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Piano: Oleg Yarushin https://www.youtube.com/@muzoleg
Lead and Background Vocals: Elena Martos

Take On Me (A-ha Cover)| feat.Oleg Yarushin

From the forthcoming album Endorfinika Splendara, slated for a 2025 release.

Words & music by d.iorio. Recorded, mixed, performed and produced by d.iorio. All rights reserved 2025

endorfinika splendara

gush

The latest song from the upcoming album Here Come The Real Flower Pots

Indie Rock (42%)
Indie Pop (31%)
Folk Rock (22%)
Alternative Rock (20%)
Folk (14%)

Birdie

Another country breakup song.

The backing tracks are from Band-in-a-Box.

Drinking My Weight in Beer

c-I'm drinking my weight in beer
Celebrating you're not here
That's something for me to cheer
So I'm dinking lots of beer

v-You said I was a bum
Even though I called you hun
You were never fun
So away you did run

v- You met my BFF at a gym
While you were taking a swim
Maybe I should drink gin
'cause I never really met him

Chorus

V-I'm as happy as I can be
No ball and chain around me
No need for a lock and key
'cause now I am free

Chorus







Drinking My Weight in Beer

This is a song about my belated love for house music and a celebration of that feeling of always being late to the party

Retro And Beyond

Sell-By Date

Back Down The Well

The third track from the EP "broken Pieces'.

Composed & performed by Chris Brambley & Catherine Rudie. Production: Chris Brambley & Catherine Rudie. Mixing; Jamie Lockhart/Greenmount Studios. Mastering; Eric James/Philosophers Barn Mastering

Butterfly Wing

Golden Years

Drift and Fall

Camille Bordelon - LONG SHOT 2025-01-27 16_58

Blue Flames

Drown in the shadows of blame with “Bad Sign,” a cinematic dark R&B/trap confession for the misunderstood, the outcasts, and anyone who’s ever been painted as the villain just for telling the truth. Hypnotic sub-bass and whispered synths wrap around raw, emotionally honest lyrics about wearing the scars of other people’s stories. If you’ve ever been the scapegoat for someone else’s pain, or carried the weight for the ones you love—this one’s for you.
Perfect for late-night drives, heavy hearts, and anyone who finds power in surviving the blame.
Follow, share, and add to your playlist if you feel seen.

Lyrics:

Say my name—
when you need someone to blame.
Truth hurts louder
when you hide behind shame.

Your world cracked open when I spoke the truth,
Suddenly I’m poison for not lying with you.
They called me the trigger,
Said I set you off—
But all I did was turn the light on,
Showed you the lock.

They say I stirred the storm,
Whispered “change” in your ear—
But nobody asked why you stayed frozen in fear.
Funny, how the villain’s just the first to say
"You deserve more
than being okay."

Every secret you buried, I saw through the floor,
Truth in the ruins,
No peace in the war.
If being honest is cruel,
Call me cruel for your sake—
Guess it’s easier to hate me
Than admit what’s at stake.

Call me the bad sign,
Curse in your prayer—
Blame me for the cracks
that were already there.
I’ll be your black sheep,
Your story’s disease—
Better a scapegoat
Than down on my knees.

Call me the traitor,
Put scars on my name—
But I was the mirror
You shattered in shame.
If all you can do is rewrite the truth—
Then paint me the villain
For loving you.

You built your silence like a castle of sand,
Every wave I brought was just a helping hand.
I watched you drown just trying to stand,
Still they call me the current—
The one you couldn’t withstand.

Every lie they told made you smaller inside,
I offered you space,
But they wanted you tied.
Now I’m the reason you learned how to fight—
Isn’t it wild,
How freedom looks wrong in the night?

I took your story out of the dark,
Paid with my name
for lighting the spark.
If healing means breaking
the roles you outgrew—
Then let all your ghosts
Haunt me too.

Call me the bad sign,
Curse in your prayer—
Blame me for the cracks
that were already there.
I’ll be your black sheep,
Your story’s disease—
Better a scapegoat
Than down on my knees.

Call me the traitor,
Put scars on my name—
But I was the mirror
You shattered in shame.
If all you can do is rewrite the truth—
Then paint me the villain
For loving you.

I didn’t break you—
I just held up the light.
Sometimes the only way out
Is through someone else’s fight.

Call me the bad sign,
Curse in your prayer—
Blame me for the cracks
that were already there.
Better a scapegoat
Than lost in the lie.
If loving you’s treason,
Let me testify.

Say my name—
when you need someone to blame.
I’ll wear it like armor,
I’d do it again.

Bad Sign

Soulful Gospel Uplifting Powerful song & lyrics 
** Time Of Need **
Mixture of a narrative style, Gospel Soulful feel.
Sas style. 
Written on the 23/7/25***

From the upcoming Album- Gospel 

https://on.soundcloud.com/ebpdwwFBword1FrTIf


- Jesus Christ 

                        [ Narrative]
Jesus was born in Bethlehem
died in Jerusalem).

He was a religious leader
 revered in Christianity, 
one of the world's major religions.
 He is regarded by most Christians
 as the Incarnation of God.

Many people called him a great moral teacher.
 For Christians, he was the Son of God,
 fully God and fully human.

 the savior of the world, 
who came to take away our sins
 and died for them. 
The divine Son of God.

Jesus Christ  wasn't just some spiritual individual during His time on earth.
 He was both God's Son  and God Himself.

Most scholars and Christian traditions state  that Jesus was 33 years old when he died on the cross.

                              [ echo  male ]
Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do.

To day shalt thou be with me in paradise.

Woman, behold, thy son! Behold, thy mother!

My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?

I thirst.

It is finished.

Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit.


 Crucified,nailed,tied to a cross and left to die. 

I Want to believe. 
A spiritual need. 
More than a man in human form,
 but a teacher of Good. 
A messenger from above?

 or our need for salvation?

 Christ died for our sins
 in accordance with the Scriptures, 
that he was buried, 
that he was raised on the third day.

Jesus please help me heal 
Guide me 

I don’t want my soul
 to wonder
 for all eternity lost.

My faith is  in your hands 
Save me.

Jesus_Christ

A cinematic, acoustic memoir of Southern twilight. Across 11 tracks, it weaves porchlight intimacy with gospel grit, blending Chicago blues, Motown warmth, and folk storytelling into a cohesive emotional arc.

Fade to Honey - Soul Bonus

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