To many, Sloan is one of today's quintessential Canadian bands, as cliche as it might sound. Since their debut EP Peppermintin 1992, the fab four - Halifax natives, now relocated to Toronto - have forged a distinct niche for themselves in the Canadian scene. The outfit includes Jay Ferguson and Patrick Pentland on guitar, Chris Murphy on bass, and Andrew Scott on drums; each have their own unique songwriting voice and style, each contribute equally. Sloan's humble beginnings with the aforementioned EP led them to a signing with David Geffen, where they released Smearedthat same year. Following that album and hailed as "Canada's Nirvana," they took a sharp turn with Twice Removed(1994) and never looked back.
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Never Seeing The Ground For The Sky Lyrics

Sloan

I can see the light
shining down above from Tokyo
I turn from wrong to right
on a less than supersonic flight
and all I really want to know
I really really need to know
is how many times
can a person try to hold it together
flying too high
never seeing the ground - for the sky
just revolving
look in my eyes
and try to tell me that you're seeing another
and how many ways
do you feel it when you're flying above her
believing the lows
not the highs - problem solving
never seeing the ground - for the sky
and revolving
now the time is right
under brand new ultraviolet light
I turn from wrong to right
on a subway underneath tokyo
and just before I have to go
there's something that I need to konw
how many ways
can a woman sympathise with her mother
something isn't right
and the family life is touch and go
nobody knows anymore
whether love can go from one to the other
believeing the lows
not the high - never knowing
well I'm taking a pice of the blue sky
and revolving
never seeing the ground - for the sky
never feeling the lows - only I can see the light