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I wrote Candy in my head after a long walk in the cold winter air. When I returned to my apartment, the arrangement came very easily. Like Break, it took me more than a year to get around to adding vocals. Along with Such a Mess, Candy is one of the heaviest songs on the album. Lyrically, it's about seduction and evil.

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Lies, you're my
Pride and joy, dear
I'm gonna make you cry
Take away everything
Give me some time
I'm gonna make you sing

Come on
You know you want it
So let's go

Don't you listen to him
I've got everything you need

Little boys want candy
Little girls just wanna bleed

He'll tell you lies
Cause he ain't got
The things you need
Just take my hand, my darling
I'm gonna make you fly

That kind of purity
Is not the stuff
Of which you dream
So come with me, dear
I'm gonna make you scream

Don't you listen to him
I've got everything you need

Take the worthless
Take the greedy
Take the children
Take the needy

Take the people
Sight unseen
Pick the bodies
Pick them clean

It's no surprise, my dear
He told you you'd be there

Why do you cry, my dear?
You know how much I care

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from The Solomon Project, released April 15, 2009
Created entirely 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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