Bring the PAIN

Lyrics:

Bring the pain

No, I never wanted to feel like I'm nothing
And if I'd known what it would be like with you
a never ending sensation of drowning
and being blamed for the hell that you put me into

You point the finger again
you lie about everything 
you're clever shifting the blame
and gaining nothing from me
you're always playing your games
and you deny everything
your words just spread like a plague when you
bring the pain

a darkened soul on the brink of possession
a hurricane that will tear down the things in her way
at least through all this I learnt one good lesson
to never ever believe one word that you say

You point the finger again
you lie about everything 
you're clever shifting the blame
and gaining nothing from me
you're always playing your games
and you deny everything
your words just spread like a plague when you
bring the pain
bring the pain
bring the pain
bring the pain

You point the finger again
you lie about everything 
you're clever shifting the blame
and gaining nothing from me
you're always playing your games
and you deny everything
your words just spread like a plague when you
bring the pain
bring the pain
bring the pain
bring the pain

You point the finger again
you lie about everything 
you're clever shifting the blame
and gaining nothing from me
you're always playing your games
and you deny everything
your words just spread like a plague when you
bring the pain

Bring the PAIN

Yesterday Again - written and performed by Justin Banks 08/07/2021

Lyrics: 

With every step you take,
you just leave me in your wake;
cause I am nothing ( i am nothing ),
not even a glimmer in your eyes.

And time will tell,
if i will meet you there hell;
Alone again?
A feeling I know far too well.

If I would die tonight,
It doesn't matter in the end;
You'd forget me,
I would be your yesterday again.

As yesterday is thrown aside,
as you just compartmentalize;
all the worthless things in your life,
while I'm thrown to the side.

and time will tell ( time will tell ),
if I will meet you there in hell;
and I don't know if I'm alive,
a feeling I know far too well.... 

If I would die tonight,
It doesn't matter in the end;
You'd forget me,
I would be your yesterday again.

If I would die tonight,
It doesn't matter in the end;
You'd forget me,
I would be your yesterday!

If I would die tonight,
It doesn't matter in the end;
You'd forget me,
I would be your yesterday again.

I'd die tonight,
It doesn't matter in the end;
You'd forget me,
I would be your yesterday again.

Again, 
I'd be your yesterday again.....

Yesterday Again

God Was So Ashamed - Written and produced 09 07 2021

Vocals and Lyrics - written and performed by Anna Cara and Justin Banks
Music Written and performed by - Justin Banks

If I had ever known 
That I'd be so alone
I never would have chosen my life
I would have just let go
If I could leave behind
The remnants of my life
Then I still need to find how
to erase this from my mind

God was so ashamed
The day I got my name
She finally realized that she had made her last mistake

How was I to know
You'd feel so alone
And even though you wasted it
I gave you the world
If I could read your mind
and make everything right
would you find your happiness or
would you wander blind

And God was so ashamed
The day I got my name
She finally realized that she 
had made her last mistake
And I take all the blame
on my soul that has a stain
and I will live with knowing that I'll
Never be the same

God Was So Ashamed - Feat. Anna Cara

The Paranoid Echoes of Silence. 

Written at the funeral of Matthew Marshall 1984-2001 
Based on the speech I gave at the funeral.

"The Paranoid Echoes of Silence" is the moments, when you're a child, leading up to the point where you know your parents are going to say "It's time to go home" and for about 5 minutes before they finally stop talking, there's nothing you can do or say. Just time waiting with your friend, nothing to do, not knowing if it's the last time you will ever see them. Those haunting few moments that will be the last time you ever spend together. I hope everyone is fortunate enough to have a friend like I did. 

Lyrics:
Stop all the clocks,
cut off the telephone,
I don't want to go home
I wanna stay here with you,
longer than forever. 
The stars are not needed,
put out every one,
I've got all I need with you,
I can't stand being home. 
The Paranoid Echoes of Silence....
Are ringing in my brain
it's time to go, it's time to leave,
here we go again. 
I've been dreading this moment, 
for longer than I've been alive,
to be here without you sometimes, 
I'd rather die. 

Now that you've left me,
I won't say how,
but you've taken me with you,
all that's left of me is a shell
betrayed my insides,
you were my love, 
you were my friend, 
for so long... 
I thought love lasted forever,
but I guess I was wrong. 

The Paranoid Echoes of Silence....
Are ringing in my brain
it's time to go, it's time to leave,
here we go again. 
I've been dreading this moment, 
for longer than I've been alive,
to be here without you sometimes, 
I'd rather die. 

you were my love, 
you were my friend, 
for so long... 
I thought love lasted forever,
but I guess I was wrong.

The Paranoid Echoes of Silence

Sofly - Written and performed by Justin Banks
Written 16/11/2003 - Produced 21/07/2021

Lyrics:

Tell me why, you want to end your life
Is it really all that bad, is nothing going right?
Think for a while, you might just change your mind,
Take your time, take your time...

You're so high... So fly!
You're alive, so spread your wings and fly
You're so high... So fly!
You're alive, so spread your wings and fly

You're not alone, but it seems you've made up your mind,
There's nothing I can say, I won't even try,
But at least this time we get a chance to say goodbye,
So goodbye.... goodbye

You're so high... So fly!
You're alive, so spread your wings and fly
You're so high... So fly!
You're alive, so spread your wings and fly

Fly! Fly!!

Don't I mean anything to you?
No,
Don't I mean anything to you? 

So high. So fly. You're alive so spread your wings and fly. 
Hold on. Hold on. Hold on. Hold on!

You're so high... So fly!
You're alive, so spread your wings and fly
You're so high... So fly!
You're alive, so spread your wings and fly
Fly!

Sofly

Written 2005 - Produced 23/07/2021 

Written and performed by Justin Banks

Lyrics:

I gave up everything for you,
and all the lies I'm blinded to,
I guess I hoped that you were different from the world...

But every story has a twist, 
Just like the knife against my wrist,
and now I hope that my last act will haunt you forever... 

And it's all because of you 
I'm drowning in a pool of blood,
I'm not sorry, I'm not sorry, I'm not sorry, 
And it's all because of you 
I'm drowning in a pool of blood,
I'm not sorry, I'm not sorry, I'm not sorry, 
I failed...

A heart of darkness in your chest,
concealed behind the nicest breast,
I should have known you were just part of this wicked world, 

But every story has a twist, 
Just like the knife against my wrist,
and now I hope that my last act will haunt you forever... 

And it's all because of you 
I'm drowning in a pool of blood,
I'm not sorry, I'm not sorry, I'm not sorry, 
And it's all because of you 
I'm drowning in a pool of blood,
I'm not sorry, I'm not sorry, I'm not sorry, 
I failed...
I failed, I'm not sorry I failed, 
I failed, 
Don't look at me, don't touch me
Can't you see that I'm not worthy, 
Don't look at my face
I'm such a disgrace 
Don't look at me, don't touch me
Can't you see that I'm not worthy, 
Don't look at my face
I'm such a disgrace 

I failed
I'm not sorry I failed, 
I failed, 

And it's all because of you 
I'm drowning in a pool of blood,
I'm not sorry, I'm not sorry, I'm not sorry, 
And it's all because of you 
I'm drowning in a pool of blood,
I'm not sorry, I'm not sorry, I'm not sorry, 
I failed...

Pool of Blood

Stanley K. 

Written 2005 
Performed and Produced 29/07/2021 - by Justin Banks

Lyrics:

I'm so alone, lying here with this....
up against my wrist, 
cleaning off the blood, 
from my previous attempt,
and now I'm so alone,
There's no one here like me.... like me

I hate living without the know
I hate living without you
I can't live like this no more
I hate living without the know
I hate living without you
I can't live like this no more

I hate myself - and no I never thought it come to this
but now I'm standing here with a stanley knife
pointed up-a-right against my wrist
I hate the world - and no I never thought it come to this
but now I'm standing here with a stanley knife
pointed up-a-right against my wrist

Punishing myself, why don't other people
get punished like I do
it's not fair... but 

I hate living without the know
I hate living without you
I can't live like this no more
I hate living without the know
I hate living without you
I can't live like this no more

I hate myself - and no I never thought it come to this
but now I'm standing here with a stanley knife
pointed up-a-right against my wrist
I hate the world - and no I never thought it come to this
but now I'm standing here with a stanley knife
pointed up-a-right against my wrist

Standing here with a Stanley knife right against my wrist... 

I hate myself - and no I never thought it come to this
but now I'm standing here with a stanley knife
pointed up-a-right against my wrist
I hate the world - and no I never thought it come to this
but now I'm standing here with a stanley knife
pointed up-a-right against my wrist

Stanley K.

Post Mortem

Written 2007 - Produced 2021
Written and performed by Justin Banks

(Lyrics)

Only 17
A mind not conditioned for bleeding
I wasn't prepared for the vision
Of my best friend lying so life-less
Not ever

My Mind is so clear
( There is nothing I don't understand about the concept )
This can't be real
( There is nothing I don't understand about the concept )
My Mind is so clear
( There is nothing I don't understand about the concept )
This can't be real
( There is nothing I don't understand about the concept )

All I have - is the memory of you Post Mortem
And the scar implanted in my vision
And I still feel like I'll see you tomorrow
I'm waiting for tomorrow... 

I see you in my dreams
But still I can't even remember
My mind's desecrated all I have
And left me with one gruesome picture
My Brother

My Mind is so clear
( There is nothing I don't understand about the concept )
This can't be real
( There is nothing I don't understand about the concept )
My Mind is so clear
( There is nothing I don't understand about the concept )
This can't be real
( There is nothing I don't understand about the concept )

All I have - is the memory of you Post Mortem
And the scar implanted in my vision
And I still feel like I'll see you tomorrow
I'm waiting for tomorrow... 

All I have - is the memory of you Post Mortem
And the scar implanted in my vision
And I still feel like I'll see you tomorrow
But Tomorrow Never Came....

Post Mortem

Written & Performed by Justin Banks
05/09/2021

CANCER (I'll go it alone)

Lyrics:
A vacant face in a white lab coat
A low growl as he clears his throat
The words puncture me like a chiv
Apparently I don't have long to live 
These brilliant minds and there's no answer
I'll I heard is "You've got cancer"
All I really want is to go home

I'll go it alone
Until the end
There's no sedative strong enough for this
I will go alone
And I know
There's no shadow that I will ever know 
But I'll do it alone

& Now I know that I'm gonna die
I never really felt so alive
God damn it's good to be home

I'll go it alone
Until the end
There's no sedative strong enough for this
I will go alone
And I know
There's no shadow that I will ever know 
So I will go alone
And leave the world
And the apathy that became all they were
So I will walk alone
With all the load
And I will let go of the guilt I've come to know 
But I'll do it alone
I'll do it alone
There's no sedative strong enough for this
I will go alone
And leave the world
There's no shadow that I will ever know 
So I will go alone

CANCER  (I'll go it alone)

Till I'm Breathing

Written and performed by Justin Banks 
Written: 2006
Produced: 2021

Lyrics

Never thought I would be so stupid,
To let everything get away,
And now let myself fall all over my weakness
But that's just the price I have to pay

Oh, Stop playing me
Stop playing me
Stop playing me

Till I'm Breathing, I'm not over you
Till I'm Breathing, I'm not over you
Till I'm Breathing, I'm not over you
Till I'm Breathing, I'm not over you

We let ourselves continue on in silence,
but both too stubborn to let it breath,
and now I struggle with your suffocation, 
that you have left inside of me,

Oh, Stop playing me
Stop playing me
Stop playing me

Till I'm Breathing, I'm not over you
Till I'm Breathing, I'm not over you
Till I'm Breathing, I'm not over you
Till I'm Breathing, I'm not over you
You..... You..... You.... I'm not over you

Till I'm Breathing

After being the only person in the world to have won multiple consecutive international songwriting competitions, it seemed like Justin would have risen to fame quite quickly. However his love for acting and film making bled through and forced his music career to take a back seat. 

Justin continued writing in private and until now had not released another single track.

Justin Banks.net

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