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Help Me Make It To The Night

from Faces from the Static by Ian Marquis

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Help Me Make It To The Night is a love letter from me to the 1980s. It started out as a bass line and a few snippets of lyrics, and took me more than a year (on and off) to finally put to bed.

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Call you up, are you okay?
I'm already on my way
I hope that I'm not out of line
But I think about you all the time

If you go left when I go right
Well, maybe you can spend the night
I don't mind if you haven't got long
I just want you to listen to this song

'Cause I'm afraid of growing old
Wasted pages and years I've sold
I bite my lip when I can't speak
I turn my head, and I grit my teeth

Cause there's a face that I love
But I don't know what it means
A mouth full of brass tacks and gasoline
But if you get up and shut the light
You know I won't put up a fight

This dance is such a fright
You know I'm not one to fight
I don't care if I'm alright
Just help me make it to the night

Call you up, are you okay?
I'm already on my way
I hope that I'm not out of line
But I think about you all the time

If you go left when I go right
Well, maybe you can spend the night
I don't mind if you haven't got long
I just want you to listen to this song

You've got a face that I love
Oh don't you know what I mean
My heart full of marbles and saccarine
But if you just let me hold you tight
I think I'm gonna be alright

This dance is such a fright
You know I'm not one to fight
I don't care if I'm alright
Just help me make it to the night

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from Faces from the Static, released July 1, 2013
Written, Recorded, and Produced by Ian Marquis

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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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