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Man of a Thousand Faces

Description

"Man of a Thousand Faces" is a song originally composed, performed, recorded, and released by Regina Spektor. The song was first performed at the Brubaker Auditoriium in Grantham, PA on 2007-01-20. The song would go onto be performed throughout 2007 and 2008 before its official release on the LP Far on 2009-06-09. Several days later, an official music video for "Man of a Thousand Faces" was released on MySpace on 2009-06-23. Two live performances were officially recorded and released, first on the live EP iTunes Live from Soho in 2009 and again on the live LP Live in London in 2010.


"Man of a Thousand Faces" would go onto be performed throughout 2009 and 2010 in support of Far. Since then, the song has only been performed three times: once in 2011, again in 2012, and the last time eleven years later in 2023.

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Lyrics

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 steady instruction
To a place that no religion
Has found a path to or a likeness
His words are quiet like stains are
On a tablecloth 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 till 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 'em into his breast pockets
The moon, to him, was a stranger
And now he sits down at a table
Right next to the window
And begins his quiet ascension
Without anyone's steady instruction
To a place of no religion
He's found a path to her likeness
He eats a small lump of sugar
And smiles at the moon like he knows her

Sheet Music

TJ Metcalf

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Song Facts

Release Status:

Released

Originally By:

Original

Collaborators:

Solo

Alternate Titles:

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Written:

Unknown

Demo:

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First Official Release:
First Live Performance:
Last Live Performance:

Song Stats

First Known Date:
Last Known Date:
Time Between First Known Date and Last Known Date:

Time Between First and Last Performance:

about 16 years and a month

# of Appearances on Official Releases:

3

# of Times Performed Live:

54

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