A month or so back my good friend Ian Tait messaged and sent me a cover of a Deep Purple song he had done the music to, and asked if I would like to sing it. Well to be honest normally I would jump at the chance, but when I seen the song of theirs he wanted me to sing, I knew it would not suit my voice and instantly another clouders voice who I knew who would be perfect to do the job sprang to mind. So I gave him my recommendation for the job and told Ian to get in touch with him.

Now I do not know if Ian had done, but as he asked me in the first place, it was about a month prior to this, I happened to hear a superb instrumental piece he put out on his cloud, he entitled "Le Mans" and at the time I heard the piece I actually thought about messaging Ian myself to ask him if I could write some lyrics to it and sing it. So now was my perfect opportunity to ask him, as I did not really want to let him down in the first place.

There is no doubt in my mind that Ian's instrumental track "Le Mans" is bang on perfect to the title of the famous motor racing event and sport. Ian had also mentioned to me at the time he sent me his music, that I could change the title if I liked, and as a rule I never like to, as it already gives me a subject matter to write about and in reality is a great starting point. But straight away I knew that this particular subject of motor racing was never gonna be something I wanted to write about. Simply because this sport and cars for that matter do not interest me one bit. So I very much decided to change the title to "Breaking Point" and go in an entirely different direction regarding the subject matter for the lyrics I wrote here, to which I still feel works very well with Ian's superb music. 

In order to make "Breaking Point" work for me as a singer, I very much had to chop up Ian's music and rearrange and piece it together to suit all the parts I wanted to sing in it. In doing so, I had to throw out a lot of Ian's great guitar work, and even though my version is only 1 minute shorter than Ian's, there is in fact a lot more I have thrown out of his original piece to make this work. So I really do suggest you do if you get the chance, give Ian's original track a blast, it really is superb.

I would like to thank my good friend Ian for giving me licence to dissect his great music and make this Rock in another light. 

You can find Ian's original instrumental piece "Le Mans" here: https://soundcloud.com/ian-tait/le-mans

"Breaking Point" has been made as a free digital download @ Bandcamp and can be had here: https://leelucas.bandcamp.com/track/breaking-point

Breaking Point (Music By Ian Tait/Words By Lee Lucas)

Lee Lucas - Vocals & Backing Vocals - Artwork.
Ian Tait - Guitars - Bass - Drum Programming.

Smashing stuff courtesy of Freesounds.org.

The lyrics are as follows:

It's ten to midnight
an angels at my feet
is it mercy you cry out for
or are you in need of sympathy

Stress and tension now surrounds me
as all hell starts breaking loose
and if I cannot contain it
there's no telling just what I'll do

Chorus
As I fall down on my knees
you will hear me scream
in a violent rage of pain
don't come near
I'm at my breaking point
breaking point 

It's this helpless situation 
that causes one to crack
(you might at some point think there's a devil on your back)

Chorus
It's when I fall down on my knees
then you will hear me scream
no please, please don't come near
you just might get hurt 
there's no telling what I will do
especially to you
I'm an helpless case 
of fear and rage
I'm at my breaking point
breaking point

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Lee Lucas & Ian Tait - Breaking Point

Love country, folk, rock, gospel, blues and 60's style rock/pop music. My main page is Tony's Lyrics https://soundcloud.com/tonyslyrics

I'm here to meet people related to music and do good work.

after 14 years i am quitting soundcloud. 
Big thanks to everybody  kind enough to listen or comment to my music. 

All my tracks are home recorded originals...

As a retired professor of Anthropology and African Cultural History, I am fascinated with the music of all parts of the world. I have lived in Eritrea and Italy. I have visited Israel, Spain, Greece, Germany, United Kingdom, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania (Zanzibar), Senegal, and Mexico. I have made several African instruments and love the chance to hear someone play an instrument I've never before encountered. Synthesizers and electronic music have opened up a new world of musical expression for many of us, including me. I love to play with digitally sampled "ethnic" voicing and then mix it with analog and synthetic sounds. My compositions are generally midi sequences and embody my attempts at trying to make sense of this life I live. 

Thanks for your interest in my music. I try to give a listen to all who stop by for a listen to my tracks.
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Listen to these talented artists ! Check out my likes! Feast your ears on my awesome play lists.  Click on  "Tracks" to hear some of my songs. I am still learning and appreciate any advice. i am learning the Cubase 8 daw :-). I hope to learn music production . Thank you for the inspiration! Checkout some  of the many talented SC friends I have on the links below too !

I very much started out playing instruments very late in life, and spent much of my earlier days listening to it, rather than playing it. I am very much a self taught musician and regard my instruments very much like implements, tools or devices to write with, rather than being anything remotely near a good playing musician of any great technique. 

I guess I really got into instruments more back in 1994 when I got into my first band (though I did learn to play the Harmonica when I was 8 years old) it was around this time I wrote a song on the Guitar entitled Oldtime Street. The song is very much even today one that contains some of the finest lyrics I have ever written, and very much perhaps inspired me to carry on.

Though the band back in 1994 was a very short affair, it was not long after I got into a R&B band performing Rock & Blues in various pubs around my own town Birmingham. I was very much the lead singer in this outfit which lasted some 6 years. Though during these years the band had gone through several line up and name changes and came to a stop in 2001. I suppose it was a bit of relief in a sense, because it's quite easy to put a band together, but murder to keep everyone happy, and keep it going.

Even though I only really did Vocals and played my Harmonica in the band, I still found time now and then, for my guitar, and my keyboards at home, and I also contributed in a big way to our own compositions in the band.

My tools are as follows:

Studiologic VMK-188 Plus 88 Key Midi Controller Keyboard.

Yamaha PSR E303 61 Key Keyboard (Used Via Midi)

Yamaha F310 Acoustic Guitar.

Yamaha ERG121 Electric Guitar.

Encore E4 Bass Guitar.

Various Harmonicas in many Keys.

Alesis Performance Pad Pro Drum Machine & Pads. 

Audio Technica AT2020 USB Microphone.

Vic Firth Drum Sticks.

Various VST Software for Keyboards, Guitars & Mixing.

Cubase 5.

Ableton Live 8.

Steinberg Wavelab.

Influences are from mainly 70's Prog/Rock/Blues/Traditional Folk/Electronic Music.                    

Lee Lucas & Ian Tait - Breaking Point

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