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Upbeat
Published in The Egyptian Gazette on 08 - 08 - 2011

Emotions… I have felt a lot of that lately and being the wonderful caring and sharing man I am, I will share some of it with you. What is the best way to do this? I guess sharing some of the songs I have written.
The first song is about a couple breaking up because their love affair was not going to work out. Life is sometimes hard and just because two people can't be together it doesn't mean that they are bad or one of them made a mistake. However, imagining that one of them has done, the other deserves an apology and this is what the song is about.

Shame
My heart is already broken
Try not to crush any piece
The words you have just spoken
Will let me know no peace
It is I who started it all
It was meant to be just a game
I never thought in love we'd fall
& now I only feel the shame
I am the one to blame
You don't have to say it, I know it's so hard on you
Name a price and I will pay it, There's nothing that I won't do
To put joy in your heart & see your smile shine bright
I'll gladly play any part to make you feel alright
I know that you are feeling
A whole lot of pain
& I hope your heart will be healing
& soon you'll smile again
I just want to let you know
I'll do whatever I can
If I could I'll hurt instead of you
I'll face it like a man
& help you all the way through
You don't have to say it, I know it's so hard on you
Name a price and I will pay it, There's nothing that I won't do
To put joy in your heart & see your smile shine bright
I'll gladly play any part to make you feel alright
It's hard on me too and it will only get worse
& when you find someone new I'll end up with a curse
Of not getting over you
I know that you might think that the first song was based on a personal experience. Let me tell you that a lyricist should be able to write about many issues without experiencing them. For instance, when the male trio Bee Gees wrote “Woman in Love” for Barbra Streisand, no-one thought that the three guys were women – they just imagined how a woman in love feels. I wouldn't go to the extreme of putting myself in the place of a female, but I have written songs about drugs although I have never touched them, etc. To prove my point, I'm including a song about someone who was struck by love.

Like a Truck
I was standing alone
Minding my own business
Thinking of the love I've known
& its points of weakness
Then suddenly you
Just came along
Like a vision coming true
Or an addictive song
You just hit me like a truck
Now I don't know who I am
I used to think I was out of luck
No-one cared for this lonely man
Till you smiled & called my name
You even called me a sweetheart
Now I feel I'm alive again
You gave me a reason for a new start
When you just hit me like a truck
(Like a truck)
I've been alone for so long
That I got used to loneliness
I was trying to be strong
& made it through all this mess
I guess it will be hard
To have someone in my world again
To open up my heart
& let go of all the pain
Coz you just hit me like a truck
Now I don't know who I am
I used to think I was out of luck
No-one cared for this lonely man
Till you smiled & called my name
You even called me a sweetheart
Now I feel I'm alive again
You gave me a reason for a new start
When you just hit me like a truck
(Like a truck)
The third song is actually based on a personal experience. A very good friend of mine had a job offer somewhere and he told me he was going to leave the country. I was really depressed. In general I hate goodbyes and when someone I love goes away I feel down. Even though we don't meet, knowing that he's here makes me feel I have access to seeing him whenever I want to.
Anyway, a few days later he realised that the job offer was just a scam – he received an email from people he didn't approach and he wasn't even recommended to them by anyone. The accounts they emailed him from were suspicious and finally they asked him to send them money. So the good news is… he's not leaving. What did I get out of this experience? The following song, which I wrote when I was still thinking he was going to leave.
Lonelier
Well I heard the news today
& it hit me like a rock
You're planning to go away
This leaves me in a state of shock
You say you wanna see the world
You're ready to spread your wings
Even if I could find the words
I will not say a thing
No-one can stand in your way
But you must know I'll miss you
As much as I want you to stay
All the best I will wish you
I know you have your plans
& you wanna keep them alive
But you should understand
You'll always be a part of my life
I'm tired of being the warrior
Who always gets by somehow
& I've never felt lonelier
Than the way I feel now
No-one can stand in your way
But you must know I'll miss you
As much as I want you to stay
All the best I will wish you
No matter where you'll go
Promise me you'll stay in touch
Coz every day I know
I'll be missing you so much

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