FERRAS - Aliens & Rainbows
Ferras’Bio
Ferras (pronounced Fer-AHSS) approaches a big pop hook the way a Formula One driver approaches a straightaway: he floors it. At each turn on the 25-year-old’s debut album – the sensual “Take My Lips,” the anthemic “Liberation Day,” the tour de force title track, “Aliens and Rainbows,” and the soon to be hit single, “Hollywood’s Not America,” to name but a few – it’s evident a daring young artist has arrived. While inspired by Bowie, The Beatles and Elton John, Ferras’ songs are infused with a distinctly personal sensibility.
Growing up in a small, southern Illinois town, Ferras always felt out of place. The feeling was only compounded when, shortly after his parents’ divorce, his father took him to the airport, promising a trip to Disneyland, but instead spiriting him away to his homeland – Amman, Jordan. Ferras took solace in the Casio keyboard his father bought him and began writing songs. His mother eventually succeeded in bringing him back to Illinois, but the sense of alienation persisted until they moved to Southern California and he began pursuing a music career in earnest.
Produced by The Matrix (Avril Lavigne, Jason Mraz, Korn) with Gary Clark (Natalie Imbruglia, Lloyd Cole), Aliens and Rainbows is a potent reminder that sometimes it takes an outsider to give voice to the emotions buried deep inside us all. And its message clearly resonates. Well in advance of its April 2008 release, Ferras performed on the “Today” show and lead single “Hollywood’s Not America” was tapped for two episodes of the hit Fox series “American Idol.”
Hollywood's Not America - By Ferras
Born Helena Jane
With a restless soul
She moved west to California
Became a Center-Fold
But once you change your name
Well the pieces fall
Now she hardly recognizes herself at all
And there’s never any rain, when you want it
A hollow little game, and you’ve won it
Looking for a thrill but you’ve done it all
So long, put your blue jeans back on girl
Go home
Remember Hollywood’s not America
So long put your blue jeans back on girl
Go home
Remember Hollywood’s not America
O yea
And everybody heres, from somewhere else
You could make a million dollars, but you might lose yourself
And you can take the heat will your heart go cold
They say acting’s just pretending, even that gets old
[Hollywood's Not America lyrics on http://www.metrolyrics.com]
And there’s never any rain, when you want it
A hollow little game, and you’ve won it
Looking for a thrill but you’ve done it all
So long, put your blue jeans back on girl
Go home
Remember Hollywood’s not America
So long put your blue jeans back on girl
Go home
Remember Hollywood’s not America
And I know what to do when
I know that you
You can be anything you want to be
So long, put your blue jeans back on girl
Go home
Remember Hollywood’s not America
So long put your blue jeans back on girl
Go home
Remember Hollywood’s not America
Hollywood’s not America
It’s not America
Dear God - By Ferras
Dear god listen up
I have to ask you a question
I can't hear
I think you're breaking up
I need a clearer connection
B verse:
And god
Are you listening
And god
Are you even there
Chorus:
Now answer this
If you really exist
Why do i have to deal
With all this bullshit
What did i ever do
Can i make it up to you
If you're so full of grace
Then send it
On down
Verse:
Lessons we learn
From the top of our birth
Are an endless source of confusion
See i'm on a search
Because i've heard
You've got a magic solution
B verse:
And god
It's time that you explain
And god
Are you even there
Chorus:
Now answer this
If you really exist
Why do i have to deal
With all this bullshit
What did i ever do
Can i make it up to you
If you're so full of grace
Then send it
On down
Bridge:
Dear god
Your grace
Send it on down
To me
Dear god
Your grace
Send it on down
Send it on down
Send it on down
To me
On down to me
Come on send your love down to me
Chorus:
Now answer this
If you really exist
Why do i have to deal
With all this bullshit
What did i ever do
Can i make it up to you
If you're so full of grace
Then send it
On down
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