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The Flash Before Your Eyes EP

by Vincent Marone as The Halo's Breaking

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“This Girl (Beggin’ for Love)” Lyrics by Vincent Marone Don’t you know you make me feel so good, yeah When you wear that dress Skin-tight, ruby red, and tangerine Don’t make me make a mess The heat pours on As you get real close (Get real close) This girl is beggin’ me for love Get your high heels on the dance floor, baby Now go and steal the scene Devilish eyes locked straight on me Ooh, don’t be so main The night rolls on As it does for most This girl is beggin’ me for love
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“Poetic Vasectomy” Lyrics by Vincent Marone Medicated mental case breathes new life in me Kills the subtle, simple taste A taste that’s poisoned me Drown from misery, drown from fear Smothered by conformity I’m drowning in my mother’s tears Derived from my complexity Poetic vasectomy Takes the life right out of me Separating what I need It rips the heart right out of me I’m picking up the pieces of my Shattered conscience, lying on the ground Apart from all the others Apart from what’s under the covers The feeling of an empty lonely me
3.
“Sweet Disaster” Lyrics by Vincent Marone Flirt with me, Sweet Disaster Just enough to graze the plane of faith You’ve gotten right under my skin And have burrowed yourself deep within Trust in me, Sweet Disaster As we lay entwined in infidelity Destiny has bound us together As morality tears our souls apart The lump inside my throat swells As the urge to touch you follows suit And I feed the blur with trembling hands Only to feel a cold sweat freezing the moment in time Make love to me, Sweet Disaster Even if bliss is temporary Emotions ricochet off my tainted mind As the bullet rips right through desire Race me, Sweet Disaster You’ve floored my heart, out of control It pulses 100 miles a minute It’s bound to burst and take my life away Would you take my life away if i gave it to you? Would you give in to the deep, sweet glances that tickle our insides? Or will you ignore the endless possible ways I could love you? Ignore me, Sweet Disaster Please leave me, Sweet Disaster Forget me, Sweet Disaster But please never stop loving me
4.
28 03:51
“28” Lyrics by Vincent Marone The bleeding ring that Sunday morning told me that you gave up the fight My eyes swelled as my heart sank The tears I shed drowned the floor Eternity holds tight your eyelids Olive skin transcends to grey My blood boils, my veins burst My knees give to the floor And then I played your favorite song It went something just like this: “There is a house in New Orleans” The morning moonlight gave unto the fire “They call it the rising sun” No, I never thought I’d see you here In habiliments made for the dead I’ve lost my hopes, I’ve lost my dreams I’ve lost my sanity And then I played your favorite song It went something just like this: “There is a house in New Orleans” While I dread the coming of the fire “They call it the rising sun”
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“Bleeding Kiss” Lyrics by Vincent Marone Sometimes I feel like nothing really matters when you’re gone So why do I feel so lost when you lie awake and dream of him right next to me? Times like these really make me wonder why I’m alive So we crossed over 9th Street just as the day broke with one thing on our minds And as I layer you down in the tall, green grass you whispered his name Times like these really make me want to rip my chest apart And as the blood spills down my aching arms, I’d blow you a kiss A kiss goodbye
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Heaven 03:44
“Heaven” Lyrics by Vincent Marone Come crashing down upon an unsuspecting castle Now, wave to me And show me what you’ve brought I’ve seen your kind before I know just what you’re here for Shimmering and shining just for me If I could only reach the stars from where you’re sitting, dear I’d take them all for the world to see If i could only make you shine the way you do for me, my dear I’d show you off for the world to see Come tumbling down Settle here with me Then take me home To where you are I’ve been in love before But never quite this sure Of where or what I want to be Evenings with you, my dear Come unexpectedly So let us share them for the world to see

about

My first attempt at writing and recording as a solo artist came in the form of The Halo's Breaking, a moniker I created during a very crucial time in my personal life.

At the age of 21, I felt that any innocence I maintained from my youth had been shattered and lost.

I had recently lost my best friend, my mentor, and one of my heroes - my Grandfather. I also became a father and the head of my household before I was truly prepared.

Flash Before Your Eyes is a collection of songs that are as diverse stylistically as they are topically, ranging in themes from love & lust, to devastating loss & peaceful bliss. I had always imagined it as a true snapshot - or "flash" - of my life up to that point.

As my biggest critic, it's a bit tough listening back to the vocal performances and inept execution of my main instrument. At the same time, however, it feels liberating knowing that I'm able to release this (almost) twenty-year-old body of work to anyone who cares to listen.

You'll journey through experimental musical sounds, candid emotional breakdowns caught accidentally while recording, coo's from my first-born child floating in the background, and confessions of my deepest and darkest secrets from the time.

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released May 14, 2004

All instruments and vocals performed by Vincent Marone
Recorded in my Living Room & Bedroom at 23 Forrest Drive, Turnersville, NJ on a portable multi-track recording workstation.

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