IYEOKA OKOAWO - SIMPLY FILLING

SIMPLY FILLING

IYEOKA OKOAWO

SONGWRITER: IYEOKA OKOWAWO

COUNTRY: NIGERIA/U.S.A.

ALBUM: SAY YES

LABEL: UNDERGROUND SUN

GENRE: SOUL

YEAR: 2010

Iyeoka Okoawo (/iːˈjoʊkə/) is a Nigerian-American poet, recording artist, singer, activist, educator and TEDGlobal Fellow. Her music includes elements from soul, R&B, rock, hip hop, and jazz.

In November 2010, Iyeoka released her new album, Say Yes, containing nine songs and two poems, through the Underground Sun artist development company. It is the first “Evolving Album(tm)” where purchasers will receive added content for free as the album evolves. Before the album’s release, the first song, “The Yellow Brick Road Song”, was featured in an episode of the new hit HBO series How To Make It In America. "The Yellow Brick Road Song" is being used as the theme song for the series "Fairly Legal" that premiered January 20, 2011, on USA Network.

In January 2011, Iyeoka was nominated in The 10th Annual Independent Music Awards for her song "This Time Around" in the R&B Song category. 

There goes my heart again

All of this time I thought we were pretending

Nothing looks the same when your eyes are open

Now you're playing these games

to keep my heartbeat spinning

You show me love, you show me love

You show me everything my heart is capable of

You reshape me like butterfly origami

You have broken into my heart

This time I feel the blues have departed

Nothing can keep me away from this feeling

I know I am simply falling for you

I'm taking time to envision where your heart is

And justify why you're gone for the moment

I tumble sometimes, looking for sunshine

And you know this is right when you look into my eyes

You show me love, you show me love

You show me everything my heart is capable of

And now I can't break away from this fire that we started

You have broken into my heart

This time I feel the blues have departed

Nothing can keep me away from this feeling

I know I am simply falling for you

There my heart goes again

In your arms I'm falling deeper

And there's nothing to break me away from this...

You have broken into my heart

This time I feel the blues have departed

Nothing can keep me away from this feeling

I know I am simply falling for you

There goes my heart again...

You have broken into my heart

Oh, I'm falling deeper, I'm falling deeper...