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Marlowe's Lament

from Dirt & Water by The HeartSleeves

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This one was written by the band as a whole.. I kind of started it out with inspiration from Raymond Chandler's Phillipe Marlowe... but the real inspiration is Joel's sax solo. I think it's my favorite thing on the album.

-JLN

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Marlowe's Lament
By Jared Lucas Nathanson

The kids got knocked out
after school last night
strange purple stained lips
they died of fright
candid bleak deductions
almond taste
but otherwise plain
Dour little Simon
whose blood remains unchanged

The mixed emotions that come between
the moral life and anything
The boarded doorway
who gave the right
who took away Tomorrow night

Creatures of fashion
they are the same
They take no comfort killing in your name

I don't care why
the channels above
I just care who's caught up in the undertow
I won't complain
about a sentence that's weak
I won't put the pressure on
until you go to speak

hear they all came to see
faces of community
to angry to comprehend
they feel from memory and play pretend...

but I won't change for..
but I won't change for..
but I won't change for..
but I won't change for..
but I won't change for..
but I won't change for..

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from Dirt & Water, released May 18, 2009
Written by: The HeartSleeves
Orchestration: The HeartSleeves
Vocals: Jared Lucas Nathanson
Guitar, Keys, Backing Vocals: Joshua Lee Loomis
Saxophone: Joel Greenlee
Bass: Wayne Flower
Drums: Ariel "R E L" Rejman

Recorded by Doug at "The Den"
Mixed by Joshua Lee Loomis & Jared Lucas Nathanson
Mastered by Josh Loomis

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The Heartsleeves Boston, Massachusetts

Neo Eclectic, Soul Reflected, Sounds From Real Life!

Born in the glory and pageant of the noble working cities of Boise, Cleveland, Schenectady, Boston and Syracuse, "The Heartsleeves" is the voice of the no frills sincerity of real world American life.

We write our songs live, and refine them into a melancholy powder of sweet painful regret and sprinkle it on hearty soul pop. ... more

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