Time is a tortoise

Woke up this morning, Turned up the heat
Splashed some water on my face, then I brushed my teeth
Fed the cats and ignore the morning news
There’s no point in doing anything without you

Time is a tortoise, A slow burn, 
A fish on the ocean surface
Time is important, we all yearn
to spend it with a bigger purpose
but without you, without you
Time doesn’t exist

Still find I’m looking, to move closer
Confetti questions in the air, is not really closure
My regrets, leave me shaking in this pew 
There’s no point in doing anything without you

Time is a tortoise, A slow burn, 
A fish on the ocean surface
Time is important, we all yearn
to spend it with a bigger purpose
but without you, without you
Time doesn’t exist

Now here I’m sitting, right on the edge
Surrendering what I don’t dare, I’ll wait for you
Every breath I still have left I’ll always choose
There’s no point in doing anything without you

Time is a tortoise, A slow burn, 
A fish on the ocean surface
Time is important, we all yearn
to spend it with a bigger purpose
but without you, without you
Time doesn’t exist

Time is a tortoise

Through the Jet Stream

Move me 

since when have I been walking around with mud on my feet				
never even noticing each step is heavy
so I drag it all along
digging furrows in the ground
i’ve taken all of these
these things that keep me bound

wont you move me
change my heart
this stone I carry
break it apart

it’s not easy to learn and let go
to heal from past hurts 
forget what you’ve known
  
It might not always show 
but scars can callous  
and thicken ones skin

wont you move me
change my heart
this stone I carry
break it apart

Move Me

Toring op die maan

Ek bou vir jou ’n toring op die maan
Met flikkerende punt, ’n eensaam kers belig
soekend (soekend soekend), o verlore kind,
die heelal vol tot ek jou vind

Kyk op verby die horison
Die hemelruim verkondig dit
Die sterre flikker desperaat 
in morse kode, kan jy verstaan?

Ek trek die son tot in jou wentelbaan
Met skitterende lig, verblind die oseaan
roepend (roepend roepend), o verdwaalde (verlate) een 
jy hoef nie alles dra alleen

Kyk op verby die horison
Die hemelruim verkondig dit
Die sterre flikker desperaat 
in morse kode, kan jy verstaan?

Hierdie is my hart se brief
ek het jou ten volle, innig lief
by die voordeur sit ek vir jou wag
selfs deur die diepste donker nag

Kyk op verby die horison
Die hemelruim verkondig dit
Die sterre flikker desperaat 
in morse kode, kan jy verstaan?

Toring op die maan

You are my favourite mistake

On a diet, saw a coke
couldn’t fight it, resolve broke
when everything is a sin
we’d blame the devil if you lose or win

You are my favourite
favourite mistake

my advisor, said to wait
I ignored her, went on a date
oh, I’m not sure, that this is fate
If you’re only detour, I have no complaints

You are my favourite 
favourite mistake

moving onwards, there’s no shame
just start over, work through pain
let the bright dawn so proclaim
every person deserves a name

You are my favourite 
favourite mistake

we’re still young
we didn’t know
when all is done
I hope we grow
I will admit
we didn’t fit
I won’t regret
we ever met

You are my favourite 
favourite mistake


You Are My Favourite Mistake

Homebody

[They say to write a good song
You gotta go out and live
Well I beg to differ]

I’m a homebody, 
I hide behind the door when I hear somebody
And theres nobody
That can drag me to explore I let my whole body
go limp you’ll see me hug the floor 
Oh don’t fight it
just let me stay at home, 
ill have my own party
alone buddy

I’m afraid It’d be a chore
If you drag me to that store
I don’t really need to eat
so why don’t you just let me be

I'm afraid I’d be a bore
If you take me to the shore
I don't need to feel the breeze
Just let me stay and drink my tea

Got it all planned out
as long as my internet connection pans out
It could take another year or two
or maybe only till my bills are due
Oh woe is me, 
If ever I’m forced to leave, cause


Homebody

Love is for you

You whisper in to the wind
Your wishes, hopes and all your dreams
Does it all just blow away
or is there someone that hears you pray

hold on theres still hope
hold on don’t let go
there is still someone out there
there is still someone who cares

You’ve written out all your shame
on a piece of paper cast into a watery grave
Will it fade into the deep
is there someone that hears your pleas

hold on theres still hope
hold on don’t let go
there is still someone out there
there is still someone who cares
(and) Love is for youg

Love Is For You

Permanence

Tried to carve my name into a stone
The same day the ocean came and washed me away
Tried to build a highway on my own
But this road led me nowhere, took a detour to despair

But I dream of permanence, I yearn for subsistence
Something steady underneath my feet
Something that is always known to me
Something that I know will never leave

Fleeting it says
Life is but a breath
Breathe in it says
Along will come the rest
was I born a wanderer
a dreaming escapade
fleeting fantasy
flitting from place to place



I dream of permanence

Stupid lies

I tell stupid lies to myself
Like how I never needed anyones help
But I know that its not too late
United we can break these chains

And it’s ok if you’re afraid
oh its ok
You’re not a mistake
You’re so brave

When you speak out
Don’t doubt
Slay the giant
Tame the lion

And it’s ok if you’re afraid
oh its ok
You’re not a mistake
You’re so brave

Stupid Lies

Track made for the Melodics Beatmaker Bootcamp 2025 while also doing during FAWM 2025. My spin on a very familiar melody.

Twinkle

I am a singer-songwriter, poet and artist from sunny South-Africa.

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