it finally because we think it sounds sooo good on cello and piano. We hope you agree! Also, we were trying to be cool wearing all black, but then Patrick forgot to put on shoes 🤷. Thanks for watching and see you in two weeks for another cover :)

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Brooklyn Duo:
Marnie Laird, piano
Patrick Laird, cello

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Lyrics:

What if I wanted to break?
Laugh it all off, in your face
What would you do?

What if I fell to the floor?
Couldn't take all this, anymore
What would you do, do, do?

Come, break me down
Bury me, bury me
I am finished with you

What if I wanted to fight?
Beg for the rest of my life
What would you do?

You say you wanted more
What are you waiting for?
I'm not running from you

Come, break me down
Bury me, bury me
I am finished with you

Look in my eyes
You're killing me, killing me
All I wanted was you

I tried to be someone else
But nothing seemed to change
I know now, this is who I really am, inside
Finally found myself fighting for a chance
I know now, this is who I really am

Come, break me down
Bury me, bury me
I am finished with you, you, you

Look in my eyes
You're killing me, killing me
All I wanted was you

Come, break me down
Break me down, break me down

What if I wanted to break?
What if I, what if I, what if I
Bury me, bury me

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Patrick performs exclusively on Pirastro strings (http://www.pirastro.com)

Brooklyn Duo uses Earthworks and Neumann microphones.

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Brooklyn Duo Bio:

Founded in 2014, Brooklyn Duo has quickly established itself as one of today’s most successful classical crossover ensembles. Through its creative arrangements and live video performances, the piano and cello duo has garnered a huge following, with over 600,000 YouTube subscribers, and over 150 million streams annually on platforms such as Spotify and Pandora Radio.

On a whim, the couple arranged and recorded two pop covers and released them on YouTube. Shakira noticed the duo’s cover of her song Empire and promoted it to her 130 million-plus fan base, saying: “We're loving Brooklyn Duo's piano/cello cover of Empire! Great work guys." The boost that resulted from that exposure and the positive response they were getting on YouTube encouraged the couple to continue creating videos.

Since then, Marnie and Patrick have released over 70 videos on their Brooklyn Duo YouTube channel and 7 albums of covers, spanning artists from The Beatles to Metallica to Taylor Swift (who also tweeted about them, saying their cover of her song “Blank Space” sounded "like a song people should walk down the aisle to"). In 2016, the couple started a second YouTube channel, Brooklyn Classical, with the goal of introducing classical music to a larger audience. With this new channel, Marnie and Patrick aim to showcase high quality, live performances of classical music. Brooklyn Classical often hosts high-profile guest artists, including the world-renowned Dover and Escher string quartets and percussionist Ivan Trevino.

In 2017, Marnie and Patrick partnered with Carnegie Hall and Ensemble Connect, a collective of some of the best young musicians in the U.S., to produce a cover of a-ha’s “Take On Me”. The video went viral and garnered millions of views in just a few months. Popular classical music stations Classic FM and WQXR regularly share Brooklyn Duo’s music on their social media pages, with Classic FM calling the duo “masters of the artfully planned pop cover.” One of their covers was also recently featured in an episode of ABC’s Grey’s Anatomy.

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