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In the mid 90s I rescued some rough acoustic demos by playing the tapes one last time as the oxide came off and gummed up the tape recorder heads. At that point, I used to tell people I had written enough songs to keep me recording for the rest of my life. After living in isolation during this covid era, I decided it was finally time to record LIVING IN A DREAM.

Think of it as a mature wine with hints of Marvin Gaye, Pink Floyd and Beach House.

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Time drifts by minute by minute
I'm waiting for life, I'd like to begin it
My blood's like molasses, another day passes
A slow motion scene, am I living in a dream?

I don't know, would it be different
If someone could show me what it all meant?
Would it change my life's course, with a cause to endorse?
You know what I mean? Am I living in a dream

Doesn't anyone need me? Oh, someone please lead me
I'm sure I would grow if someone would show me
Or at least get to know me. Am I living in a dream?

Doesn't anyone need me?
Oh, someone please lead me
I'm sure I would grow if someone would show me
Or at least get to know me.
Am I living in a dream?
A slow motion scene.
You know what I mean.
Am I living in a dream?

Living on a foreign planet
A bleak landscape of sandstone and granite
Could be heaven I'm in, but some original sin
Blocks me like a screen. Am I living in a dream?

Doesn't anyone need me? ...

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from LIVING IN A DREAM - 2022, released May 18, 2022

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Benjamin Russell is a multi-genre singer-songwriter, painter, graphic artist, videographer, writer living in Montreal, Quebec.

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