regina spektor'un 2009 yılında çıkarmış olduğu far albümündeki leziz şarkıdır. "good is better than perfect" diyerek azla yetinme paktını imzalamıştır.

the man of a thousand faces
sits down at the table
eats a small lump of sugar
and smiles at the moon like he knows her
and begins his quiet ascension
without anyone's sturdy instruction
to a place of no religion
has found a path to our alikeness

his words are quiet like stains are
on a table cloth washed in a river
stains that are trying to cover, for each other
or at least blend in with the pattern
good is better than perfect
scrub til your fingers are bleeding
and i'm crying for things that i tell others to do without crying

he used to go to his favorite bookstores
and rip out his favorite pages
and stuff them into his breast pocket
and the moon to him was a stranger
now he sits down at the table
right next to the window
and begins his quiet ascension
without anyone's sturdy instruction
to a place of no religion
has found a path to our alikeness
and eats a small lump of sugar
and smiles at the moon like he knows her

(sesqui - 12 Şubat 2010 01:36)

1957 yapımı film.
james cagneyin oynadığı film ünlü oyuncu lon chaneyin hayatını anlatır.
aynı zamanda chaney'in lakabıdır.

(betatron - 27 Eylül 2011 02:07)

this strange engine albümünde yer alan harika marillion parçası...

lyrics: helmer
music: hogarth/kelly/mosley/rothery/trewavas

i'm the man of a thousand faces
a little piece of me in every part i take
i hold the tape for a thousand races
a different point of view in every speech i make
cut me a piece of my divided soul
cry me a river, call it rock and roll
give me an attitude and watch me make it lie
pass me a microphone
i need to testify
well i speak to machines with the voice of humanity
speak to the wise with the voice of insanity
speak to the present in the past and future tense
speak to a slave with the voice of obedience

i'm the man of a thousand ages
you see my face in the stones of the parthenon
you hear my song in the babble of babylon
i'm the man of a thousand riches
be my guest at the feast of satyricon
you spend the money that my logo's printed on

well i'll speak to machines with the voice of humanity
speak to the wise with the voice of insanity
speak to the present in the past and future tense
speak to a slave with the voice of obedience

i stole a fire but it burned up much too soon
i took a leap and i landed on the moon
look at my life and it looks like cnn
you see something once
you know it's gonna come around again

well i'll speak to machines with the voice of humanity
speak to the wise with the voice of insanity
speak to a woman with the fatal charm of a snake
forgive like a giver and account for all i take
yes, i speak to machines with the voice of humanity
speak to the wise with the voice of insanity
speak like a leader with the voice of power and command
and when i talk to god i know he'll understand

cause i'm the man of a thousand faces
yes i'm the man of a thousand faces

i stole a fire but it burned up too much too soon
i took a leap and i landed on the moon

voice of command
voice of a snake
voice of humanity
voice of insanity
voice of obedience
thousand faces
thousand races
cry me a river
steal a fire
face in the stars
stones in the parthenon
babble of babylon
landed on the moon

(shapeshifter - 26 Mayıs 2003 01:03)

albümden çıkan ilk single'dır;

01 - man of a thousand faces (radio edit)
02 - man of a thousand faces (extended)
03 - beautiful (acoustic)
04 - made again (acoustic)

(shapeshifter - 26 Mayıs 2003 01:12)

ortasındaki klavye solosu ve sonundaki cocuk korosuyla cok takdirimi kazanmıs bi marillion sarkısıdır.dinlerken bi huzur hatta husu yaratır.halbuki sozlerde dunyayı kurtaran adam gizlidir^*.

(headhunter - 3 Ağustos 2003 23:32)