THE BELLS

by Mike Marais 2026


1. Surely The People Is Grass
2. I Found Your Song
3. Falling Pages
4. My Guitar (Roarses)
5. Fourfold
6. The Gates
7. Born to Record
8. My Favorite Band
9. Rain
10. Joy
11. Ecchoin Yip Eye
The Bells (Mix)
The Bells (Tracks)




THE BELLS

by Mike Marais 2026




SURELY THE PEOPLE IS GRASS

In the beginning there were no words
She’s a one hit composer
I write it down to show her
And a heart close to mine gets closer

I found a four leaf clover
You died over and over
I’ll get younger when I’m older
And see through the eye of the beholder




I FOUND YOUR SONG

I’m gonna play my steel guitar
It’s not a mirage I’m a star
I’m wanted in the grave like a clod
Or as One in Heaven in the Family of God

Above the flames the smoke of praise
Old fishes leap above the waves
They lay on their oars
And watch the doors

The past is in the grass
Every second is your last
If you miss the train I’m on
You will know that I am gone

Cross the river misty and old
True love is better than gold
I found your song saved inside
Like it had found a place to hide




FALLING PAGES

Slain slain slain on earth
First first light of day
Falling pages on the world
Into tears a minute’s gone
Slain slain slain on earth




MY GUITAR (ROARSES)

Sunset’s on the leave
Crater it’s pale
Tumbled into guitar twee
Striking evening sky in sleet
You’re the rose, stem, thorn, soft leaves




FOURFOLD

I feel like a fish out of water
I want fire
I wouldn't know her if I saw her
She’s that close to nothing
I’m just laying outside on the ground
A record knocked me down

She’s returnin outta the pavement
Back to the burnin gate of the Fourfold Shepherd
Holding the old coverless record
Another song will shatter




THE GATES

Love is always blind
And I cannot see
I’m looking up at the sky
Through the branches of the tree

It’s the truth at last
In the beauty of the past
I tried to escape myself
But I couldn’t go that fast




BORN TO RECORD

You were born to record
And now you’re all gone
I went to see for myself
And the sea went on and on

Can you sew without a seam?
I stand next to music
And watch it while I scream




MY FAVORITE BAND

Jesus was a Little Lamb
He took me by his sacred hand
So that I could stand
By him on this earthly land

Satan sends all his friends to the end
But he can’t find my grain of sand

That was now
This is then
All my friends

Shadows flowed onto the sand
A song played by my favorite band
I got my lamp my Seven lamps
All is dead. Who cares? Turn on the amps

Satan sends all his friends to the end
But he can’t find my grain of sand

That was now
This is then
All my friends




RAIN

When did you find rain?
I keep falling in love
I rest in love like a shadow
Clouds pass through my ink
Your voice sounds like water
Your eye cracks on the piano in my eye
Your smokestack smile drips away into a new light




JOY

From the dark
Poem seemed to say your beating heart
Line by line
All you say comes true
It’s the truth I’m after
The rose of joy will bloom




ECCHOIN YIP EYE

You pluck the string
Ecchoin Yip Eye
You pluck the string
Your Song ecchoin
It feels so good to be a rose