Name: How Do You Know When It's Too Late? by Ora Belle
Duration: 4 min 18 s
Description: Lyrics © 2025 Ora Belle. All rights reserved.

Beautiful vocals and lyrics. “ You just know O.B”

A new song......My story of my school years. I was generally happy in my life through grade three. But then came the 4th grade. Glasses provided some visual clarity , but what came with it ...the name calling ,bullying off and on through high school. Anxiety, introversion and shyness would be my shadows throughout. The chorus are thoughts which ruminated in my mind through high school graduation.My life did  not begin to turn around in a positive way until my first job then junior college. Music helped me along the way and has been a positive , driving force in my life until this day.

Lyrics:

My early story is a question to ponder 
Why am I here? What is this life?
Born in the year nineteen hundred and fifty-six
A small baby, held warmly in the kitchen light
I saw happy faces, they were mom and dad
A house full of laughter, a cradle of what I had
Toys on the floor, summers that felt like gold
A little world of comfort where the future hadn’t been told

At five I began school with new clothes and shoes
Learning to count, learning to sing the rules
Everyone smiling, other children’s hands to take
Recess like heaven, every friendship is at stake
Three years rolled on and more games to play
Little victories stack up day by day
There was a promise in pencils and in rhyme
I felt the world was steady in this careful time

Why am I here, with the sun on my skin?
What is this life, where do I begin?
Fifty-six questions humming softly in my mind
I’m looking for answers, just passing the time
Why am I here, when does this road unfold?
Born with a story, with hands to hold

Then grade four came in like a shorthand storm
Anxiety crept where the sunlight was warm
I couldn’t see the distance, the letters blurred and spun
My chest filled with questions I could not outrun
My teacher glanced over, eyes soft and kind
I sat in the back, quiet, with a restless mind
Not learning at the pace, the others seemed to keep
Just a kid with a secret, and the hurt buried deep


Then came the discovery, what a joy to see
Glass on my face and the world came free
Suddenly the print was a mountain I could climb
Colors had edges, and the clock kept time
But joy can be sudden and delicate as glass
“Hey four eyes”, the cruel words came to pass
Those years got lonelier, laughter thinned to gray
Anxiety and stress came quietly to stay
                                                                 
My first love was sweet and new
Playing games with a shy smile and trembling view
Learning became a ladder with some rungs too far
Teachers leaned in, tried to patch every scar
They noticed the lag, and called me aside
Offering extra patience, they walked me through the tide
Joined another class where the pace was kind
Holding on to something that I couldn’t find

I learned about courage in the classroom’s ordinary light
How to be small and still stand up in the night
Warm and loving family, their voices a thread
Holding up the questions that circled in my head
I practiced my letters like prayers to a door
Hoping each stroke would open something more
The world was both gentle and sharp with its knife
And every small survival felt like life

Now when I look back at that little room of toys
At the small boy learning how to love and make noise
I keep asking the questions, not always to solve
But to let the mysteries gently evolve
Why am I here?  Maybe to keep asking still
To meet the next sunrise on the top of a hill
Born in nineteen fifty-six, I carry the light
Fifty-six questions, and a will to write.

Music and Lyrics by Len Bennati FM Folk 2025
Mastered Track: Distrokid Mixea
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Fifty-Six Questions

YouTube link: https://youtu.be/bEqxpSKvBG4 

Autumn contemplation is a time when one naturally leans toward reflection on transience and the meaning of life. Falling leaves and shorter days become symbols of the cyclic nature of existence, teaching us acceptance of change. It is also a moment that encourages deeper introspection and the discovery of inner peace. 

Jesienna zaduma to czas, w którym człowiek naturalnie skłania się ku refleksji nad przemijaniem i sensem życia. Spadające liście i krótsze dni stają się symbolem cykliczności istnienia, ucząc nas akceptacji zmian. To również moment sprzyjający pogłębionej introspekcji i odkrywaniu wewnętrznego spokoju. 

La reflexión otoñal es un tiempo en el que uno se inclina de forma natural hacia pensar en la fugacidad y el sentido de la vida. Las hojas que caen y los días más cortos se convierten en símbolos de la naturaleza cíclica de la existencia, enseñándonos a aceptar los cambios. También es un momento que favorece una introspección profunda y el hallazgo de la paz interior.


Autumn Is Coming

Cast of Characters:

Llanpsych -- @llanpsych -- Tez – Fender Stratocaster electric guitar and composition

K2 and the Three [and the Four]--@k2andthe3, @k2-kara –Ken -- drums

Entheogenic Psychonaught (Josh Clary)– @josh-clary-1 –Josh – Fender Precision Bass

J.J. Terrell– @j-j-terrell – synth and organ

The Beautiful Dark -- @thebeautifuldark -- Carl — vocals, whistling, and lyrics

TexMex Shaman– @texmex-shaman –Stephen — Tom Anderson Custom T model electric guitar, production, mix, and mastering

This song began at the end of last summer, August of '24, when Tez sat down and composed it on his guitar. He shared it with us right away, and while everyone jumped on it immediately, it sat on the shelf for so long because we all felt we needed a singer for it. Fast forward a year, and lo and behold, we picked up Carl, who is down for whatever vocals a song needs.

We began construction on this by creating the rhythm section. Ken first adding his explosive drums, followed by Josh completing the rhythm section with his four string, fretted bass, which he used a plectrum to play. JJ entered the fray next, adding his otherworldly synth and thickening organ.

Then it sat. And sat. And sat some more, until Carl found us, or we found him, and he was finally able to add the missing puzzle piece. He also did something that none of us had ever heard before. He added the whistling at the end, too. But before we put it to bed, Stephen added some thrilling solo work with his axe, too, also towards the end.

Now that it was a completed song, we asked Stephen to mix it, even though it's really Tez's song, and that honor would usually go to him. However Tez was experiencing some technical difficulty, so the honor went to Stephen, who did his always professional production work on it.

This is a straight rocker from Eclectic Collective, being in all of our wheelhouses. This one was all made in house, too, so it's a great representation of our rocking skills as a band. We hope you enjoy listening to this as much as we enjoyed creating it.

Original lyrics by The Beautiful Dark:

Curing core
Great lucid lore
Ore of iron dreaming
Alluring more
Grace lucid door
Assuring new real scening

Iron dreaming
Earth's core revealing

Tick tock that hope
Dream that design
Tick tock that goal
Aspiration in mind
Love locked to luscious
Living for time
New rules got rhyme
The future is fine

Iron dreaming
Earths core revealing

We need not fists
We need no guns
Just words and wits
Dreams for daughters and sons
You get the jist
A felt future is on
We'll clear the mist
Open those fists
It's a hug and a handshake
Then let's all move on

Iron Dreaming - Eclectic Collective

Welcome to my new trilogy. I hope you enjoy listening. 
For the children of the world…

Amor vincit omnia (Love conquers all) was introduced by the Roman poet Virgil in his tenth Eclogue. It’s also a recurring theme in art and literature, including the works of William Shakespeare, who weaved the idea of an all-conquering love into his plays and sonnets. In a Biblical sense how great is the love of a child. They celebrate innocence, openness and a pure heart.

Amor Vincit Omnia

Amor Vincit Omnia No. 01

Broke my rot.... Decided to write one about the heart and it stuck. Had a good few days of everything I tried sounding the same and needed that reset ❤️‍🔥 Thanks Heart 🫡

If we are lucky enough to grow old it will beat around three billion times and pump 159 million litres of blood through itself and around our body. What a beast 🫀
I'm trying to make sense or pay homage to the filterer it is for morals. In conjunction with a well wired head it's the feelings in our chest that work with the brain it seems to deliver our morals and absorb and deliver that well felt empathy we share. I guess it's our experience of pain and pleasure that we know and the love we have for eachother which allows that empathy flourish solidifying our shared morals. Or we let apathy mute it. Either way its the shared experience that delivers them to us and the natural knock on effect of us knowing we don't like pain and knowing others don't either... so ego aside... Morals should be the easy bit haha!
What happened.... 😆



Heart

Heart
Beat
Heart
Beat

Huge human heart
Filterer of feelings
Fear sent below
Love flow to cranium ceilings
Three billion beats
Spark to grim reaper
One million barrels as blood pump speaker

Heart
Beat
Heart
Beat

Humans of heart
Beings of brave
Lumens like lark
Virtuous made
Body seer of moral
The feeler of feel
Fuelled well being of wise
Good stealer of steel

Heart
Beat
Heart
Beat

Governor of grief
Body seer of empathy
Good decider of right
If mind tend peremptory
Four chambers chime
Tuned to physical realm
Feeder of conscious through feelings to helm

Heart
Beat
Heart
Beat
Heart
Beat
Heart
Beat

Heartbeat
Beat deceit
Heartbeat
Be that empathy
Heartbeat
Beat deceit
Heartbeat
Be that empathy

Heart

https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=J-W_OdJYyMU&si=Dg4acTCMNsyH4i-M

https://open.spotify.com/album/3Yh3Wi9UOeIOSBpsh7TpmC?si=AFsxs1upRfmprsQ1NQ0ZxQ

https://music.apple.com/us/song/lalternativa/1845790362



L'alternativa.mp3

Walk Away with the Rain is a soulful and cinematic journey through love, loss, and renewal.
Blending Soul, Blues, and Ambient Trip-Hop, the album feels like standing beneath a storm — letting the rain wash away pain, guilt, and memories once too heavy to carry.

Each song unfolds like a confession whispered in the dark:
💔 “Walk Away with the Rain” — A cathartic goodbye; love turned to quiet release beneath the sound of falling rain.
⏳ “The Turning Clock” — A meditation on time, aging, and the quiet acceptance of change.
🌊 “Eternal Current” — A dreamlike love song about devotion that flows endlessly like the sea.
✨ “Don’t Forget” — A promise between souls beneath the northern lights — where love and memory never fade.
🌌 “Cosmic Promise” — A haunting reflection on parental love, control, and learning to let go.

With lush organs, cinematic guitars, and deep emotional storytelling, Walk Away with the Rain is both intimate and universal — an elegy for the past and a hymn for healing.

🎧 For those who love atmospheric blues, trip-hop soul, and the poetry of letting go.

✨ Genres: Soul, Blues, Trip-Hop, Cinematic Ambient
#WalkAwayWithTheRain #SoulBlues #TripHopSoul #CinematicMusic #HealingThroughSound #EmotionalJourney

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Cosmic promise

Took the picture myself while at the beach. Sun and rain, and look at the child that made.

How Do You Know When It's Too Late?

Ora Belle

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