
Helmer Noel
2/24/2025 | 29m 9sVideo has Closed Captions
Singer/songwriter, Helmer Noel, 2024 Spokane's Got Talent winner.
Helmer Noel is new to the music scene here in Spokane, Washington after only moving here during the pandemic. But Helmer is no stranger to music, he has performed for Tiny Desk - Concert Tour in Seattle and has even won 2024 Spokane's Got Talent. The singer/songwriter is working on multiple new projects, but was able to join us right here on Inland Sessions in December of 2024.
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Inland Sessions is made possible with support from the estate of Merrill O’Brien, The Avista Foundation , and VIP Production Northwest

Helmer Noel
2/24/2025 | 29m 9sVideo has Closed Captions
Helmer Noel is new to the music scene here in Spokane, Washington after only moving here during the pandemic. But Helmer is no stranger to music, he has performed for Tiny Desk - Concert Tour in Seattle and has even won 2024 Spokane's Got Talent. The singer/songwriter is working on multiple new projects, but was able to join us right here on Inland Sessions in December of 2024.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipFrom KSPS PBS its Inland Sessio ♪ ♪ ♪ Hey, it's just another day ♪ Yeah, it's just another day ♪ Frozen ♪ No motion ♪ Bound by emotion ♪ I'm moving around my pen ♪ Cause I don't know what I'm doing ♪ ♪ Searching for the words ♪ Cause I feel I might be losing ♪ ♪ Moving around my soul ♪ My wings weren't made for waiting ♪ ♪ If I stick around ♪ This could end up devastating ♪ ♪ I, yes I ♪ Think it's time for moving on ♪ ♪ Why oh why ♪ Are we waiting if we have it all ♪ ♪ I yes I ♪ Think it's time for moving on ♪ ♪ Why oh why ♪ Are we waiting if we have it all ♪ ♪ On the outside looking alright ♪ ♪ Couldn't face it on the inside ♪ ♪ Was sipping through the nightlife ♪ ♪ Seeing visions of the highlife ♪ ♪ Just beginning ♪ Fire burning ♪ Anything to keep this alive ♪ I yes I ♪ Think it's time for moving on ♪ ♪ Why oh why ♪ Are we waiting if we have it all ♪ ♪ I yes I ♪ Think it's time for moving on ♪ ♪ Why oh why ♪ Are we waiting if we have it all ♪ ♪ No more saving graces ♪ All out of my way ♪ This is no mistake ♪ There ain't no stopping now ♪ Departing today ♪ My life I dedicate ♪ To changing my own ways now ♪ I yes I ♪ Think it's time for moving on ♪ ♪ Why oh why ♪ Are we waiting if we have it all ♪ ♪ I yes I ♪ Think it's time for moving on ♪ ♪ Why oh why ♪ Are we waiting if we have it all ♪ ♪ Hey, it's just another day ♪ Yeah, it's just another day My name is Helmer Noel, I came to Spokane after a ten-and-a-half-month journey across country.
Led us here.
My partner and I were traveling at the time with our, our pup Emma.
And it was completely by accident that we ended up here.
My partner needed to fly over from, the East coast, and we couldn't find any tickets anywhere near us.
I was in Salt Lake at the time, and we randomly popped up with, like, a $250 ticket to get over here, and that was it, was he was like, It's Spokane.
And I'm like, I have no idea, but it's $250.
Let's go for it.
And I drove up and from there it was literally the rest is history.
This next song is called slow ride, and just so happens to be the first song that Logan and I here wrote together.
On our first day hanging out, pretty much the entire song.
So, from then on, we kind of knew it was going to be really awesome and a fruitful partnership.
Let's do it.
♪ ♪ Slow ride ♪ Freedom enough to fly ♪ That look in your eyes ♪ No words can describe ♪ The sunlight breaking the night sky ♪ ♪ The chill in the breeze bites ♪ ♪ Like concrete in the streets ♪ Of New York City ♪ So Lovely ♪ Driving ♪ Slowly getting lost in this feeling ♪ ♪ This feeling no ♪ Head in the clouds ♪ Dreams come around ♪ Open your eyes ♪ Can't you see time is ♪ fleeting ♪ Everything felt ♪ A promise to self ♪ Materialized ♪ No longer dreaming ♪ No lie ♪ I'm feeling this vibe tonight ♪ ♪ The energy is just right ♪ I could do this for life ♪ Take me so high ♪ That I leave the sky behind ♪ Don't know if we'll come down ♪ ♪ So let's keep slow riding to this feeling ♪ ♪ This feeling ♪ Head in the clouds ♪ Dreams come around ♪ Open your eyes ♪ Can't you see time is ♪ fleeting ♪ Everything felt ♪ A promise to self ♪ Materialized ♪ No longer dreaming ♪ Head in the clouds ♪ Dreams come around ♪ Open your eyes ♪ Can't you see time is ♪ fleeting ♪ Everything felt ♪ A promise to self ♪ Materialized ♪ No longer dreaming ♪ It's been some time now ♪ Yes, it's that feel again ♪ I am stuck, I am waiting ♪ For something that'll never come ♪ ♪ And if I were to say to you ♪ Love it's time to move away ♪ I think I'd be lucky ♪ Cause I'd hear you say ♪ Let's go ♪ Let's ♪ fly tomorrow ♪ Let's go ♪ Let's fly ♪ fly ♪ Let's go ooo yeah ♪ Let's fly tomorrow ♪ Let's go ♪ Let's fly ♪ fly ♪ There is no telling ♪ What will come our way ♪ Blue skies, stormy weather ♪ What comes won't change what's on my mind ♪ ♪ With you by my side ♪ Nothing stands in our way ♪ And I'd give anything ♪ Just to hear you say ♪ Let's go ♪ Let's ♪ fly tomorrow ♪ Let's go ♪ Let's fly ♪ fly ♪ Let's go ooo yeah ♪ Let's fly tomorrow ♪ Let's go ♪ Let's fly ♪ fly ♪ High ♪ So high ♪ Fly ♪ Fly Pretty much all of my music I kind of owe to my guitarist, Logan, because not only did we write the songs, but we also did all those videos together, which was a lot of work.
♪ Can we say goodnight ♪ Instead of goodbye ♪ Tell me it's alright ♪ Instead of goodbye ♪ Another night ♪ It's pushing 2 ♪ There's a waiver in my voice ♪ Another fight ♪ Could this be true ♪ Do we have a choice ♪ Cause of everything that we've been through ♪ ♪ You burned it up tonight ♪ All that remains ♪ Is me and you ♪ Can we say goodnight ♪ Instead of goodbye ♪ Tell me it's alright ♪ Instead of goodbye ♪ Can we say goodnight ♪ Instead of goodbye ♪ Tell me it's alright ♪ Instead of goodbye ♪ Can we say goodnight ♪ ♪ Through the highs and the lows ♪ ♪ No matter where we go ♪ I'll be holding you so tight ♪ Right here in my heart ♪ No matter where you are ♪ I'll be riding with you, always ♪ ♪ No there ain't going way too far ♪ ♪ If we do were shining like the stars ♪ ♪ Baby take a breath ♪ Go and count to 10 ♪ We're not looking back again ♪ No there ain't going way to far ♪ ♪ If we do were shining like the stars ♪ ♪ Baby take a breath ♪ Go and count to 10 ♪ We're not looking back again ♪ Every now and again ♪ Likes waves washing in ♪ I'll be worried that I lost my way ♪ ♪ No, I won't be afraid ♪ Of my yesterdays ♪ I'll be riding with you always ♪ ♪ No there ain't going way to far ♪ ♪ If we do were shining like the stars ♪ ♪ Baby take a breath ♪ Go and count to 10 ♪ We're not looking back again ♪ No there ain't going way to far ♪ ♪ If we do were shining like the stars ♪ ♪ Baby take a breath ♪ Go and count to 10 ♪ We're not looking back again ♪ It all started with a weekend ♪ ♪ No plans just open roads yeah, we were dreaming ♪ ♪ It all started with a weekend ♪ ♪ No plans just open roads yeah, we were dreaming ♪ ♪ It all started with a weekend ♪ ♪ No plans just open roads yeah, we were dreaming ♪ ♪ ♪ Baby if you're tired ♪ Feel like all your bones are gone ♪ ♪ Can't stand on your feet ♪ In your eyes hope is gone ♪ Use the spark ♪ The one that's left inside your soul ♪ ♪ To engulf the walks 'round you ♪ ♪ Meant to keep you from moving on ♪ ♪ What can they take from you when there's nothing left to ♪ ♪ lose ♪ Fight fire with fire ♪ I won't turn the other cheek ♪ Standing together we will rise you will see ♪ ♪ We will never comply so look me in the eye ♪ ♪ We will fight ♪ With Fire ♪ Living with closed eyes ♪ Afraid to face what we've become ♪ ♪ When will we realize ♪ The shackles are slowly coming on ♪ ♪ Blood on their hands ♪ When will they ever understand ♪ ♪ The fire that burns in us ♪ Won't go out while we stand ♪ Fight fire with fire ♪ I won't turn the other cheek ♪ Standing together we will rise you will see ♪ ♪ We will never comply so look me in the eye ♪ ♪ We will fight ♪ With Fire ♪ What can they take from you when there's nothing left to ♪ ♪ lose ♪ What can they take from you when there's nothing left to ♪ ♪ lose ♪ What can they take from you when there's nothing left to ♪ ♪ lose ♪ What can they take from you when there's nothing left to ♪ ♪ lose ♪ Fight fire with fire ♪ I won't turn the other cheek ♪ Standing together we will rise you will see ♪ ♪ We will never comply so look me in the eye ♪ ♪ We will fight ♪ With Fire ♪ Fight fire with fire ♪ I won't turn the other cheek ♪ Standing together we will rise you will see ♪ ♪ We will never comply so look me in the eye ♪ ♪ We will fight ♪ With Fire Grew up in the church, my mom is probably my biggest influence when it comes to vocals.
And, you know, just that energy, being able to sing with a group of, like, like-minded people kind of just gave me that, you know, permission to be loud and be big.
And eventually I was like, well, I'm doing too much to be in a choir.
So, it would be just, you know, start separating myself.
But it never really took off.
And again, I just kind of attribute that to not meeting the right people just yet.
Everything has its place.
This song is called Start Again, and I wrote it specifically for everybody who needs a little reset every now and then because they really don't hurt.
Let's hit it.
♪ ♪ Open the shades ♪ Time to pull off the covers ♪ Feeling the weight of my dreams starting to shudder ♪ ♪ Can't hit snooze anymore ♪ And wait for opportunity to walk itself right through the ♪ ♪ door ♪ Underneath lies a world that's undiscovered ♪ ♪ Lately I've been feeling I've been undercover ♪ ♪ And I think that its time ♪ That I get up out my way before I start to go insane ♪ ♪ And it's all ok ♪ Feeling lost but I think I'm on my way ♪ ♪ on my way ♪ Thought I'd seen the end ♪ Just had to pick up and start again ♪ ♪ Start again ♪ Now and then I'll take a ride on my brainwaves ♪ ♪ Take a breath and count the time that I've wasted ♪ ♪ Now I see it was me ♪ Doesn't mean this fear won't stop me again ♪ ♪ In the end I know it's worth it ♪ ♪ Tribulations and trials I deserve it ♪ ♪ My desire like fire will burn ♪ ♪ After all that I've been through ♪ ♪ And it's all ok ♪ Feeling lost but I think I'm on my way, on my way ♪ ♪ Thought I'd seen the end ♪ Just had to pick up and start again ♪ ♪ Start again ♪ And it's all ok ♪ Feeling lost but I think I'm on my way, on my way ♪ ♪ Thought I'd seen the end ♪ Just had to pick up and start again ♪ ♪ Start again ♪ Open the shades time to pull off the covers ♪ ♪ Underneath, lies a world that's undiscovered ♪ ♪ ♪ I try and stop time ♪ Deep inside my mind where I can stay a while ♪ ♪ In memories that are fading now ♪ ♪ Your heartbeat stays alive ♪ Forever intertwined in my reality ♪ ♪ A life stuck here without you ♪ ♪ Why did you go to a place where I can't follow ♪ ♪ To a place where I'm left here in your shadow ♪ ♪ Do you think of coming back?
♪ ♪ Do you think of coming back... ♪ ♪ What do I do when all I need is your embrace ♪ ♪ A smile ♪ A touch ♪ Just to see you face ♪ Are you ever coming back?
♪ Are you ever coming back... ♪ Days ♪ Days just pass me by ♪ I can't see why I can't let go of you ♪ ♪ Or follow you to where you are♪ ♪ Dreams ♪ Until it is my time ♪ Is where I know I'll find a place I can be with you ♪ ♪ A place I can be free ♪ Why did you go to a place where I can't follow ♪ ♪ To a place where I'm left here in your shadow ♪ ♪ Do you think of coming back?
♪ Do you think of coming back...♪ ♪ What do I do when all I need is your embrace ♪ ♪ A smile ♪ A touch ♪ Just to see you face ♪ Are you ever coming back?
♪ Are you ever coming back... ♪ Why did you go to a place where I can't follow ♪ ♪ To a place where I'm left here in your shadow ♪ ♪ Do you think of coming back?
♪ Do you think of coming back...♪ ♪ What do I do when all I need is your embrace ♪ ♪ A smile ♪ A touch ♪ Just to see you face ♪ Are you ever coming back?
♪ Are you ever coming back... ♪ Why did you go to a place where I can't follow ♪ ♪ To a place where I'm left here in your shadow ♪ ♪ Do you think of coming back?
♪ Do you think of coming back...♪ ♪ What do I do when all I need is your embrace ♪ ♪ A smile ♪ A touch ♪ Just to see you face ♪ Are you ever coming back?
♪ Are you ever coming back...
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