Name: Mysterious Man
Duration: P00H05M06S
Description: I didn't write mysterious man. It landed on my nose while I was standing in my kitchen and wouldn't leave until I sat at the piano to scratch the itch. The song was composed in about an hour (ending included), but second verse lyrics weren't completed until the morning we were to record them in the studio. High-five.

Mysterious Man

from Patterns - EP by Jonathan Byron Belanger

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I didn't write mysterious man. It landed on my nose while I was standing in my kitchen and wouldn't leave until I sat at the piano to scratch the itch. The song was composed in about an hour (ending included), but second verse lyrics weren't completed until the morning we were to record them in the studio. High-five.

lyrics

this room is the greatest escape
my fears and my dreams just a melody away
they hide in the wings and they carry me toward her
what can i say? there's truth in this corner
it's harder to win than to lose what we wanted
but losing won't do much for memories or for the dreamers

so i'll stay
she'll go without
i'm a mysterious man to her
i hope she waits for me
then i'll know
that i'm a mysterious man to her
a mysterious man

i'm her boomerang lover
when i throw her away she comes back to me harder
leaves the light on when i try to hide in the shadows
where do i run when the future's uncertain?
i'm a wizard of now but tomorrow makes me nervous
who isn't turned on by the thrill of adventure...

so i'll stay
she'll go without
i'm a mysterious man to her
i hope she waits for me
then i'll know
that i'm a mysterious man to her
a mysterious man

if you want to learn to fly
just remember to not look down
you gotta believe your feet don't touch the ground

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from Patterns - EP, released March 3, 2015
Written by Jonathan Byron Belanger
Recorded, mixed, and produced by Jamie Hill

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