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Thursday, December 07, 2006

Mystery Song - Lost Bowie?

Here's a musical challenge.

This has been bugging me for a while now.
I downloaded this song over four years ago. It was labeled "jobriath-bowie (unreleased album, 2000). I heard it, thought it was great, but also thought something wasn't quite right with the track label. I did some comparisons, and some research, and i'm pretty certain it's neither Jobriath or David Bowie, thought it does sound a bit like Bowie (and also a bit like lots of other folks, Scott Walker maybe).

It seems to've been produced in the last 6 or 8 years from the sampled sounds used, and i suppose it could've been produced out of someone's bedroom, though to me it sounds a bit too polished.


http://media.putfile.com/mystery-song-13

SO...does anyone out there have any idea what this mystery song might be?

know that every few months i've tried googling bits of lyrics from the song- so far all have come up with zero search returns. below are the lyrics as best as i can make out:


blacked out by the time you had arrived
drifting on a sea without a tide
and no one is persuaded there to drown
behind the veil of colourless clouds

its only life i tell you
maybe tomorrow
its only (h)ours to break through
you've stolen a shadow

you're robbing me to hold on for the ride
i've watched all the sweetness slowly die
and the scumbags still walk off with the prize
you scoff it off but you always wonder why

oh its just life
nobody knew - from glitter to sorrow
its always (h)ours to break through
you've stolen a shadow

catching all the roses as best you can
when every mothers joe says he's your man
and past all the glass towers your stroll
from the valley back to new york its all been sold

its only life,
i told you - the smiles (and the)* sorrow *(in with?)
its only (h)ours to break through
you've stolen a shadow

is there still time to tell you?
maybe tomorrow
its only (h)ours to break through
stolen a shadow

who is your pride?
no one knew
glitter and sorrow
its only hours to break through
its only hours to break on through
its always ours to break it through


...and that's it. please...help. or soon i will be driven insane.


UPDATE! Friday, July 20th, 2007: MYSTERY SOLVED! :
http://www.balconymusic.com/ (this song is from the newer album.)

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=75190783

Thanks to Paul for writing in :up:

update to the update December-01-07:
just in case anyone is planning on it- i ordered the albums from the Balcony site a few months ago but never received the albums.