All tracks are a story of being human, a journey to all levels of expression, from dark to light. The Messy LIfe, trying to Uncomplicate It and celebrating us, the Artists and Artworks in Progress. 

The Human Condition

You know when you have too many broken hearts and it's hard to to be vulnerable and courageous again to let yourself fall in love again - looking for the right person that never comes and you wonder why - hmmmm - this song is about that dilemma! 

I wanted to write a classical song - I wanted it about love but recalled my experience in my early years where I was afraid to commit, to fall and trust again.

Thanks AI for helping me land this track to this point reasonably quickly!  The song was butchered at the end so I needed to do some edit and restructure on the layers by splitting the stems and extending the song. A great demo for now for I do say so myself - it moved me. 

There is a hint of an extension of the love theme from my previous music video Once Upon A View I released on Youtube with an 1899 Cinderella Silent Film I was able to use! "The shoe must fit" :) 

Serve Love Lyrics

Upon a view at sunrise 
What lies ahead for you? 
Can there be love this time 
Waiting just for you?

I see again hesitation in those eyes 
Heels dug into grass brown stained 
What must lie on the other side
To defer again to another day?

Courage could not come soon enough 
But will it come at all?
You half-heartedly signed up for love 
With no stomach for the fall

Fall for love not because you are weak 
Fall for love because you are strong 
Fall for love not for the favours 
Fall for love because you serve love

Love has a lot to give 
But the shoe must also fit 
Love will refuse to stay 
It will indeed pull away
From the foolish takers 
The broken deniers 
Who sadly turn lovers 
Into runners for cover 

Courage could not come soon enough 
It won’t have to come soon
If you fool heartedly signed up 
To play lovers like fools

Fall for love not because you are weak 
Fall for love because you are strong 
Fall for love not for the favours 
Fall for love because we serve love

(Ah ahhhhhhhhhhh)
Serve, serve for love
(Ah ahhhhhhhhhhh)
Fall to serve love 

Upon a view to shine (shine) 
What be your kind? (the kind)
For the torch bearer (does know)
The light of truth fires up the passion 
oooooooh, ahhhhhhh

I see contemplation in your eyes 
Beneath stirring feet, you rise 
Committed to loving ways 
For much better days (better days)
The story goes, you wised up 
Bold tales of breaking down walls
That you full heartedly signed up 
To take the lead and light the way

(Ah ahhhhhhhhhhh)
Serve, serve for love
(Ah ahhhhhhhhhhh)
Fall to serve love 

(c) George Helou

Serve Love

This represents my story about how I was in a war zone at 5 years of age - a bomb exploded across an intersection from our apartment where I was standing on the balcony. I witnessed a young girl pass away from it - I was too young if there is any age to confront such horror. 

Many experiences starting with this one made me run from my dreams. I share how I managed to outgrow my fear. Many people relate to this story because we are all on that mission to overcome our fears, traumas and conditioning. 

Here I Am Lyrics 

Where to start? 
Maybe right from the start 
Burned in my soul 
An explosion mark 
A tail of smoke
Big boom, hurry run!
Running, running
Where are you mum?

Shockwaves blew 5 years 
Of innocence away 
Saw evil killing 
Boys and girls in its way
Realisation that 
Faceless monsters exist
Raise that guard 
For the stones and sticks

Upon me and around me
So much to do 
Stay in your shell kid
They’re in a bad mood
Park your dreams
Wish your wishes away
Trust once in yourself 
And they’ll make you pay

Where am I going? 
Who should I be?
Can I exist 
Beyond here?
This fear’s too heavy
For my knees
Can’t keep running
From who to be

Was too busy to find me
Too busy to find me
But here I am, here I am 
Got lost in the grinding
It sadly defined me 
But here I am, here I am
I feel so alive, 
This me I can’t hide
Here I am, here I am
Here I ammmmmmm!  

What a nice quiet kid
They’re so eager to say
Does what he’s told
He must be okay
Loyal to the one goal
To simply assimilate 
Camouflaged like vanilla
What a fate 

Must please them 
So they’ll accept you 
Be invisible 
So they can’t reject you
Put your hands down
Kill the attention
Before you fail
Avoid their detection

What’s this place 
That pushes me down?
Where does it come from? 
Why does it come?
Who are these creatures
Waiting in shadows?
Time to call their bluff
Hey! Come take me, awayyyyyy! 

Woooooaaaaahhhhhhhh!
Come take me, awayyyyy! 
Woooooaaaaahhhhhhhh!

Where did they go? 
I surrendered to their power
Are they that gutless?
Or was I the conductor?
Of their power 
To keep me from myself 
To keep me being 
Anything but myself

Where was I going? 
What to be?
Time to exist 
Beyond here
The fear was heavy
For my knees
Gotta stop running
From who to be

Was too busy to find me
Too busy to find me
But here I am, here I am 
Got lost in the grinding
It sadly defined me 
But here I am, here I am
I feel so alive, 
This me I can’t hide
Here I am, here I am
Here I ammmmmmm!

Where next?
This is a brand-new start
Creating from my soul 
Leave legacy marks
Precious trails 
Off memories and fun
Flowing, flowing
From heart to mind

Where next?
This is a brand-new start
Creating from my soul 
Leave legacy marks
Precious trails 
Off memories and fun
Flowing, flowing
This is my time

Here I Am

The rapid evolution of AI and all tech is clashing with the definition of what it means to be an artist, to create and to deliver meaningful value to ourselves and each other. 

This song calls out for a humbling to embrace the opportunities, temper the judgement and to allow new dynamics of expression and allow the adventure of where it lands, how it continues to evolve for a new balance of a sustainable value exchange. I see creativity and artistry to become a part of each human's way to express their purpose and emotion. 

The tech is far from perfect and may never truly get there, but it does deliver a platform that is truly spectacular and only keeps getting better. This song was frustrating because I could not get production with AI to avoid over-production and what I consider unnecessary layers of sounds. At least this is a kick ass demo for a future version cleaner and more refined. 

Joy Waves Lyrics 

You want the best for me 
So, I flow for you to see
In my proudest moments 
You’re neither felt or keen  
To express in the present 
How you experienced me 
Left hanging for timely attention
Left joy, joined the confusion 

I look closely and I see
A person caught in fear 
Incapable of creating 
Fearing the exposing
Embarrassing mistakes 
Costly trembling takes 
Evidence for the fail 
Reasons to quickly bail 

All good for some 
All bad for others 
But who knows?
Who knows?
Follow your heart 
Let passion drive you 
And let truth do  
The heavy lifting 

Flow for your purpose 
Stay true to your service 
Keep finding ways
To ride the joy waves  

Just ride the joy waves 
Ride (ride them high)
Just ride the joy waves 
Ride them high (Real high) 

Between black ’n white worlds 
Be petty or be understanding 
Driven by the desire to serve  
How do I balance the dividing?
Exit its fear while holding on 
To the pained eyes that roll 
Grasping for significance 
With perfection insistence 

All good for some 
All bad for others 
But who knows?
Who knows?
Follow your heart 
Let passion drive you 
And let truth do  
The heavy lifting 

Flow for your purpose 
Stay true to your service 
Keep finding ways
To ride the joy waves  

Just ride the joy waves 
Ride (ride them high)
Just ride the joy waves 
Ride them high (Real high)

I look closely and I see
A person caught in fear 
Incapable of a new race 
Competing for space 
Troubled by a new face
Costly hesitation takes 
Complacency centre stage
In a cloak ’n dagger game

All good for some 
All bad for others 
But who knows?
Who knows?
Follow your heart 
Let passion drive you 
And let truth do  
The heavy lifting 

Flow for your purpose 
Stay true to your service 
Keep finding ways
To ride the joy waves  

Just ride the joy waves 
Ride (ride them high)
Just ride the joy waves 
Ride them high (Real high)

Those flexing creative prestige 
Frowning at unconventional ways 
That surf the waves of innovation 
Creating light speed exhilaration 
Worried to lose what they don’t have 
Yet right here, right now, it’s 
All at our fingertips 

All good for some 
All bad for others 
But who knows?
Who knows?
Follow your heart 
Let passion drive you 
And let truth do  
The heavy lifting 

Flow for your purpose 
Stay true to your service 
Keep finding ways
To ride the joy waves  

Just ride the joy waves 
Ride (ride them high)
Just ride the joy waves 
Ride them high (Real high)  

The fans motivate  
The haters motivate  
The true creators 
Respect the balance  

Just ride the joy waves 
Ride (ride them high)
Just ride the joy waves 
Ride them high (Real high)

Just ride the joy waves 
Ride (ride them high)
Just ride the joy waves 
Ride them high (Real high)

Joy Waves

Soul Bell Lyrics   

To reach me is not easy
I’m busy being tough
Too busy trying too hard
To be what? Never enough 

Who’s the authority of my approval? 
Who’s ordained with perfect vision? 
Who’s threatening my removal
On this hoop jumping mission?

In a battle with this crazy world 
Is a cruel fight with who exactly?
Must deal with my judgement hurl
That inner deep unsatisfactory

I’m not allowed to look there
I can never have the time
Flaws and failure if I dare
Is the only thing I’ll find.

Yet I exist, I persist,
So confusing, so deluding
Dividing myself from divine right
Busy excusing and exuding

Lies, lies, lies about 
Self, self, self
Cry, cry, deny all
Help, help, help
Lies, lies, lies about
Self, self self
Can’t deny, it’s time
To ring my soul bell!  

Time for my fervour
What must be true?
Can’t look any further
Than my creation in view

What God-Universe is in me?
How truly loving must it be?
Would it choose my absence?
Or am I an eternal substance?
 
I am taking a risk on the latter
Just be me, I already matter
No longer trapped in roles
with self defeating goals

The lies, lies, lies now end
Truth does finally set me free
To view all with the omni lens
Precious artists and artworks in progress

Soul Bell

We wish for all our young to find their strength and voice through the challenges of their teens. 

Your Voice Lyrics   

Crying eyes, hard shut 
You still found my thumb 
And squeezed it firmly 
The start of our story
That moment you were born 
A miracle to our world
That day I had sworn
To protect you, baby girl

Yet, I noticed very early 
You were a cautious one 
I fished, throwing burley 
As you climbed rocks for fun
I said and did nothing 
Knowing you’d be fine 
Standing between gull and fish 
You protected our dinner dish 

We thought we protected you 
You did conquer cliffs 
But there was more to do 
Dealing with sociopaths 
Should have seen them coming
Conditioned for the shunning
You were their bait 
They maimed your faith 

A fate we had to change 
Unfitting for a heart so pure 
We were too slow to chase 
Ideas lodged to endure
We watched the pain set in 
Taking over your life force 
Our tools unable to get in
Trampled on a dark course  

Too precious for lies 
To be deceived like this 
Too resilient and wise 
To be kept down like this
Finding your substance 
Without losing your kindness
A new song to sing 
Ending the lonely silence  

You found your voice 
Strong and sweet 
You found your voice
To cool the heat  
You found your voice 
To make your presence felt 
A voice that now leads  
Hearts to melt 

You had to realise 
All on your own 
That breaking free 
Is not done alone 
Though the choice 
Was to be made by you  
Making a difference 
Starts with you 

Too precious for lies 
To be deceived like this 
Too resilient and wise 
To be kept down like this
Finding your substance 
Without losing your kindness
A new song to sing 
Ending the lonely silence  

You found your voice 
Strong and sweet 
You found your voice
To cool the heat  
You found your voice 
To make your presence felt 
A voice that leads  
Hearts to melt 

What a platform
You now enjoy 
In great form
Finding your joy
Taking your ups
With your downs 
Building self-love 
So much found 

Too precious for lies 
To be deceived like this 
Too resilient and wise 
To be kept down like this
Finding your substance 
Without losing your kindness
A new song to sing 
Ending the lonely silence  

You found your voice 
Strong and sweet 
You found your voice
To cool the heat  
You found your voice 
To make your presence felt 
A voice that leads  
Hearts to melt

Sweet, sweet voice 
Strong ‘n carefree 
Sweet, sweet voice 
Knowing how to be  
Sweet, sweet voice 
Standing tall 
Sweet, sweet voice 
Handling it all 
In great company

Your Voice

If you look closely, we are all on the addictions spectrum - we just do so many things from sugar, to thrill seeking activities, taking risks, gambling, drinking, drugs, sex, and on it goes - to plug a hole left by a lack of deeper purpose. Imagine what waits for us on the other side of these addictions.

Addiction Rides Lyrics 

Take me on 
Those little rides
Where feelings  
Get so satisfied 
Where hope lives on
Through the highs
Where we sure do run 
From heavy sighs 

Hit me up, I’m ready again 
Roll the dice, my special friend 
Sweet treat time, a glass of wine 
Bump ’n grind, now unwind 
A cigarette to ease the tension 
Bungee jump for another sensation 

Addiction rides
(Ah, ah, ah haaa) 
To run and hide 
(Ah, ah, ah haaa)
Addiction rides 
(Ah, ah, ah haaa)
To feel alive 
(Ah, ah, ah haaa)
Addiction rides 
On the surface 
With no purpose 

I press a button 
To create my hope 
A fleeting second 
To align my rows 
Three in a row 
Win pretend dough 
Quickly back to low 
Repeat the show 

Hit me up, I’m ready again 
Roll the dice, my special friend 
Sweet treat time, a glass of wine 
Bump ’n grind, now I’m fine 
A cigarette to ease the tension 
Bungee jump for another sensation 

Addiction rides
(Ah, ah, ah haaa) 
To run and hide 
(Ah, ah, ah haaa)
Addiction rides 
(Ah, ah, ah haaa)
To feel alive 
(Ah, ah, ah haaa)
Addiction rides 
On the surface 
With no purpose 

What am I doing
That I can’t stop?
What is this feeling
I have to drop?
Why am I running?
It’s never ending
Where is the meaning?
So tired pretending

Nowhere to go 
Don’t scare me so 
One thing I know 
Is chasing hope 
Accept the dope 
Numb the pain 
Feels insane 
(So insane)  

Into a corner searching
The seconds for meaning
In no man’s land, drowning
No longer connecting
What am I fearing 
That’s got me reeling? 
I have had enough 
Of meaningless stuff 

Still stuck but can’t do this again 
Rolled the last dice, my patient friend 
Sweeter dreams, please be kind  
To feel deeply again, be truly fine 
I must confront the tension 
Ignite the heart vibrations 

Addiction rides 
I’m done alright  
Addiction rides 
I retire tonight 
Addiction rides 
I’m diving deeper 
For a purpose so much richer!  

Addiction rides 
I’m done alright  
Addiction rides 
I retire tonight 
Addiction rides 
I’m diving deeper 
For a purpose so much richer!  

Addiction Rides

RubyRose Lyrics

Is she going to feel again?
Will she start singing again?
I hope so!

She was a sight 
For awakened eyes 
With that rebel flair 
Without compromise 
On any topic 
She spoke her mind 
Dismantled your view 
While she smiled

She was as anti social 
As they come 
The misfit with a sharp
Razor tongue 
Yet charming and fun
For a loaded gun

(RubyRose)
Was chasing perfection 
For her protection 
(RubyRose)
This woman was special 
At driving you mental 
She sure was - (RubyRose)

I asked her 
If she would join me 
For a little while 
She checked the time 
Then nodded with 
The sweetest of sighs 
She had hope in her eyes 
I may help her feel alive

But she was as anti social 
As they come 
The misfit with a sharp
Razor tongue 
Yet charming and fun
For a loaded gun

(RubyRose)
Was chasing perfection 
For her protection 
(RubyRose) 
This woman was special 
But also drove herself mental 
She sure did - (RubyRose)

An intellect like that
With some twisted rules
Showed the surface misfit 
Playing the obedient fool 
Carrying the weight
Of everyone’s views
Fighting for a cause
She thought she knew

Not so anti social 
After all 
Chasing that approval 
Was her final straw 
She was ready 
For so much more

RubyRose was finally
Ditching her perfection 
The overdue rebellion 
(RubyRose) 
This woman was special 
For the first time, gentle 
(RubyRose)

Trashing her worth 
Was where she 
Drew the line
Friend zoning herself 
Was a shocking find 
Her softness emerged 
To finally be kind 
(To RubyRose)

Not so anti social 
After all 
Self approval 
Was her final call 
‘Cause she was ready 
For so much more

Ditching perfection 
Was her final rebellion 
That’s the cause (RubyRose) 
This woman’s growing 
Roaring and soaring 
Feeling it all (RubyRose)
(RubyRose)

RubyRose (RubyRose) 
Ditching perfection  
Was her final rebellion  
That’s the cause (RubyRose) 
This woman is growing 
This woman is soaring 
Feeling it all (RubyRose)
(RubyRose)

RubyRose

Some epic ambient metal for motivation and focus. Some more tracks to hum along to while the ashes fall. 

Buy me a coffee

Lighting the forge

Beautiful you

I broke the rules and broke some more - and this song popped into my top 3 of all time - I can learn a lot from just letting it flow with less concern about structure. 

Love You More Lyrics 

Mmm… I am about to lose all my cool? Like - all of it!
Yeah Ow! That’s me, right now because of you!
If I say too much, forgive me, cause I feel I am gonna start rambling
But damn, can you blame me? I mean, look at you girl it! Hot damn! 

Oh, so you looking that good
And you got the charm to match?
Get out of here, you ain’t real
You can’t be
Are you on a mission from God?
To teach me what to love?
‘Cause this must be what it is!
Somebody help me
I am falling, falling
God damn it - it’s too late!

But why am I here if loving you was not the reason?
So can you love me some, while I love you more?
Love me some, while I love you more
Love me some, while I love you more
We have to start somewhere — for goodness sake
Somewhere where love between us vibrates

Who’s keeping score?
If I could have poured any more love into you
I swear, I swear, I surely would drown you
If I was a soldier, I would love-bomb you into heaven
If I was a toddler, I would tantrum at the world
Until they saw what I see, felt what I feel, for you, baby
But I ain’t anything but the fool
That would fall in and out of love a thousand times
Heart break after heart break, whatever it takes
To finally reach the love - with you

They call me mad, they say you’re bad
But all I see is the destiny I’m all in for
Please don’t be afraid
I know I’m coming on too strong, too quick
But I’ve never been sure of anyone or anything in my entire life

But why am I here if loving you was not the reason?
So can you love me some, while I love you more?
Love me some, while I love you more?
Love me some, while I love you more?
We have to start somewhere — for goodness sake
Somewhere where love between us vibrates

I see the type of men you have had before
Not one must have a brain to let you go
Your only flaw is not seeing what we can be
If only you could know, what I know, what I know

Oh, you wanna know my age?
Never mind about that for now
Let’s play a record and watch the sunset
Will you do that for me, baby?
Let’s get timeless just like what our love is meant to be
(Oooooh weeeeh!)

But why am I here if loving you was not the reason?
So can you love me some, while I love you more?
Love me some, while I love you more?
Love me some, while I love you more?
I promise, I promise - I ain’t keeping score
I don’t care anymore - I just love

Is it that hard to love me
When I love you beyond existence and back?
Is it that hard to love me
When I would find infinity and plus-one it — for you!
Is it that hard?
Ahhhhh — my heart is exploding
And yet I still can’t give up
Because without loving you
I’ve lost reasons to exist — so I persist

I see something happening, you do deny
I know what I saw — your interest in disguise
Happening between us — it’s not? You’re not?
Well explain why you hang around
Attached to my embarrassing obsession
With your own obsessive devotion
Haha - Gotcha! 
No-no?? - Don't let your pride make love hide 
That just ain’t cool, my beautiful queen of cool

Please love me just one time
See how it feels, maybe it’ll stay awhile
Please love me just one time
See how it feels, maybe it’ll stay awhile
But it’s okay if it don’t

Love me, love just one time
Just the one
It doesn’t have to be long
It doesn’t have to last
If I blink and you become my ex
I’ll still be grateful I got to get your love
For a glimpse, frozen in soul time
Into forever (Ahhhhh)

When I die, I ask for just one thing
On my tombstone I want deeply engraved
Exactly what I feel and think
Before my soul is taken away -
This man loved a woman
Greater than existence itself
And was willing to love
And take that love into the afterlife
For his lady that loved him
For about a glimpse
As witnessed by his grateful heart
Now and forever
Amen

Love You More

Dysphoria

I don't wanna, wanna


Flouro under the neon's yellow glare
Clock strikes three but nobody's there
The vending machine hums its sad little prayer

Feeding time for the vampires
The Procession of men that just don't care
They feed in silence in mela-mine booths
But the lady at the Wimpy's is always there

Steel-toed boots on a concrete floor
The coffee tastes like regret and war
Dust settles on the ghosts at the door

Feeding time for the vampires
The Procession of men checked out 
Like the procession that came before,
But the lady at the Wimpy's just stares,

Soothing hums of the machines
Drifting out of space and time as well,
Wake to the hiss of fire sprinklers, 
In the engine room in hell,

Casual slavery for their crimes,
Scrutinise every nickel, every dime,
They'll get to each one in it's time,

Feeding time for the vampires
The Procession of men in a carnal line,
The last cigarette's ashed out,
But the lady at the Wimpy's has a spare,

Feeding time for the vampires
The Procession of men locked inside a state of mind,
Subscribers to an old paradigm,
They feed in silence in melamine booths
But the lady at the Wimpy's isn't there

Feeding Time for the Vampires

Don't Feed the Trolls (alt)

Facta Non Verba

It is so hard after great success not to get complacent - and when we do - it's categorically - a bitch! 

Complacency (Is A Bitch) Lyrics 

Captured, trapped 
In a web of complexity 
Locked tight - held back 
Where’s my ability?
When the miles take their toll 
With too much to take
After falling in a hole
Only then do I wake

With open eyes 
I’m still blind 
It’s hard to accept 
I missed the mark
At my best 
I landed last 
That brain too slow 
While life got fast 

Complacency (Is a bitch)
Crashing me (In a ditch)
Complacency (Is a bitch)
Crashing me (In a ditch) 
Complacency (Is a bitch)
Crashing me (In a ditch)
Da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da
Da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da 

Puzzle - get solved 
Bring back my candy 
I’m sick - too pained
To hold back profanity 
Enough is enough 
(Is enough is enough)
Enough is enough 
(Is enough)
Is enough is enough 

With open eyes  
They still lie
It’s hard to accept 
I lost the fight
A chess piece move
Went all wrong 
That brain messed up
But for how long?

Complacency (Is a bitch)
Crashing me (In a ditch)
Complacency (Is a bitch)
Crashing me (In a ditch) 
Complacency (Is a bitch)
Crashing me (In a ditch)
Da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da
Da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da 

I hate the sound 
Of hitting the ground 
Spinning bald wheels 
(Blowing ‘em up) 
Can I turn it around now? 
(Turn it around)
Turn it around now 
(Turn it around) 

With open mind  
Even shut eyes
I sense the target
I hit the mark
With a new best 
I will make last 
That brain does work
I can change fast 

Complacency (Is a bitch)
It ain’t for me 
Complacency (Is a bitch)
Must change what I be
 Complacency (Is a bitch)
It ain’t for me 
Da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da
Da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da 

I turn it around now 
(Turn it around)
(Turn it around)
I turn it around now 
(Turn it around)
I turn it around now 
(Turn it around)
(Turn it around)
I turn it around now 
(Turn it around)

Complacency (Is a bitch)
It ain’t for me 
Complacency (Is a bitch)
Must change what I be 
Complacency (Is a bitch)
I’m outta here 
Da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da
Da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da

Complacency (Is A Bitch)

I create music as a hobby and as a therapy and provide workshops for others to do that too, using AI to help produce tracks. I also create empowerment systems to help people at scale increase their confidence and resilience by engaging their adaptive nature and work towards living a purposeful life. While all my song lyrics are written by me, and some tracks come from my personal compositions including instrumentals that I add lyrics to, I use AI to merge these with songs I share with you here. It really makes you realise how important your own words are in a song.

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