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Another Sidewalk's Bloody Dream (2001)

by Marq DeSouza

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Born Again Then Buried Alive 03:41
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Here we go again, collecting permanent bruises And through the wind, attract the bomb diffusers This merry's-gone down, eclipsed the pretty sounds Born again then buried alive Born again then buried alive The lepers leer as they drag me to the spotlight They clap and cheer my bulimia and frostbite They accept the cross just when all hope is lost Life's river is gin and me I'm a diving drunk Sailed through sin, but now that boat is sunk Live wire sticking out to start the execution They list my flaws, reject my contributions So sick of politics, it's the same old parlor tricks No more cheap words No more singing birds The final trumpet will soon be heard Then it shall wipe away every last tear I'm post apocalyptic now Sunlight scared and drop dead gorgeous too
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Benzedream 03:11
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I'm seeing stars through a salmonella gleam When yesterday moved forward I was cut off at the stream Are you surprised to see me still alive? If I didn't like your honey, I wouldn't have shook your hive Did I forget to remember to forget? I thought that crying would help but all it did was make me wet In the mirror, all I see is rearview eyes Focusing on yesterday trying to rearrange the lies Medicine has come so far, now it's done with laser beams And Benzedream Somebody leave and bring back the olden days I always thought that someday I would go out in a blaze But now I'm here, can't even ride a wave My ministers trying to get me to admit that I've been saved In my spine, I got a bone they call regret I hate guitar, I'd have gone so far if I learned the clarinet I'm getting well, with mother mercy's touch I tried to steal her Buick but I couldn't reach the clutch Everything your mother said was true, does it make you wanna scream? Benzedream
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Personal Questions 04:10
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Please stop asking me these personal questions I got nothing left to say from places down below Please stop asking me these personal questions Disowned this heart long ago If you keep asking me these personal questions Gonna hop a jet plane to South America Throw my baggage in the rain forest Burn everything that I ever saw Gotta keep it hid away Buried deep inside of a rhapsody Gotta keep it hid away Someplace they can never see Sits so bitter in my stomach Lies like poison on my tongue So quit asking me these personal questions Got too much building up without you throwing bones Please stop asking me these personal questions I'll tell you everything that I know
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Only Grown 03:27
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I sinned from the cradle Almost to the grave You prayed at the table Composing concertos on the xylophone Did you build the pyramids? Or did I just paint this world? Inside of my eyelids As we slept on the banks of Sierra Leone I'm missing the limelight Your tenderness brings I realize this dark night My love for you has only grown Angels in chains Forty nights of rain are all the same You didn't have to sympathize with my lies By the weeping willow At the edge of my bed My heads on my pillow Filming a scene in the forbidden zone I needed your blessing To dream it complete But since you've been missing My love for you has only grown

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(FOUR out of 12 songs available here)
to order the entire album go to www.cdbaby.com/cd/marqdesouza2

For the official second album by Solarbaby, the band did not to want simply repeat what worked so well the first time, so a radical re-invention was put into place. Gone are the lo-fi sonics and kitchsy wordplay of their debut. A world weary frustration blankets the words and melodies. Taking full advantage of a full studio set up, the band worked hard to trim the fat of excessive arranging, while maintaining the rough charm inherent in the revealing lyrics. Where the first album featured a one minute track, the closer here clocks in at over ten! Most songs respect the classic styling of the giants of rock. The exception is the first single/video. "Benzedream," a distinct jolt of 70's glam with a trip-hop beat countering that familiar, "(I can't no) Satisfaction," feeling. Here's what A&R at a leading Canadian label had to say after hearing an advance copy of the disc. "The songwriting is terrific. There is a huge Rolling Stones vibe to it. This sounds like it could have been the lost record, in the height of their success. There are many excellent songs on here, hard to choose favorites!" Nominated favorite local debut album in the Georgia Straight Music Awards.

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released January 1, 2001

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Marq DeSouza Vancouver, British Columbia

-A very personal rock album. He also writes from a very moral perspective, which gives his record a strong POV. These songs are not filled with empty thoughts but actually try to say something. (Vancouver Province)

-Inspiration drips from every distorted and bent guitar note, down-but-not-out vocal phrasing, and sneered lyric. (Georgia Straight) ... more

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