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I really threw it all in on this one: rock, synths, vocal doubling, vocoder bits, hard-hitting drums - the works.

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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

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from The Man Forgotten, released August 7, 2011
All 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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