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  • Where Are The Songs? — A Modern Soul Hymn for Our Times

    Where Are The Songs? — A Modern Soul Hymn for Our Times

    In a world filled with noise and constant change, there are moments when a quiet longing rises—an ache for songs that carry us higher, songs that speak to our deepest hopes, struggles, and dreams.
    Where Are The Songs? was born from this very longing.

    Inspired by a friend’s question about why today’s music seems to lack the anthems of the 1960s, this piece emerged as a modern soul hymn, rooted in the rich tradition of protest music. It is both a call to action and a beacon of hope, inviting new voices to rise and sing for justice, healing, and unity.

    Musically, Where Are The Songs? moves in a slow 6/8 groove with a classic soul progression, intentionally simple so the lyrics can remain front and center. At its heart is a call-and-response refrain—meant not just to be heard, but to be answered. This is a song for anyone who still believes music can inspire change and bring people together.

    Full Lyrics

    The streets are still burning, the rivers still cry,
    Children keep asking their mothers why.
    Voices of the past still echo in the air,
    But the world needs new singers who dare.

    Where are the songs to carry us higher?
    Voices of truth, hearts set on fire.
    Sing for the weary, the broken, the wronged—
    Justice is waiting, where are the songs?

    They sang for the marchers, they sang for the peace,
    For freedom to blossom, for hatred to cease.
    Now the stage is empty, the silence too long,
    Rise up, young dreamers, and sing us your song.

    Where are the songs to carry us higher?
    Voices of truth, hearts set on fire.
    Sing for the weary, the broken, the wronged—
    Justice is waiting, where are the songs?

    The wind is still blowing, the shelter still thin,
    The struggle still calling us all to begin.
    Lift up the anthem, let courage belong,
    The world needs your music, the world needs your song.

    Where are the songs to carry us higher?
    Voices of truth, hearts set on fire.
    Sing for the weary, the broken, the wronged—
    Justice is waiting, where are the songs?

    Listen and Share

    Listen to Where Are The Songs? on your favorite platform:

    Spotify:
    https://open.spotify.com/track/1uOjR7V2ZW4qdM5pnp5Xmq?si=YbmHuzpKSPGSUAHtqSzcYg

    Amazon Music:
    https://music.amazon.com/albums/B0G4HPPL7J?ref=dm_sh_am4a_B0G37HD8SB_BSeTPkxCt6Wpqu&trackAsin=B0G4HR8QDB

    If this song speaks to something in your heart, please share it with your community. Together, we can keep the spirit of soulful, meaningful music alive.

  • Only Love: A Gentle Mantra for the Heart

    Only Love: A Gentle Mantra for the Heart

    New single by Pitarra (Me 🙂) – now available for pre‑order

    Dear friends,

    Exciting news! My single, “Only Love,” has been submitted to stores and is available for pre-order soon. It will officially release on November 27, 2025 on Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, and many more.

    “Only Love” is a meditative R&B/Hip Hop mantra for the heart:
    only love may enter here.

    This song is, in many ways, a quiet prayer set to a beat. It’s meant to be something you can put on in the background—while you’re resting, journaling, stretching, or simply breathing—and let it gently repeat a single message to your nervous system:

    Only love may enter here.

    Creating from a Recliner

    This track was created right from home, both in bed, and sitting on a recliner with my legs up, sipping chamomile tea.

    As someone living with moderate ME/CFS, my days are shaped by strict limits: energy envelopes, pacing, and the constant need to listen to my body. There are many things I can’t do in the ways I used to.

    And yet, this song is a small example of what is still possible—what someone with ME/CFS can create within those limits. No big studio. No late‑night sessions. Just a laptop, headphones, and a heart that still wants to sing.

    In that sense, “Only Love” is not just a song, but a practice:

    • A practice of choosing gentleness over self‑pressure
    • A practice of creating within constraints
    • A practice of letting compassion—not urgency—lead the way

    If you are living with chronic illness, disability, or any invisible condition, I hope this track offers you not just comfort, but also a quiet solidarity: you are not alone, and your creative spark is not gone.

    A Song as a Boundary and a Blessing

    The phrase “Only love may enter here” came to me as both a boundary and a blessing.

    • A boundary: a line drawn kindly but firmly around the heart, saying no to cruelty, contempt, and unnecessary harshness (including the inner critic).
    • A blessing: an invitation for warmth, care, gentle honesty, and the kind of truth that doesn’t wound but heals.

    In a world that can feel overwhelmingly loud, the song leans into whispers, stillness, and shared silence as sacred spaces. It asks: what if listening could become more than hearing? What if each of us could be in “radiant participation” with the unseen kindness that sings through all things?

    That is the space I hope this song opens up for you.

    Listen and Share

    Listen to “Only Love” on your favorite platform:

    Spotify:
    https://open.spotify.com/track/7zMrlXVWMtR38qAXwCbKpq?si=SKA0oe-4QOGxUPeu4FhQWw

    Amazon Music:
    https://music.amazon.com/albums/B0G37FBHKK?ref=dm_sh_am4a_B0G37HD8SB_DaUmXSFY3pRbvS&trackAsin=B0G37K5V6X

    If this song speaks to something in your heart, please share it with your community. Together, we can keep the spirit of soulful, meaningful music alive.

    Who is Pitarra?

    Pitarra:
    A vessel of soft sound,
    Compassion hums in the pause—
    Notes bloom, hearts listen.

    Under the name Pitarra, I explore a gentle blend of styles, including R&B and Hip Hop and more, as a space for meditation, tenderness, and quiet courage. My hope is that each song can be a small sanctuary—especially for sensitive hearts, chronically ill bodies, and anyone walking through a difficult season.

    May We All Be Well

    Thank you for listening, for reading, and for walking this path of global wellbeing in your own way.

    May we all, without exception, be well and happy. 🌿

    With love,
    Pitarra 🙏

    Lyrics – “Only Love” by Pitarra

    Whispers in stillness
    Only love may enter here
    Echoes turn to light

    Listening becomes more than hearing
    A radiant participation
    A shared silence
    Between your soul
    And the unseen kindness
    That I sing through all things

    Only love, only love
    Only love
    Only love may enter here

    Only love
    Only love, only
    Only love may enter here

    A radiant participation
    A shared silence
    Between your soul
    And the unseen kindness
    That sings through all things

    Only love, only love
    Only love
    Only love may enter here

    Oh, only love, only love
    Only love
    Only love may…
    Only love may enter here

    Oh, only love
    Only love
    Only love
    Only love may enter here

    Enter here

    Only love, only love
    Only love
    Only love may enter here

    Oh, only love

    Listen and Share

    Listen to “Only Love” on your favorite platform:

    Spotify:
    https://open.spotify.com/track/7zMrlXVWMtR38qAXwCbKpq?si=SKA0oe-4QOGxUPeu4FhQWw

    Amazon Music:
    https://music.amazon.com/albums/B0G37FBHKK?ref=dm_sh_am4a_B0G37HD8SB_DaUmXSFY3pRbvS&trackAsin=B0G37K5V6X

    If this song speaks to something in your heart, please share it with your community. Together, we can keep the spirit of soulful, meaningful music alive.