Joseph Arthur is a contemporary singer-songwriter from Akron, Ohio, known for his melodic compositions combined with swirling choruses. He was discovered by Peter Gabriel in the mid-'90s, and signed to Gabriel's Real World label. Arthur's first album, Big City Secrets, was critically acclaimed. Arthur's song "In the Sun" was recently covered by Michael Stipe (of R.E.M.) and Coldplay singer Chris Martin that was released for a Hurricane Katrina Relief program. The EP includes 6 versions of the cover, one of which has Arthur himself singing with Stipe.
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Joseph Arthur
I prayed to god from hell
Run like a midnight bell
Dancing naked in these streets
Thought i was jesus christ
As i dug out my eyes
And threw them past the prison gates
So i still can't explain
What i had to do
To try and make it
Since your red lips turned blue
Now i'm a hunted man
Sining the song you sung
Wearing the noose from which you hung
I guess we lost the war
The air i breathed before
Only fill the dead man's lungs
So i still can't explain
What i had to do
To try and make it
Since your red lips turned blue
The devil is the lord
Of this confusing world
Where all the wrong dreams come true
I never needed light
I never felt like i was right
Did not deserve the love i knew
So i still can't explain
What i had to do
To try and make it
Since your red lips turned blue