2026 Competition Entry:
More than Friends by Kent Brian Zilliox
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More Than Friends – Kent B Zilliox
[Verse 1]
Childhood friends, walks too school.
Together, when our prom dates failed.
On the front porch swing, side by side.
We tried to figure out, what love was.
Not knowing, it had already begun.
[Verse 2]
College degrees, corporate ladders,
We kept in touch along the way.
Never chasing our true feelings,
Or the burning desires, we let lay.
Denying our love to be real.
[Chorus]
We don’t have to speak, to hear.
We don’t have to touch, to feel.
We don’t have to open our eyes, to see.
The love you and I have, was meant to be.
[Verse 3]
Home for the holidays,
We meet for a cup of catching up.
Looking in your eyes, saying goodbye,
I whisper in your ear, the words,
We both longed to hear…”I love you”
[Chorus]
[Instrumental]
[Bridge]
Underneath, youth’s foundation.
Behind camouflaged conversations.
We found the answer to the question.
We are more. So much more.
We are more than friends.
[Chorus]
Lyric and Copyright by: Kent B Zilliox
[Verse 1]
Childhood friends, walks too school.
Together, when our prom dates failed.
On the front porch swing, side by side.
We tried to figure out, what love was.
Not knowing, it had already begun.
[Verse 2]
College degrees, corporate ladders,
We kept in touch along the way.
Never chasing our true feelings,
Or the burning desires, we let lay.
Denying our love to be real.
[Chorus]
We don’t have to speak, to hear.
We don’t have to touch, to feel.
We don’t have to open our eyes, to see.
The love you and I have, was meant to be.
[Verse 3]
Home for the holidays,
We meet for a cup of catching up.
Looking in your eyes, saying goodbye,
I whisper in your ear, the words,
We both longed to hear…”I love you”
[Chorus]
[Instrumental]
[Bridge]
Underneath, youth’s foundation.
Behind camouflaged conversations.
We found the answer to the question.
We are more. So much more.
We are more than friends.
[Chorus]
Lyric and Copyright by: Kent B Zilliox
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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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MORE THAN FRIENDS is a tender, time-spanning love story that blossoms quietly between two souls who’ve always been close friends since childhood. In later years they stayed inside the boundries of friendship. It captures the bittersweet beauty of unspoken feelings, missed chances, and the slow realization that love was there all along. From childhood porch swings to an adult coffee catch-up, the song traces a connection that defies distance and time. With a chorus that speaks to the invisible threads of true intimacy, where words, touch, and even sight aren’t needed to feel the depth of love. It’s a heartfelt reminder that sometimes, the strongest relationships are the ones that grow in silence, waiting patiently to be named.