Ba-da… ba-da…
Listen, hehe, carefully...
Hey, wait, don’t laugh…
I mean it (kinda)

You showed up outta nowhere
With that look I couldn’t read
Like you already knew me
Better than I knew me

Now I’m tripping on my sentences
Forgetting how to act
You just smile for a second
And I never get it back

You got this way of stealing
Every serious thought I make
Turn it into something stupid
That I secretly like to say

I was cool before you found me
Now I’m not, and that’s okay

So rip my heart out, my love
But be gentle when you do
Wrap it up in something soft
Like the way I feel with you

You can keep it if you want it
I don’t really need it now
It’s been beating kinda different
Ever since you came around

Make it light, make it silly
Make it ours in every way
I don’t want it back without you
You can have it, you can stay

You laugh at all my bad jokes
Even when they don’t make sense
Say I talk in contradictions
But you love the confidence

We turn nothing into moments
Like it’s something we rehearsed
Every second kinda perfect
Even when it’s slightly cursed

I forget what I was worried
About before you showed your face
Now my problems feel like extras
In a scene you just replaced

I was fine just being careful
Now I’d rather take the fall

So rip my heart out, my love
But don’t drop it on the floor
Hold it close like it’s a secret
You’ve been waiting for

You can paint it in your colors
You can change it if you please
I don’t mind becoming something
That you keep so easily

Make it warm, make it weightless
Like we’re floating through the day
I don’t want it back without you
You can have it, you can stay

Maybe I’m a little reckless
Maybe this is way too fast
But if this is how it feels now
I don’t really wanna ask

Let it be a little messy
Let it be a little strange
I’ll take every single version
As long as you don’t change

Yeah, I like it this way

So rip my heart out, my love
Take it easy, take your time
You can keep it in your pocket
I don’t need it to be mine

Every beat is kinda yours now
Every thought is slightly you
I was something way more simple
Before I got to you

Make it soft, make it endless
Make it something we can play
I don’t want it back without you
You can have it, you can stay

Yeah, you can have it…

Just don’t lose it, okay?

Rip My Heart (But Gently)

To her
the one who never pulls away,
never leaves me in the quiet
with nothing left to say.
To her
who never needed reasons to believe,
never cared about the shadows
living underneath.

For her,
I’m not just a fleeting touch
I’m the place she runs to
when it all gets too much.

And when I fall,
she feels it like a wave
every crack, every break.
She carries what I cannot take.

To her
we don’t need a sky to fall,
no altar, no names at all.
No rings, no perfect start—
just a beating heart.

To her
we don’t need a grand design,
no gold, no sacred line.
If all we are is scars
we’re enough as we are.

We are, we are
enough as we are.
We are, we are
a fire in the dark.

To her
who never asked for anything but this,
just one honest moment,
just one reckless kiss.
To her
who gave me more than I could ever hold,
turned the silence into shelter,
turned the fear to gold.

No paper trails,
no words we had to sign
still she built a universe
out of what is mine.

And when I break
she doesn’t look away
every fault, every shade.
She loves me all the same.

To her
we don’t need a sky to fall,
no altar, no names at all.
No rings, no perfect start
just a beating heart.

To her
we don’t need a grand design,
no gold, no sacred line.
If all we are is scars
we’re enough as we are.

We are, we are
enough as we are.
We are, we are
a fire in the dark.

She’s the light when the morning comes,
breaking through what I’ve become.
If I’m silent, she calls my name
pulls me back again.

She’s the calm in the overflow,
the only truth I’ve ever known.
If the world disappears tonight
she’s the reason why I fight.

To her
we don’t need a sky to fall,
no altar, no names at all.
No rings, no perfect start
just a beating heart.

To her
we don’t need a grand design,
no gold, no sacred line.
If all we are is scars
we’re enough as we are.

We are, we are
don’t let it fall apart.
We are, we are
written in the dark.

We are, we are
no matter where we are.
We are, we are
we’re enough… we are.

To Her

If today felt heavier than it should,
and nothing really made sense
you don’t have to say a word,
I can hear it in the silence.

If your smile didn’t show up like it should,
and the light stayed out of reach
I’ll turn everything I feel
into something you can keep.

I don’t have perfect ways to fix it,
don’t have answers I can prove
but I can turn a moment into music,
and send it back to you.

I’ll keep writing songs for you
just to make you smile.
When your world feels out of tune,
I’ll stay with you a while.

If your heart gets tired somehow,
I’ll carry what I can
I’ll keep writing songs for you
again and again.

It’s just the hours pulling us apart,
nothing more than that
just the space between the morning
and the moment we come back.

But even in the middle of the day,
when I can’t be next to you
every line I write is like
I’m still right there with you.

Every thought I couldn’t say out loud,
every feeling I don’t show
turns into a melody somehow,
just to let you know.

I’ll keep writing songs for you
just to make you smile.
When your world feels out of tune,
I’ll stay with you a while.

If you’re feeling off tonight,
like nothing’s going right
I’ll keep writing songs for you
through the night.

If you need a voice to find you,
if the day won’t let you breathe
you can press play on these moments,
and it’s like you’re here with me.

No distance in a melody,
no silence we can’t break
every song is just a piece of me
for you to take.

I’ll keep writing songs for you
every little line.
For every day that feels too much,
for every heavy time.

If you lose your way a bit,
I’ll be there in the sound
I’ll keep writing songs for you
to turn it all around.

I’ll keep writing songs for you
so you don’t feel alone.

Songs For You

March Samples 2026

Shenandoah
A heartfelt cover of this timeless classic, filled with gentle emotion and a nostalgic, peaceful feeling. This version honors the beauty of the song and the memories it brings with every note.

Cover by TPN BigBro.

Shenandoah – TPN BigBro (Official Audio)

A weathered Americana / alt-country track built on fingerpicked acoustic guitar, weeping pedal steel, upright bass, and a restrained male vocal. Medium tempo, D minor, analog warmth, vintage console compression. This song lives in the moment after love has already gone: the road, the pavement, the thing beneath the wheels, warming under every engine and watching people disappear.

I Was Smooth Once

“Corner Diner” is a gritty slice of Americana blues-rock that feels like stepping into a neon-lit roadside stop somewhere off a forgotten highway. Built on a steady shuffle groove, the track blends twangy guitar lines, warm organ tones, and bar-room energy into a sound that’s both nostalgic and alive.

With lyrics that paint scenes of late nights, quiet conversations, and miles still left to drive, the song captures that in-between space—where time slows down, coffee stays hot, and stories unfold one verse at a time. There’s a sense of movement throughout, like the road is always calling just outside the window.

From crunchy riffs to soulful lead lines, Corner Diner balances grit and warmth, bringing together Americana storytelling and blues-rock swagger in a way that feels lived-in and real.

Six Days And A Single Dime

Corner Diner

On this episode, I’m joined by Chiara Alessio — archivist, writer, and MA student in Arts Management & Creative Producing.

We chat about her soulful music picks, libraries and archives, and the projects that have shaped her path so far. From starting out as an intern in UCC Boole Library’s photographic collections to working with the Hermann Marbe Living Archive (cataloguing over 3,000 photographs!), Chiara shares how her passion for images and memory took hold.

We also dive into her work with Retrospect Arts Festival, including the “Out Of The Attic” event, and explore how archives can come alive in creative and unexpected ways.

It was a really thoughtful conversation about sound, memory, and the stories we preserve. I hope you enjoy

Shush 319 - Chiara Alessio Takover

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CYBER CHORD writes songs the way a porch light holds a night: small, steady, and impossible to ignore. I work with AI as a true co-writer, then carve the lyric by hand and shape the track in Suno. The sound leans bare and human—country roots in the soil, a little rock grain in the teeth, and a faith-lit lift that chooses hope without preaching.

These are ordinary-room hymns: rings hidden in cotton, receipt-tape strings, a dress behind rain glass, a sink that cools while you find the words. Silence is an instrument here; sometimes there’s a full bar where the house gets to breathe. If a line can’t survive a campfire and a cracked mug, it doesn’t make the song.

If you’re new, start with the heartbreakers. They don’t shout. They stay. I believe in the holiness of the everyday, and in the quiet bravery of saying the thing before “later” takes it away.

No paid promo, no playlist buys, no cover-art pitches, no dance offers, no cold DMs. If it’s a pitch, the porch light’s off. If you’re a real listener, come in soft: pick one song, leave a genuine note (lyric or timestamp welcome), and hand it to one friend. That’s how this fire stays lit.

May your road stay open, your coffee stay warm, and your day be peaceful.

The Blacktop Bandits are the sound of grit, gravel, and late-night highway melancholia. Forged in the diesel fumes and distant glow of neon signs, this trio (or quartet, etc.) delivers a raw, uncompromising blend of outlaw country and roadhouse rock. Their music chronicles the life lived between the lines: the long hauls, the dust storms, the fights you couldn't avoid, and the brief, beautiful moments of peace found in a stale cup of coffee at dawn. If your soul runs on gasoline and your heart breaks to the rhythm of a truck stop jukebox, you've found your band. They don't just play the blues; they drive them

Welcome to UCC Library’s very own radio show -  Shush! Sounds from UCC Library - a twice weekly show on UCC Campus Radio (UCC 98.3FM)
On my Monday morning show I have guests from around University College Cork who pick the music and then we chat about those songs and also chat about their work and the role  libraries  play in their lives.

My Thursday evening show is called the Quiet Shush and the music is of a more mellow kind.

My mission is to produce bangers only
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