Edward Randell - Magic M7 (Official Video)

Magic M7 is the opening track from my debut album Homing Instinct.
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Video directed by ‪@MaxBandicoot‬
Shot at Sands Films, London

Written and arranged by Edward Randell
Produced by Chris Hyson and Edward Randell
Engineered by Chris Hyson. Additional engineering by Lloyd Haines and Alex Haines at Basement 10.
Mixed and mastered by D. James Goodwin at The isokon.

Edward Randell – vocals, piano, electric guitar, programming
Chris Hyson – electric bass
Thomas Broda – drums, percussion
Alex Haines – electric guitar
Tara Minton – harp
Laura Ayoub – violin
Richard Phillips – cello
Sara Brimer Davey, Sumudu Jayatilaka, Scarlet Halton – backing vocals

Lyrics:

Who’s that stranger in the corner?
Is it me at seventeen?
Trying on his dad’s fedora
Quoting films he’s never seen
Trying to like the taste of whisky
Trying to like the way I sing
Playing songs I’ve long forgotten
A reminder to be kinder to
The boy who knew more
Than I give him credit for

He knew there was magic in the major seven
If you can open up your heart
Don’t have to try so hard
Not to be caught out trying
It’s only sentimental
If you don’t believe in it

Magic in the major seven
If you can open up your heart
Don’t have to try so hard
Not to be caught out trying
It’s only sentimental
If you don’t believe in it
And I wanna believe again…

Once I dreamt in technicolor
I guess growing up means going grey
Turning down the saturation
Helps me make it through the day
And I’ve been trying not to get my hopes up
‘Cause hope’s a target on your chest
So why am I crying in the kitchen
At a melody compelling me to
Hold out a hand
To the ones who understand

That there is a magic in the major seven…
If you can open up your heart
Don’t have to try so hard
Not to be caught out trying
It’s only sentimental
If you don’t believe in it
And I wanna believe again…

Magic in the major seven
If you can open up your heart
Don’t have to try so hard
Not to be caught out trying
It’s only sentimental
If you don’t believe in it
And I wanna believe…