McBain

It Aint Magic by McBain

Empire Falls by McBain

The Spirit Man by McBain

Merry Christmas.

A track from one of my forthcoming album releases.

Life Behind The High Rise Lights Hear the sound from this flat, Just me and a fake strat, We were just busting out a new riff, And then a beat kicked, It was the kid beneath me, He was playing with a new beat, I never knew he was drummer, I only thought he was a runner, And then my upstairs neighbour, Was a mean bass player, She was just jamming in her night dress, Then a voice confessed, You’ll soon be looking for singer, And I may be a beginner, But I’ll sing your songs, The night is young, but I am younger, There is life behind, Those High rise Lights, Can you hear the somgs they sing tonight, (listen for the songs they hear tonight. In every tower building, Where the stars are hidden, theres always music to believe in, And always songs worth singing, behind the glass there’s is power, magic in this tower, But our time will come, your day has won, But mine has wonder,

Walls Warning signs, come at a time, When our life was paint by numbers, Tried to speak, voice too weak, It’s the fear that pulled you under, I can’t cry, gotta be strong, But I won’t lie anymore, I’d just hide, cos i couldn’t find, Any words to say, Must stay brave, I will hold you in my arms, As the walls cave in, walls cave in, I wont let you fall apart, I’ll do everythin to hold you in my heart, Now I dont pray, but each day, I will find the words to comfort, And every night, its my fight, I am always there my lover, When you cry, I’ll be right there To dry your eyes evermore, So I stand Holding your hand, And its here I’ll stay, aint affraid, I will hold you in my arms, As the walls cave in, walls cave in, I wont let you fall apart, I’ll do anything to hold you in my heart, I will meand your breaking heart, I will hold you in my arms, As the walls caved in, walls caved in, I wont let you fall apart, I’ll do anything, to hold you in my heart,

CANT CAGE LOVE Step outside and we’ll go walking in the rain to some place nice Let me see those eyes, Let me see the stars that guide us, Only to reveal the night, We dont need the sun And we dont need no one to tell us how we ought to love, And so we fight, for a chance to build a love that will survive, Come with me Let the music guide us, bind us and release, as the city sleeps, And we’re alone together, Dancing through the empty streets, Its love on the run, But it cant hide forever, Show me how I oughta love, And so we fight, for a chance to build a love that will survive In spite of all that’s right, Cos you cant cgae love…. Its you and me, And a love a shake sthe ground beneath our feet, we can set it freet, Its a enough to still the power of the sea, Then up comes the son, No nights forever, Show me how I oughta love, So we fight, for a chance for a love that will survive, In spite of all that’s right,

My Lightning There was a time, When I had turned my water into wine, Pills and lines, They blur the lonely feelings for a while, Still I touch that fire,Knowing I’d get burned, I try to feel alive, Its no secret, That First there’s a hunger, Then there’s a thirst, I know the thunder,Don’t come first, I feel the rumble,I see the burst, And I conceive it in me, My Lightning, Turns a raven sky to neon white, My Lightning Showing me a paradise inside, There was a day, When I’d deny the truth and runaway, I’d drink and I’d pray, And all the while I’m drowing anyway, the Fear was my worst friend, a foe I’ve always loved, I wanted to be safe, Then I could feel it, That First there’s a hunger, Then there’s a thirst, I know the thunder, Don’t come first, I feel the rumble, I see the burst, And I conceive it in me, My Lightning, Turns a raven sky to neon white, My Lightning Showing me a paradise inside,

Nowhere Man Nowhere man, whats your plan, you tell your son where life began, But all the while, In single file, You walk with chains of dream denial, ‘You should follow me son, Become a slave son, Play it safe son, Just Look at me son, A Nowhere Man, I’m better Than, A reckless kid with masterplans, But what’ve you done, what have you done, Your fire and will, fire and will have gone, You speak for the man, The man that you’ve become and you believe there's no way out  No Way out alive, Cos You never tried, Nowhere's son, you're still young, The life you see aint the only one, Hope bereft, And all that’s left, Is pain in following fathers steps, Thinking I wanna leave man, Cos I cant breathe man, I am a free man, This life aint me man,’ Nowhere son, You aint done, Go find a life beyond the sun, Now You’re making the run, making the run, Your fir and will, fire and will has won, You’re killing the man, The man would become if you believed there's no way out  No way out alive,

When The Violets Grow I Lay still between the hills, Where valleys fight my mourning chill, Whishing could feel something else, I wish I could feel something else, After the rain fell on the plain, A humming birds in flight again, And this world becomes something else, My whole world become something else, Now all that I feel, Is that I can heal, Among the flowers, And though seems, Just like a dream, I feel you, When the violets grow, And your heart becomes a part of mine, And when violets grow, I know You’re with me, I really know, Feel you breathe, upon the breeze, And hear you sing like birds in trees, I dont wanna be nowhere else, I dont wanna feel nothing else, Now all that I feel, Is that I can heal, Among the flowers, And though seems, Just like a dream, I feel you, When the violets grow, And your heart becomes a part of mine, And when violets grow, I know You’re with me, I really know,

Pick Your Fiction She beleives in Jesus , I believe in myths, We both say that fairytales are true till they dont exist, But they’re so mystical, Magical so wonderful, She wears lucky heather, I wear a crucifix, But i’m doubting Heaven, Is for my kind, And she’s thinking hell, Has a place that she can find, inside, I say pick your fiction, Anything that fits, She puts trust in her gospel dust now shes’s gonna go with it, It’s the original, Fictional, map for the soul, We’re still seeking answers, Something we mighta missed, Cos i’m doubting Heaven, Is for my kind, And she’s thinking hell, Has a place that she can find, inside,

We Howl I can hear the screams (from the tower blocks) Echo through the streets, (where the lonely walk) Early in the cold dusk light, I can hear them cry, Sounding like the wolves, (singing lullabies) Stalking out the the fools, (in a heard of lies) I can see the pack circle, Hungry for the kill, We Howl at your gates of silver, And howl and your gates of gold, You know you cant hide forever, You know you cant hide at all, I Can see the teeth, (and the amber eyes), I can feel them breath (in the dead of night) Justice is the thing they want, This is what they hunt, RIGHT, I’ll take a minute of your time, Just To try break it down for you and hope it all rhymes, I’m the kryptic kind, with kryptic lines, Bout government crimes and media lies, Like auster debts just foodbank marketing, Little Britain is becoming so frightening, But I cut through this sea of hopeless, With a big bad beard i’m a bit like moses, now, Yes, i’m the educating kind But I wouldnt like to think this shit is blowing your mind, Cos you outta know the thruth from the lie depratment, Of the big system and who its harming, Look up, burnt tower, Sound off, no power, Look down, your feet, Stand up, fill streets, Our choice is noise, our angry voice, The Wolves is what they’ll hear,

Win, Lose Or Die Wether we win or die, Is the only tragedy, Life becomes a mystery, To leave me searching in the dark, You take your trembling hands, And place them on my cold body, Feeling for the soul in me, And trying to see in my eyes, In the silence I am alone, Heart tuning to stone, And the bullets they’re gonna fly, From Enemy fire, All men bleed, for what they believe, In their eyes, lie wounds they hide, All men Bleed For what they believe Wether they win, they lose, or die, Win Lose or Die, Now from the fire and flames, A sillohette is calling me, A smoking gun is all I see, Thats aiming for my beating heart, Its the blood thats staining ground, That’s making the sound, You can hear it leaving my veins, And carrying pain,

Hideaway You cant drink the feelings away, And you had a skinful, You had a skinful, Still you’re gonna call anyway, Thats why I aint saved your number, Man I hate the lie we’re livin, No i dont feel right, Still you call and alls forgiven, Like the other times, Cos I’m your hideaway in life, And I know that im always on your mind, You’d be my favourite mistake, If I was regretful, I was regrettful, You call me out like the waves, And I know you pull me under, Drag me down but keep me breathing, So that I survive, Maybe it is worth believing, One day you’ll be mine Cos I’m your hideaway from life, And I know that im always on your mind, Everytime, I’m where you can hide, hide hide From life,

Transit Love We were 15years, drunk on two beers, But high on life, Pretty High On Life, incredible, invincible In fearless time, Singing songs with lines like, all our dreams were made of strawberrry lemonade, And I can still hear us sing. Choking back the tears, Rolling back the years, To a time gone by, Thinking how time flys, It was a time we’ll remebered, Cant get enough, Of that Transit Love, In that old blue van,It was magic man,, our teen delight, In the dead of night, was Insatiable, unbreakable, our apptitte, For things we liked, And, Things were looking great in nineteen ninty eight, We never knew what time would bring, We were all the same, life was still a game, Playin in the sun, But now its done, It was time we’ll remeber, Cant get enough, Of that Transit Love,

Young Poet Young Poet on, the last train home, Just Killing time, writing his rhymes, on the back of a receipt, Writing things like we, aren’t meant to be, Under no strain or tied in chains, But its how it seems to be, It Like he’s standing in the middle of another life, Saying ‘Words come save me now, come save me now’ What hes saying, Is What your praying ‘Come save me now,’ From Five years old, the lie he was told, Was poet skills dont pay no bills, It’s the darkest of deceits, It’s a childish dream, or so it seems, But what if you, swapped all you knew, For a life of fantasy, You’d be standing in the middle of another life, Saying ‘Words they saved me no, they saved me now’ What I’m saying, Is What your praying Come save me now

In Search Of Stories A million diamond bullets, Fall like the rain on me, I find it so amusing, That through it all I see, The diamond skies, behind the lies, Still calling to earth for me, But How’d I set it free , Deep inside I knew it, And when I beleive, The air goes still, my lungs they fill And suddenly I can breathe, But how’d I set free? Stepped out on the search for stories, Jumped out from a giant height, And if all I that find is glory, Then Glory’s where I’ll start tonight, Fingerprints aint fading, On the lives we touch, Many souls are waiting, Many souls will judge, Those battle lines that we define, Aint worrying me too much, So How’d I break it up? Stepped out on the search for stories, Jumped out from a giant height, And if all I that find is glory, Then Glory’s where I’ll start tonight,

White Crow Im watching crows, In the morning glow, All black all cold and all tuneless, Then from the skies, Before my eyes, So pure so white and elusive, She’s comes soaring through my city, All alone she glides, White Crow aint gonna float in Unnoticed, Higher you’re gonna rise, White crow so perfect so flawless, I know your gonna shine, White Crow gonna rise, That blackened sky, where murders fly Dont hold the life, That she used to Inside she knows, And outside it shows, That she aint like those, she aint ruthless, She flies solo through this city, All alone she glides, White Crow aint gonna float in Unnoticed, Higher you’re gonna rise, White crow so perfect so flawless, I know your gonna shine, White Crow gonna rise, Been watching crows, And she aint like those, She keep soring over my city, Lonely as she glides

Why? by McBain

A Monster Calls A Monster calls, and am hiding away, I’m hiding away, His hammer falls, Like some kind of mistake, Some Kind of mistake, But he creeps into my heart, Like theif who’ll take my light away, But I aint scared of the dark Anymore, anymore, So I say, You aint gonna take my hope away, And I claim, You aint gonna break my soul again, I aint affraid, All’s fair in war, So i gotta be brave, I gotta be brave, Cos after all, It’s a fight anyway way, a fight anyway, And I aint done till he’s dead, He’ll be buried with things he says, So he wont get in my head, Anymore, Anymore, So I say, You aint gonna take my hope away, And I claim, You aint gonna break my soul again, I aint affraid, But he creeps into my heart, Like theif who’ll take my light away, But I aint scared of the dark Anymore, anymore, I aint affraid

A Million Flowers Those were our children, this is our land, These are the freedoms, they cant stand, We were just singing innocent songs, Never did evil, never did wrong, Now we see the madness stare us in the eye, Just like all the other times before, We dont feel human, we dont feel love, We just feel anger, we just feel numb, so for now we lay a million flowers, for now we shed a million tears And know this precious life of ours, Is never to be lived in fear, Will it get easier if we stand, as a nation, hand in hand? Though we feel anger, fill our veins, We can get on in life, in spite of the pain, How’d we stop the trembling of a mothers hands? How’d you let her know she’s not alone? We just be human, we just be love, We just be peaceful, we just be us, And so we lay a million flowers And so we shed a million tears, And know this precious life of ours, Is never to be lived in fear, For now we lay a million flowers, For now we shed a million tears But know this precious life of ours, Is never to be lived in fear,

Technicolour Tyrants Step inside a booth and cross by a name, Yoru deciding on your future you know, How’d you pick your colours worn in this game, Do you base it on the shit you been told, Like Aye’s to the left will rob you till your dead, Lies are the truths they show, No’s to the right are sucking on your life, And we’re looking, we’re searching, we’re screaming for a change, How’d you judge a con when all say the same, Say anything so you think they care, The leader takes the stand to show you theiy’re sane, But the truth is in the colours they wear, Those wearing green are part of the machine, Those wearing red are dead, Like those wearing blue aint in to helping you, And those yellas, those fellas aint gonna change a thing,

That Something by McBain

See the diamond waves the river makes, Dancing as they move, Perhaps the Starry sky's a sea at night glistenening back at you, Will we see, will we ever see, a view from the moon? Listen to the trees to hear them breathe A songless tune, This dont mean I dont feel special, Its just means that I feel small, In sight of it all, In the air at night you smell the light that burned away the day, The whisper of the trees made by the breeze shows you the way, Will we know, Will we ever know, just what they say? Lonely lies the man with hands, a world away, But It dont mean I dont feel special, It’s just means that I feel small, In sight of it all, Man I’ve never felt so small, Like I do when I try to see all, And It feels like I cant stand, When I feel the world beneath my hands, Man I’ve never felt so small, Like I do when I try to see all, And It feels like I cant stand, When I feel the world beneath my hands, But It dont mean I dont feel special, It’s just means that I feel small, In sight of it all,

Hyenas by McBain

British Habits Cold grey buildings are home to the millions,Of souls with simlilar stories to my own, The unoticed, vagabonds and poets, Battleling with potions and pills and different antedotes, And when the smoke takes over, My brown little lover, holds me in her arms through night, She’s so lovin, man she gives me something, Aint asking for nothing but silence and company, When our writings on the side of the walls, And I’m feeding from the bottom now And i aint got nothing at all, British habit is what its called, My arms bare all the holes, Of the rock and the dole, But none of the drugs puncture my souls, I can’t fight it, I can’barely hide it, Please your royal highness Dont leave me in the cold, Cos I never broke this nation, Yet accusation is, Is All i can expect from the knights, The Lords, Ladies, Baroness’s babies, All of them are crazy, So I aint got no chance,

He Sees Horses Hell come and freezes a devil on his back, Poor Boy cried Jesus, “when you coming back? Cos my heavens have faded and my moons turned a funny shade of black” Tied up in Silver and held against his will, But he sees clearer from high upon that hill, He sees cold water ruching to a lake that is longing to be filled. And theres nothing that he see clearer, Than a vision that comes in the night, Hes just holding on to a dream he has of horses as the take flight, He sees white horses faithful and true, The justice of judges, the sun beating through, He sees mountains are shaking at the sound of the thunder in their hooves, And theres nothing that he see clearer, Than a vision that comes in the night, Hes just holding on to a dream he has of horses as the take flight,

Venus Above Look to outer space, and stare the moon and the stars in the face, Aint no sign of life just Gravity, Pulling me down, me down, me down, to Where there aint no thought of peace, Violent men beat the love outta me, I’m Praying that another galaxy, Will come beam me up, me up , me up, Venus show me your love, cos we aint found enough, Come on Venus above, show me heaven show me your love. Venus Above Lightyear’s all it may take, To see a planet wher evil will break, Or is it a sci fi fantasy, That I dream of, dream, dream of, When the future that I see, Comes to the light from the darkness of sleep, In a vast infifnity, Will we see love, see love, see love, I’m just a skeleton, Floating in a suit of skin, Searching through the universe for love,

AMY Amy stripped for the tips, of men from ships, Although it left her cold, And Amy's cage, was the stage, that paid her wage, This rose, took off her clothes, But then the ships all sailed away, Amy had no way to pay, So Amy cried, everynight, by candle light, Alone in her cold home, Cos Amy's heart, longed to star and play guitar, Her soul was rock n roll, So she bought a Bass and learned to play, Amy found a better way, Amy found her only dream Was buried in heart and it was begin to be free, I need music I need lights, Cos only rock n roll could ever save me from this life, Only rock n roll could ever save me from this life, So Amy jammed with a band, and bass in hand, There name, was "Silent Rain", And amy did, make it big, Through playing gigs and shows, her stardom rose, Music come and saved the day, Amy made her great escape, Amy found her only dream Was buried in heart and it was begin to be free, I need music I need lights, Cos only rock n roll could ever save me from this life, Only rock n roll could ever save me from this life,

Ko Pha Ngan Fired from a catapult, I was orbiting the sun, I mighta been high on mystic pleasures, I mighta been drunk on forgien rum, And farewell my sails, Were open wide as they can be, I had found my cosmic pedestal, In this hazy mystery, While we were standing on the island, The moon was calling me to flight, It showed me paradise is everywhere but where you leave behind, At home, thats right, me and my brothers, We got high beside the sea, We seen waves of many colours, In this place we'd never been, I saw a twisted Saturn, Planet Flash by in a dream, We danced achromic beaches, Till the sun rose from the sea.... While we were standing on the island, The moon was calling me to flight, It showed me paradise is everywhere but where you leave behind, At home, thats right,

Hey Reverend His holy hands they reach for water, While his dirty eyes they asked for wine, Flat on his back, without a mask, Where nothing seems like heaven sold it, And on his face my gun was placed, He made me wanna bare my sins and… Say…, Reverend, I’m alot like you you know, alot like you you know, Hey reverend, Save my soul Can you save my soul, I told him I was there to rob him, He told me I should take my time, And then he asked, do you need cash, look where where I keep my guns and bibles, Below the seat at jesus feet, He’s watching you and he’s watching me, but, Hey Reverend, he’s alot like me you know, Alot like me you know, Hey Reverend, He’ll save my soul, And He’ll spare my soul, The Holy man stood trembling from the affects of the liquer, his yellow eyes fixed on the masked eyes of the intruder. He said, “Tis a most Christ like act to clear this temple of its riches, may I join you masked man?” And the masked said, “Can you ride a motorcycle?”

Vaquero hot runs the blood dry is the tide, Hell is a feeling best left aside, Alone I ride, with heaven on my mind, Their sick on left and dead on the right, I Drown out the sound and I turn out lights, Cos I cant fight the coming of the night, So I’ll walk the sand where eagles land, And the last Vaqueros stands, Out in the wild peace is the plan, Violence is death to some kind of man, And on their hands is the stains of ancient lands, Shotgun or knife, lion or wolf, The end is the same when they come for you, And all you do is try to make it though, So I’ll walk the sand where eagles land, And the last Vaqueros stands, And I’ll raise my hand, in heroes lands, Where the last Vaqueros Stand.