The Man Forgotten
by Ian Marquis
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Thick as Thieves
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Only in Your Dreams
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Crystal Clear
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Daedalus Heard
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Melody
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Pretend
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Spark
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Recursive
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Poster Child
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Indecent
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Anarchy or Something
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Tomorrow
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about
After recording The Shivers, I fell into a rut. Ever since I wrapped up my first album, The Solomon Project, I've had unfinished demo tracks dragging along behind me. The pile only got bigger with each passing year. It was beginning to limit me; I'd always return to these older songs and try to work on them, unable to record much of anything new. But then, something happened. I guess I took a leap as a singer and abandoned a lot of the low, gravely, disaffected style I'd grown comfortable with. I started writing more adventurous arrangements, and working with harmony. I recorded a ton of new songs, and reworked a couple of tracks from The Shivers that I was never really happy with. The result is what I consider my true debut album - The Man Forgotten.
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released 07 August 2011
All by Ian Marquis
All by Ian Marquis
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I never thought I would actually play guitar. Then, when I finally picked it up and became decent, I never thought I'd ... more record. As I got better at recording, I knew I would never sing. Now that I'm doing all those things, I don't know where I'm headed. Regardless, music is my outlet. I hope you enjoy it. less
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Aug 2011 -
Sep 2010 -
Sep 2010 -
Apr 2009 -
Jan 2007
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- Track Name: Thick as Thieves
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I'm
Oh so shy
You won't find me, but
For
Me you'll die
Yes, you will, and well
I'll
Burn for you
If you ask me, but
You
Can't let go
I won't let you
I am the one
Who makes you fear
Just open your pockets
And pay with your tears
Who needs the birds?
To hell with the bees
Blood and oil
Thick as thieves
I
Help you grow
Feed your cities, and
You
Trust me so
With your babies, oh
For
You I'll fight
If you let me
I
Am your right
Come and get me
I am the one
Who makes you fear
Just open your pockets
And pay with your tears
Who needs the birds?
To hell with the bees
Blood and oil
Thick as thieves
I am the hand
That built all you see
Shattered by
Artillery
You push and you pull
But all around me
Are broken dreams
And apathy - Track Name: Only in Your Dreams
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I'm okay
Silver sparks and disarray
This twisted metamorphic clay
Thirty miles and still no way
Oh, but I'm okay - Track Name: Girl's Got Altitude (Little Bit Higher)
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Twenty odd years I was stuck in a daze
Pulling on fixtures to get through this maze
Changed all my numbers and grew out my hair
I couldn't escape, I was already there
Well I lost my way; she said "that's okay"
The future don't matter outside of today
She said "don't look down, don't you make a sound"
Don't look down 'til we're back on the ground
Don't look down, don't you make a sound
Don't look down, baby, don't look down
This morning I woke and I couldn't see my face
I tore up my memories, did not leave a trace
I'm stuck with these numbers and losing my hair
There's just no escape when you're already there
She says "it's okay, don't we all lose our way?"
The future don't matter outside of today
She said "don't look down, don't you make a sound"
Don't look down 'til we're back on the ground
Don't look down, don't you make a sound
Don't look down, baby, don't look down - Track Name: Going Down (Little Bit Deeper)
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Every day it stings
Left me with these broken wings
We don't sing
We're just livid
Circumstance it thrums
Cholera inside me runs
It ain't fun
But we're livin'
Forgive me
But I'm not the one
That you said I'd be
This ain't what I bargained for
Forgive me
But you're not the one
That I thought you'd be
What's behind that door?
Lover, don't you know?
You turn your back, these things still grow
In the house
Where we're livin'
Circumstance it thrums
Mumbled up inside these lungs
Ain't that how
We're all livin'?
Forgive me
But I'm not the one
That you said I'd be
This ain't what I bargained for
Forgive me
But you're not the one
That I thought you'd be
What's behind that door? - Track Name: Crystal Clear
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Plug me in
The world, my friend
You can't escape it
Can't burn the papers
It's crystal clear
What's happening here
And they'll all know
We stole the show
But every day
We've had to pay
The lines are growing
Disquiet showing
Don't wanna play
This game no more
We've found something
Worth fighting for
A normal man may live in fear
Of the words that make us disappear
Another day, we'll still be here
You can't erase our world with fear
Fooled again
They've locked us in
You can't escape it
I've read the papers
It's crystal clear
What happened here
The world will know
Support will grow
But every day
We've had to pay
The lines are growing
Disquiet showing
Don't wanna play
This game no more
We've found something
Worth fighting for
A normal man may live in fear
Of the words that make us disappear
Another day, we'll be right here
You can't erase our world with fear
A normal man may live in fear
Of the ones who wish we'd disappear
Another day, we're all still here
You can't make our world disappear - Track Name: Daedalus Heard
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Woke up to find the sun was gone
Not a glimmer in the steel-gray sky
I went out searching for a song
I woke up wishing I could fly
Oh, can you hear me now?
I'm getting warmer as I go
I pulled myself upon the clouds
My body wasting all the while
I don't remember where I'm from
I woke up thinking of your smile
Oh, can you hear me now?
I'm getting warmer as I go
Oh, can you see me now?
I'll make it someday, oh, I know - Track Name: Melody
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All of my life
I've been thinkin' bout how
Wrong it is to be
Infatuated
With acquisition
And base autonomy
We're half underground
Our tapes all rewound
I wish I weren't so small
A hole in the box
Where I'd hope I would find
The meaning of it all
We could have a melody
To shake the world
onto it's knees
But all we've gotten
In this life
Are paper plastic trees
Every night I
Lie awake just
Grounded on the sand
Encapsulated
In these words
I've written with my hand
Doors open, I'm out
Not even a shout
To recognize my fall
Monopoly consumes my mind
And I don't care at all
We could have a melody
To shake the world
onto it's knees
But all we've gotten
In this life
Are paper plastic trees - Track Name: Pretend
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The windows and shades are all drawn down
Your garden is growing cold
My mind is all fury, so paper thin
I try to pretend, oh can't we pretend?
Lock the doors
Don't you let them inside
Curtains shut out the day
Lock the doors
This is our place to hide
We're just wasting away
I buried my plans out behind the well
Remember your promise to me
We can't let them catch us, you know I won't tell
Once more, let's pretend, oh can't we pretend?
Lock the doors
Don't you let them inside
Curtains shut out the day
Lock the doors
This is our place to hide
We're just wasting away
Oh can't we pretend? - Track Name: Spark
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I give
And I live
My life
Laying on my back
She says
Oh, she says
My love
These words begin to crack
But I've got my arms around her
This peace is so elusive
We move, we breathe, and we fall
I say
And I pray
That I
Am bigger than a space
But I know
Lord, I know
That we
Will never leave this place
But I've got so much inside me
Nothing will satisfy me
I move, I breathe, and I fall
I live to breathe
I live to play
And I live I see
Another day - Track Name: Recursive
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All in my imagination
No ground beneath my feet
Illusory people greet me
I pass them on the street
Effervescent ozone
Hangs like perfume in the air
A hand stretched out in greeting
But I know it isn't really there
Voices in the ether
All skin and bones
And I just don't care
I ain't my brother's keeper
The price we pay
It just ain't fair
Await this retribution
Cause What I've got is scarce and lean
Our lips around pollution
You fear a price you just ain't seen
My hands upon the altar
Oh, can you hear? Or should I scream?
Afraid your step will falter
Is it the end or is this just a dream?
Voices in the ether
All skin and bones
And I just don't care
I ain't my brother's keeper
The price we pay
It just ain't fair - Track Name: Poster Child
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Salutations are in order
That much is so clear
Your heart is bigger than the rest
So won't you tell me, dear
What's your name, your number?
We know how much you care
A thousands mouths, as many fingers
Tugging at your hair
Spit out
Chew in
Molar bites
Through thick and thin, yeah
You give, and you gave
Sold yourself
Somebody's slave, oh
Spit out
Suck in
Everybody loves a grin, yeah
You give
You gave
The very thing you meant to save
I know your hands are weary
There's so much more to do
There are so many people
Who are far worse off than you
Please stay another hour
Or just another dime
A thousands mouths, as many fingers
Don't you have the time?
Spit out
Chew in
Molar bites
Through thick and thin, yeah
You give, and you gave
Sold yourself
Somebody's slave, oh
Spit out
Suck in
Everybody loves a grin, yeah
You give
You gave
The very thing you meant to save
Just another dime - Track Name: I'm What I Want You to Hear
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There's blood in the stones
Everyone's gotta squeeze
Thirty years in the salt mines
And scabs on your knees
Don't you know it's a game?
Everything tastes the same
And the moths in your wallet
Are always to blame
So you packed up your suitcase
And wasted away
Drank your six dollar coffee
And called it a day
All these boxes and speakers
Are buzzing like flies
And you just want to sleep
But you can't close your eyes
I
Don't want to be famous
Just want you to play this
Oh lemme whisper in your ear
I
Just want you to play me
But this ain't a game, see
I'm what I want you to hear
I've got magic to sell
(Magic sends you to hell)
Don't you want to escape
(There's a pill you can take)
I've got magic to sell
(Magic sends you to hell)
Don't you want to escape
(There's a pill you can take)
Don't you know it's a game?
Everything tastes the same
And the moths in your wallet
Are always to blame
All these boxes and speakers
Are buzzing like flies
And you just want to sleep
But you can't close your eyes - Track Name: Indecent
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I'm so weary
Wasting promise
In my bed
Knuckled eyes
Rather curl up
Here instead
I can't speak
But I'll whisper
Through the crack
Memories
Maybe someday
I'll come back
Don't you know
These silhouettes
Are in my head?
Can't you see
Baby, oh
I'm already dead?
These things
I don't laugh
When I talk to you
I'm so weary
Wasting promise
In my head
Knuckled eyes
Baby, oh
I'm already dead
I can't speak
But I'll whisper
Through the crack
Memories
Maybe someday
I'll come back
Don't you know
Maybe someday
I'll come back
Can't you see
Baby someday
I'll come back - Track Name: Anarchy or Something
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Hey
Give me a place to live
Give me a place to breathe
Give me a place to breathe
I
I am a skinny man
I have a weightless hand
I try to understand
Give me anarchy
Just give me something
Won't
You give me substance now
Oh give me substance now
I won't be ignored
Won't
You give me substance now
Oh give me substance now
I won't be ignored
Give me anarchy
Just give me
Something to live
Something to breathe
Something that I can be assured of
Something to feel
Something to see
Something that I can be proud of - Track Name: Tomorrow
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I thought that if I told you
How hard I tried,
you'd think I was sincere
Solitude is hard to handle
When you never whisper in my ear
Is there something that's wrong with me?
Is there a hand that holds me to the stone?
I've found that I can't hear you
And I'm afraid to find myself alone
Will I remember
Will I remember you
Tomorrow?
Will I remember
Will I remember you
Tomorrow?
I tried to understand you
But I guess I never felt that way
And all the things I told you
They never really mattered anyway
But is there something wrong with me?
Am I the one who's fallen off the road?
This isn't any easier
Oh, don't you know
We all support that load?
Will I remember
Will I remember you
Tomorrow?
Will I remember
Will I remember you
Tomorrow?
Will I remember
Will I remember you
Tomorrow?
Will I remember
Will I remember you
Tomorrow?
