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MIRACLES & SIN
Heading into the storm
Eyes wide open
Into this world we’re born
Clean and unbroken
Stumbling around in the harsh bright light
Magic in the wind
Tears in the laughter
Miracles and sin
Slogans and wishful thinking
Dust and rubble and smoke
What the hell were you drinking?
Was it all a sick joke?
Was it all a sick joke?
You’ve seen Heaven
And you’ve seen Hell
You came back
With a story to tell
It’s been a long dark night of the soul
One bad swerve and you’re back in this hole
We drop the ball
Make bad calls
We live together or perish alone
And on down the road
We stand in our own way
Humbled by the bright white light
Winter in the wind
You crash and then you take flight
Miracles and sin
Slogans and wishful thinking
Dust and rubble and smoke
What the hell were you drinking?
Was it all a sick joke?
Was it all a sick joke?
Don’t let the scars burn you in your dreams at night
Don’t let them drown your soul
Don’t let it kill the light….
Don’t let them drown your soul
Don’t let it kill the light….
Na nanana…. Na nananana
Derek Christie 092620
©SAC ® SOCAN 2021
THIN AIR
Full steam ahead
Straight into the steel wall
We’re now stuck on a runaway train
Speed of light from the first crawl
I wait for you in the midnight rain
The tallest tower
In the square
Take the back streets
Meet me there
We will put this thing to rest
And all this will be gone
All these things
You deem your rights
Will now vanish
In thin air
Ours is a dark road
Avoid the light
It should be done
Just before dawn
Looking back
So many years
It was a promise
We could never keep
On the run
We are victims of ourselves
The tallest tower
In the square
Take the back streets
Meet me there
We will put this thing to rest
And all this will be gone
All these things
You deem your rights
Will now vanish
In thin air
Whatever dreams you had
Those fairy tales
Your Super Heroes
Took the red eye home
To no one
Nowhere
The tallest tower
In the square
Take the back streets
Meet me there
We will put this thing to rest
And all this will be gone
All these things
You deem your rights
Will now vanish
In thin air
Derek Christie 080420
© SAC ® SOCAN 2022
PATRON SAINT OF THE LOST
St Anthony is missing
They’re searching nationwide
Through the underground and back channels
Where mercy maybe hides
Didn’t leave a paper trail
No blood, no DNA
No message to the faithful
They’re thinking foul play
Staring up at the empty sky
The Heavens seem to fade
We’re all alone in this silence
Where the children used to play
Now we’re calling out to you
Patron Saint of The Lost
And the rent is long past due
Patron Saint of The Lost
I’m putting out a signal
Up and down the dial
They’re jamming all the frequencies
For a couple hundred miles
I’ve been listening for your voice again
Ever since they shut you down
That day the darkness came along
And crushed our little town
Staring up at the empty sky
The Heavens seem to fade
We’re all alone in this silence
Where the children used to play
Now we’re calling out to you
Patron Saint of The Lost
And the rent is long past due
Patron Saint of The Lost
The dark angel
Has run us into the rocks
He hides in plain sight
Through the day
At night he comes out
And lurks around in the shadows
Now we can’t find our way
Now we’re calling out to you
Patron Saint of The Lost
And the rent is long past due
Patron Saint of The Lost
Now we’re calling out to you
Patron Saint of The Lost
And the rent is long past due
Patron Saint of The Lost
We’re calling out to you…
Derek Christie 120121
© SAC ® SOCAN 2021
WHILE WE WERE SLEEPING
While we were sleeping
They cut off the air
The reapers came reaping
And tore down the fair
While we were sleeping
The channel got switched
The Lord is done keeping
Ain’t karma a bitch?
Wake up
To a set of new conditions
Are we gonna find a way back home?
(WAKE UP)
Is this a dream?
Is this a lie?
(WAKE UP)
A single bullet theory
Or a lullaby
While we were sleeping
They went and crashed the car
The creeps came creeping
And drained the bar
While we were sleeping
The river ran dry
Those in the shadows
Set fire to the sky
Wake up
And it feels like perdition
Are we gonna find a way back home?
(WAKE UP)
Is this a dream?
Is this a lie?
(WAKE UP)
A single bullet theory
Or a lullaby
While we were sleeping
The Guard surrendered
Handed their arms
To The Great Pretender
Hyenas and jackals
Lined up and down the streets
While we were sleeping
We conceded defeat
Wake up
We’re on a brand new mission
Are we gonna find our way back home?
Is this a dream?
Is this a lie?
(WAKE UP)
A single bullet theory
Or a lullaby
(WAKE UP)
Was it a scream?
Or an infant’s cry
(WAKE UP)
That triggered a hurricane
(WAKE UP)
The wings of a butterfly
Is this a dream?
Is this a dream?
Is this a dream?
I this is a dream?
Is this a dream
Is this a lie?
Is this a dream
Is this a lie?
Derek Christie 061920
© SAC ® SOCAN
LONG DARK WINTER
She fell hard
She fell fast
When the heavy rain surrounded us
And a bitter wind came knocking
She couldn’t stand the cold
She was taken in her sleep
We just couldn’t get our arms around her
On the streets of Manhattan
To the hills of BeinnEighe
It’ll haunt you through the night time
It’ll follow you by day
It’s been a long dark winter
There was nothing we could do
A long dark winter
Now I’m reaching out to you
It’s been a long dark winter
Walk with me now my love
To where the missing pieces lay
To the place where we let her rest
On that gentle summer day
Even when the crowd is loud
Or the room is warm and full
I still hear her voice in my head
As she’s heading out to play
From the ruins of ancient Babylon
In every village square
It’ll hunt you down and find you
As it travels through the air
It’s been a long dark Winter
There was nothing we could do
A long dark Winter
I’m and I’m reaching out to you
It’s been a long dark winter
It’ll kick you when you’re weak
Trick you if you’re strong
Leave you frail and breathless
It will steal the Robin’s song
It will creep up through the floorboards
Seep in late at night
Punch you in the light of day
It knows no wrong or right
It’s been a long dark winter
There was nothing we could do
A long dark winter
Now I’m reaching out to you
It’s been a long dark winter
It’s been a long dark winter
It’s been a long dark winter
Derek Christie 111420
© SAC ® SOCAN
STRANGE CONTRADICTION
The city glows like a distant fire
A far off drum
A lonesome train
The street light shines on an empty corner
The sweet caress of an August rain
We are dark and light
So I’m told
Day and night
Young and old
We turn left
Then we turn right
Rust and gold
Strange contradiction in my soul
In my soul
I am far away from my home
I walk lost down this quiet lane
I left my world for a golden dream
Milk and honey
And the price of pain
We are dark and light
So I’m told
East and West
Rock ‘n roll
At our worst and at our best
You can’t break the mold
Strange contradiction in my soul
In my soul
We are dark and light
So I’m told
Day and night
Young and old
We turn left
Then we turn right
Rust and gold
Strange contradiction in my soul
In my soul
We are dark and light
So I’m told
East and West
Rock ‘n roll
At our worst and at our best
You can’t break the mold
Strange contradiction in my soul
In my soul
In my soul
Derek Christie 092020
© SAC ® SOAN
THE WRONG SIDE
We’re waking up
On the wrong side
At the edge of town
Where the sky went black
We’re waking up
On the wrong side
Don’t look down
Don’t look back
We’re waking up
On the wrong side of history
We’re waking up
On the wrong side
It’s been a long ride
Down this broken path
Burning in the sun (Nowhere to run)
We’re on the wrong side
As you open your eyes
From this Winter slumber
A deep long sigh
Something’s not quite right
Many months of grey
Have gone and done a number
We’re on the other side
Of an endless night
It’s the end of the ride
We are reborn humbled
Long dark shadows
Have faded into light
Will we run free…
Living unencumbered?
There’s a bold new lie
And you’ll feel its bite
We’re waking up
On the wrong side of history
We’re waking up
On the wrong side
It’s been a long ride
Down this broken path
Burning in the sun
We’re on the wrong side
It’s been a long ride
Down this broken path
Nowhere to run
We’re on the wrong side
Derek Christie 121920
© SAC ® SOCAN 2022
SAFE WORD
Sharp sun
White sky
Burning bright
In your eyes
Broken road
Missed the stairs
Hear the water
As it starts to rise
Houses on fire
Death in the air
You’re all alone on this ride
Screaming tires
Millennial stare
Dueling drive by suicide
Can’t find your way
Don’t remember your name
You forgot your safe word
Road rash
VIP Pass
Rug burns
Broken glass
No smile
For the mug shot file
You forgot your safe word
Been bruised
And beat up bad
Crashed the party
Missed the landing pad
Face first
Into the ground
Guess you never learned
From things gone mad
Crawling home again
No light to guide you
Well on your way down the hole
Stumbling ‘round
On the jagged rocks
As the waves come crashing
Can’t find your way
Don’t remember your name
You forgot your safe word
Road rash
VIP Pass
Rug burns
Broken glass
No smile
For the mug shot file
You forgot your safe word
Every last cent
Was spent
On your descent
No idea at all
Where all the money went
Every last cent
Was spent
On your descent
No idea at all
Where all the money went
No smile
For the mug shot file
You forgot your safe word
Road rash
VIP Pass
Rug burns
Broken glass
No smile
For the mug shot file
You forgot your safe word
Road rash
Fist up the ass
Rug burns
Broken glass
No smile
For the mug shot file
You forgot your safe word
Derek Christie 111920
© SAC ® SOCAN
BEAUTIFUL DISASTER
She’s a beautiful disaster
Laying wreckage in her wake
Disorder on arrival
The Queen of Disarray
A clear and present danger
A storm inside a storm
Rage on the horizon
Chaos taking form
Static on your radio
You see and hear the signs
As you feel her getting closer
A chill runs up your spine
And after the flood
You’re all on your own
Like all the other fools
She’s a beautiful disaster
You thought you liked it rough
A beautiful disaster
But you can’t get enough
You just can’t get enough
She’s a beautiful disaster
Darkening the sky
Burning through your village
Taking out your pride
She’ll leave you no protection
Renege on every deal
An exit wound on entry
A scar that never heals
A beautiful disaster
She’ll fill you with regret
You’ll be waking up tomorrow
And wish you’d never met
And after the flood
You’re all on your own
Like all the other fools
She’s a beautiful disaster
You thought you liked it rough
A beautiful disaster
But you can’t get enough
You just can’t get enough
When all your plans have been swept away
It’s only then you’d realize she was never going to stay
And after the flood
You’re all on your own
Like all the other fools
She’s a beautiful disaster
You thought you liked it rough
A beautiful disaster
But you can’t get enough
You just can’t get enough
She’s a beautiful disaster
You thought you liked it rough
A beautiful disaster
But you can’t get enough
You just can’t get enough
She’s a beautiful disaster
A beautiful disaster
Derek Christie 011621
© SAC ® SOCAN 2022
BEYOND THE RUBICON
Something at the end of our street
Something trying to pierce the fog
Shadows dancing on the concrete
Stirring up the cats and dogs
People running down the stairs
Blinded by the flashing lights
Smoke ploughs through the pre-dawn air
This anger has an appetite
The storm has come
Now blood will run
There’s a deep chill in the air
We already passed the crossroads
Long before the break of dawn
Don’t know where we’re going
…all I know
Is we’re far beyond The Rubicon
We know how we got here
We know who stoked the fire
Runaway train with a payload of pain
Fueled by fear and lies
It was easy to divide and conquer
Demonize ‘the other’ … make them sin
Now we’re turning on each other
Sister and brother
‘Us and them’… is the enemy within
The storm has come
Now blood will run
There’s a deep chill in the air
We already passed the crossroads
Long before the break of dawn
Don’t know where we’re going
…all I know
Is we’re far beyond The Rubicon
We already passed the crossroads
Long before the break of dawn
Don’t know where we’re going
…all I know
Is we’re far beyond The Rubicon
Derek Christie 012421
© SAC ® SOCAN 2022
WE WILL FIND OUR WAY
We have walked
Under skies of fire
Through the dark of night
To where the river died
There’s a light on the horizon
As the ice begins to crack
There’s a small town
Where you once lived
Down along the track
We’ll get through this weather
If we do it together
Walk with me
Now take my hand
By your side I’ll stay
A million miles from troubled times
We will find our way
This open road
It calls your name
As a new November snow starts falling
When this endless highway
Takes a turn
Curves around
And brings you back
To the place where you once lived
Before the sky went black
We’ll get through this weather
If we do it together
Walk with me
Now take my hand
By your side I’ll stay
A million miles from troubled times
We will find our way
And those we’ve lost along the way
Will still be with us
At the table
In our hearts…
In every dream
We’ll get through this weather
If we do it together
Walk with me
Now take my hand
By your side I’ll stay
A million miles from troubled times
We will find our way
We’ll get through this weather
If we do it together
Walk with me
Now take my hand
By your side I’ll stay
We will find a safe place to land
We will find our way
We will find our way
We will find our way
We’ll get through this weather
If we do it together
We will find our way
Derek Christie 020921
© SAC ® SOCAN 2022
CREDITS
Mayday Music
Mayday Music is: Derek Christie/Jon James
Produced, Recorded and Mixed by Jon James
@Coach House and Big Tent 2020 – 22
Artwork and Design by: Jon James
Mastered By: Joao Carvalho Mastering
Website: Lianna Boncore, Ryan Cowan
Additional Vocals @ NoiseCave and Kieran’s Place
Additional Drums recorded by brilliantfish
Jon James: guitars (electric/acoustic), bass, drums, piano, synthesizers,
percussion, samples and loops, programming and sequencing, backing vocals
Derek Christie: vocals, harmonica, acoustic guitar (’Crawl’)
Laurelle Augustyn: backing vocals
Kieran Christie: backing vocals (’Patron Saint of the Lost’)
brilliantfish: additional drums (’While We Were Sleeping’)
Coyote Pack of the Baif Lands: group yip howling (’While We Were Sleeping’)
Winston: speechification (’While We Were Sleeping’)
Mayday Music would like to Thank:
Laurelle Augustyn, brilliantfish, Rein Vares, Kieran Christie, Deb Bomback,
Special Thanks To: Joao, Bryan and Chris @ Joao Carvalho Mastering
Additionally, Jon would like to thank his family: Dawn, Jamie, Zoe, Mom and Dad and Friends:
Stephen Snitman, Raynor Burke (For Always being There), Ari Lehavi (for the Inspiration and
the late nights in Toronto, Budapest, Athens and Barcelona)
Additionally, Derek would like to thank: Family and friends, Karen Shapiro Cilevitz,
George Guerra
Miracles & Sin
Birthed during the pandemic lockdown of 2020 – 21, the songs of Mayday Music
spring from a musical cauldron comprised of decades of shared experience,
influence and sensibility. This first chapter is a collection of observations
and stories from the frontlines of human experience, with all its tragedy
and joy, dark and light, and miracles and sin.
Miracles & Sin
Thin Air
Patron Saint of The Lost
While We Were Sleeping
Long Dark Winter
Strange Contradiction
The Wrong Side
Crawl
Safe Word
Beautiful Disaster
Beyond The Rubicon
We Will Find Our Way
All Songs Written by: Derek Christie/Jon James
Published by Mayday Music
© SAC, ® SOCAN 2022
C + P 2022 Big Tent Productions
maydaymusic.com