Can't Fight The Feeling
September 2023
An International Collaboration: Australia, South Africa and Nigeria.
Lyrics:
In a world where failure is success
I’m the King
Submission is prosperity
I am a deity
Blinded and gaged I walk among the free
Who judge me and choose what pity I receive
An invisible force of negativity
Is enough to turn my reality into calamity
An unbelievable disaster
I’m a master
Take to all my hopes and dreams with a blaster
I got it wrong
Believing that I belonged
Because I’m either blind or a damn fool
Watching life pissing in my pool
Regrets cold hard fist smashing my brain
Over again in case I didn’t feel the pain
I try to avoid it
Close my eyes and pretend
I never saw it
A sleepwalker lost in a maze
So onward I blaze
Without any will and no detection
Almost with robotic perfection
Exist like a mirror without reflection
Take me out with the trash for collection
Why do I strive
All I have is time
No dreams to fulfill just waiting till the end of life
My silence builds oppression
A slave to the systems progression
How do I persist with this darkened destiny
How do I commit, when I’ve lost my identity
Can’t fight the feeling
Can’t fight the feeling
That I fought so hard but now I’m done
Can’t fight the feeling
Just existing isn’t worth the cost
Can’t fight the feeling
That the meaning of my world is gone
Can’t fight the feeling
That believing in myself was wrong
Can’t fight the feeling
That I fought so hard
Can’t fight the feeling
Is it worth the cost
Can’t fight the feeling
That the meaning of my world is gone
Can’t fight the feeling
That belief in me was wrong
Eternal Night
July 2023
Collaboration with Argentinian Lyricist / Vocalist Mauro Elias.
Lyrics:
As my mind begins to fade
Memories cling to weary bones
Time's cruel embrace raids
Leaving shadows where light shone
Laughter sounds in echoes past
Once vibrant hearts now so tired
Moments too fleeting to last
In the grip of time's fury
Aching bones and frail skin
Once strong limbs now feeble
Life's vigor wearing thin
In the grip of a world so bleak
Eyes that once sparkled bright
Now dimmed by the weight of years
Visions of the past take flight
Leaving behind a world of tears
Chorus:
Eternal night, a love undone
Beneath the moon, we come undone
In this darkness, we're forever one
A tragic tale that's just begun
Bound by our twisted desires
We embrace the pain that sets us free
Into the void we go together
Verse:
Now the colors start to fade
Like an old picture's decay
Lost in a world that has turned grey
Longing for my yesterday
The good old days we miss
When life was filled with bliss
Now trapped in a dull today
Yearning for the days gone by
Chorus:
Eternal night, a love undone
Beneath the moon, we come undone
In this darkness, we're forever one
A tragic tale that's just begun
Bound by our twisted desires
We embrace the pain that sets us free
Into the void we go together
Verse:
Now the world turns monochrome
As time strips away the hues
Leaving us to roam in here
In an endless desert realm
Aged souls seek solace
In the memories we hold dear
As the world turns to black
We accept death's cold embrace
Whispered vows, a lifelong dance
Now fading echoes in the night
Together, we step into the unknown
Guided by love's celestial light
As the years waltz hand in hand
Our love, weathered and true
We face the final curtain's call
With hearts entwined, saying goodbye
Aching bones and frail skin
Once strong limbs now feeble
Life's vigor wearing thin
In the grip of a world so bleak
Eyes that once sparkled bright
Now dimmed by the weight of years
Visions of the past take flight
Leaving behind a world of tears
Chorus:
Eternal night, a love undone
Beneath the moon, we come undone
In this darkness, we're forever one
A tragic tale that's just begun
Bound by our twisted desires
We embrace the pain that sets us free
Into the void we go together
CLOUD9: THE FUTILE PURSUIT
June 2023
4 Track EP in Collaboration with Alium.
Track 1: NO MORE
Lyrics:
It’s time!
All my failures add up by the number
All your fucking lies have been discovered
You
You will no longer hold me back
Dragged thru hell you had me by the neck
That was the last time I’ll give control
I will no longer let you take hold
The sweat the pain that I endured
It will not be for nothing
Your ways are disgusting
You fucking swine
Won’t take my life
I’ll break your chains and fight
No more
You will no longer hold me back
Dragged through hell you had me by the neck
The sweat and the pain that I endured
I will no longer be your whore
No don’t tell me I’m fine
Manipulate me and waste my life
I’ll no longer give control to you
No more
Track 2: FALLING
I said
I’m the one
You lead
Me to rot
No!
I was living up in the clouds
Never coming down
Till you called my name
I was so high, the energy was all I needed now I am weak
Help me
Find peace
Bring life back into me
Made it this far just to throw it away
Now that I’m so far gone, how will I get back
How will I ever be the same again
Track 3: NEVER COMING DOWN
Yeah! Never coming down
No one can stop me I’m flying free
Stay up this hill top till I decease
Nothing could bring me to my knees
I’ll rise rise rise to victory, yeah
Demons won’t take hold of me
I’ll live to bring them to their knees
Stand high atop all the debris
From all the destruction I’ll reap
The feeling with no contest
I’ll live with no regret
The faithless won’t understand
This time shall never end
Track 4: NOT MY FATE
My entire life
Looking for ones to blame
But it was only me
It’s always been the same
In the end I’m the one to blame
For my entire life
I’ll be the one to die
I’ll be the one to die
In the end
If I don’t fix this
It’s not too late
It’s not too late
This is not not my fate
It’s not my fate
In the end I’m the one to blame
For my entire life
I’ll be the one to die
If I don’t fix this
I will fight
It’s not my time
Take back my life
I will not die
In the end I know I’ll fix this
I know I’ll fix this
It’s not too late
This is not my fate
Until I realized this
In the end it’s me
Villainizing everything I see
I couldn’t get a break
I couldn’t turn it down
Now my life is flipped so upside down
I wish this all could end
Dealing with this all again
I’m done pretending that I’ve been okay
Feeling overwhelmed
I’m only but a shell
Of what I was just yesterday
All songs written and recorded by Paul Louis Villani
Lyrics and Vocals by Alium.
Pander to the Pathetic (Feat. Alex Hamilton)
2nd Single Release for 2023
RELEASE INFORMATION
Life has always provided a myriad of sources for inspiration (musical, lyrical, photographic etc.)
People have an extraordinary way of influencing and affecting you sometimes without you even knowing it!
Sometimes you can see the affect they are having as these people are so pathetic in so many ways that you just want to smash them into oblivion.
For legal reasons we cannot and therefore don't.
These few pathetic individuals around us often have no clue how they are disturbing our feelings, our intellect and our well-being and many times we see (so called) powerful people succumbing to the "pathetics" because it's easier to pander than to confront.
Lyrically, this was such an easy write for me, it all poured out of me due to recent experiences.
Take care of yourselves and don't pander... callout the bullshit when it's being poured out in front of you.
Don't succumb for the sake of peace and quiet, your inner self is more valuable than that.
Confrontation is not easy but sometimes very necessary.
Sunshine & Starlight
First Single for 2023
I am happy to release my first song for 2023!
The year has already had a positive start and I have good "feels" for what is to come.
Last years "resolution" of not working with other musicians (in the physical sense) was a revelation and a stress free breakthrough!
I see 2023 as a year full of personal creativity and new music, and I can't wait to see what the future holds. I know this song will be the first of many, and I hope it brings joy and inspiration to those who listen.