So excited for the release of this song Luke. 🙌🏽🔥🔥🔥💯

I'm so curious about reading the lyrics in the song-description to get the whole message. Any chance? :)

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Doesn't Matter What They Say (Master).wav

Immediately

Remastered edition of Spectre, from album The Grand Illusion

Grand illusion remaster - Spectre

Night and Day is a song about the global pandemic and how it’s reminded us that we live in a world of opposites. One force cannot exist without the other and when we feel the presence of one, we notice the absence of the other.

Night and Day

Jay Chakravorty remix of latest Talk In Colour single 'For The Night'

For The Night (Jay Chakravorty Remix)

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

This song is about the importance of guiding and nurturing the next generation with love, kindness, and empathy. It's a heartfelt message about the values we pass on to our children, and the impact that our actions and words can have on shaping their world. The lyrics emphasize the importance of teaching children to stand strong, be respectful, and lead with compassion, while also showing them that they have the strength and potential to make a positive difference. It's a song about the power of love and example-setting in helping children grow into confident, empathetic, and resilient individuals.


LYRICS: 

[Verse 1]
Plant the seeds in the soil below
Water them with the love you show
Teach them kindness let it grow
Shining bright where dark won’t go 

[Chorus]
Teach them to stand hearts open wide
Show them the strength they’ve got inside
Respect’s a flag they’ll raise up high
Lead by example and touch the sky
And touch the sky 

[Verse 2]
Show them how to hold their ground
Without a scream or shouting sound
Words like rivers gentle and bold
Can shape a world and hearts of gold 

[Bridge]
Pull the curtains teach no lies
Let truth sparkle in their eyes
Empathy their guiding start
It’s love that binds no matter how far
No matter how far 

[Verse 3]
Let their fears fade into dreams
Push the shadows through sunbeams
Every voice deserves its space
Lift them up to embrace grace 

[Chorus]
Teach them to stand hearts open wide
Show them the strength they’ve got inside
Respect’s a flag they’ll raise up high
Lead by example and touch the sky
And touch the sky

Teach Them

I listened to a Georgian folk song on You Tube which someone had sent me a link to.  Very short, and almost no story - almost a mystery, really. I looked for a translation into English and found that it had been used by an English speaking, well known performer. I have not listened to his version yet. But having written my own version (such a beautiful melody) I will be and maybe add the link here to the original. I have left it as a mysterious encounter, with no explanation. But intend to explore several perspectives in at least two more versions. This is obviously from the man's point of view, another POV is that of the woman. And thirdly, a call and answer with both singing. |I think it sounds fun.

Should I have Offered Help?

The words you say replace
The distant memory when you said 
You loved me
What did I do? What did I say?
To chase you so far away?
Now my heart's in distress
Cold sheets & an empty chest
The silence shouts out yr absence
Our love's a distant memory

So tell me sweet (sweet) lies.
Don't say you found a new paradise
Let my love be yr disguise 
Let my love be good enough for you
So you don't have to blame yourself 
Ohh-oh-oh-oh-oh-ohh!
Ohh-oh-oh-oh-oh-ohh!

I shd be at a loss for words when I fantasize 
I guess it wasn't good enough 
A fire that just slowly dies
(The) Silence grows louder in the dark of the room
I'm breaking down, (I'm) going under, my soul's on the floor
It's getting harder for me to go on.

So tell me sweet (sweet) lies.
Don't say you found a new paradise
Let my love be yr disguise 
Let it be good enough for you — 
don't you blame yourself! 
Ohh-oh-oh-oh-oh-ohh!
Ohh-oh-oh-oh-oh-ohh!

Let your lies be an antidote 
A poison soothing my veins 
To numb all my pain
An anodyne for my broken soul

Ohh-ohh-ohhhhhhh...

So tell me sweet, sweet lies
Don't say u found a new paradise
Let my love be yr disguise 
Let my love be good enough for u
So you don't have to blame yourself 
Ohh-oh-oh-oh-oh-ohh!

Cold sheets & empty chest
The bedroom door 
Shouts out yr absence.

Sweet Sweet Lies

The Rain Keeps Falling

Get your freak on (new edit)

Laying It Low

Banger Down

Kingdom in my head

Tribute to the great Keyboard synthersizer caped King.  From the 6 wifes of Henry the over sexed.   Recorded, mixed and mastered during a weekend binge.

Catherine Parr

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

Babylon EP

Don't Love You Anymore

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