Machine Single

Machine (Niamh Sygrove Remix)

Machine (L CON Remix)

Dream, Dreams

Machine

Machine (Album Version)

MINDFUL by Mani Khaira
(live recording)

be mindful of what you say, they can hear you
be mindful of what you say, everyone can hear you

these walls are thin, the roof is thin, the ground beneath your feet is thin
so be mindful of what you say they can hear you

i can see you, you look good
oh the colours of your tan

oh i was, oh i could
i was fucking you with my eyes
i was undressing you with my eyes
i was fucking you with my mind
did it feel good? feel good,
could you feel me?

i wore black to the party
i wore black to the party for you 'cause it's artistic
and all of the ink inside my heart was bleeding for you

i was fucking you with my mind
i was fucking you with my eyes
can you feel me? feel me, feel me, feel me

i don't wanna control, i just wanna do.
i don't wanna control, i just wanna do.

green lights, all i see are green light
so why are you, why are you shining?
amber, amber, amber, amber it hurts

i was fucking you with my eyes
i undressed you with my mind
can you feel me, feel me, feel me, feel me, feel me…

so be mindful of what you say 
these walls are thin and they can hear you
they can hear you,
hear you, hear you.

Mindful

this is a cover. i love this song.
this is my version of it, i hope i don't offend anyone.

Nights in White Satin (moody blues cover) - Mani Khaira

I really like this song. This is a cover, enjoy.

Bugs don't buzz by Majical Cloudz

The cheesiest songs all end with a smile
This won’t end with a smile, my love

Wait with me in slimy wet darkness
I’ll be right beside you, my love

Bugs don’t buzz when their time approaches
We’ll be just like the roaches, my love

It pays to be on the edge of existence
Just riding the surface, my love

The happiest songs all end with a smile
This might end with a smile, no my love

If life could be forever one instant
Would it be the moment you met me? No my love

Bugs Don't Buzz (Majical Cloudz Cover)

between pure love and thunder bolts

More

Lions

I may be an easy target for your manipulation
I can jump easily through your rings of fire
Your touch, your words this hypnotization 
I won't be running.
I've become stagnant like water and I've started to shift 
with nothing to hide. 
You did it again, you got me to bow on your torso, and speak in your tongue.
Speak in your tongue.

We are lions, I am the lion, we are lions 
Reaching for heart.

You give me fair I give you what I want
You give me touch I give you a loose response
And I am the curtain you close 
at the end of the day
With all of your memories 
You take and want
Back home and share with your mates
You share with your mates

We are lions
We are lions
We are lions
Reaching for heart

Face First

Lions

Prudence 
Release date: May 29, 2020

My mask if I could tear it off
and paint on top 
and show it like some smoke and mirror scene
those words would not come out of a single sentence you’d say
 
You'd say that when you look forward
They can't see you
You're in the angles in sea foam green
you light up so bright,
become yellow you’re 
just like sunshine, 
you know it too
when you’d

Smile for the photograph
you smiled for the photograph
smile for the photograph 

When you look forward 
Oh can you see me
I’m in the angles

Prism of perception
I’ll shine your colours
Come here and love me

smile for the photograph
shine for the photograph 
smile for the photograph 
shine for the photograph 
smile for the photograph

Prudence

Naked 

He was another boy looking for love, in all the wrong places
When he stayed out to find it
He kept himself hid,  invisible
He was on his knees 
He was on his knees
He was on his knees
And I knew that I wanted to be naked

Face first, enter, face first, enter

Now we're counting stars in fall
Nobody's here to steal our spark
A fire that burns in a sea                                                                            
We can be selfless when we please
This is the place where I can be myself 
This is the place where I can love you

Face first, enter, face first
You enter, face first 
And I knew then I wanted to be naked

You make me feel like I should run
And I know that there would be no other one, like you.
Is there a moment to replace 
Is there something that you'd like to change from the time we met
While you were on your knees?
you were on your knees
you were on your knees

You enter, face first, you enter
You enter, face first, you enter
Your touch makes me,
Enter face first, you enter
Your love makes me emotional
your touch makes me emotional

Written by: Mani Khaira & Christine Stoesser
Produced by: Mani Khaira & Twin Rains (Jay Merrow & Christine Stoesser)

Naked - Single

Naked

Shorelines

put me on top and tell me 
that i am worthy of more as i pour down your arms like liquid
are you happy now? after I’m gone you will wonder if this is the time and the space that you needed
cutting corners and telling lies i am like the innocent kind
i am true to you and i am strong
when its cold outside i am warm when I’m with you
wrapped around these arms and i am here defending my version of truth

say it again we can be free’r
when were between the blue lines of shores ending

i wake up in the morning 8:45 put on my shoes and continue walking hoping one day this distance will be closer to you
i hope you feel
i hope you’re turning around like i am 

say it again we can be free’r
when we’re between the blue lines of shores ending
say it again we can be free’r
when we’re between the blue lines of shores ending

say the things we can be,
heart in heart, our timing the space in-between is like liquid that’s been rushing 
through, through me
my heart is flailing, my skin is frail i am cutting all the ties from here to there
i am all, we’re all the same, we’ll have to change, we have to change

Shorelines

Mere Miles

drop the keys off at the neighbours
I’m going away
i knew from the first moment that you were my love
you will never be all alone and we will be forever 
and we’d have our love to live for our lives 
i never want to be without you
and when i close my eyes I’m tripping
not knowing what to do
you make me feel like i could (fly)

mere miles away from you
should i stay and talk about this
with you beside
mere miles away from you
should i stay and talk about this
with you beside

hours of thought fill this world
and i was sinking in.
thinking of you, thinking of you, thinking of you far too often
every single place that we have been
unintentional impulses moving me up into space 
and you’re still on my mind
on my way to you, i’m drawing circles in the air 
and I’m leaving this world far behind
you made me feel like i could fly    

mere miles away from you
should i stay and talk about this
with you beside
mere miles away from you
should i stay and talk about this
with you beside

what could have happened if i was away with you, 
say that we could be 
each others stone
each others everything
drenching my heart with the weight of maybe you’ll be alone 
with me

mere miles away from you
should i stay and talk about this
with you beside
mere miles away from you
should i stay and talk about this
with you beside

Mere Miles

Machine

this is a machine
it’s pacing defacing your brain
this is a machine
it passes, then masses your frame
and it breathes
it’s boneless, and heartless and bare
and it dances, it dances, it dances


we are not in one piece
we’re fragments of what we created together
when lovers fall apart
lovers lose there heart 
love is a machine
this love is a machine
bounds us to comfort, hard to set free
this love is a machine
and it dances, it dances

so dance, dance

all the words we’ve said 
all the dreams we’ve shared
have been feeding our fire
all the things i want 
all the things you want
don’t see eye to eye with desire 

are we falling apart
are we gonna end
are we falling apart
are we gonna end 
are we gonna end
are we
are we

this is a machine
and it dances
it’s passing then massing your frame
it’s pacing defacing your brain
this love is a machine
this love is a machine

I wrote 'Prudence' shortly after an artist had a photographer take my photograph. She had a photo of me blown up onto a 48/36 inch canvas, and then she painted on top of it. At first, she wouldn’t show me this painting and when I saw it the first time, I was like, "Oh, my skin colour is a little darker." She put a hat on me to cover my bald head, and there were glasses on my face and a cigarette in my mouth--totally not how I was when the photo was taken. I thought to myself: that’s her perception, it’s what she sees in her artistic mind.
The second time I saw the painting I noticed my skin was lighter and I was still wearing the hat, but the glasses and the cigarette in my mouth were gone.
It was very bizarre to watch someone else do this to my face, my image. Kind of like someone scribbling over pictures in a yearbook.

I sat at the piano and started blurting out how I felt, and this song came from these experiences.

Now, the song has taken a lyrical meaning of its own that I believe relates to everyone. We all wear these ‘masks,' showing our best selves first. 
Some people get us and some don’t and some create their own version of who or what they think you are.
I think this song is an inspirational piece reminding to reveal your true self at all times--no matter which angle you may shine.

This version is an extended version co-produce and featuring L CON (Lisa Conway).

Written by Mani Khaira
Produced by Twin Rains (Jay Merrow & Christine Stoesser), co produced by  Mani Khaira, co produced by Lisa Conway.

Prudence (feat. LCON)

Canadian singer/songwriter Mani Khaira is a keyboardist whose music evokes raw vulnerability combined with unexpected vocal power. Mani’s captivating sense of confessional storytelling takes listeners on a sonic journey of self-love and acceptance on his most recent release, 'Face First'.

'Face First' is a seven-song compilation exploring sexual acceptance and honesty within the context of a longterm relationship. Themes of infidelity, lust and innocence play out against uptempo beats and moody soundscapes.

Netflix star Brennan Clost from “Tiny Pretty Things” is the featured dancer and choreographer for  'Machine', the  first music video release from ‘Face First’. Blurring awareness of unity and individuation into automatic response, 'Machine' explores automated emotion.

Perception and illusion feature in single, 'Prudence', a pop song with lush synth and nostalgia, harkening back to the masks we wear. Produced by duo Twin Rains and Mani, 'Prudence' showcases the avant-pop musical stylings and 
vocals of L CON.

On the episode, “Couch Surfing” of CBC/Netflix’s hit tv show “Kim’s Convenience”, 'Naked' rouses our authentic selves with its 90’s vibe. 

Raised on Sikh hymns, Ravi Shankar classical Indian music & Bollywood legend Lata Mangeshkar, Mani’s creativity bends Eastern influences with inner city adventures, producing work of beauty and inspiration. Using his voice as an intuitive instrument, Mani transports us to an alternate reality on 'Face First'.

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