2026 Competition Entry:
Emotional Dilemma by Kent Brian Zilliox
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Emotional Dilemma – Kent B Zilliox
[Verse 1]
Drank his kisses from summer to fall.
Traded life stories we bared it all.
Now I’m fallin’. I’m fallin’
Fallin’ in love with him.
[Verse 2]
My head is spinning never felt this way.
Shared everything until this day.
Now this feeling of love, how can I say.
(I love you), I don’t wanna scare him away.
[Chorus]
Emotional dilemma, what can I say?
If I tell him my feelings of love,
Would I be kissing him away?
[Post Chorus]
Will the first time I say I love him also be the last?
Will it send him running, running away from me?
[Verse 3]
I could never keep this a secret,
My eyes would give me away.
Got to tell him my feelings tonight,
Got to give my love away…
[Chorus]
[Break, then spoken word]
I wonder will the first time I say
I love him, also be the last?
[Bridge]
Here we are tonight wrapped up in moonlight.
My heart is pounding, he’s holding me tight.
I’m gonna come out and say it now.
The moment seems so right.
Then he says he loves me.
But doesn’t want to scare me away.
[Chorus 2]
Emotional dilemma, what can I say?
Afraid to share, my feelings of love.
Not Knowing, he felt the same way!
[Chorus 3]
Emotional dilemma, what can we say.
Afraid to share our feelings of love.
Not knowing we felt the same way.
[Outro]
Emotional dilemma,
Afraid to share our feelings of love.
Not knowing we felt the same way.
We felt the same way.
Lyric and Copyright by: Kent B Zilliox
[Verse 1]
Drank his kisses from summer to fall.
Traded life stories we bared it all.
Now I’m fallin’. I’m fallin’
Fallin’ in love with him.
[Verse 2]
My head is spinning never felt this way.
Shared everything until this day.
Now this feeling of love, how can I say.
(I love you), I don’t wanna scare him away.
[Chorus]
Emotional dilemma, what can I say?
If I tell him my feelings of love,
Would I be kissing him away?
[Post Chorus]
Will the first time I say I love him also be the last?
Will it send him running, running away from me?
[Verse 3]
I could never keep this a secret,
My eyes would give me away.
Got to tell him my feelings tonight,
Got to give my love away…
[Chorus]
[Break, then spoken word]
I wonder will the first time I say
I love him, also be the last?
[Bridge]
Here we are tonight wrapped up in moonlight.
My heart is pounding, he’s holding me tight.
I’m gonna come out and say it now.
The moment seems so right.
Then he says he loves me.
But doesn’t want to scare me away.
[Chorus 2]
Emotional dilemma, what can I say?
Afraid to share, my feelings of love.
Not Knowing, he felt the same way!
[Chorus 3]
Emotional dilemma, what can we say.
Afraid to share our feelings of love.
Not knowing we felt the same way.
[Outro]
Emotional dilemma,
Afraid to share our feelings of love.
Not knowing we felt the same way.
We felt the same way.
Lyric and Copyright by: Kent B Zilliox
Author
Bio
For more than thirty years, I’ve been writing songs shaped by personal experience, relatable stories, and imagination. My creative drive comes from a desire to write authentically, crafting lyrics that stir familiar emotions, spark nostalgia, or offer a sense of hope. Though I play just enough guitar to shape my compositions, I never pursued the traditional path of performing as a singer-songwriter or forming a band to collaborate with.
Instead, I’ve embraced a modern approach: working with online session musicians for instrumentation and using AI tools to turn my lyrics into full musical arrangements, as if a band were behind me. This process allows me to stay true to the heart of each song while exploring new ways to bring my writing to life.
In doing so, I’m taking the next step, sharing my work more widely and hoping some songs might eventually find their way into some industry ears and eventually to a performer who connects with them and helps them take flight. Entering this song contest (my first) is a way to discover which songs resonate most and may be worth more attention.
My website: www.KentzSongs.com
My YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@kentzilliox1001/videos
Instead, I’ve embraced a modern approach: working with online session musicians for instrumentation and using AI tools to turn my lyrics into full musical arrangements, as if a band were behind me. This process allows me to stay true to the heart of each song while exploring new ways to bring my writing to life.
In doing so, I’m taking the next step, sharing my work more widely and hoping some songs might eventually find their way into some industry ears and eventually to a performer who connects with them and helps them take flight. Entering this song contest (my first) is a way to discover which songs resonate most and may be worth more attention.
My website: www.KentzSongs.com
My YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@kentzilliox1001/videos
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EMOTIONAL DILEMMA is a tender, introspective ballad that explores the fragile moment when love is ready to be spoken but fear holds it back. Through poetic verses and aching choruses, the song traces the emotional tension of a first “I love you” not as a grand declaration, but as a vulnerable unknown risk. The narrator wrestles with whether expressing love might scare her partner away, only to discover he’s been harboring the same uncertainty.