Name: Here's To Life. Duet with Bix and Enso Nso. by Bix
Duration: 3 min 41 s
Description: This tune was written for Shirley Horn, the great jazz singer. She had a hit version, and others have sung it. Here I sing it with the wonderful jazz vocalist Enso Nso, and it's a beautiful song.

Voglio lei e soltanto lei

Tutti mi dicono che posso trovare mille donne come lei. 
Altri invece che non era assolutamente adatta a me. 
Che devo farmene semplicemente una ragione. 
Che devo uscire in fretta da questa dannata e triste prigione. 

Ma io voglio lei e solo lei. 
Nessuno sembra  capire. 
Che io voglio solo lei e soltanto lei. 
Nessuno sembra che voglia ascoltare. 

Ha sbagliato lo so. É stata brava a farmi innamorare e anche a ferire. 
Ma sono pazzo di lei e sono pronto ad abbracciarla e a perdonare. 
Perché l’amore grande come il mio non ha rimorsi. Non ha confini. 
É riuscire a volare insieme attaccandoci a centinaia, migliaia di palloncini

Ed io voglio lei. Lei e soltanto lei. 
Nessuno sembra  possa capire
Che io voglio solo lei e soltanto lei
Nessuno sembra che voglia ascoltare
………………………..

Uno, cento, mille amori non valgono quanto possa amare 
E la mia priorità adesso è solo pensare e insistere a provare. 
Tutti mi dicono che sono pronte altre donne per me. Non me la date a bere. 
E non ditemi, vi prego, cosa dire o cosa o non posso fare. 

La felicità è trovarla nel cuore di chi si vuole bene. 
La cercherò in fondo anche a rischio di farmi male 
Insisterò anche se dovessi togliere il sale dal mare. 
Perché il mio scopo é poterla amare. 

Io amo lei. Lei e soltanto lei. 
Nessuno sembra  possa capire
Che io amo lei, solo lei e soltanto lei
Nessuno sembra che voglia ascoltare
Che amo lei. 
solo e soltanto lei.

Voglio lei e soltanto lei

Amore dimmi dov’eri

“Red Wine on a White Lie” is a smoky soul ballad steeped in heartbreak, defiance, and vintage glamour. With jazz-inflected rhythms, a slow swing groove, and torch-song vocals, it tells the story of a woman who sees through the charm of a sweet-talking lover—and finds her fire in the wreckage. Bittersweet, bold, and unapologetically soulful, this track is for anyone who's ever been stained by a lie, and came out stronger for it.

Red Wine on a White Lie

[Verse 1]

You pitched me forever like a backroom deal
Lit your cigarette with nerves of steel
Called the truth too heavy to hold
So you dropped it quick, and left me cold


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[Pre-Chorus]

I dressed in white like some naïve bride
But baby, I don’t bleed on the inside


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[Chorus]

Red wine on a white lie
Bleeds like truth in a silk disguise
You whispered poison, called it sweet
But I won’t kneel beneath your feet
Red wine on a white lie
Looked like love…
But so do I


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[Verse 2]

Your hands were velvet, but your soul was stone
I danced alone in a house not home
You poured just enough to cloud my brain
Then vanished clean like summer rain


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[Pre-Chorus]

You named it passion, I called it pain
Now I’m done with playing your game


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[Chorus]

Red wine on a white lie
Crimson trails I can't deny
You kissed like heaven, left like sin
But darling, I shed softer skin
Red wine on a white lie
It burned like love…
But so can I


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[Bridge – spoken/sung, growing fire]

Truth has a bite — and honey, so do I
Here’s to the wreckage, the reasons, the why
You thought I’d drown in your design?
I swim in fire, baby. I’m just fine.


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[Final Chorus – defiant & rising]

Red wine on a white lie
But I’ve got stars behind these eyes
You left your stain, you played your part
But I survived your fragile art
Red wine on a white lie
And while you sip on sweet regret…
I’ll be the flame
You can’t forget


Red Wine on a White Lie

You changed my world

Sometimes I can’t even focus my mind  
Feels like I’m living with my head in the sky  
I wasn’t like this, I was the opposite kind  
Now I’m a broken

You changed my world  
And it started with a simple “hi”  
You changed my world  
And to think I liked you so much  
You changed my world  
Give me back what once was mine

I lost all my habits, my friends and my pride  
My dignity, my peace, the calm I had inside  
I believed in you more than I ever knew  
And now here love from you

You changed my world  
My simple way of living, too  
You changed my world  
I thought that youYou changed my world  
Give me back what once was mine

I wish I could go back, rewind every mistake  
Find the strength I had before all this heartache  
But every step brings me back to your way  
And I wonder if I’ll find my own path someday

You changed my world, but now I take it slow  
Piece by piece, I hold myself and grow  
You changed my world, but you won’t change who I’ll be  
This time I choose where my wings will set me free

You changed my world  
And it started with a simple “hi”  
You changed my world  
And to think I liked you so much  
You changed my world  
Give me back what once was mine

You changed my world

Lonely People

🕯 I Leave Ashes Behind 🕯
A slow-burning soul elegy wrapped in velvet smoke.
No anger. No goodbye. Just the soft hush of someone choosing absence with grace.
Minimalist jazz-inflected instrumentation meets intimate, breath-warm vocals — a departure so quiet, it echoes.

This is not closure. This is sovereignty.
She doesn’t vanish — she simply leaves nothing behind but ash.

🎧 Mood: detached, graceful, unshaken
🖋 Line to remember: “I leave ashes — dry and clean / Like I was never in between.”

Let the silence speak.

I Leave Ashes Behind

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Verse 1

I don’t need closure, I don’t need grace
I watched it burn and turned my face
No final words, no bitter cries
Just smoke curling through the sky

Pre-Chorus
You’ll search the air for what we were
But darling, I don't leave a blur


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Chorus

I leave ashes behind
Not love, not hate, not the ties that bind
No trace for you to follow back
No scent of me on your collapse
I leave ashes — dry and clean
Like I was never in between


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Verse 2

I left the dress, I kept the name
I walk in silence, not in shame
No bags to pack, no doors to close
Just lighter steps where nothing grows

I didn’t flinch, I didn’t stay
I simply turned and slipped away

Pre-Chorus
You’ll search the air for what we were
But darling, I don't leave a blur


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Chorus

I leave ashes behind
Not love, not hate, not the ties that bind
No trace for you to follow back
No scent of me on your collapse
I leave ashes — dry and clean
Like I was never in between


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Bridge (the ritual of disappearance)

No candle lit, no mourning song
No looking back to prove him wrong
No trace of me in what you find
Just breath… just dust… just disinclined


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Final Chorus

I leave ashes behind
Not love, not hate, not the ties that bind
No myth for you to twist or keep
No echo waiting while you sleep
I leave ashes — soft and wide
Then I return to what’s inside

I Leave Ashes Behind

117 - Old Ghosts Through You

Jy groet my met jou rooiwyn
Sing saggies en jy lei my dan 
Waar die son nie skyn nie
Jy kom na my in drome 
Maar drome sal ek nooit verstaan
As die son nie skyn nie

Jy ken my draaie
Jy pen my siel
Jy draai my om jou
Soos n spekelose wiel
Jy ken my draaie
Jy ken my siel
Jy draai my om jou
Soos n spekelose wiel

Jy groet my met jou rooiwyn
Sing saggies en jy lei my dan 
Waar die son nie skyn nie
Jy ken my donker kleure 
maar word maar min daardeur gesteer
As die son nie skyn nie

Ek het jou gesoek in die mis en reën
In ‘n kamer sonder tyd of naam
Jy syfer deur die krake van my eensaamheid
Maar los my altyd net ‘n raam

Jy ken my draaie
Jy pen my siel
Jy draai my om jou
Soos n spekelose wiel
Jy ken my draaie
Jy ken my siel
Jy draai my om jou
Soos n spekelose wiel

Jy groet my met jou rooiwyn
Sing saggies en jy lei my dan 
Waar die son nie skyn nie
nie skyn nie



 

Rooiwyn

This tune was written for Shirley Horn, the great jazz singer. She had a hit version, and others have sung it. Here I sing it with the wonderful jazz vocalist Enso Nso, and it's a beautiful song.

Here's To Life. Duet with Bix and Enso Nso.

"Velvet Ache" is a sultry, soul-drenched ballad that explores the haunting space between desire and devastation. With poetic lyricism and smoky, intimate vocals, the track invites listeners into a world where passion burns slow and deep—where silence speaks louder than touch, and pleasure is laced with ache. A hypnotic blend of raw vulnerability and sensual power, Velvet Ache lingers like a bruise kissed by candlelight.


Velvet Ache 

[Intro]

Mmmhhh... Mmmhhh... Mmmhhh...
Your breath on my skin is a velvet ache
Every word you don't say still makes me break

[Verse 1]
You're a sin I sip slow in the candlelight
Eyes like poison, sweet and ripe

[Pre-Chorus]
I trace the hunger in your sigh
Your silence pulls me open wide
I shouldn't stay, but here I lie
Drunk on what you never hide

[Chorus]
Touch me like you mean to leave a mark
Whisper like the dark's your favorite drug
I’m falling through the heat, the hush, the haze
Where shame and pleasure melt and blaze
You're my midnight, raw and wide awake—
My velvet ache

[Post-Chorus – whispered]
Mmmhhh... still burning, still shaking
Mmmhhh... no saving, no faking

[Verse 2]
Fingertips speak more than tongues allow
You're the sermon, I’m the vow
Wrapped in satin, drowned in moans
We build a heaven we can’t own

[Pre-Chorus]
Every glance a loaded gun
We're too far gone to come undone
You taste like danger in disguise
But I keep coming every time

[Chorus]
Touch me like you mean to leave a mark
Whisper like the dark's your favorite drug
I’m falling through the heat, the hush, the haze
Where shame and pleasure melt and blaze
You're my midnight, raw and wide awake—
My velvet ache

[Bridge]
Don’t promise me forever, just tonight
Burn me soft and slow, and get it right
In this room, we both confess
Lust as gospel, sin as bless

[Outro – slow fade]
Mmmhhh... Mmmhhh... Mmmhhh...
And when you leave, I won’t forget
The bruises shaped like silhouettes
Still aching where you used to stay—
Still velvet in the break
Mmmhhh...


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Velvet Ache

A Songwriter’s Cinema/Genre-Spanning Journeys Through Longing, Lust, and Legacy

From neon-lit disco floors to grainy 1920s ballads and orchestral pop peaks, this collection of original songs navigates the wild emotional spectrum of being human — through raw confessions, sensual memories, lost futures, and deep introspection. Whether it's the pulsing desperation of "Mr. Dick Is Addicted", the dreamlike yearning in "Where Do I Belong?", or the haunting regret of "Ne Valait-ce la Peine?", each piece is crafted with era-specific precision and sonic authenticity.

Featuring lush string arrangements, gender-fluid vocals, synth ballads, jazz crooners, and even a duet with one’s own anatomy — these songs are built for musical theater stages, retro-future films, or that aching dance floor inside your head.

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