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Venus Aphasia

from Faces from the Static by Ian Marquis

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This is the heavy, chugging song I've wanted to write for years. It was one of the initial tracks that set the tone for this album, before I was certain what it was going to sound like. The working title for Venus Aphasia was "I Don't Remember (I Can't Forget).

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Venus carved from a block of stone
With a hammer hand, this shattered bone
Vision so plutonic, made you wrong it
Seems unfair to moan about

The coarse inclusions in your skin
You know I don't believe in sin
She said "We're made to die alone,
A hammer on my bone"

Raise your hand like it's out of style
Kinda stings but you make me smile
I can't breathe and my skin's gone white
But hit me again, this could take all night

Venus down in a pit of stone
With a hammer hole through every bone
Choices so neurotic, shards did not fit
Seems obscene to pick apart

The splinters perforate your skin
I know I don't believe in sin
You think you're made to die alone
A hammer on my bone

Raise your hand like it's out of style
It kinda stings but you make me smile
I can't breathe and my skin's gone white
But hit me again, this could take all 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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