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Blessing in Disguise

from Beneath a Balcony by Marc M Cogman

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about

Written sometime in 2008, never demoed or performed by the band until the sessions for Beneath a Balcony. It’s only been played live by the band two or three times, though it has appeared often in my solo acoustic set. A rag-tag group of girls was thrown together last minute for the handclaps and choir vocals at the end.

Lyrically, it deals with the passing through the anger phase of a bad breakup. While I would never insinuate it’s this good, I like to think of it as a kiss-off song in the vein of some of my favorite Dylan tunes like “Positively Fourth Street” and “Like a Rolling Stone”.

lyrics

You pack your backs and slam the trunk and hit the gas like you were in a race. And you don’t bother looking back; this happy home was just another fleeting phase. So paint your face, and dry your eyes, because it’s a blessing in disguise, you are free, you are free to make your mistakes.

So you forget who stood beside you, only go where lights are shining bright. Just hanging in the corridors, passing blank looks back and forth to pass the time. And by and by, you get confused and take the junk they say as gospel truth.You are free, you are free to believe those lies.

The bad ones got you figured out: you’re the type that just can’t get enough. And you can’t afford to think about if mom and dad could see you now, would they judge? Because it’s too much fun, the role you chose: to be some grotto girl with a frozen nose. You are free, you are free to lease out your love.

But Hollywood’s no storybook, your phone ain’t ringing off the hook no more. And the best days you don’t think about how you won every battle but still lost the war. But now I’m sure, since I got wise, it was all a blessing in disguise. Now I am free, I am free to not mourn you anymore.

credits

from Beneath a Balcony, released August 4, 2009
Marc M Cogman - acoustic guitar, lead and backing vocals & percussion
Frogs - bass
Giulio Carmassi - B3 Hammond organ, piano
Steve McDonald - electric guitar
Justin Siegel - drums, percussion
Eddie Jackson - percussion
Priya Prins - backing vocals
Lyndsey Wegner - backing vocals
Jacqui Lazo - backing vocals
Casey Stone - backing vocals
Jaime Cogman - backing vocals

Produced by Justin Siegel and Marc M Cogman

Recorded at Radar! (Los Angeles, CA) by Justin Siegel and Eddie Jackson and Black Truffle Studio (Los Angeles, CA) by Giulio Carmassi

Mixed at Radar! (Los Angeles, CA) by Eddie Jackson

Mastered at Archon (Sherman Oaks, CA) by Aris Archontis

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