Channelling Marvin Gaye in 2026

 "What's Going On" is a soulful, socially conscious song that reflects on themes of division, conflict, and the search for truth in today's world.

From way back in 2015

 

Do You Silently Pray for Better Days by JD (feat. Clinton R. Johnson & Darren Curtis) is an inspirational piece that explores themes of faith, resilience, and personal growth.

Has your ship departed

 

The Red Schooner is a melancholic song about lost love and the passage of time, metaphorically represented by a ship departing.

A song for the strong

 

The song "I'm Getting OUT" by JD (feat. John Duffy) is an empowering anthem about overcoming a toxic relationship and reclaiming one's self-worth.

A song for the many

 

"Forgive Me is a deeply personal and reflective track centred on themes of remorse, infidelity, and the struggle for atonement.

Miss Moore"

 

"Miss Moore" is a sentimental and melodic song centred on themes of enduring love, heartbreak, and hope for reconciliation.

Seduction

 

A musical track exploring themes of power, desire, and emotional intensity. 

The Midnight Hunters from The Black and Blue Lodge

 

Blessed be. 

Velumbound. 

A transmission that suggests when profound love or a specific chapter of life ends, something darker steps into the void to hunt down the memories that remain.

(A sad lone voice whispers)

My old love 

Loved shaking her crow-black hair 

As old daydreams tumbled around her

Like brown autumn leaves in the air 

On any given day or night 

Dreams of divinity

Of God and light 

Like the first thing you see when you close your eyes at night

Temporal spaces filled with familiar faces

Crooning like nameless mockingbirds

Under a watchful moon

Dreams of us as a pair

Regale my eyes with surreal memories of us

Everywhere I now look since God closed that Crimson Book 

Us entwined at sea 

Surrounded by floating red roses as seagulls watched

Laughing like playful, innocent schoolchildren

Free from all fears and good behaviour

But now the

Ancient Ones have called at midnight to remind me

“Those who once lay entwined in their sea as their seagulls watched 

Will soon get a visit 

From The Midnight Hunters from The Black and Blue Lodge”

(C)

Copyright John Duffy 

Soul Worship

 

Blessed be. 

Velumbound. 

An ode to that deep inside, which carries and leads us towards the light and darkness. 

(A lone voice whispers) 

How delicate yet brave the eternal soul must be 

As it tries to swim daily

Conquering painful struggles 

Heartbroken dreams 

Strands of hate coursing in red veins

In the deep sludge of humanity's black sea

While trying to stay strong and not end up lost or depressed 

All frayed at the seams

(C)

Copyright John Duffy 

  

Astral Dreams

 Blessed be. 

Velumbound. 

Last one of the night. 

A transmission that suggests true spiritual bonds are indestructible. 

Even when a person is physically gone, a powerful, inherited spiritual connection can bridge the gap, making the soul vibrate and come alive across infinity.

(A lone voice whispers) 

Mesmerised

As my generational powers

Show me you

In vivid lucid dreams

Not where

You've been

Or things you've seen

But you

Alas now absent

And as I lie down lonely

And broken

 

In here

Thinking of your absence

In The Great In-Between

No longer to lay 

Speak with 

Or hold thee

In my gifted dreams 

When I see thee

I know my candle still burns 

Somewhere

In you 

As it burns

Within me

As I move around 

For what powerful thing can ever be found 

To burn you alive

What thing

That has its own sound and ministry

Than a deep dream

Of a spiritual bond 

Beyond 

Infinity

Or the shelf life of uranium-235

That thrives

As it slips gears

In The Great In-Between

And makes your soul

Vibrate in familiar frequencies

A heart-stopping crescendo

As it goes into 

Hyperdrive

(C)

Copyright John Duffy