Gerard O'Riley

It has always disturbed me how some parents, children, or friends can calmly accept an idea that their loved ones might burn for an ETERNITY while they walk the streets of gold, playing harps, or whatever. It’s sad that so many millions of people cling to the cruellest, most horrendous god belief because they are afraid of hell. You have to be some kind of monster, yourself, to truly worship a god that would have created eternal torment for finite crimes. Especially, the crime of disbelief. If I actually believed for one moment that…wait, I honestly did believe it. For three years, from the age of 12 to 15, I was tormented by the idea of my family being tortured forever and ever. Their only crime? Disbelief. I was willing to suffer that same fate because the idea of a heaven without them was unthinkable to me. When I left the church, I fully believed I would go to hell and I didn’t care because I was done worshipping a monster.

this song is about introverts who try to show their love with actions and reactions instead of words - I wrote this because I am an introvert and it is so hard for me to talk about my feelings I show them with my body. Something like I am just too shy and nervous around the person I'm in love with - this song is meaningful and describes the feeling of trying to show somebody the signs you try to give them

A fierce rush of obsession and desire, beauty that overwhelms, breath stolen by attraction, and a mind losing control under the weight of irresistible temptation.

A brutal reflection on a man’s suffering, broken by neglect and regret, exposing the tragedy of loving too late and mourning what you destroyed.

In the 42nd year of our marriage, my husband and I never stopped being in love. Of course there were difficult times, of course there was bickering. We started out the right way, lots of couples do (and some don’t). I don’t know if I can give anyone the secret formula for a marriage that lasts a lifetime. Even if I could, not everyone will listen. Most don’t. “A Love for a Lifetime” is dedicated to my husband. He still makes me laugh and every day I find another reason why I married him, why I love him.