“The other day, upon the stair, I passed a man who wasn’t there. 
He wasn’t there again today – I wish that man would go away.” 
-Paraphrased from Hughes Mearnes’ ‘Antigonish’.


released 13 October 2014 

Ruby Cikada is: 

Lennox Campbell-Berzins – Guitar and Vocals on all tracks, Keyboard on tracks 2,7, + 8, Mandolin on Track 7, and Drums on Track 4. 

Aniqa Qadir – Vocals on all tracks except #5. 

James Atin-Godden – Bass and Backing Vocals, Keyboard on Track 4. 

Daniel Staples – Drums on all tracks except Track 4 and Bonus Track.

All songs (with exception of Bonus Track) written by Lennox C.B and performed/ arranged by Ruby Cikada. 

With special guest: 
Alex Gage – Bass and background vocals on Track 4. 

BONUS TRACK (the Grocery song): 
Written by Lennox C.B. and Chris Debellis 
Chris Debellis – Lead Guitar 
Leo Orlov – Lead Guitar 
Lennox C.B. – Vocals, Guitar, and Drums 
Aniqa Qadir – Vocals 
James Atin-Godden – Bass and Backing Vocals. 
Ryan Cassar – Backing Vocals 
Recorded, Produced and Mixed by Ryan Cassar. 

Production: 
Aaron Corbet – Producer and Engineer on all tracks except 4 and bonus track. 

Ryan Cassar - Producer, Engineer, and backing vocals on tracks 4 and bonus track. 

Daniel Staples – Mastering for all Tracks. 

Adam Trout - Album Art, Design, and Band Logo. 

For more info, www.facebook.com/RubyCikada 

Special Thanks to the Staples' family!


Magicikada

I’ll wait for you, my dear, by the wishing well, it knows a thing or two. 
If you want me to I’ll throw a coin for you, and I’ll tell it just what to do. 
But if you think its dumb or not quite fun, I can always spare the change. 
Though the world is strange, with an odd refrain, I’ll still wish you well. 

Wish you well, I’ll wish you well, with shooting stars and sacred shells. 
Wish you well, I’ll wish you well, with alchemy or mere fantasy. 

So throw a penny down and you’ll hear a wondrous sound, your dreams will sing and soar. 
But if you’re looking bored and not quite up for more, I’ll still wish you well. 

Wish you well, I’ll wish you well, with chicken bones and sacred stones. 
Wish you well, I’ll wish you well, with birthday cakes from outer space. 

But if you’re too old for chance or old romance and magic is a thing of the past, 
I’ll be sitting here without an ounce of fear – I’ll still wish you well…
credits
from Magicikada, released 13 October 2014 
Lennox Campbell-Berzins – Guitar and vocals 




Produced and Mixed by Aaron Corbett 

Mastered by Daniel Staples

05- Wishing Well

Special thanks to Ryan Cassar for his hardwork and dedication; special thanks to Dan Staples, Matt Staples, and Alex Gage for their musical inspiration. 
This song is about falling in love with a Ghost.
lyrics
Violent Violet 
Caught my eye through a one way window. 
Her reflection was all she could see 
As she stared right back at me 
As a smile struggled to break free. 

Violent Violet 
Exchanged dirty words on the phone	
With a friend at the end of the line, 
She thought she could beat her design	
When she caught a drop of mourning in her eye. 

Violent Violet don’t run, sleep where your fruits are won. 
We will meet anon - be reunited as one. 

Violent Violet 
Waits under a streetlight, reserved for two. 
A rendezvous with something new, 
Shadows shrink from her poison hue, 
As a figure stretches into view. 

Violent Violet don’t run, Sleep where your dreams are sung 
Though your days are done you still carry the sun.
credits
from Magicikada, released 13 October 2014 
Lennox Campbell-Berzins – Guitar, drums, and vocals 

Aniqa Qadir – Vocals 

James Atin-Godden – Bass 

Alex Gage - Guest bass and vocals. 



Produced, Mixed, and Recorded by Ryan Cassar. 

Mastered by Daniel Staples.

04- Violent Violet

Four eyed girl looking both ways on the corner of a four way street. 
The swirl to her eyes made me fantasize of a passion so discreet . 
I spun around on sturdy ground and asked if she had the time. 
‘I would if I could’, she laughed, ‘but I got not a watch or dime’. 
‘That’s too bad’, I said, ‘say how do you get around’? 
‘I’m uptown, goin downtown, got no ride going homeward bound’. 

Her voice was cocked, knotted to snap and trap my innocent ears 
My clumsy walk and bumbling talk gave away a feast of fears 

She said it softly, quite sincerely ‘Hey do you got a car?’. 
I felt disease when she said please I didn’t think we’d gone that far. 
Got my ride and let her inside while she strapped in for the kill. 
Engine growled, gave a howl and rumbled on down the hill. 
Stopped for gas with mind on task as I stepped into the store. 
Heard an engine hum and the shot of a gun as she drove off with a roar. 

Love in transit, railway bandit, renegade on a rocket, 
Played the part when she stole my heart and tried to make a profit.
credits
from Magicikada, released 13 October 2014 
Lennox Campbell-Berzins – Guitar and vocals 

Aniqa Qadir – Vocals 

James Atin-Godden – Bass 

Daniel Staples – Drums 



Produced and Mixed by Aaron Corbett 

Mastered by Daniel Staples

03- Love In Transit

I saw her today as I looked the other way. 
Down in the subway she held my gaze in sway. 
Seconds stopped and took in a breath.	
All the world seemed stunned frozen in death 

It’d be nice to meet you. I would like to know you. 

I saw her again this morning - passed her by the crossing. 
I smiled and blushed as the traffic hummed to a hush. 
Couldn’t place her face nor match her person. 
Though I knew those eyes that much I’m certain. 

I saw her again drifting through my restless dreams 
Her vision had seemed to break in between its shallow seams 
Sleepy eyes could’ve let me dream away. 
When I did I must have missed today. 

It’d be nice to meet you. I would like to know you.
credits
from Magicikada, released 13 October 2014 
Lennox Campbell-Berzins – Guitar, organ and vocals 

Aniqa Qadir – Vocals 

James Atin-Godden – Bass 

Daniel Staples – Drums 


Produced and Mixed by Aaron Corbett 

Mastered by Daniel Staples

02- It'd Be Nice

The other day, upon the stair, I passed a man who wasn’t there. 
He wasn’t there again today, I wish that man would go away. 
We sat alone, between the two, neither us knew what I knew 
Nor knew north from south Peru, I swore we were but we were who? 

Stranger House, Gotta git outta sight! Stranger House, Can’t sleep here tonight. 

I watched a man alone tonight, chase shadows by candle light 
When candle snuff they go to die - Find a back on which to lie. 

All these walls tell me to run. 
All these halls Rumble like a gun. 
And worst of all I missed the setting sun 

I tripped around a treasure mound, my precious thing could not be found. 
I stumbled down and fell astray - I wish that thing would lose its way. 

Stranger House, Gotta git outta sight. 
Stranger house, can’t sleep here tonight.
credits
from Magicikada, released 13 October 2014 
Lennox Campbell-Berzins – Guitar, and vocals 

Aniqa Qadir – Vocals 

James Atin-Godden – Bass 

Daniel Staples – Drums 


Produced and Mixed by Aaron Corbett 

Mastered by Daniel Staples

01- Stranger House

I Know You Pray To God

I heard you speak when you thought I was asleep.
Giving your thanks like as if you said,
I’ve got my friends, but they’re no one you know,
and family, but none that know me well.

tell me again whom you are a child to
name me a friend someone you can’t lose
show me the right stranger on the street
and when you speak know that I’ve got mine

I know you pray to God
But I know a better father
I know you pray to God
But I know a better mother
I know you pray to God
But I know a better sister
I know you pray to God
But I know a better brother

She cut your hair when you were a child
The way you like a little off the side
Drove you to school and tucked you in at night
Kept on the light to make sure you were fine

Bare feet and loose clothes that she would clean
And wiped your tears when the other kids were mean
and we will walk like young men and women
Someone might die but it won’t be me

I know you pray to God
But I know a better father
I know you pray to God
But I know a better mother
I know you pray to God
But I know a better sister
I know you pray to God
But I know a better brother

Into the night that’s always there for me
the dirt and loose earth slips off my feet
I fell asleep somewhere
but don’t look for me, you will not find me there

I know you pray to God
But I know a better father
I know you pray to God
But I know a better mother
I know you pray to God
But I know a better sister
I know you pray to God
But I know a better brother

04 When I Was Younger

03 The Vanishing Act

Helping Put Your Dress On

Helping put your dress on 
Helping put your dress on 
Helping put your dress on 
Helping put your dress on 

Windows shake from passing cars 
CDs skip, repeating parts. 
We’re hummingbirds, we’re small talk, 
never know the words, hollow thoughts. 

Pulling in your hips, kissing your mouth 
Nothing to be figured out 
My fluttered little heart 
Flecks feathers slowly apart 

Helping put your dress on 
Helping put your dress on 
Helping put your dress on 
Helping put your dress on 

Parting your hair around your face 
Slipping the hairpins into place 
Are these the days that I would replay? 
Moments I remember when we fade away 

Heavy heart, another ticker-taught part 
Our flirting feelings, let’s stay in the dark. 
But I’m pretty sure I’ve always heard 
Someone calling my name when I stood 

Helping put your dress on 
Helping put your dress on 
Helping put your dress on 
Helping put your dress on

02 Helping Put Your Dress On

01 I Know You Pray To God

Blue

Mourning About You

The ************* of Donald Trump

Tuff Turf

Week 4

No Future For you

Lyrical abstract, a modern day musical rebel 
Chime in the bass and treble when the beat kicks in
Don't forget the mids when we're in the middle of the 
thick of it, time is always fixing it, the impervious smooth bit 
of a man who understands his own mortality, grounded in reality

We need a world that is open to the notion that ideas arise 
and fight conventional intention that our fears divide
and suppress our motion to the enjoy the ride,
yet we're never on the same side.  

authoritarianism and various isms to prison systems
make the tradition of good intuition the superstition 
to the point of abolition, turn on the ignition and you got
my disposition, then you listen to the mission. 

They take our place, smash our base and erase any voice or opinion, 
unique artistic vision with precision. 
When it's finally time to step up and take due, 
it's simply put, 
No Future For You

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Greatness awaits when you confiscate the irate nature humans face, human hate,
incubate their idle traits
don't be a player, they fake their way up a chain, and stick to over blown 
synthetic vapor, that drives them insane, and stained

A plain brain filled with nothing but the need to complain
poor terrain, weak environment to maintain in vain
So stop it, dial the clock back, unchain, crop it, 
Now it's the time for mentality to swap prior
vitality, replacing knowledge banality in rhyme, pop it

Balance and discipline is the key to life,
path of goals you will lead, to eliminate the strife, 
and fight to educate and demonstrate the purpose of words
serve the message of truth that is normally unheard,  

the imperial bacterial will witness a miracle of voodoo rituals, 
and the residual officials be in awe of the empirical through and through,
We brang it raw to stereo two for two
When it's finally time to step up and take due, 
We simply tell them  
No Future For You

No Future For You

Step Into The Fire

Alternative/Experimental Rock band based out of Toronto, ON, Canada.

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