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The Man Forgotten

by Ian Marquis

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1.
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
2.
I'm okay Silver sparks and disarray This twisted metamorphic clay Thirty miles and still no way Oh, but I'm okay
3.
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
4.
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?
5.
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
6.
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
7.
Melody 03:02
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
8.
Pretend 02:43
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?
9.
Spark 03:30
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
10.
Recursive 03:18
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
11.
Poster Child 03:08
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
12.
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
13.
Indecent 03:07
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
14.
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
15.
Tomorrow 02:57
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?
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I woke up and you stole my story All the guns but I've got no glory Fever dream and my bones start shakin' Memories are the pills I'm takin' I white-knight but my heart is so black Breadcrumbs but I know I can't go back I've got my sights in the rearview mirror Now I see clearer And I want something more than this Oh, but baby I'm a sinner You tell me I'm a sinner I don't even know what time it is It was a dream, but my body's wakin' I had the spins from the chems you're makin' This ain't a war - it's a revolution Pheromones, nothing but pollution I white-knight but my heart is so black Breadcrumbs but I know I can't go back Eighty-eight and I'm drawing nearer And I want something more than this Oh, but baby I'm a sinner You tell me I'm a sinner I don't even know what time it is And I want to believe

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 August 7, 2011

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Ian Marquis Portland, Maine

My songs are tiny ecosystems: self-sustaining, self-contained, intricate, and densely layered. I'm captivated by found sound and immaculate production. I sample my own work. I chop up my guitars and create arrangements I could never have played. I treat my voice like an instrument, pushing and pulling it in otherworldly directions. I polish each track until, sonically, it feels like it sparkles. ... more

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