David Usher was born in Oxford to an ethnic Thai Buddhist, artist Samphan Usher and a Jewish Montrealer, Dan Usher, who is an economist at Queen's University.[1] He has relocated to Malaysia, New York, California and Thailand since early childhood before his family settled in Kingston, Ontario. He attended high school at Kingston Collegiate and Vocational Institute.
Attending university at Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, British Columbia, Usher joined Moist in 1993 and their 1994 debut release, Silver, went quadruple platinum in Canada. As the lead singer of the band, he shot to stardom with his soulful voice and vaguely exotic good looks.
After Moist's multi-platinum follow-up, Creature, was released in 1996, David took some time during the band's hiatus to record his debut solo album, Little Songs, released in 1998. That same year he married photographer and actress Sabrina Reeves, with whom he is still living. Together they have a daughter, Coco, who was born on January 12, 2003.
After recording the album Mercedes 5 and Dime with Moist, he revived his solo career again, releasing the highly successful Morning Orbit in the summer 2001. It contains the hit single "Black Black Heart". In 2003, he released another solo album entitled Hallucinations, which matched the amount of major label albums he had recorded with Moist.
In 2005, he surpassed that number with the release of If God Had Curves. The album had a resemblance to his first solo effort Little Songs, as it is dominantly an acoustic album. This album also featured a collaboration with Tegan Quin, on the track "Hey Kids".
2007 David and family have moved back to Montreal, Canada and David's embarking on a tour in September/October and November 2007.
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Bonus Track
David Usher Lyrics
Jump to: Overall Meaning ↴ Line by Line Meaning ↴
Through my fingers sliding inside
All these blessings all these burns
I′m godless underneath your cover
Search for pleasure search for pain
In this world now I am undying
I unfurl my flag my nation helpless
Why would you make it easier on me to satisfy
I'm on fire I′m rotting to the core
I'm eating all your Kings and Queens
All your sex and your diamonds
As I begin to lose my grip
On these realities you're sending
Taste your mind and taste your sex
I′m naked underneath your cover
Covers lie and we will bend and borrow
With the coming sign
The tide will take the sea will rise and time will rape
Black black heart why would you offer more
Why would you make it easier on me to satisfy
I′m on fire I'm rotting to the core
I′m eating all your Kings and Queens
All your sex and your diamonds
Black black heart why would you offer more
Why would you make it easier on me to satisfy
I'm on fire I′m rotting to the core
I'm eating all your Kings and Queens
All your sex and your diamonds
All your sex and your diamonds
All your sex and your diamonds
All your sex and your diamonds
All your sex and your diamonds
The lyrics to David Usher's song "Bonus Track" are fairly cryptic, but seem to primarily focus on themes of pleasure, pain, power and addiction. The opening line, "Something ugly this way comes," brings to mind the famous line from William Shakespeare's play Macbeth: "By the pricking of my thumbs, Something wicked this way comes." This initial sense of foreboding establishes a mood that is carried throughout the song.
The lyrics go on to describe the singer's search for pleasure and pain, and his sense that he is somehow godless and helpless. He is naked and without cover, exposing himself to the world and all of its temptations. The repeated line "Black black heart why would you offer more" suggests that he is addressing the source of his addiction and asking why it continues to offer him more and more, even as he is consumed by it.
The final line, "All your sex and your diamonds," seems to represent the ultimate expression of power and pleasure, something that he has consumed entirely. The song captures the sense of being trapped by one's desires and powerless to resist them, even as they lead to destruction.
Line by Line Meaning
Something ugly this way comes
There is something unpleasant and negative that is approaching.
Through my fingers sliding inside
I am unable to hold onto it, and it is slipping away from me.
All these blessings all these burns
I am experiencing both good and bad things in my life.
I′m godless underneath your cover
I feel like I do not have any support or guidance, even though someone is pretending to care for me.
Search for pleasure search for pain
I am seeking out experiences that bring both pleasure and pain.
In this world now I am undying
I feel like I am unstoppable and invincible in this world.
I unfurl my flag my nation helpless
Even though I am trying to make a statement or take a stand, I still feel powerless and unable to change anything.
Black black heart why would you offer more
Why would you continue to give me things that I know will ultimately harm me?
Why would you make it easier on me to satisfy
Why would you make it so easy for me to indulge in these harmful behaviors that bring temporary satisfaction?
I'm on fire I′m rotting to the core
I am experiencing intense emotions that are causing me to deteriorate from the inside out.
I'm eating all your Kings and Queens
I am consuming everything that is supposed to be valuable and respectable in your world.
All your sex and your diamonds
I am taking all of the pleasures and material possessions that you hold dear.
As I begin to lose my grip
I am starting to lose control of my thoughts and actions.
On these realities you're sending
I am being bombarded with harsh realities that are slowly breaking me down.
Taste your mind and taste your sex
I am exploring and indulging in both intellectual and sexual pleasures.
I′m naked underneath your cover
I am completely vulnerable and exposed, even though someone is pretending to protect me.
Covers lie and we will bend and borrow
We often hide our true selves and suppress our desires, but eventually we will give in and succumb to them.
With the coming sign
As things start to change and evolve.
The tide will take the sea will rise and time will rape
Events will occur and time will pass, regardless of whether or not we are ready or willing to face them.
All your sex and your diamonds
I am still taking all of the pleasures and material possessions that you hold dear.
All your sex and your diamonds
I am continuing to consume everything that is supposed to be valuable and respectable in your world.
All your sex and your diamonds
I am still taking all of the pleasures and material possessions that you hold dear.
All your sex and your diamonds
I continue to consume everything that is supposed to be valuable and respectable in your world.
Writer(s): DAVID USHER, JEFF PEARCE
Contributed by Joseph J. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
@yuliandriani7964
It took years for me to know what opera piece that David used in his debute single. The part is known as 'Duo des fleurs (The Flower Duet)' from the Opera Lakme of Léo Delibes.
Sous le dôme épais, où le blanc jasmin
À la rose s'assemble
Sur la rive en fleurs, riant au matin
Viens, descendons ensemble.
(Under the thick dome, where the white jasmine
With the rose gathers,
To the flowered river bank, with morning laughter,
Come, let us go down together.)
@vonav5222
2024 год… А в сердце до сих пор то время, время которое было более 20 лет назад, светлое, беззаботное, мягкое…
Впервые услышал эту песню в самом начале 2000х, до сих пор помню этот прекрасный момент…
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@user-yl1ik6fe6q
Я когда-то услышала эту песню на уроке музыки и она понравилась,а потом спустя какое-то время услышала мелодию к ней. И вот вчера ехала в машине с родителями и эта песня играет на радио. Я пыталась узнать название вслушиваясь в её текст. Мама мне сказала её название,потом приехав домой,я начала искать её и нашла с первого раза. Эта песня чудесна,когда слушаешь голос певицы на заднем плане создаётся ощущение,что как-будто слышишь голос ангела.
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Согласен полностью.
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с первых нот...И обязательно уносит в лету и пору кнопочных телефонов
@koizhu
Только что услышала по радио, понравилось, спросила у родителей, они прифигели, конечно, но вспомнили, зашазамили😊
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2023 Anyone?
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