Ezra Furman
Ezra Furman
Ezra Furman
Ezra Furman
Ezra Furman
Ezra Furman
Ezra Furman
Ezra Furman
Ezra Furman
Ezra Furman
Ezra Furman
Ezra Furman
The opener to Ezra Furman’s first post-Harpoons project discusses her internal conflicts, which range from trying to be religious in a secular environment to her (then) closeted gender and sexuality issues. The song was written during a period in her life where she felt that she could not be open ab...
[Verse 1]
Now my tender heart is hardened
I'm taking walks in my dead garden
I'm shooting marbles 'cross the floor
In the maintenance closet at the grocery store
In my little black apartment
I found love's secret compartment
And now I keep my things inside
That's my Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
[Verse 2]
Somewhere back there I started drifting
And I just drifted all away
Now am I still the man you paid for?
Am I something completely different in the night and in the day?
I was hideous and handsome
And I held myself for ransom
'Cause I was honest and I lied
That's my Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
[Bridge]
And I know that you tried
Oh, I was standing on the beautiful downtown skyscraper
I was looking down the side
[Verse 3]
A beauty's frail and beauty's passin'
And she soon goes out of fashion
And she's just runnin' down the drain
She'll be always stuck somewhere between big joy and big pain
And although she'll always slay me
I will make her be my baby
Yes, I will take her as my bride
[Verse 4]
And there's a thousand ways to love her
Open heart or undercover
And I just never could decide
That's my Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde was written by Ezra Furman.
Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde was produced by Tim Sandusky & Ezra Furman.
Ezra Furman released Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde on Thu Feb 02 2012.
Ezra has stated that he is proud of the lyrics of this track. Saying in an interview:
I kinda like that track..[it] was a new place for me as a lyricist, lines about “shooting marbles in the closet”, I think that’s some decent writing. (4mins 50)
In his university alumni magazine, in an April 2019...