Talmage "Tal" Bachman (born August 13, 1968) is a Canadian singer-songwriter and musician. He is best known for his late 1999 hit, "She's So High", from his self-titled 1999 album.
Bachman got his musical break when executives at EMI Music Publishing in New York City heard a demo tape, and aided him in securing a record deal with Columbia Records. Bob Rock (of Aerosmith, Mötley Crüe and Skid Row fame) signed on to co-produce his debut album. His first album, Tal Bachman, featured what would eventually become its hit single, "She’s So High", which reached No. 1 on three different radio formats in Canada. The song became a multi-format Top 10 hit in the United States and internationally, earning BMI's "Song of the Year" award. The album earned Bachman two Juno awards in Canada, and much media exposure, including appearances on "The Tonight Show" with Jay Leno, MTV, MuchMusic, and E Network; and profiles, interviews, and reviews in "Rolling Stone", "Q Magazine", "USA Today", "Interview", and the Los Angeles Times. In support of the record, Bachman toured as an opening act for Bryan Adams and the Barenaked Ladies, and also toured in his own right.
Figure of divine perfection
No one's loved with more affection
Soul to soul we've breathed
Oh, I won't let the fates succeed
Worried hours of contemplation
Whispered bits of conversation
Unaffected orderlies
Ah, disinfected rooms and hallways
And if you sleep, you sleep with God
And if I cry, it's for my heart
Why should I hope to make it through?
'Cause if you sleep, I'll sleep too
Jagged thorns and pretty petals
Butterflies and stinging nettles
Sunny days and nights of blackness
But where's the joy to cure my sadness?
And if you sleep, you sleep with God
And if I cry, it's for my heart
Why should I hope to make it through?
'Cause if you sleep, I'll sleep too
Why should I hope to make it through?
'Cause if you sleep, I'll sleep too
Gleaming cars and covered faces
Teary eyes in hallowed places
Grass and granite stone
No one's been more all alone
And if you sleep, you sleep with God
And if I cry, it's for my heart
Why should I hope to make it through?
'Cause if you sleep, I'll sleep too
Why should I hope to make it through?
'Cause if you sleep, I'll sleep too
If you sleep, if you sleep
I'm a difficult man
I admit I'm not easy
At the drop of a tear
I can turn right away
And all the heartaches I've seen
One after another
Can make a man mean enough
To feel afraid
(Chorus)
And nobody cares, no one really knows me
And nobody shares the other side of me
But you love like nobody loves me
I was there all the time
Even I couldn't find me
So how did you see, what made you believe?
(Chorus)
You delivered my heart
One beat at a time after time after time ...
(Chorus)
So how did you see, what made you believe?
Your aspirations flew like flies
You took the planet by surprise
You truly believed
But of course you've been deceived
It's an age of alienation
Of the downbeat generation
So much for liberation
It looks like rain to me
In a drug infected haze
You attacked the bourgeois ways
And felt so relieved
But consider what you leave
It's an age of alienation
Of the downbeat generation
So much for liberation
It looks like rain to me
I loved but knew not who
Belonged but not to you
I'm a man of modern hue
Like an Indian summer sky
I can kiss this dream goodbye
So long to the blue
There's a shadow over you, yeah ahh
It's an age of alienation
Of the downbeat generation
So much for liberation
It looks like rain to me
It's an age of your creation
Of a disunited nation
So much for your invasion
It looks like rain to me
(It looks like rain to me)
Woh, it looks like rain to me
(It looks like rain to me)
It looks like rain
(It looks like rain to me)
(It looks like)
Looks like rain
Fortune frowned on me
She's a big girl and she got me
Now I'm down the hall
I'm the last door on the east wing
You don't know what it's like to be like me
You don't know what it's like to go between
I'll write a weekly letter and keep you wondering what it means
To be like me
But someday I'll be strong
I'll find a nice girl and a new car
Escape my destiny
I'm gonna break out, I'm gonna shake out
You don't know what it's like to be like me
You don't know what it's like to go between
I'll move to a strange and distant land
And change ever after who I am, who I am
You don't know what it's like to be like me
You don't know, you don't know what it's like to go between
Throughout the passing years
As all the world seems ever changing
We share the smiles and tears
Of life, with love that's so far ranging
And after all is said and done
I'll be the one beside you
I'll be your love and loyal friend
Until the end, beside you
Each flower bends with time
Each leaf descends with every autumn
But you and I will find
Our love won't die or be forgotten
And after all is said and done
I'll be the one beside you
I'll be your love and loyal friend
Until the end, beside you
When you and I are gray
When youth has gone and life is dimming
I promise that I'll stay
Beside you, like we were beginning
And after all is said and done
I'll be the one beside you
I'll be your love and loyal friend
On a television screen like a Technicolor dream
I watch the crowd surround you
And you act so nonchalant as you pass the debutants
Who know you as they found you
So what is it like on the inside?
You live the high life
You walk in the room with your attitude
You've got an awful lot to prove
At the end of the day when you walk away
Are you on the darker side of blue?
You used to be someone just like me
Do you wonder what you're missing?
And when the paparazzi stare at your face and clothes and hair
Do you wonder what they're whispering?
So what is it like on the inside?
You live the high life
You walk in the room with your attitude
You've got an awful lot to prove
At the end of the day when you walk away
Are you on the darker side of blue? Yeah, day
So what will you say
When you've had your day
And it all fades away?
You walk in the room with your attitude
You've got an awful lot to prove
At the end of the day when you walk away
Are you on the darker side of blue?
If you read the signs, maybe you'll find
You will accept my point of view
Now how do you feel, now that you've seen it?
(Ah)
Sea, sand and stone
Wreath 'round this ground I call my own
White dark, concrete sky
Blacks out the sun with icy night
Even though the ocean roars
And the storm is bold, and the rain is cold
Here I was born
Though winter winds have blown
And bitter seeds been sown
I gave you all I am and all I hope to be
Now I am free
Wind fill my frame
Fire me with your immortal flame
Even though I am poor
Through the looking glass, I watch unfold
What can't be told
Though fortunes rise and fall
It's no concern at all
I gave you all I am, and all I hope to be
Now I am free
Aah ah, ah ah ah
Aah ah, ah ah ah
Aah ah
(Yeah)
Even though I am poor
Through the looking glass, I watch unfold
What can't be told
Though winter winds have blown
And bitter seeds been sown
I gave you all I am and all I hope to be
Now I am free
Though fortunes rise and fall
It's no concern at all
I gave you all I am, and all I hope to be
Now I am free
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Oh, aah
Dad says, It's striking
How I look like you
And how we share the same eyes
Yes, he swears I'm just a smaller form of you
But brittle bones and a wisp of white hair
Are all I see in that old rockin' chair
Tell me, how long have you been around?
And how long since you're underground?
Tell me, how can a son be a father
A mother, a daughter
And I be a man someday?
Well, I wonder
Yes I do, I really wonder
Could I belong to someone so old, who
Can only speak in whispers
And who cannot hear a single word I say?
You're a man with a quivering hand
How we're connected, I just can't understand
Tell me, how long have you been around?
And how long since you're underground?
Tell me, how can a son be a father
A mother, a daughter
And I be a man someday?
Well, I wonder
Yes I do, I really wonder
But when I think of how you smile
And the way you look at me
It isn't hard to recognize
That you belong to me, yeh
That you're a part of me, ya
Tell me, how can a son be a father
A mother, a daughter
And I be a man someday?
Well, I wonder
Yes I do, I really wonder
Every time that I look in your eyes
I know love never dies
Oh, baby
Love is blind and I can't see
Cupid's aimed his bow right at me
I love you and adore you, you're all that life could bring
Baby, you're my everything
Cynics sneer at fairy tales
They mock love and all its details
But we've got something magical those fools have never seen
Baby, you're my everything
I can only stand for a moment or two
Being without you
Oh, I know it sounds extreme
But baby you're my dream come true
Yes, we've got something magical those fools have never seen
Baby, you're my everything
I'm a difficult man, I admit I'm not easy
At the drop of a tear I can turn right away
And all the heartaches I've seen one after another
Can make a man mean enough to feel afraid
And nobody cares, no one really knows me
And nobody shares the other side of me
But you love like nobody loves me
I was there all the time
Even I couldn't find me
So, how did you see, what made you believe?
Nobody cares, no one really knows me, yea, hey
Nobody shares the other side of me
But you love like nobody loves me
You delivered my heart
One beat at a time, after time
After time, after time
Yea, yea, yea, yea
And nobody cares, no one really knows me, oh, no, no, no
And nobody shares the other side of me
But you love like nobody loves me
Yes, you love like nobody loves me
I'm making my way home
The headlights blur and glow
Got my steering wheel gripped tight
I'm gonna try again,
But I'm not sure how to mend
What's gone wrong without a fight
Can't find the words
To understand
Of that which ends
We're up and down like an ocean
A tidal wave of emotion
Yeah yeah yeah
Don't know what to do and nothing comes to mind
My inspiration has run dry
Looks like we're finally broken
Yeah yeah yeah yeah
I'm pullin' up the drive
Takin' too much time
Like a stranger out of place
I try to force a smile,
If only for a while
And we'll sit down face to face
If I hear you
And you hear me
It should be so easy
Yeah yeah yeah yeah
We're up and down like an ocean
A tidal wave of emotion
Yeah yeah yeah
Don't know what to think
And don't know what to say
We're out of luck and we're losin' faith
It looks like we're finally broken
Yeah yeah yeah yeah
Na na na na
Na na na na
Na na na na
Yeah yeah yeah yeah
Na na na na
Na na na na
Na na na na
We started something so fine and rare
And now we're stuck in neutral, we're goin nowhere
No, we're goin' nowhere
I hold my breath and walk through the door
I said I think we outta try once more
You said I just don't want to anymore
Because we're up and down like an ocean
A tidal wave of emotion
Yeah yeah
Don't know what to do and nothing comes to mind
My inspiration has run dry
Looks like we're finally broken
Yeah yeah yeah yeah
Nothing left to be spoken
No no
Looks like we're finally broken
Yeah yeah yeah yeah
Na na na na
Na na na na
Na na na na
No no yeah yeah
Na na na na
Na na na na
She's blood, flesh and bone
No tucks or silicone
She's touch, smell, sight, taste, and sound
But somehow I can't believe
That anything should happen
I know where I belong
And nothing's going to happen, yeah
'Cause she's so high
High above me
She's so lovely
She's so high
Like Cleopatra, Joan of Arc, or Aphrodite
Da-da-da-da-da
She's so high
High above me
First class and fancy free
She's high society
She's got the best of everything
What could a guy like me
Ever really offer
She's perfect as she can be
Why should I even bother
'Cause she's so high
High above me
She's so lovely
She's so high
Like Cleopatra, Joan of Arc, or Aphrodite
Da-da-da-da-da
She's so high
High above me
She calls to speak to me
I freeze immediately
'Cause what she says sounds so unreal
'Cause somehow I can't believe
That anything should happen
I know where I belong
And nothing's going to happen, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
'Cause she's so high
High above me
She's so lovely
She's so high
Like Cleopatra, Joan of Arc, or Aphrodite
Oh, yeah
She's so high
Another grand surprise
Your rapier wit cut me down to size
You love to pass your time
Lookin' for ways to play the thorn in my side
It's deja vu one more time
Whoever said to take it on the chin
Whoever said that good guys always win
Has never seen the sorry state I'm in
A victim of romanticide again
My little atom bomb
This is the last time you'll do me wrong
So listen when I speak
I can't go on forever turning my cheek
Your whippin' boy's about to speak
Whoever said to take it on the chin
Whoever said that good guys always win
Has never seen the sorry state I'm in
A victim of romanticide again
I've paid my bills and cleaned out my closet
Slammed the front door tight
I can't believe that I ever thought
This all would work out right
Whoever said to take it on the chin
Whoever said that good guys always win
Has never seen the sorry state I'm in
A victim of romanticide again
Whoever said to get down on your knees
Give your ground or try your best to please
Has never seen my lonely misery
You can read the signs, move in sight where you stand
Where you stand
You can play it cool, casually look at the time
At the time
We could lie to each other
Say goodbye to each other tomorrow
Tomorrow
We could shine for each other
See day rise with each other tomorrow
Yeah, yeah, yeah
I can play you smooth feed you all of my lines
All my lines
I can wind you up, leave you rocked and surprised
And surprised
We could lie to each other
Say goodbye to each other tomorrow
Tomorrow
We could shine for each other
See day rise with each other tomorrow
Yeah, yeah, yeah
I've laid my trap, and I'll watch you fall
I guess you'd call me a natural
I'm far too young to be weighted down
Let's have some fun while we're hanging round...
We could lie to each other
Say goodbye to each other tomorrow
Tomorrow
We could shine for each other
See day rise with each other tomorrow
We could lie to each other
Say goodbye to each other tomorrow
Tomorrow
We could shine for each other
See day rise with each other tomorrow
I was wrong to keep you underneath my finger
I was wrong to try and change you like I did
Oh I was a fool, I was to blame
And I put myself to shame
Now you and your love can show me the way
(You gave me your heart and one last chance)
Now I, I feel like an aeroplane above the rain
And I, I wont make the same mistakes I used to make
It was love and evolution
It was tearing it us apart
I prayed for a solution and I found it in your heart
Now I, I feel like an aeroplane above the rain
I can fly,
It's true, I loved taking you for granted
I was deaf and numb and blind to who you were
Now I'm gonna show you and you're gonna see
Everything you mean to me
I am going to be there whenever you need
(I'll protect you, I'll respect you)
Now I, I feel like an aeroplane above the rain
And I, I won't make the same mistakes I used to make
It was just another emotion
It was running through my veins
But you gave me your devotion and something in me changed
Now I, I feel like an aeroplane above the rain
I can fly
(I'll protect you, I'll respect you)
Now I, I feel like an aeroplane above the rain
Yes and I, I wont' make the same mistakes I used to make
Oh I feel like aeroplane above the rain
Yes and I, I won't make the same mistakes I used to make
Some questions have no answers
Some answers have no truth
The Truth is my religion
And I seen the truth in you
And I, I feel like an aeroplane above the rain
And if you could, you'd climb atop
The Eiffel Tower now, wouldn't you?
You'd stare at the sun, or lay yourself
Down six feet under, wouldn't you?
You would, wouldn't you?
And if you could, you'd tie me up
And make me yours now, wouldn't you?
Oh wouldn't you?
Are you strong enough to love me?
Are you lost in love or crazy?
Are you strong enough
Strong enough to love me?
And if you could, you'd walk through fire
On tightrope wire now, wouldn't you?
You'd fly up across the sky
Just to prove your point now, wouldn't you?
Yeah, yeah, wouldn't you?
Are you strong enough to love me?
Are you lost in love or crazy?
Are you wrong enough
Strong enough to love me?
Yea yea
You'd take me in hand
Higher and higher, overland
But I'd slip through the cracks
And higher and higher take you back
Are you strong enough, strong enough to love me?
And if you could, you'd tie me up
And make me yours now, wouldn't you?
Now, wouldn't you?
You'd tie me up
Are you strong enough to love me?
Are you lost in love or crazy? yea yea
Are you wrong enough, strong enough to love me?
She's blood, flesh and bone
No tucks or silicone
She's touch, smell, sight, taste and sound
But somehow I can't believe
That anything should happen
I know where I belong
And nothing's gonna happen
Yeah, yeah
(Chorus):
'Cause she's so high...
High above me, she's so lovely
She's so high...
Like Cleopatra, Joan of Arc, or Aphrodite
She's so high...
High above me
First class and fancy free
She's high society
She's got the best of everything
What could a guy like me
Ever really offer?
She's perfect as she can be
Why should I even bother?
(Repeat Chorus)
She comes to speak to me
I freeze immediately
'Cause what she says sounds so unreal
But somehow I can't believe
That anything should happen
I know where I belong
And nothing's gonna happen
Yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah