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A Thousand Shark's Teeth

by My Brightest Diamond

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1.
Inside a Boy 03:43
Inside a boy I found the universe And in his eyes are a thousand stars On a dark sky Ooooh Ooooh We are clouds, we are whispers Like fawns and shapeshifters Our ages can never be found out Our edges keep moving farther on We are stars colliding, though we crash like lightning into love. Love. In his arms, I'm alive. From his kiss, I'm falling into love. We are stars colliding, though we crash like lightning into love. Love
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Open up your heart to me darling You're resisting this bliss You've been dreaming only of it It's just like ice building up inside darling We've accumulated too much miscommunication In a beginning everything is soft Not defensive Perhaps we begin again shyly I want to love you loosely I want to love you loosely So nothing is stopping me from receiving From giving out I want a storm to blow it out I want to shake myself and turn my heart inside out Let it go Let it go Let it go
3.
If I were queen Then you and I'd be neighbours I'd take you out each morning For doughnuts and tea Oh, close by... Oh, close by... If I were queen Then you and I'd be neighbours We'd collect things And we could argue where to put them Oh, close by... Oh, close by...
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Apples 02:28
Sometimes in the Springtime I like to see the apple blossoms with you Sometimes in the Winter I like to see the snow falling with you Once we took apples from my grandfather's tree But I had nowhere to plant the seed So we baked them with sugar and we ate them Sometimes on Saturdays when it's raining we do laundry Especially then I like to watch you fold so carefully the clothes Especially then I like to watch you move your fingers slow
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Avec une menace doucereuse Et des manières de champion de boxe Black and costaud Black and chic Black, black, black Jolly fellow, jolly fellow, black I punch sir I boxe you I punch sir I boxe you Avec une menace doucereuse Et des manières de champion de boxe Black and costaud Black and chic Black, black, black Black and thick and vrai beau gosse Vrai beau gosse I punch your nose I knock you out You stupid chose I punch your nose I marm'lad you You stupid chose Stupid chose Avec ma voix je marm'lad' toi Je marm'lad' toi Costaud Punch your nose Black and costaud Stupid chose
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How i tried to catch you while you ran ahead of me I lassoed mars to see if you were hiding there But you'd already ran past jupiter to pluto's moon And my rope won't reach that moon This is a state of electrical shock You were so beautiful i thought you'd last forever But you came and you went when the lights went out You went like you came In a light'ning bolt Why did you go like this I slam against the wall It's crushing my skull Why did you go like this I slam against the wall of permanence And like a ghost i am spinning In circles the dance of pluto's moon
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Bass Player 04:33
Bass player All alone Makes a sound Most wouldn't call a symphony As he plays Thinks of a maid Sad and shuffling She sings Blow me a kiss Before I drown In sorrow me a kiss Before I drown He saw her By the moon Dress in hand Her hips were swaying [ Lyrics from: http://www.lyricsmode.com/lyrics/m/my_brightest_diamond/bass_player.html ] Melancholy tune Broken buckles Tired lips, ooh She was singing Blow me a kiss Before I drown In sorrow me a kiss Before I drown She said I wanna be with the stars tonight So I can fly above the earth I wanna be with the stars tonight So I can fly above I wanna be with the stars tonight So I can fly above in laundry
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Oh, to love By fire, by flame This old feeling Insignificance Insignificance Then I can hear you Brighter than the stars Your voice is a razor blade I can see you shining through the sun You're so mysterious Lose the hold As I throw this With a goodbye forever Fear of exposure Fear of exposure Then I can hear you Brighter than the stars Your touch is lightening I can feel you Prickling like a thousand shark teeth Prickling like a thousand shark teeth Closer to me Come closer to me Come closer to me Come closer to me Come closer to me Still
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Like a Sieve 03:03
I rest my head on water I slip under I descend into the deep Past the rushes Past the shipwrecks Into my tears I float And like a sieve I'm catching leaves and sticks I'm catching planks and fishes So it washes through me clean I'm run clean through
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The Diamond 05:12

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Two years after the world formally met her via her acclaimed debut, Bring Me the Workhorse, Brooklyn, NY’s My Brightest Diamond – spearheaded by Shara Worden – has been established as one of independent music’s most vibrant, creative and original voices. And with A Thousand Shark’s Teeth, Diamond’s incredible, breathtaking sophomore release, we are all instantly reminded once more of Shara Worden’s undeniable greatness.

Charming, playful, daring, foreboding, graceful, eclectic, exciting and visceral: these are all the first words that come to mind after a full listen through A Thousand Shark’s Teeth. It is a record that evokes and challenges, full of the sorts of melodies and arrangements that stay with you long after the album’s stopped playing. Combining songs that were written both before and after the release of Bring Me the Workhorse, and produced and arranged by Shara herself, A Thousand Shark’s Teeth reflects different times, feelings, musical genres and facets of one’s personality, all perfectly sewn together by the powerful thread that is Shara’s dynamic voice.

Moving across the country every few years, singer/songwriter/arranger, Shara honed an eclectic musical taste, a degree in opera, a penchant for costumes, and a few years tutelage under composer Padma Newsome (Clogs/The National). After playing in Sufjan Stevens’ band, My Brightest Diamond struck out on her own, releasing Bring Me the Workhorse to widespread praise. Months of touring commenced, leading Diamond to share the stage with artists such as Sufjan Stevens, The Decemberists, The National, St. Vincent, Devotchka and more.

These diverse experiences helped shape A Thousand Shark’s Teeth. Originally meant to be a more classical, string quartet affair, the work slowly evolved and refined itself over a period of six years. The record, mixed by Husky Höskulds (Tom Waits, Elvis Costello), was recorded in Berlin, Los Angeles and New York City, and features twenty different players all contributing little bits of musical magic. Influenced by artists such as Tricky, French composer Maurice Ravel and Tom Waits, in addition to the star exploration themes of Anslem Kiefer’s paintings, the imaginary landscapes of photographer Robert Parke Harrison, films by Jean-Pierre Jeunet, and Alice in Wonderland, A Thousand Shark’s Teeth is a musical snowglobe that sparkles each time you touch it. The songs, whose themes broach intimacy, kisses by moonlight, laundry, lost friendship and more, marry vast instrumentation – marimbas, harps, clarinets, French horns, rabid guitars, vibraphones to name a few – to create an unequaled amalgamation of style and color. In simple terms: it’s beautiful, and there’s nothing else quite like it.

Opener and first single “Inside A Boy” is classic Diamond – slippery guitars meet with gorgeous strings and Shara’s powerhouse voice, which folds nicely into “Ice and the Storm,” perhaps one of the finest songs Shara Worden has ever written, a driving foot-stomp of a tune full of swirling vocals, metallic crackles and a stuttering beat. “Black and Costaud” borrows lyrics from a Ravel opera and sees Diamond full of dramatic flourish, while “From the Top of the World” vibrates with soulful swagger, showing off Shara’s tremendous guitar playing. “Apples” is Diamond at her most coy, her vocal line delivered with quite a flirtatious smile, “Like a Sieve” twists a Tricky sample upside down, and “Goodbye Forever” swells with a string-heavy chorus as Shara sings of things lost in a fire, literally and figuratively, exploring both beauty and danger in a shark’s kiss.

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released June 17, 2008

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My Brightest Diamond Detroit, Michigan

Musical firebrand Shara Nova (formerly Worden) has continued to weave her own way through pop, experimental and classical worlds, this time landing squarely on the dance floor with A Million And One. Nova has marshaled the influences of a youth spent listening to Detroit radio into a visceral love letter to the city, an electronic pop record both vulnerable and full of a fierce fighter's spirit. ... more

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