From the album 'Box and a Ribbon' - https://marie-claireberreen.bandcamp.com/

Lyrics:
You took pleasure in hurting me, pulled the rug from right under my feet
You must have taken lessons in deceit
If you wouldn’t mind telling me - who the hell do you think you are?
Standing back, oblivious to facts, you were full of it right from the start

Now I’m here and I’m very much free
Free from the shit that you threw at me
From defenceless to armed to attack
I’m removing your knife from my back
Now I’m here and I’m very much free
Free from the shit that you threw at me
From defenceless to armed to attack
I never want you back

When I’m alone I still think of you and all the bad things I’d like to do
and I’d smile as I watched you fall, your feelings don’t matter at all
That’s the lie that you taught to me and I fell for it, initially
It took a while to see the light but an end to you became my right

Now I’m here and I’m very much free
Free from the shit that you threw at me
From defenceless to armed to attack
I’m removing your knife from my back
Now I’m here and I’m very much free
Free from the shit that you threw at me
From defenceless to armed to attack
I never want you back

Take me down to sit for a while and watch you drown
If you wouldn’t mind telling me - who the hell do you think you are?
Standing back, oblivious to facts, you were full of it right from the start

Now I’m here and I’m very much free
Free from the shit that you threw at me
From defenceless to armed to attack
I’m removing your knife from my back
Now I’m here and I’m very much free
Free from the shit that you threw at me
From defenceless to armed to attack
I never want you back

Knife in my back

From the album 'Box and a Ribbon' - https://marie-claireberreen.bandcamp.com

Lyrics
An example of your life, memories so old 
All the trouble and the pain 
All the people are the same 
Are you now completed, if you stopped today? 
Would your mind perceive it, would it turn away? 

There’s a halo around a hole and 
I don’t know how it got there 
I’m sure it is yours, don’t you walk away from it 

Strange afflictions of your life if you stopped today 
Would you all believe it? Would you walk away? 
Are you now defeated? Have you given up? 
Can your mind conceive it? It’s a great big cop-out 

There’s a halo around a hole and 
I’m not sure if it’s yours 
If it is don’t you take it away, I’ve a feeling it is yours 

Pictures of your soul, a large gaping hole 
You think you’re one thing when you are not 
Are you now conceited? Spirit growing old 
Can your mind perceive it? Is it growing cold? 

There’s a halo around a hole and 
I don’t know how it got there 
But I like the look of it so don’t you take it away 
There’s a halo around a hole and 
I don’t know how it got there 
If it’s mine don’t you take it away 
I love the way it sits there


Halo

We just can't wait any longer to share a track from our upcoming album. So, here is Spark, in all its glory.

LYRICS
You set me on fire, you put out the spark, 
the flame it rose higher, now we’re in the dark and it’s cold. 

They called you a liar. They said you were dark as the blood that runs black through your veins and the charcoal you drew just like smoke through my heart. But I never thought you’d be the one to let me dry out in the sun.

You set me on fire, you put out the spark, 
the flame it rose higher, now we’re in the dark and it’s cold. 

Consumed by the embers, how they burn and they scar. And I
watched as you walked across coals, how the flames licked your feet as you sauntered across. But I never thought you’d be the one to let me dry out in the sun.

You set me on fire, you put out the spark, 
the flame it rose higher, now we’re in the dark and it’s cold. 

THE BAND
Marie-Claire Berreen – Vocals
Steven Wattison – Guitar 
Peter Jennings-Bates – Bass 
Dan Slade – Drums and percussion 
Tommy Jennings-Bates – Piano 
Ted Dwyer – Electric guitar 


Spark

Title track from the sensation new studio album, 'Come Home', released 20th November 2015.

Come home

From the album 'Box and a Ribbon' - https://marie-claireberreen.bandcamp.com/

A lullaby. For anyone who's scared of monsters, creepy crawlies or their inner voice (help yourself to this free download)

Lyrics 
Mr Monster, I’ve known you for such a long time now.
Mr Monster, I know you’re here hiding from me.

But I’ve grown bigger now, bigger than you.
And I’m not scared at all. I’m not scared of you.

Mr Monster, why do you choose to hide beneath my chair?
Mr Monster, why do you only visit when I’m scared?

But I’ve grown bigger now, bigger than you.
And I’m not scared at all. I’m not scared of you.

Mr Monster, where have you gone now?
Why do you always creep, creep, creep,
creep inside my house at night 
and move so quietly?

But I’ve grown bigger now, bigger than you.
And I’m not scared at all. I’m not scared of you.


Mr Monster (free download)

From the album 'Box and a Ribbon' - marie-claireberreen.bandcamp.com/

Written in a cabin in the lake district. Should get your foot tapping. Lyrics:
 
Sitting here thinking about the time I was sitting here drinking with you
Taking chances, we never had the time, it was always someday

Then you turned my world around

Let’s run away from the pace of modern life where they’ll never find us
We’ll build a fortress with walls that touch the sky and live in kindness

You turned my world around, spinning upside down

May I remind you the times you were wrong?
None was as bad as forgetting our song
the song that you wrote and sang for me outside
with a box and a ribbon and candles for light
You’d covered my eyes with a scarf I recall
led me to the garden up next to the wall
The words are all faded and lost with the tree
But I’ll never forget “Will you marry me?”

Sitting here thinking about the time I was sitting here drinking with you
Taking chances, we’re going to find the time, there’s always Sunday

You turned my world around, spinning upside down

Turn my world around

Marie-Claire Berreen & Her Husbands. Folk band from The Shires, UK.

 “A superb original sound, muscular and dynamic, yet capable of great delicacy.” 
 Kontra Roots Promotions

"Beautiful tracks, stunning production and blissful vocals...what's not to like?" 
 BBC Introducing

https://marie-claireberreen.bandcamp.com/


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