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This album, for those who are passionate about certain sounds and haven't been living on Mars for the last 7/8 years, represents more than a masterpiece, it is truly a classic. A perfect production but not for that reason "polished" (Devin Townsend), a group of musicians in a state of grace and a handful of thrilling songs usually suffice to produce something truly valuable, but here there is something more, something intangible, immanent.
This record indeed stems from a tragedy, an experience of loss and true pain. Jordan Wodehouse and Daniel Langlois were great friends of the (now former) voice of the band, Jesse Zarkasa, and one evening, while heading to a concert of his previous band, the Compromise, a drunk driver hit them and the party was over. Jordan and Daniel were killed.
This is how "Of Malice and The Magnum Heart" came to be, this is how the Misery Signals were born.
Just reading the titles is enough to understand the nature of the album's lyrics, "Of account of an absence," "The Year Summer Ended in June," "Murder," while listening to this album dozens of times is not enough to be satisfied. On Sputnikmusic.com it says "if you have the cd on repeat it will fade into the first track. Proving that this cd will never end." and it's exactly like that. This CD never ends, it gets inside you.
Not listening to it is as big a crime as the one that made it possible.
.."and I swear I'd give up the whole thing up for you..."...
Tracklist Lyrics and Videos
03 The Year Summer Ended in June (04:25)
This time..... It was our summer.
It was something,no one could take from us!
Sometimes that night,seems so close
Like I,could hold it
You said alright, we'll be fine.
But how could we have known?
Do you remember?
Roll down the window let in night air.
I always thought we'd be together
You said we've never gone this way before
I must not let you die
Your memory survives
Hope that tonight things are fine
As I lay awake
The light cuts the southern sky
And glass stings my lungs
These scars they will always remind me of you
and how you're always with me
Won't you say and be with me tonight?
Don't you know I tried to find those pictures
With no light
I lost them as I lost you
Hoping to see and be with you again
Wishing the best for you my lost friend
To hear you laugh one last time
I hope you know I tried to find those pictures Jordo.
Of us that night in Detroit with the Pressure Point
and I now feel the need to fly
and hide inside your loving arms
I swear I'd give the whole thing up for you.
07 Murder (04:21)
You're breaking all hearts but your own
You suffocate me, I cannot lie
I cannot hide that my heart falls when I see you
You're faking, I start to see
My heart falls when I see you
Open your eyes and see right through
After all this time
Now run with one less by your side
I believe in love
Do you believe in love?
Run with one less by your side
You'll burn this bridge (I hope you die)
Every time (Living that lie)
I thought you meant the words you said
I thought you cared for me
Why can't you see
Why don't you open your eyes?
I'd love to see you die.
Your tears are not going to wash this one away
The whispering of lies
But will you see?
I'd love to see you die
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