'Duality Pt 1 Chaos' is the first of a two part conceptual album by DemiMa exploring duality. The record is eclectic, experimental, bass heavy electronic soul. Lyrically it touches on toxic love, systemic disruption and the internal frustrations of city life. 'Duality Pt 2 Peace' is out on 03.03.25

4. Trust In Me

“I never meant for this one to leave the studio... but silence was getting too loud.
It’s not a love song. It’s a surrender.”

— K.R.

If You Were Mine(I'd Break First)

'you're only liking what you want to see...'
This song is about the people with rose tinted glasses, "Turning every red flag to a fallin’ leaf" romanticizing warning signs. A love built on illusions.

CR4CKS STILL SHOW is for anyone who’s tried to hold onto a version of someone that never really existed. It’s the soundtrack to that quiet moment when the mask slips, when the rain washes away the paint, and you’re left staring at what was never real.

Minimal, raw, and poetic—this track fuses indie, R&B, and emotional storytelling. If you’ve ever traced the past with trembling hands hoping it would feel like home again… this one’s for you.

💔💙 Listen and enjoy.

LYRICS

I know you only liking what you wanna see
Turning every red flag to a fallin’ leaf
Sayin’ it’s the season, but it’s never me
Guess it’s easier to love when you don’t believe
Building up a story that was never true
Coloring the sky just to match your view
But the paint runs dry when the rain comes through
Keep your hands on my face when the truth gets cold
Trace my lips like a map to a place you know
But the lines they don’t match, and the cracks still show
Can’t repaint what was left in a frame too old

You've been stitching up the past with a silver thread
Trying to turn the bitter words, into things we said
Let me do the maths, you just fear the past
When I put the pieces together, are we really gonna last

But the seams come lose when the lights turn red
And the love we had lives in your head
But the seams come lose when the lights turn red
And the love we had lives in your head

I know you only liking what you wanna see
Turning every red flag to a fallin’ leaf
Sayin’ it’s the season, but it’s never me
Guess it’s easier to love when you don’t believe
Building up a story that was never true
Coloring the sky just to match your view
But the paint runs dry when the rain comes through
Now the picture’s ruined
Keep your hands on my face when the truth gets cold
Trace my lips like a map to a place you know
But the lines they don’t match, and the cracks still show
Can’t repaint what was left in a frame too old
Keep your hands on my face when the truth gets cold
Trace my lips like a map to a place you know
But the lines they don’t match, and the cracks still show
Can’t repaint what was left in a frame too old

CR4CKS STILL SHOW

I didn’t set out to write a song—this started as journaling while staring at a blank screen. “Why? Why?” was all I could manage at first. I wasn’t in the mood to be balanced or careful. I needed to speak about love—without conditions or add-ons. Love, in its truest form, stands alone.

Lyrics

Why? Why?
People love if...
People care if...
But love and care don’t know if.
What is that?

[Chorus]
Love for God, they say.
Love for country?
Love doesn’t know a god or country.
What happened to love for the sake of love?
There is only love.
It doesn’t matter which word is added—
It is love.

[Verse 2]
Love is love.
Care is care.
Love doesn’t need add-ons.
There is no "super love."
No "love plus."
It is love.
That is that.

[Bridge]
There is love that is true,
Or love that is false.
Give me true.
The only time love bends or turns—
Is to love more.

Love. That Is that.

Love. That Is That.

Life Can Change v1

Summary: A quiet, emotional plea for one last chance at love — raw with longing, regret, and fragile hope.​
Genre: Indie Pop-Soul, Alt/Indie R&B

Before Goodbye (One More Try) is a quiet, emotional plea for love to be given one more shot before it’s too late. It’s about the longing that lingers after the fight, the ache of regret, and the hope that maybe, just maybe, love isn’t finished yet.

For anyone who’s ever wished for a do-over, this song is for the moments when you’re not ready to say goodbye.

🎧 Part of my "Songs I Wrote at 3AM" live performance series on YouTube/TikTok

Note: Intended to be a duet

Lyrics included below:

*Duet – Male & Female Vocals*

*Verse 1 (Male)*
Fell fast
Then came the long fights
Broke down
Until we lost us

*Pre-Hook 1 (Male)*
Know I let you down
Wish I could turn
Turn back time
Blame me

*Hook (Male)*
Babe, can we try
One more time
Make it right

Give me
One more chance
Before goodbye
Take our time

*Verse 2 (Female)*
Held close
Loved without fear
I was home inside your arms
Now it’s cold
Wish you were still here

*Pre-Hook 2 (Female)*
I miss the way we were
Before the cracks
Before the hurt
Tell me it's not too late

*Hook (Female)*
Babe, can we try
One more time
Make it right

Give me
One more chance
Before goodbye
Take our time

*Bridge (Alternating Male/Female)*
Male: One more time
           One more try
Female: Don't let go
               Love's not done

Male: Maybe we just lost our way
Female: But we still got time today
Male: Let’s not throw it all away
Together (Harmony): Just say we’ll try... one more time

*Final Hook (Harmonized Duet - Together)*
Babe, can we try
One more time
Let's make it right

Give us a chance
Before we're done
Let's take our time

*Final Outro (Female Solo into Male Finish)*
*Female*
Babe, please let's try
Just one more time
Let's make it last

*Male*
Don't,
Say goodbye
Let's get it right
Let's take our time

🎤 Written, Produced & Arranged by Boamë

Before Goodbye (One More Try) [Demo]

Summary: A nostalgic love letter wrapped in melody — celebrating joyful bonds that echo long after love shifts. A soundtrack to memories that won’t disappear.​ 
Genre: Retro Soul, Funk Soul, Adult Contemporary  

Our Happy Sound is a nostalgic love letter wrapped in melody - a celebration of a bond so joyful, its echoes still linger in every song, every breeze, every quiet moment.

It’s about the little things: dancing under the moon, laughing like kids, and finding magic in the mundane. Even after love shifts or fades, the sound of it remains - a soundtrack to memories that refuse to disappear.

For anyone who still hears a love that once was - this is your song.

🎧 Part of my "Songs I Wrote at 3AM" live performance series on YouTube/TikTok.

Lyrics included below:

Verse 1
We made our own happy sound
Laughing like kids, spinning round and round
Just you and me, lost in song
Caught in our sweet melody

Pre- Hook 1
It felt so good
All the nights we danced
Under our moon
Got the stars in tune with every move
Our hearts beat in a perfect groove
Now every song brings me back to you

Hook
I still hear all those happy sounds
Echoes of the love that we found
In my heart, they are playing loud
Can’t forget our happy sounds

Post Hook
I still hear those happy sounds, oh
Echoes of the sweet love we found, yeah

Verse 2
No big plans, just hearts that knew
How to find light in skies of gray
Inside jokes to quiet grace
Your smile lit up the darkest place

Pre- Hook 2
It felt so real
Your laughter was my favorite tune
Every breeze still hums a part of you
I close my eyes and take in the air
The notes of you still linger there

Hook
I still hear all those happy sounds
Echoes of the love that we found
In my heart, they are playing loud
Can’t forget our happy sounds

Post Hook
I still hear those happy sounds, oh
Echoes of the sweet love we found, yeah

Bridge
When the world turns cold and gray
I press play and drift away
I let the music carry me to you
Time moves on, but you're still near
Your melody is always here

No goodbye can drown it out
Love like ours still sings aloud

Outro Hook
Can you hear our happy sounds
When you are alone or in the crowd
Soft and low, it’s all around
Guiding me to where you are now

I still hear all our happy sounds
In the quiet, through the noise
You're the song that won’t fade out
I still hear our happy sound

Post Hook
I still hear those happy sounds, oh
Echoes of the sweet love we found, yeah

🎤 Written, Produced & Arranged by Boamë.

Our Happy Sound [Demo]

Summary: A soul-deep confession about the fragile “talking stage” — full of desire, uncertainty​ of defining a relationship, and the fear of unreciprocated love.​ 
Genre: Alt/Indie R&B, Retro Soul

Yearning Burning is a soul-deep confession - the ache of loving fully while fearing the other person might not feel the same. It’s about vulnerability, desire, longing, and the need for honesty when your heart’s already on fire.

For the ones who love loud but live in the silence of not knowing, this song is a question wrapped in melody: Are you staying, or am I burning alone?

🎧 Part of my "Songs I Wrote at 3AM" live performance series on YouTube/TikTok.

Lyrics included below:

Verse 1
Got a question for you, love
Will you answer honestly?
Will you hold me now, or walk away —
Break my heart, or let it stay?

Pre- Hook 1
Are you in this just for now,
Or are you here to stay somehow?
I need to know
What you're holding in your soul, 'cause

Hook
My love keeps burning,
It won’t fade away
If you're staying,
Say you'll stay

Verse 2
Tell me now, I need to know
Am I dreaming this alone?
Are you feeling what I feel,
Or is none of this for real?

Pre- Hook 2
Please don’t leave me in this space,
With all this silence in your place
I just need to know
What you're feeling — let it show, 'cause

Hook
My love keeps burning,
It won’t fade away
If you're staying,
Then say you'll stay

Bridge
Please just let me know (please let me know)
Don’t let me fall again
Not like the ones before (not like them, not like them)
Say you'll be more than them

Baby, please don’t go
Don’t leave me in the cold

Final Hook / Outro
My love keeps burning,
It won’t fade away
So if you're staying,
Please say you'll stay

🎤 Written, Produced & Arranged by Boamë.

Yearning Burning [Demo]

Summary: A soulful plea for tenderness and accountability in love.
Genre: Indie Soul, Singer-Songwriter

Someone’s Daughter is more than a love song - it’s a reminder. A plea to be seen beyond romance: as someone’s child, someone deeply loved, someone who deserves to feel safe.

It’s a question to every man: What would you do if it were your sister? Your niece? Your daughter? It challenges love to rise higher - to be gentler, more protective, more aware. Because love should never come with harm.

This is for every woman who’s been hurt by someone who claimed to love her, and for the men ready to love better.

🎧 Part of my "Songs I Wrote at 3AM" live performance series on YouTube/TikTok. Will be officially released on Friday, August 15th 2025 on all online stores and streaming platforms, together with 7 other singles!

Lyrics included below:

VERSE 1
Ever wonder
What you'd do
If your baby girl met a man like you?

She came home
With tears in her eyes
Said her man had crossed the line (He'd done her wrong)

PRE - HOOK 1
Would you shake his hand
Or stand in his way?
Would you give her a smile
Or would your heart break?
Would you tell her to stay
Or to walk away?

Before you treat me like that man

HOOK 1
Remember, I’m someone’s daughter
I’m someone’s child, not just your lover
So when the long nights try our hearts
Love me soft, treat me better
Hold me like I’m someone’s daughter too

VERSE 2
If your sister found her heart so bruised
It hurt to even speak
Said “He promised it was the last time”
O but you knew that was a lie (knew that was a lie)

PRE - HOOK 2
Would you sit back and just let it slide?
Would you want her settling for sorries,
Calling that love?
Could you sleep while she’s in pain?

So before you do the same...

HOOK 2
Remember, I’m someone’s daughter
I’m someone’s child, not just your lover
So when the long nights try our hearts
Love me soft, treat me better
Hold me like I’m someone’s daughter too

BRIDGE
How do you look me in the face
Do the same things you'd never let her take?
When it’s me in her place...
Tell me.
Oh, tell me.

How do you look me in the face
Do what you'd never let her embrace?
When it’s me in her place...
Tell me.
Oh, tell me.

FINAL HOOK
Remember, I’m someone’s daughter
I’m someone’s child, not just your lover
So when the long nights try our hearts
Love me soft, treat me kinder
Hold me like you’d hold your daughter too

Remember, that I’m someone’s daughter
I’m someone’s own, not just your lover

🎤 Written, Produced & Arranged by Boamë

Someone's Daughter [Demo]

A dark, soulful trip through the twists and turns of the human mind.
Where reason ends and chaos begins... welcome to the maze. 🧠💥🌀

Lyrichs:

[Verse 1]
Woke up in a world I swear I didn’t build
Mirror talks back, says I’ve lost my will
Coffee’s cold, but I’m burning inside
Every step I take’s on a slippin’ slide

[Pre-Chorus]
I asked my shadow for some clarity
It just laughed and danced ahead of me

[Chorus]
Am I lost in a mind maze?
Is this just a phase?
Or have I always been
A little bit off, a little insane?
Caught in a mind maze,
No one else to blame
If I’m crazy now
Then I guess I’ll stay that way

[Verse 2]
People smile like they know the joke
But I missed the punchline when I spoke
I tried logic, but it slipped right through
Now I’m building castles out of déjà vu

[Pre-Chorus]
I asked the silence what it wants from me
It whispered back: “embrace the entropy”

[Chorus]
Am I lost in a mind maze?
Is this just a phase?
Or have I always been
A little bit off, a little insane?
Caught in a mind maze,
No one else to blame
If I’m crazy now
Then I guess I’ll stay that way

[Bridge]
I spin like a record, scratched and worn
But I keep playing, never torn
They say truth is stranger than the lie
But maybe I’m both – and I’m still askin’ why

[Final Chorus]
Am I lost in a mind maze?
Trapped inside the haze
If I’m crazy now
Then I’m kinda okay
Yeah, I’m lost in a mind maze
And I like it that way
So don’t try to fix me
I was born to sway

Mind Maze

UpsideDown

A chaotic remembering over a WhatsApp voice note. Don't shrink yourself boo, we love to see you shining. 

I.T.G interlude

City Lights on the Coffee Shop Bangerz album is for the ones who know that a place don’t shine the same after someone leaves.

City Lights

Groovin’ the Way We Do is the lighthearted vibe track on the Coffee Shop Bangerz album. Smooth, playful, and short enough to keep you hitting repeat, it’s for those late nights when the rhythm feels effortless and love moves in time with the music.

Groovin' The Way We Do

Love Still Good                                                      Chico DeBarge                                                                            
Emeralds                                                             Adeline                                                                 
Deadly Species                                                       Alif Tree                                              
Get Into The Party Life                                              LION BABE                                            
Black Acid Soul                                                      Lady Blackbird                                        
Sunny                                                                James Brown & Dee Felice Trio                         
Vanishing _ A COLORS SHOW                                            anaiis                                       
Threats                                                SAULT                                                
Something In the Silence                                             Andreya Triana                                        
Bigger Than You                                                      Choklate                                              
Ones                                                                 Kaytranada & Mr. Carmack                              
Sara Smiles                                                          Martin Luther and Hall & Oats                         
Better Than I Imagined ft. H.E.R., Meshell Ndegeocello               Robert Glasper -                                              
Lovers Rock                                                          Sade                                                  
Bob Brown - Who is Mr. Brown? (Popcorn Dub Mix)                      J.B. & The Soul Mates                                 
Back On 74 (Full Crate Remix)                                        Jungle                                                
Night Moves                                                          Dee Dee Bridgewater                                   
Go Ur Own Way                                                        Demae                                                 
Take Me Higher                                                       Fertile Ground                                        
Love                                                                 Jose James                                            
Mystic Voyage (Jeremy Newall)                                        Roy Ayers                                             
Show You The Way (feat. Michael McDonald & Kenny                     Thundercat                                            
His Heart Grew Three Sizes (feat. LAKEY INSPIRED)                    Kiefer                                                
Ther'll never be...                                                  Switch                                                


9_23 NXTHVN

I thought about theory when making the cords this time.

to be realistic -demo

We were angels once, afraid to fall  
Now we’re shadows walking through it all  
Your voice echoes in the empty hall  
Love was heaven, now it’s just a call  

(Pre-Chorus)  
You said “forever,” and I believed  
But even stars can be deceived  
Your halo burned in shades of blue  
I lost my faith, but not in you  

(Chorus)  
Fallen halo, shine no more  
Love crashed on a broken shore  
내 마음은 아직도 (my heart’s still sore)  
I can’t find what I’m searching for  

(Verse 2)  
Midnight prayers, whispered pain  
Your memory runs through my vein  
Every promise turns to ash  
Yet I still replay our crash  

(Pre-Chorus)  
Tears fall slow, like silver rain  
We were beauty, we were pain  
Heaven’s gate won’t open wide  
You’re still the ghost I hide  

(Chorus)  
Fallen halo, shine no more  
Love crashed on a broken shore  
내 마음은 아직도 (my heart’s still sore)  
I can’t find what I’m searching for  

(Bridge)  
빛이 사라져도 (even if the light fades)  
Your name forever stays  
I’ll kneel before our sin  
Let redemption begin  

(Final Chorus)  
Fallen halo, stay with me  
In my dark serenity  
우린 잃었지만 (though we lost it all)  
We were angels after all  

(Outro)  
If heaven listens, it already knows—  
I loved your fallen halo.


Fallen Halo

A Ghanaian singer, songwriter, and producer blending raw emotion, soul-rich melodies, narrative songwriting and genre-bending storytelling. With over a decade of artist development and a vault of heartfelt demos, I craft music that feels both intimate and resonant - all from the ground up.

I am passionate about living loud through music and shaking the world with music

deranged bunch of creatives churning out warped beats and feral vibes. Expect the unexpected—sanity optional.

Hey folks, Jerdal Whitaker aka Bobby Ticklez here. I’m a songwriter releasing demos using AI tools for vocals, instrumentals, and vision to help bring my lyrics to life. These are the first drafts of real songs, built with real emotion, waiting for their final form. If you’re into the vibe, feel free to connect, comment, or collab. Let’s build something worth the squeeze.

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🎶 Versatile. Personal. Real.
From electro-pop and indie to retro vibes and emotional ballads – AchSteffen experiments with a wide range of genres and styles, reflecting the artist's life, thoughts, and emotions in a special way.

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