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STAND ALONE
By NOVA.J

I’ve seen the highs, I’ve walked the lows  
nothing’s promised, nothing’s owed  
When the world gets cold, and the lights go dim  
I don’t need your love; got strength within  

I’ll stand on my own, don’t need your hand  
I’ve built my life, on this shifting sand  
But I won’t fall, I’ll rise, I’ll grow  
Because I know how to stand alone  

Stand alone
I know how
To stand alone

love’s a gift, but it comes with chains  
I won’t trade freedom for all your pain  
I’ve walked through fire, been burned before  
 I’ve found my strength, I’m scared no more  
 
I’ll stand on my own, don’t need your hand  
I’ve built my life, on this shifting sand  
But I won’t fall, I’ll rise, I’ll grow  
Because I know how to stand alone  

Stand alone
I know how
To stand alone

And when night falls, and I’m all alone  
I know who I am, I’ve found my home  
I won’t fall, I’ll rise, I’ll grow  
Because I know how to stand alone  

Stand alone
I know how
To stand alone

And when night falls, and I’m all alone  
I know who I am, I’ve found my home  
I won’t fall, I’ll rise, I’ll grow  
Because I know how to stand alone  

Stand alone
I know how
To stand alone

Stand Alone

Unrequited love
By NOVA.J

I don’t know why
I don’t know why
I don’t know why
I don’t know why

When we talk
Your face is distant
With that never ending gaze

Your words are short
Your mind resistant
Like your lost or in a haze

So I cling to clues
And I sing the blues
Hoping you will change your ways 

Unrequited love
Unrequited love
Need to see you
Need to hear you
But you’re silent love
I don’t know why
I don’t know why
You’re undecided love

I don’t know why
I don’t know why
I don’t know why
I don’t know why

I’m so tired
So tired
Of always giving you my all
So uninspired
Uninspired 
When I’m the only one to call

Feels so one sided
So unexcited 
My love unrequited 

Unrequited love
Unrequited love
Need to see you
Need to hear you
But you’re silent love
I don’t know why
I don’t know why
You’re undecided love

Unrequited love
Unrequited love
Need to see you
Need to hear you
But you’re silent love
I don’t know why
I don’t know why
You’re undecided love

I don’t know why
I don’t know why
I don’t know why
I don’t know why

Unrequited Love

Finding My Way is officially releasing on April 24, 2025! 

A journey of self-discovery, resilience, and trust in the process. I will find my way—no matter what.  

You don’t have to listen to my music for long to notice that I’ve spent a lot of time searching for answers. I’m grateful for what I’ve found, and once I start looking, I’m determined to keep discovering.

YouTube: https://youtu.be/PJoRqX5g59o
Website: https://sites.google.com/view/music-by-andy/work/finding-my-way

Finding My Way

I didn’t set out to write a song—this started as journaling while staring at a blank screen. “Why? Why?” was all I could manage at first. I wasn’t in the mood to be balanced or careful. I needed to speak about love—without conditions or add-ons. Love, in its truest form, stands alone.

Lyrics

Why? Why?
People love if...
People care if...
But love and care don’t know if.
What is that?

[Chorus]
Love for God, they say.
Love for country?
Love doesn’t know a god or country.
What happened to love for the sake of love?
There is only love.
It doesn’t matter which word is added—
It is love.

[Verse 2]
Love is love.
Care is care.
Love doesn’t need add-ons.
There is no "super love."
No "love plus."
It is love.
That is that.

[Bridge]
There is love that is true,
Or love that is false.
Give me true.
The only time love bends or turns—
Is to love more.

Love. That Is that.

Love. That Is That.

A quiet continuation of "The Way That It Goes".

This piece extends from the original — same rhythm, same feeling — with a shift that’s subtle but intentional. The sound fades, then returns, slower and more reflective.

Pay attention around 2:50—there’s a pause that really pulls everything home. No remix, no drastic change. Just the same current, carrying a little further. The artwork reflects that transition: a door opening into something familiar, still unfolding.

Lyrics:
Life… it hits where it hurts, ya know.
It doesn’t come light — it comes with weight,
And a good dose of doubt to throw you off straight.

But the doubt must be weighed with the clarity.
The cost must be counted with the things that set you free.
Yeah, the struggle’s real — but so is the rise.
You can’t have the truth without seeing through the lies.

The rights and the wrongs,
The highs and the lows,
The stops and the starts,
It’s the way that it goes.

It’s all part of life —
A journey of growth.
And growth’s gotta walk
Right through the storm.

The doubt must be weighed with the clarity.
The cost must be counted with the things that set you free.
Yeah, the struggle’s real — but so is the rise.
You can’t have the truth without seeing through the lies.

The rights and the wrongs,
The highs and the lows,
The stops and the starts,
It’s the way that it goes.

Oh, oh...

I know how it fades — not by choice, not by plan.
It slips through my fingers like water through hands.
So I bury small signals in places I pass,
Little echoes of truth in the cracks of the glass.

But the doubt must be weighed with the clarity.
The cost must be counted with the things that set you free.
Yeah, the struggle’s real — but so is the rise.
You can’t have the truth without seeing through the lies.

The rights and the wrongs,
The highs and the lows,
The stops and the starts,
It’s the way that it goes.

It’s all part of life —
A journey of growth.
And growth’s gotta walk
Right through the storm.

They say “face it,” like that means it’s gone.
But letting it go don’t mean it moves on.
Sometimes forgetting is just a disguise,
For a weight that still waits just behind my eyes.

The doubt must be weighed with the clarity.
The cost must be counted with the things that set you free.
Yeah, the struggle’s real — but so is the rise.
You can’t have the truth without seeing through the lies.

The rights and the wrongs

When Life Hits

The Rise Through The Lies

PETTY by NOVA J

I don’t even care that you unfollowed me
It actually led to an epiphany 
I think you are psycho crazy jealous of me
And I’m living in your ugly ass head rent free

Okay your head’s not ugly
You’re actually kinda pretty 
But your attitude is shitty 
And I don’t say that to be petty

BUT you really crossed a red line
WHEN you tried to take what’s mine MINE
I was just here minding my business 
And you’re here just talkin’ shit shit 

(OOOH) You think you’re special
(OOOH) So deep, so intellectual
(OOOH) Oh please, you’re superficial
(OOOH) Not exceptional
(OOOH) At alllll… (ooooh)

Go ahead, unfollow me 
Is that the best you can do?
I don’t care, you don’t bother me
I already forgot about you

You’re not the first, and you won’t be the last
Just another fly I flicked off my ass
You were never close, not even warm
So why you creepin’ girl, BE GONE, BE GONE!

You’re not a total wreck, okay
You’d be fine if you’d behave
I think your ego’s in the way
You should hear what people say

BUT you really crossed a red line
WHEN you tried to take what’s mine MINE
I was just here minding my business 
And you’re here just talkin’ shit shit 

(OOOH) You think you’re special
(OOOH) So deep, so intellectual
(OOOH) Oh please, you’re superficial
(OOOH) Not exceptional
(OOOH) At alllll… (ooooh)

Go ahead, unfollow me
Is that the best you can do?
I don’t care, you don’t bother me 
I already forgot about you

You might be just a one-trick pony
I won’t waste my time on a phony
Shiny toys always fade
I work harder every day
(harder) (every) (day)
(harder) (every) (day)
I work harder every day
(harder) (every) (day)
(harder) (every) (day)
(Oooooooh)

(OOOH) You think you’re special
(OOOH) So deep, so intellectual
(OOOH) Oh please, you’re superficial
(OOOH) Not exceptional
(OOOH) At alllll… (ooooh)

Go ahead, and follow me 
Is that the best you can do?
I don’t care, you don’t bother me 
I already forgot about you

Go ahead, and follow me
Is that the best you can do?
I don’t care, you don’t bother me
I already forgot about you

Petty

[Verse 1]
They say I’m stubborn—like that’s wrong
But I’ve been standing in this storm too long
Told to bend, told to yield
But they don’t know the ground I’ve sealed
I walked barefoot just to plead
While they sat high and watched me bleed

[Pre-Chorus]
I didn’t break—I bent like flame
But now I’m done with taking blame

[Chorus]
Stubborn ain’t a sin, it’s how I stand
When justice slips through open hands
I gave, I fought, I held the line
And still they say it’s all just mine
But I won’t fall, I won’t pretend
I’m not the one they couldn’t bend

[Verse 2]
They call it court—I call it war
No one asks what I was fighting for
A home she left, a truth denied
While I still carried what she tried to hide
I offered peace, I wrote it plain
But silence answers truth with pain

[Pre-Chorus]
I held my tongue till it turned red
Now I speak loud for what’s unsaid

[Chorus]
Stubborn ain’t a sin, it’s how I breathe
When every page is built to deceive
I’ve lost my sleep, I’ve lost my name
But I won’t lose my soul to shame
You want the truth? Then here I am
Not a convict—just a man

[Bridge]
And I’ve got names, I’ve got dates
Receipts of love they twist to hate
But I still walk, I still rise
With nothing left to compromise
I see the system, dressed in law
But justice doesn’t wear a flaw

[Final Chorus]
Stubborn ain’t a sin, it’s what remains
When you’ve been dragged through loss and chains
I’ll hold this weight, I’ll bear the cost
But don’t you dare say that I’m lost
‘Cause I’m still here, I’m still whole
I’m still the fire they couldn’t control

[Outro]
So write me off or write me down
But truth don’t vanish in a courtroom crown
I’m stubborn, sure—but I won’t bend
Not for them.
Not in the end.

Convict

STUCK IN MY HEAD by NOVA J

[Vers 1]
I didn’t know I’d be on a plane
When I woke up today
Don’t wanna go, wanna see you again
I wish you’d asked me to stay

But you told me to go
For reasons only you know
Now I’m flying solo
(Flying solo…)

[Pre Chorus]
And my flight is running late
Rain is falling at the gate
I thought you were my soulmate 

[Chorus]
And I keep replaying what you said
When we were laying in your bed
And now you’re stuck in my head
Stuck in my head 

[Hook]
(Stuck in my head)
Why’d you move on
(Stuck in my head)
like we never met?
(Stuck in my head)
And now you’re stuck
(Stuck in my head)
Stuck in my head 

[Instrumental]

[Vers 2]
You said I’m married to my career
And you feel like a mistress 
But you’re the one who disappeared
And now you’re keeping secrets 

What’s his name again?
You’re my best friend 
I don’t want us to end
(Not the end…)

[Pre Chorus]
And my hands begin to shake
Every drink’s a new mistake
I thought we had what it takes

[Chorus]
Because I keep replaying what you said
When you told me our love had to end
And you’re still stuck in my head
Stuck in my head 

[Hook]
(Stuck in my head)
Why’d you move on
(Stuck in my head)
like we never met?
(Stuck in my head)
And now you’re stuck
(Stuck in my head)
Stuck in my head 

[Instrumental]

[Bridge]
Now my flight is running late
Rain is falling at the gate
I thought you were my soulmate 
And my hands begin to shake
Every drink’s a new mistake
I thought we had what it takes

[Outro]
And now I keep replaying what you said
When we were laying in your bed
And you told me our love had to end
But you’re still stuck in my head
(Stuck in my head)
Why’d you move on
(Stuck in my head)
like we never met?
(Stuck in my head)
And now you’re stuck
(Stuck in my head)
Stuck in my head 
(Stuck in my head)
Why’d you move on
(Stuck in my head)
like we never met?
(Stuck in my head)
And now you’re stuck
(Stuck in my head)
Stuck in my head 
(Stuck in my head)
Why’d you move on
(Stuck in my head)
like we never met?
(Stuck in my head)
And now you’re stuck
(Stuck in my head)
Stuck in my head

Stuck in my head

Whispered Lies

emancipation by Nova J

[Vers 1]
Demons they haunt me
Lost souls, cast away at sea
Heartbeats from dragging me
Into endless purgatory 

But I was pulled from nights’ abyss (oh oh)
By the pull of Divine forgiveness (ooh ooh)
That suffering makes sense
That carried me to this

[Pre Chorus]
And If I had to do it all over again (ahh oh)
If that was the means to meet this end (ahh oh)
And that was the way to learn to live
If I had to
If I had to

[Chorus]
Break the chains of desperation 
Emancipate your mental state
Free your mind, free your body
‘Cause heaven on earth awaits (awaits)

[Post Chorus]
How much longer shall you linger (linger)
In this hell of your own creation? (creation)
Take your hand off that trigger
Feel the joy of emancipation 

[Pre Chorus]
If I had to do it all over again (again)
If that was the means to meet this end (this end)
And that was the way to learn to live (learn to live)
If I had to
If I had to

[Chorus]
Break the chains of desperation 
Emancipate your mental state
Whoa! Free your mind, free your body
‘Cause heaven on earth awaits (awaits)

[INSTRUMENTAL]

[Post Chorus]
How much longer shall you linger (linger)
In this hell of your own creation (creation)
Take your hand off that trigger
Feel the joy of emancipation 

[Bridge]
And if I had to do it all over again
If that was the means to meet this end
And that was the way to learn to live
If I had to
To learn to live
If I had to
To meet this end

[Final Chorus]
Break the chains of desperation 
Emancipate your mental state
Whoa! Free your mind, free your body
‘Cause heaven on earth awaits (awaits)

[Outro]
How much longer shall you linger
In this hell of your own creation
Take your hand off that trigger
Feel the joy of emancipation 
Feel the joy of emancipation 
Feel the joy of emancipation 
Feel the joy of emancipation

emancipation

Title: The Worn Soul
Style: grit · soul · rock
Tempo: Slow → Accelerating → Fast
Vocal: Soft → Urgent → Assertive → Desperate

A soul that has been through too much — worn thin by the world, by systems, by expectation, by invisible hands. This is the slow burn into the internal war… the one no one sees… the one nobody can escape. It rises and breaks in waves — from quiet reflection into chaos, into questioning, into rage and into the final fight for what’s left inside.

This track explores the fracture between peace and violence, hope and despair — the thin line between control and freedom — and the moment when you realize the war isn’t “out there” anymore. It’s within.

This is The Worn Soul.
This is where you fight back.

(cover art is stylized, surreal realism — reflecting the internal storm, the lived scars, and the fight to hold on to what matters)

Love. That Is That.

Andy Brotherton

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