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Heliox: Where Evidence Meets Empathy 🇨🇦‬
June 12, 2025 • (S4 E54) • 22:33

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How a 19th-century philosopher's brutal anatomy of human awareness predicted our current psychological and social breakdown. The very foundations of knowledge, truth, and reality seem to be crumbling beneath our feet.

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Key: C MajorTempo: ~85 BPM (gentle folk ballad feel)

🎵 Still Learning ( © Scott Bleackley 2025 SOCAN )
(Chords are placed above lyrics at approximate entry points)

[Verse 1]
C                      G
I'm pushing seventy with my podcast playing loud
Am                              F
My grandson asks me, “Gramps, how'd you find that sound?”
C                       G
I show him my playlist—AI-curated and proud—
Am                       F
He laughs, “You're the coolest grandpa around.”
C                    G
My body's worn like a weathered old coat,
Am                       F
But inside I still feel spring begin.
C                      G
They see the years, but if they’d take note,
Am                        F
They’d find a spirit still breaking in.

[Verse 2]
C                       G
At forty I thought I'd cracked the code,
Am                       F
Mortgage paid, career in bloom.
C                         G
Now my daughter calls in overload,
Am                        F
And I just listen—leave her room.
C                        G
Wisdom's not in knowing all the names;
Am                       F
It's wonder found in quiet grace.
C                            G
Like watching raindrops trace the panes
Am                       F
While love lights up my daughter’s face.

[Chorus]
F                      C
I'm almost seventy and still learning how to breathe,
G                          Am
Grateful for the rhythm of the day.
F                        C
Life keeps revealing what hides beneath
Dm                    G
The masks we wore along the way.
F                     C
Each wrinkle holds a story in its fold—
Dm                       G      C
Maybe growing old just means growing bold.

[Verse 3]
C                      G
My knees don’t dance, but my patience sings,
Am                      F
And my grandkids think I’m kind of wild.
C                         G
We build forts, we make up kings—
Am                        F
They crown me their giggle-loving child.
C                      G
I missed that play once chasing dreams,
Am                       F
Now I sip pretend tea in a paper cup.
C                       G
Turns out life’s more magic than it seems
Am                        F
When you finally stop growing up.

[Bridge]
Am                       F
My wife and I speak softer now,
C                             G
Less about “should,” more about “how.”
Am                      F
We've learned that love is forged, not found—
C                              G
And silence is a sacred sound.

[Final Chorus]
F                      C
I’m almost seventy and still learning how to trust
G                         Am
The deeper pulse beneath the noise and dust.
F                       C
Life’s got more mystery than I ever guessed—
Dm                            G
In every laugh, mistake, and tenderness.
F                           C
I used to chase the light—I’m learning now
Dm                        G         C
It was always shining from here somehow.

[Outro]
C                           G
When I hit seventy, I'm throwing a bash,
Am                        F
Dancing bad to beats that clash,
C                            G
Surrounded by misfits, nerds, and kin—
Am                       F
Still learning, still laughing,
C                G       C
Still letting life begin.

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