From the King of Crows album, Up From the Ashes: The Ayrial Sessions [2013]
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Lyrics:


Who are you? Who are we?
What happened to what we used to be?
I often wonder if we are three.
Another party I’ve never seen.
Since I’ve been cut off from the source,
I’ve been feeling pretty sore.
I ofter wonder if you see, What all of this is doing to me?

Am I the only one?  Am I the only one?
What’s killing me is the uncertainty.
What I’d give to believe.

Look at you. Look at me.
All the twisted words in between
Honestly, some honesty please?
An honest word is all I need.

Am I the only one?  Am I the only one?
What’s killing me is the uncertainty.
What I’d give to believe.

That everything’s alright.
That everything is fine.

But I’m scared that when I leave you,
You’re not really on your own.
Scared that when I call you,
Someone else will pick up the phone.
I’m lying in bed next to a stranger.
A hundred miles in between.
Watching the ghosts walk around our room.
The ones of everything we used to be.

I loved you. You loved me.
Now there’s something in between.
It might be something I can’t see.
All I can say is how I feel.

Am I the only one?  Am I the only one?
What’s killing me is the uncertainty.
What I’d give to believe.

I’m not alright.
I’m not okay. 

Music and Lyrics Copyright D. McLaren 2007

King of Crows - Something Going On

Burn Out

You've Got Me There

Ask me how to make a guitar sing,
Or how to write a song bout anything,
Ask me how to wire a plug, or even how the west was won,
And I could answer you conFidently

Ask me how to fix a leaky tap,
Or how to keep a secret under wraps
Ask me how to tie a lace, or when they put a man in space
And I'll give you the answer in a snap

But ask me why she left me here,
With My heartache and this warm beer,
After just a fleeting love affair
Ask me how it only took, a week for me to fall for her,
Ask me why she broke my heart n' I swear
You've got me there

Ask me why I fell so deep so fast,
Or why I thought this perfect love might last,
To me the answer's black and white, to me this love was at first sight
But here's a question I might have to pass

But ask me why she left me here,
With My heartache and this warm beer,
After just a fleeting love affair
Ask me how it only took, a week for me to fall for her,
Ask me why she broke my heart n' I swear
You've got me there

I'm sure she's got a good reason to go
The problem is I know I'll never know

Ask me why she left me here,
Crying into this warm beer,
After just a fleeting love affair
Ask me how I fell for her, in just one week and one hour
Ask me why she broke my heart n' I swear
You've got me there

You've Got Me There DEMO

After realising that we had booked way too much studio time, but not before Danny had packed up his drums, I decided to add this wee acoustic number to the record.  It had been sitting about for months and there wasn't even a demo done for it.  I really like the solo in this.  Done on a brand new Fender Jaguar.

Caffeine, Nicotine & Alcohol

Quite proud to say that this song made the semi finals of the International Songwriting Competiton 2013!  

Not bad since I wrote it when I was 21 and totally hammered at a halloween party.

Gary

Bread Demon

In memory of the Love that never got to be. This is for you.

King of Crows is the third original music project from Singer/Songwriter, Dee McLaren, previously with Ayrial (2005-2007) and Vinyl (2008-2010). Dee has also been the frontman and manager of popular Glasgow based cover band, Splendid Gentlemen since 2010 and continues to play continuously with them to this day. 

This project has been in the pipeline and under various different titles and line ups since the break up of Ayrial in 2008, but never seemed to be able to take the simple step from a good idea to a living, working reality. The original intentions of forming the wedding band, Splendid Gentlemen was to enable Dee to leave the day job behind and focus on writing, recording and performing original music in the free time created. Still, two and a half years passed from the beginnings of Splendid Gentlemen and still there was no original music. 

It was not until the closing months of 2012 that fate sent a messenger who was able to finally restart the rusty engines and firmly kick this project from a dream to the beginnings of a reality. Though she came and passed in the blink of an eye, to watch her move so gracefully through life was nothing short of inspirational to witness and so, this is the legacy she left. 

This project began with one song. Ayrial released their second and final record, 'Long Time' in 2007, and since then, though Dee had written scores of work, no one had heard a thing. Doubt always creeps in where uncertainty lies. So, although there was scores of work written, the longer it was left to lie, the less inclination there was to share it, and so, there it lay. 

But the events at the close of 2012 lead to the song, You'll Never Know being written one hungover morning, and reluctant though he was to share it, a friend convinced Dee to put it online. The reaction received from this one song was so positive and inspiring that it finally set the wheels in motion again and through that song, all that is now was born. 

After deciding to make things more formal, King of Crows was finally decided as the flag to fly under and it was time to start work. 

The first record, 'Up From the Ashes: The Ayrial Sessions', due for release on CD and MP3 in Summer 2013 comprises the best of the work written during 2005-2007, while with Ayrial. 9 of the songs included on the album were originally recorded and released on either 'The Life E.P.' (2006) or 'Long Time' (2007). The last 5 are a selection of the songs written for the never released 'Ayrial III'. 

The Ayrial sound was a combination of Dee's unique voice, high energy bursts of distorted guitars with anthemic, sing along choruses and hooks, dealing with the subject matters experienced during late teens/young manhood. Though Ayrial never achieved any commercial success, Dee found that people still fondly remembered songs like Someday, some 8 years after it was written. So this album is more a labour of love, than anything else. Hopefully this time around, with harder work and the advances in ability, understanding and technology, these songs can be brought to a much wider audience, laying the groundwork for all of the future releases to come.

King of Crows - Something Going On

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