WHERE IT ALL BEGAN

The Story of Lived In Lyrics

Lived In Lyrics was born from a combination of music, lived experience, loss, and a desire to help people feel less alone.

I've struggled with my own mental health from a young age. Over the years, I found myself using diaries and journals to put thoughts and feelings into words — things that weren't always easy to say out loud.

This year, I said goodbye to a very good friend of mine who took his own life. We had always spoken about starting a podcast together — somewhere we could share our feelings, talk openly about the battles we'd faced, how we'd fought them, and simply be honest about what we were going through.

That podcast never happened, but the idea behind those conversations stayed with me.

With advice from professionals, I began looking back through my own diaries and journals and started turning some of those thoughts, experiences and feelings into lyrics. That's when Lived In Lyrics began to take shape.

I started to wonder if there was another way I could help someone else out there — not by pretending to have all the answers, but by sharing something real.

Because when I think about my friend, I always wonder if I'd been able to be there in a different way, or if I'd known what he was really going through, maybe I could have helped.

Lived In Lyrics is my way of taking those experiences and turning them into music that people can connect with.

The hope is simple: that someone hears a song, reads a lyric or discovers a story and realises they're not alone. And perhaps, in time, they find the confidence to speak to someone and seek the professional support they need.

But Lived In Lyrics is about more than music. It's about building a community around those feelings, stories and experiences — and creating something that can grow into a source of connection, understanding and hope.

This is only the beginning.