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Better Than Ezra — Closer
Album: Closer
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Total ratings: 144









Released: 2001
Length: 4:25
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And the morning light was breaking
Slowly movin' across the bed
He gets up without her wakin'
To the voices in his head

Through the shadows in the hallway
To the room they painted blue
And on the inside he is frightened
At a loss for what to do

Until he opens up his eyes
And the angels all look down

Even closer than this life
Closer than your faith
Closer than the things that you hold dearly
And in vain
Closer than this life
Falling through again
Giving more than anything
That you could hope to win

And he knows his life is changing
It's never easy letting go
For the first time you are mortal
As the child before you grows
And he wonders at the sight
Of the joy that they have found

Even closer than this life
Closer than your faith
Closer than the things that you hold dearly
And in vain
Closer than this life
Falling through again
Giving more than anything
That you could hope to win

And what would you intend to find?
Solitude? Your peace of mind?
Holding out for something less
Than touching the hand of God?

Even closer than this life
Closer than this faith
Closer than the things that you hold dearly
And in vain
Closer than this life
Falling through again
Giving more than anything
That you could hope to win

Closer than this life
Closer finally
Living for the only thing
You ever made complete
Oh, for the one thing
That you both did perfectly
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My vote for most underrated band on the scene right now. And I understand that is saying a lot.
Posted 16 years ago by jnhashmi    [ Reply ]
This band had some promise at the beginning with their first two albums...but now they just plain suck.
Posted 19 years ago by ecorunner    [ Reply ]
Nice choice! BTE does it just fine. An 8.
Posted 19 years ago by trekhead    [ Reply ]
Overwrought
Posted 19 years ago by pksgorilla    [ Reply ]
Chorus sux, lyrics sux, music sux, ezra sux
Posted 19 years ago by snurfer    [ Reply ]
sky wrote:
YUCK! PLGHECH! MAN THIS sh*t STINKS. hORRIBLE VOICE. MUSIC MIGHT AS WELL HAVE BEEN COPIED DIRECTLY FROM SOME EIGHTIES RADIO GARBAGE TUNE. AND YES! MY FIRST THOUGHT AS THE SONG BEGAN WAS hEY? IS THIS LIVE? ALL THE PEOPLE WHO LIKE THIS COULD PROLLY JUST TURN ON THEIR LOCAL SOFT (PRETEND) ROCK STATION. DOESN'T FIT THE ECLECTIC CATEGORY.
what? i couldn't quite tell what you were saying. eclectic is a category? the POINT of the word eclectic is that it's a mix of MANY categories. including those you don't like. deal with it. as for the song, it was pretty mediocre. so much so, in fact, that i don't remember what it sounds like... that's unfortunate.
Posted 19 years ago by PattonFever    [ Reply ]
It's not too hard to be better than ezra.
Posted 19 years ago by ArbiterOfGoodTaste    [ Reply ]
littleblueriver7 wrote:
Mmmm, not so great... actually mistook them for Live.
Understandable; they suck, too.
Posted 19 years ago by Illustr8r    [ Reply ]
Yep, it's kinda sappy. But I find myself getting a bit choked up at the lyrics. I guess I'm wussing out.
Posted 19 years ago by ptooey    [ Reply ]
Mmmm, not so great... actually mistook them for Live.
Posted 19 years ago by littleblueriver7    [ Reply ]
What an irritating voice he has. Yuck.
Posted 19 years ago by Hannio    [ Reply ]
"... and the pony she named 'Wildfire'..."
Posted 20 years ago by Illustr8r    [ Reply ]
So histrionic and over-earnest that I though it was Live for a moment.
Posted 20 years ago by Vicey    [ Reply ]
I see RP is repenting for playing Oingo Boingo by following it up with Blind Melon and Better Than Ezra....whew!! :whip:
Posted 20 years ago by kelty    [ Reply ]
A lot of good songs on this album, including this one, the title track.
Posted 20 years ago by jeffro    [ Reply ]
Better Than Ezra's good but Ezra's better.
Posted 20 years ago by Freebish    [ Reply ]
This starts out sounding just like a Live song but then it quickly becomes unworthy of Live. Of course, so is most of Live's music over the last few years :)
Posted 20 years ago by fncll    [ Reply ]
Thanks Bill. I love Ezra. :)
Posted 20 years ago by bakedjake    [ Reply ]
I\'ve always loved this dreadfully underplayed group and this is a nice song. Thanks for digging out some BTE, RP!
Posted 20 years ago by MsJudi    [ Reply ]
Wow, I didn\'t have a chance to see who this was until almost the end of the song. I kept saying to myself, this voice sounds familiar, but I can\'t place it. I was SSOOO surprised when it turns out to be these guys - the song is much better than I\'d expect from them. Can\'t believe I liked it this much!
Posted 20 years ago by musicfreak    [ Reply ]
enh :(
Posted 20 years ago by Flying_Donut    [ Reply ]
great song...great album.
Posted 21 years ago by stratrjb    [ Reply ]
Is it me or does this song sound like that 70\'s song about a horse \" She ran calling Wildfire\"?? :roll:
Posted 21 years ago by paymerich    [ Reply ]
They also had another song that at least in my state got alot of radio play \"Desperately Wanting\". I can\'t believe someone would say that he has a terrible voice. I think it\'s one of the richest voices in Rock. What? Would you rather hear someone like Scott Stapp sing like he has his jaw wired shut. Kevin has a good voice. It\'s definitely not typical though.
Posted 21 years ago by utopiapark    [ Reply ]
Originally Posted by sky: ALL THE PEOPLE WHO LIKE THIS COULD PROLLY JUST TURN ON THEIR LOCAL SOFT (PRETEND) ROCK STATION. DOESN'T FIT THE ECLECTIC CATEGORY.
Not that I listen to ANY other music radio besides RP anymore, but I have never heard Better Than Ezra on commerical radio.
Posted 21 years ago by Milo    [ Reply ]
\'It\'s not easy to be me\'. Honestly speaking, a phrase I\'ve guite often used too. Well it\'s all you got- and at least not boring.
Posted 21 years ago by Johray63    [ Reply ]
Originally Posted by mlsully7: their first single "Good" was all over the airwaves back in '95.
One More Murder was on the Xfiles sound track also.... but if you live in New orleans you can see why they wrote it(we had quite a few that year, almost all drug related) but We get them on FM here more cuz they're locals
Posted 22 years ago by jpfueler    [ Reply ]
Originally Posted by CoolbeaN: I've always liked this band and I wonder why they never got mainstream raido play for anything but King of New Orleans. (excellent song BTW)
their first single "Good" was all over the airwaves back in '95.
Posted 22 years ago by mlsully7    [ Reply ]
I\'ve always liked this band and I wonder why they never got mainstream raido play for anything but King of New Orleans. (excellent song BTW)
Posted 22 years ago by CoolbeaN    [ Reply ]
great band. lets hear some more from them!
Posted 22 years ago by Platypus    [ Reply ]