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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So Beyond Me Lyrics

Sloan

Yet another thing that I didn't know
Why is it seemingly so beyond me

I feel that we're on a roll
So now I feel it's time to rock
Now that we're out of the hole
We're only running down the clock

You know that every so often
It so happens the planets align
The paper said my moon's in Venus
So I'm taking it as a sign

I for one feel that this is the time
Let's return to the scene of the crime
Rock and roll is alive and alright
Let them know vis a vis classifieds

It should be understated
But don't make it oversimplified
Like you eulogy related
How I lived and then I died

Yet another thing that I didn't know
Why is it seemingly so beyond me
Why is it seemingly so beyond me

Dance with the creeps and the queens
The kings have all gone home to bed
Gone is the American dream
That would have gone right to my head

'Cause we couldn't get accustomed
And we couldn't find a thing to wear
You underestimate us
You can hate us for all I care

Yet another thing that I didn't know
Why is it seemingly so...

I put a quarter in the record machine
I thought I'd dedicated one to Jolene
But it was full of records I'd never seen
The times change and it's so beyond me