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McCartney IV

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McCartney IV is really a song about owning up to the ways you’ve hurt people, and recognising that love is more important than anything else. It’s a love song. I think it’s silly. And very serious. And hopefully romantic. People tell me they like it. Of course, the influence of a Beatle is worn on it’s sleeve (literally).

I wrote it on a ukulele, an instrument I know almost nothing about. I do a lot of inclusive music workshops for disadvantaged and Disabled kids, and there’s always a ton of ukuleles in the music cupboard. Figured I’d better have a go.

I’m mostly known for playing the MiMu Gloves, so it’s a bit scary and exciting to do something without them, and on an instrument I don’t know how to play even. It’s new and strange to do something gentle and nothing like the big loud noise I make with the gloves.

People tell me it helps them. That it’s optimistic. I think so. I think it’s a song with a purpose.

lyrics

Back when I was cruel
I had a thousand things to say
None of them were kind
None of it was good
You took my broken heart
And you rolled it up
You let it fall away

Now I don't know who I am
I'm not ready to give into you
But when my heart returns

I'm gonna roll it on back to
Roll it on back to you
I'm gonna roll it on back to
Roll it on back to you

Kleptomanic heart received
I sing myself to sleep
I stopped and took a breath to hear
The awful things I'd said
If I could find a beat of good
Inside my broken heart

That you pretend that you can mend
Just lie to me to keep me safe
You know what I will do

I'm gonna roll it on back to
Roll it on back to you
I'm gonna roll it on back to
Roll it on back to you
I'm gonna roll it on back to
Roll it on back to you
I'm gonna roll it on back to
Roll it on back to you

And I would live a thousand lives for you
And I would live a thousand lives for you
And I would live a thousand lives for you
And I would live a thousand lives for you

I'm gonna roll it on back to
Roll it on back to you
I'm gonna roll it on back to
Roll it on back to you

credits

released September 2, 2022
Words & Music by Kris Halpin.

Drums by Lee Cogswell.
Backing Vocals by Paul Reynolds & Claire Tyler.
Everything else by Kris Halpin.

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Kris Halpin UK

Kris Halpin is a singer/songwriter and producer. Blending a world of influences, from his 80s childhood, rock and metal teens and experimenting with groundbreaking electronic instruments as an adult. Known mostly for playing Imogen Heap's groundbreaking MiMu Gloves, Kris' work happens at the intersection between music, technology & disability. ... more

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