۱۱۱ Is It Wrong That I Didn't Cry?

VERSE 1
The nights are long when you're not here,
A heavy silence where my heart drowns in peace.
The stars cry tears of light,
Your absence is a prison with neither love nor cross.

Each memory is a sweet torture,
A blurry image in the dark obscure.
Your voice echoes from a time long past,
A sad melody I haven't left behind.

CHORUS
Stay here, with me.
Please, don't go.
Stay here, close to me.
I'm begging you, don't go.

VERSE 2
The days drag on in slow agony,
Without you, life loses its harmony.
Laughter from before sounds distant and faint,
In this cold desert, your hand is what I constantly crave.

Words of love die upon my lips,
Faded promises, feverish and wise dreams.
Your smile, a sun in my darkest night,
Without you, my soul takes uncertain flight.

CHORUS
Stay here, with me.
Please, don't go.
Stay here, close to me.
I'm begging you, don't go.

VERSE 3
The wind whispers secrets of sorrow,
Memories of yesterday, joys and tomorrows.
Your absence is an unbearable void,
A deep abyss, a pain unalloyed.

Each moment without you is eternity,
A maze of pain stealing my clarity.
I pray to the stars to bring you back near,
On this cold night, where faith disappears.

CHORUS
Stay here, with me.
Please, don't go.
Stay here, close to me.
I'm begging you, don't go.

OUTRO
Maybe someday, you'll return again,
And my sorrow will come to an end.
But until then, I’ll keep the flame bright,
That you'll answer my heart in its dance through the night.

CHORUS
Stay here, with me.
Please, don't go.
Stay here, close to me.
I'm begging you, don't go.

STAY

VERSE 1
Is this happiness eternal?  
Is this happiness only with her?  
I don’t know anymore…  

Is this paradise immortal?  
Is this paradise just her?  
I don’t know anymore…  

VERSE 2
She was the one who made me live  
She was my reason to give  
I lost her… it’s my fault…  

Forget this past…  
Forget these thoughts…  
Never look back…  

PRE-CHORUS
When I see her eyes…  
My heart splits and cries…  
She lingers in my head…

CHORUS
I cling to the hope  
To see her one night  
That our hearts will elope  
And the past takes flight  
But time moves on  
And pain holds strong  
I live with this dream  
That one day she’ll seem  
To love me again  
Like our first refrain

VERSE 3
But as usual  
I have this certainty  
That one day she'll return  
She’ll be mine, certainly  
And she’ll love me!

VERSE 4
That’s my sorrow’s plea!  
I think of all those moments past…  
I think of all those moments loved…  
That I can’t erase from my mind…  
I wish I could leave them behind…

BRIDGE
To no longer suffer…  
And no longer hate her…

CHORUS
I cling to the hope  
To see her one night  
That our hearts will elope  
And the past takes flight  
But time moves on  
And pain holds strong  
I live with this dream  
That one day she’ll seem  
To love me again  
Like our first refrain

ECHOES

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DEAD OR ALIVE

What It Takes

We sleepwalk into dreams that turn into nightmares as we wake

Deep Fake

Any Kind of Love is a quiet, powerful tribute to imperfect connection — a collection of songs that embrace the beauty in brokenness, the strength in vulnerability, and the hope that flickers even in the darkest places.

Blending emotional lyricism with raw, intimate melodies, the album speaks to the unspoken—grief, longing, healing, and the courage it takes to be seen. These are anthems for the wounded heart, for those who still believe that love, in any form, is proof we’re alive.

Even cracked. Even scarred. Still love.

Alive

I make the best of the worst I know

[Verse]
She got me under her spell
I don't need a doctor
Baby
You're all I need to get well
She my remedy
She my medicine
She my queen
I'm her king
So let's reign again
And I don't know what I would do without you
Baby
If you're gone
Then I'm gone too
Don't worry 'bout a thing
I'ma be right by your side
Gonna take you for a ride
So
Baby
Get inside

[Chorus]
'Cause
Baby
You make me feel so damn good
So damn good
So damn good
Baby
You make me feel so damn good
So damn good
So damn good
So damn good
So damn good
So damn good
So damn good
So damn good
So damn good
So damn good
So damn good
So damn good
So damn good
So damn good
So damn good
So damn good
So damn good
So damn good
So damn good

[Verse 2]
And when you're feeling down
I'm gonna do what I can to turn it all around
'Cause
Girl
I know when you're feeling stressed
I'ma help you
Baby
'cause I do it the best
And when the sun is going down
And the night has just begun
It's you and me
Let's have some fun
So tell me what you want
And I'll tell you what you need
You're the reason why I breathe
So
Baby
Don't you leave

[Chorus]
'Cause
Baby
You make me feel so damn good
So damn good
So damn good
Baby
You make me feel so damn good
So damn good
So damn good
So damn good
So damn good
So damn good
So damn good
So damn good
So damn good
So damn good
So damn good
So damn good
So damn good
So damn good
So damn good
So damn good
So damn good
So damn good
So damn good

Make Me Feel So Damn Good

How Often

Text:
[Verse]
I was driving and she called me
I picked up and heard her cry
Told me how she's missing Mommy
So I turned around and drove all night

[Chorus]
'Cause she's on a dirt road
I had to get home
And give her a hug
Tell her
"I love you"
Yeah
I know it hurts
Though
But don't you worry
No
'Cause she's up above and lookin' out for you
Yeah
Your mother's now an angel
Mm-mm
Mm-mm

(solo)

[Verse 2]
There's a man who used to hold me
Had to let him go tonight
Said he didn't know what to do
I said
"Well
Buddy
Now you're lucky number two"

[Chorus]
'Cause she's on a dirt road
I had to get home
And give her a hug
Tell her
"I love you"
Yeah
I know it hurts
Though
But don't you worry
No
'Cause she's up above and lookin' out for you
Yeah
Your mother's now an angel
Mm-mm
Mm-mm

(solo)

[Bridge]
All that you could want
All that you could need
Well
Now she's up above and lookin' out for you
Your mother's now an angel

[Chorus]
'Cause she's on a dirt road
I had to get home
And give her a hug
Tell her
"I love you"
Yeah
I know it hurts
Though
But don't you worry
No
'Cause she's up above and lookin' out for you
Yeah
Your mother's now an angel

Your mother's now an angel

Text:
Verse 1:
I walk through signals fading slow,
In every light, a shadow grows.
The static hum inside my chest,
Keeps whispering what I confess.

Pre-Chorus:
I built a wall of sound and fear,
To keep the silence from drawing near.

Chorus:
I’m just echoes of myself,
Lost between the truth and someone else.
Can you hear me breaking down the shell?
I’m the voice I never meant to tell.

(solo)

Verse 2:
The mirrors lie but still they show,
The parts I killed to let love go.
Your name still burns beneath my skin,
A ghost that moves where I have been.

Pre-Chorus:
These wires hum like memories do,
I’m still electric when I think of you.

Chorus:
I’m just echoes of myself,
Lost between the truth and someone else.
Can you hear me breaking down the shell?
I’m the voice I never meant to tell.

Bridge:
There’s no sin in being broken,
No shame in what remains unspoken.
If I fall into the sound tonight,
Let me fade in flickering light.

(solo)

Final Chorus:
I’m just echoes of myself,
Calling from a quiet kind of hell.
But if you find me, ring the bell —
I’ll come home, invisible, but well.

Outro:
(Soft synth drones and vocal reverb fade)
“Echoes… of myself…”

Echoes of Myself

This is where acceptance meets transcendence.
You’ve lost, you’ve grieved, you’ve reflected — and now you create beauty from the wreckage.
You’re painting with the rain, not against it.

Painting in the Rain

We built a wall of perfect, empty air,
Tectonic plates of words we couldn't share.
This silence is a structure, steel and grey,
Standing tall, keeping the light away.
The city breathes around us, full of noise,
But here, in this vacuum, we forget our voice.
I measure every second that you don't speak,
The distance grows longer every single week.

And I'm trapped inside the framework that we designed,
The blueprint for a heart that left the world behind.
I need a fault line, a crack inside the glass,
Something that shatters this silence, or else we won't last.

Tear down the walls! Tear down the architecture of silence!
Let the pressure break, give me one final defiant glance!
We can't survive on echoes of what we used to say,
Give me the truth, let the light burn the shadows away!
Oh, the framework is bending, the foundation will fall,
But I'd rather have nothing than have this concrete wall!

I trace the lines upon your face in the dark,
Searching for the fire, searching for the spark.
We move like separate planets, locked in our own space,
A perfect orbit, but without a saving grace.
You put the key right in my hand, then looked away,
A silent mandate that I couldn't disobey.
But even granite cracks under the weight of the rain,
And I can't hold this composure through the hurricane.

And I'm trapped inside the framework that we designed,
The blueprint for a heart that left the world behind.
I need a fault line, a crack inside the glass,
Something that shatters this silence, or else we won't last.

Tear down the walls! Tear down the architecture of silence!
Let the pressure break, give me one final defiant glance!
We can't survive on echoes of what we used to say,
Give me the truth, let the light burn the shadows away!
Oh, the framework is bending, the foundation will fall,
But I'd rather have nothing than have this concrete wall!

Was it fear or comfort that kept us apart?
Was it the logic of the mind, or the pulse of the heart?
I don't know the answer, I just know the cost,
Everything we haven't said is everything we lost.

...Than this concrete wall...

The Architecture of Silence

✨ “The Edge of Always” — John Lockhart’s most cinematic and emotionally powerful song to date. A stunning fusion of country warmth, indie depth, and pop clarity that blurs the line between heartbreak and hope. It’s the sound of remembering someone you can’t forget — and finding peace in the echo.

If this song hits you, please share & stream it on all platforms to help me keep it going!

Released by: JLM Records
Release date: November 9, 2025
P-line: ℗ 2025 John Lockhart Music (JLM)
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🎧 Genre: Cinematic Country Pop / Indie Rock
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