Sarah Kuchta-Humphrey

LOVE FOLLOWS YOU (2019)

Plays: 19

Backstory

No AI was used in the writing or production of this song.

Lyrics

Chorus
Separate, divide.
Walk slow, hands by your side.
Warmed heart, still inside.
Not severed, safe.
Filled with light

Verse 1
We are told to build ourselves
Around our love, around our kin
And when we leave we must be broken
Of our need to be entwined.
But if spirits become shattered,
Then we wander lost and blind

Chorus
Separate, divide
Walk slow, hands by your side
Warmed heart, beats inside
Not severed, safe.
Filled with light

Verse 2
But the truth is we are solid.
Hands to our hearts we feel the roots.
And when we sway, we won’t be broken.
Love permeates, love follows you

Outro
Love permeates, love follows you.
Love permeates, love follows you.
Love permeates, love follows you.

DROLL CLOWNS (2008)

Plays: 9

Lyrics

Verse 1
If you think of life as one big circus,
then droll clowns we shall be.
Flying high upon a trapeze,
blissfully without a care.
But circuses, they keep traveling on
with their feet never planted anywhere.

Verse 2
If you think of life as great as the ocean,
then whales and fish we shall be.
Swimming far beneath the waves,
blissfully without a care.
But tides change and we'd get water logged.
We're meant to breathe air.

Verse 3
So think of life as you and me then,
independent but always together.
One day we'll grow old.
But we'll still read in our pajamas
and dance late into the moonlight.

TURN ALL THE LIGHTS OUT (2025)

Plays: 5

Backstory

No AI was used in the writing or production of this song. Turn All the Lights Out was written for Lights Out Connecticut, encouraging everyone to turn off their outside lights during bird migration seasons.

Lyrics

V1:
In the waning daylight, millions of us take wing
The Atlantic flyway we are journeying
Becomes confusing when filled with false light
The cure is simple and you can make it right
Please just turn out the lights for (us )
Please just turn out the lights so we can see

C1:
So please
Turn all the lights out (We are guided by stars)
Turn all the lights out now (We fly through the midnight sky)
Turn all the lights out (We are a flock of birds)
Turn all the lights out now (Carry us through the darkness)

V2:
Celestial signposts lead through the inky night
No vague directions, we need to be precise
Our wingbeats our only company,
Please keep it dark, that’s our philosophy
All of our landmarks are written in the stars
It’s life or death, that’s what makes it hard
So just turn out the lights for us

C2:
So please
Turn all the lights out (We are guided by stars)
Turn all the lights out now (We fly through the midnight sky)
Turn all the lights out (We are a flock of birds)
Turn all the lights out now (Carry us through the darkness)

MAGIC (2019)

Plays: 5

Backstory

No AI was used in the writing or production of this song.

Lyrics

Magic
Writer: Sarah Kuchta-Humphrey

V1:
So slow down and soak up what’s happening right now
So slow down and soak up what’s happening right now
Cascading twinkling stars sliding between our beating hearts,
glowing like fireflies or mars, my soul spilled from mine into yours

C1:
Something magical is happening right now
Something’s magical we both feel it how

V2:
We slow down and drink up that momentary pause
Our eyes closed sweetness permeates our every cause
When the light hits our faces, understanding locks our eyes
and though this love is serious, tonight I am feeling light as

C2:
Something magical is happening right now
Something’s magical we both feel it how

V3:
We slow down and breathe in moon dust everywhere
We don’t move, don’t get up enchantment's in the air
Cascading twinkling stars sliding between our beating hearts,
glowing like fireflies or mars, my soul spilled from mine into yours

C3:
Something magical is happening right now
Something’s magical we both feel it how
We slow down, we slow down
The magical
The magical
We slow down, we slow down
Slow down

(c) Sarah Kuchta-Humphrey 2024

COLD SAND (2021)

Plays: 6

Backstory

No AI was used in the writing or production of this song.
Lyrics by Margaret McNellis, but full copyright owned by Sarah Kuchta-Humphrey.

Lyrics

Verse 1
I never knew how short our time would be.
Hopping from foot to foot on the sun-warmed beach.
When the red sky faded to black.
Never had to seek stars to find my way home.

Chorus
Cold sand under a silver-bellied moon.
Watching the tide roll out.
Wishing you’d be here soon

Verse 2
I never knew how much I could miss you.
How the summer shore would scald my memories.
When the salt spray would sting my face ,
I’d squint into sunset for a glimpse of you

Chorus
Cold sand under a silver-bellied moon.
Watching the tide roll out.
Wishing you’d be here soon

Verse 3
I imagine loving this frosted shore.
Marsh grass poking through the crust of snow with hope.
And spring can chase away winter’s breath.
Banish away the chill.
Waves come in again

Chorus
Cold sand (in this life)
Under a silver-bellied moon (in this life)
Waves come in again (In this life)
Watching the tide roll out
Wishing you’d be here soon

LOVE LOUDER (2024)

Plays: 6

Backstory

No AI was used in the writing or production of this song. I wrote it for Pride.

Lyrics

Verse 1
This is the story of an ordinary girl
who fell in love with a woman who opened her world.
To life’s adventure side by side,
stronger together.
Can’t help but let our love shine.

Chorus
Nothing makes me as high
as the laughter sparkling your eyes.
Nothing else draws me in
like the fire you have within.
I love my lady.
La la la la la la la la la la I love my lady.

Bridge
Can’t stop the glow in our faces.
This joy is not commonplace
so, let’s be clear.
We all belong here.
We’re just extraordinary, ordinary lovers.

Verse 2
This is the story of mountains and dreams.
Of contradicting those who don’t believe.
We are the story of an unbreakable love.
A quiet force, through strife it rises above.

Chorus
This love is louder than hate.
I may choose you, but this is fate.
And every day I’ll sing it out
drowning out those who doubt.
I love my lady.
La la la la la la la la la la I love my lady.
Ooh ooh. I love my lady.
La la la la la la la la la la I love my lady

Sticky Ride (Dear Disbelief) (in progress)

Plays: 11

Backstory

This is a self-empowerment song, with a bit of a let's "stick it to the man" vibe.

Lyrics

Verse 1:
Sometimes you need a read through
Like when the color of your mind is a deep hue
you get one life, just one life
but some sometimes within
you need to try, try again
So cancel the firemen
Strike the match and
Ignite your imagination

I’ll try, try again
I’m not ashamed
and if you want to, you can frame me
Hang me up, make me a fly on the wall

Chorus 1:
I am painting a masquerade
Of low entropy, reliably
It’s not unkind
I find peace of mind
In my own eyes

Verse 2:
But I’m trying to take my time do things right
Use a little insight
maybe some foresight
Otherwise, you might keep me up at night

Let’s all sit down and brew some leaves
Mmm Yes please
If you’re interested some collaboration
And not contamination
Then maybe this communication
Can ease

Bridge:
But
This isn’t a 1 to 4 nectar ratio
this isn’t a dollar store drop in
Sometimes it’s high wire, breathing fire
Sometimes maybe just caramelized mire

Chorus 2:
I am making a lemonade
Of insecurity, ostensibly
It’s not unkind
I find peace of mind
In my own eyes

Verse 3:
Life is a one way journey
It can be a sticky ride
One thing I’ve learned though
Is I’m always enough inside

Even when you ask too much of me
I won’t be your mockingbird
Although my mirror neurons
Will still follow your every word

Chorus 3:
I am wearing bravery
Made of reality, truly
It’s not unkind
I find peace of mind
In my own eyes

Outro:
So go ahead and try, try again.
Devalue me if you dare.
Sugarcoat that simulated smile
My self-confidence tells me that I shouldn’t care

Love You Like the Weekend (in progress)

Plays: 10

Backstory

very much in progress - working on unification. no AI used.

Lyrics

Kick back, feet up, relaxed
sipping on something fruity
Spend my whole week thinking about it
now I’m riding the rush that it’s here
it reminds me of you and when you’re near

You feel just like the weekend
Cherry-topped dessert when
you smile at me sugar sweet and
I popsicle-melt at your feet then

Pre Chorus:
I've fallen in love
Yes, I've fallen in love

Chorus:
I love you like the weekend
I love you like the weekend

Verse 2:
They say that love is blind, well
You’re all that I see
My only plans are our hands intertwined,
side-by-side on the beach

Pre Chorus:
I've fallen in love
Yes, I've fallen in love

Chorus:
I love you like the weekend
I love you like the weekend

Bridge:
You are my weekend
My escape from the grind
Chillin’ with you,
I leave my troubles behind
I bask in your presence
Cause you’re hotter than the sun
A little slice of paradise
My honey pie’s the one

Pre Chorus:
I've fallen in love
Yes, I've fallen in love

Chorus:
I love you like the weekend
I love you like the weekend

Lightning Shutter Speed (in progress)

Plays: 9

Backstory

My wife is a photographer so I wrote this about her. I have not professionally recorded it yet and would like comments about any/all elements of the song especially additional production that could make it more polished.

Lyrics

V1:
I come pick you up, baby
at your front door
that shy look you give me
makes me want more
oh, oh, oh
a bright pink sundress
over your peeking knees
fidgeting sandal toes
oh baby please,
don’t tell me
no no no, oh

C1:
when I get you in my lens
even a lightning shutter speed
can’t capture all your greatness, maybe
we can make this picture last forever
one click and I bend
I want you til the end of time
ooh you make me shudder

V2:
Your hand does a small flutter
over mine
under the table
there’s that side smile
oh, oh, oh, oh
the way you weave words
I am mesmerized
your joy shines through
you’ve got an inner light
you glow, oh oh oh

C2:
when I get you in my lens, baby
no aperture size
can capture all your greatness, but maybe
we can make this picture last forever
one click and I bend
I want you til the end of time

Outro:
I can’t erase
this feeling inside
don’t want to hide
I can’t erase you
ooh you make me shudder

SHE'S ALWAYS, ALWAYS (2022)

Plays: 3

Backstory

No AI was used in the writing or production of this song.

Lyrics

Verse 1
I remember this one morning
As we sat by the fire
Holding hands
Gazing into the flames
You held me and told me
Our love would never die,
and then my heart did melt

Chorus
Always, she’s always
my love, always
I’ll always and always be with you
Always, she’s always
my love, always
I’ll always be with you

Verse 2
I remember this one morning
As we sat by the sea
Watching the sun cross the sky
As the black turned to orange
and then to the blue
I knew I would always be with you

Chorus
Always, she’s always
my love, always
I’ll always and always be with you
Always, she’s always
my love, always
I’ll always be with you

Verse 3
And oh, this morning,
Just this very morning
When I turned to you cross the room
In your brown eyes,
Was the love that long past consigned
my heart over to you

Chorus 3
‘Cause still
Always, she’s always
My love, always
I’ll always and always be with you
Always, she’s always
my love, always
I’ll always be with you

MY LOVE, TODAY (2012)

Plays: 2

Backstory

Written for my wedding. No AI was used in the writing or production of this song.

Lyrics

Verse 1
My love, today
I take your hand
like you took my heart, my breath away.
My dear, you caught my eye,
and I’m so glad,
I’m so blessed,
sometimes I have to cry.
The love you give to me,
it’s opened doors,
it’s set me free.

Pre-Bridge
I give to you all of myself, my heart, my soul,
the moon, the stars, the warm, the cold,
the trees, the earth, me young and old,
the rain, the sun, we’ve just begun.

Bridge
You know me like nobody has before.
And every day my love grows more and more.
You’ve changed my life,
it just feels right,
nothing more perfect, come be my wife
forever more.

Verse 3
My dear, in my eyes,
you are so perfect, so wonderful,
still takes me by surprise.
Darling, I love you
with all that I am for all that you are, forever true.
So love, today,
please take my hand
like you took my heart, my breath away.
My love, today, I take your hand, you take my hand.
You have my heart, you are my home...

LOVE'S A KNIFE (2008)

Plays: 3

Backstory

no AI was used in the writing of this song. Faster tempo available. Shorter intro and interlude available. Thank you so much for listening!

Lyrics

Verse 1
How does love cross that invisible line
that make's it cut like a knife?
How does love change on a dime
And tear apart your perfect life?
When did love’s ugly head come charging in and smash me down?
Struggling for air
Not sure how I got there

Chorus
Love’s a knife
It cuts right through
Love’s a knife
A heart that’s true
Love’s a knife
It cuts right through you

Verse 2

How does love turn so bitter
You can’t bear to take a second taste?
When did love become a quitter
When to love you once ran in haste?
When did love’s biting teeth come thrashing through eating out the sense
Demolishing clarity leaving bits scattered everywhere?

Chorus x2

WAITING FOR GOODBYE (2021)

Plays: 2

Backstory

I wrote this song while my beloved grandfather was suffering in hospice. No AI was used in the writing or production of this song.

Lyrics

Verse 1
Waiting for the pain to ease
Waiting on the hurt to leave
Waiting for goodbye
You’ll cross the other side
We’re left here, behind
With tears in our eyes

Chorus
You burn bright, so bright
The stars have nothing on you
You burn bright, so bright
Your glow will long outlast you

Verse 2
Waiting on release
of your spirit at peace
Waiting for goodbye
We don’t want to move on
But we can’t selfishly hold on
Just keep our memories

Chorus
You burn bright, So bright
The stars have nothing on you
You burn bright, So bright
Your glow will long outlast you
You burn bright
You burn bright
You burn bright, So bright
We’ll never forget you

RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD (2008)

Plays: 2

Backstory

No AI was used in the writing or production of this song.

Note: alternate lyrics available (below)
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Verse 1
Let's go!
Put a pin on the map
Unfolded on your lap
One hand out the window, riding the breeze
And we’re all feeling free

Each bend in the road brings new opportunity
Each mile another chance for infinite beauty
It’s love

Let's go!

Verse 2
The wind’s in our hair
Headed nowhere
Let go of all our cares, chasing the sun
We’re having fun

Each bend in the road, it brings new opportunity
Each mile another chance for infinite beauty
It’s love

Let's go!
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Lyrics

Verse 1
Red-winged blackbird, find the light, glide and soar.
Red-winged blackbird, let’s take flight, show me more of this life.
Red-winged blackbird, let’s find our place, feel secure.
Red-winged blackbird, let’s live with grace so our love endures in this life.

Pre-chorus
Let’s spread our wings, the Earth below in miniature,
traveling ‘round the world, until all our days are full of giving love

Verse 2
Red-winged blackbird,
let’s go away far, reach the stars, find who we are.
Let’s find out who we are in this life

Pre-chorus
Let’s feel the wind, it’s something beautiful,
let’s breathe deep, our journey’s full, filling all with love.
Let’s spread our wings, the Earth below in miniature.
Traveling ‘round the world, until all our days are full of giving love

Across the Sea (2020)

Plays: 2

Backstory

I wrote this song just after my grandmother died. She was of Irish decent. I imagine it as her singing to my grandfather, even though it was her who died.
No AI was used in the writing or production of this song.

Lyrics

Across the Sea

Far away
across the sea
my love has gone
away from me

Foggy shores
and endless waves
divide us now
e’erlasting days

some day the tides
will take me too
my love and I
will then be true

far away
across the sea
my love has gone
away from me

Twenty Years (2008)

Plays: 0

Lyric only

Backstory

See Apple Music for this one - the file is too big to upload.

Lyrics

Verse 1
Twenty years, we are standing here.
We are filled with blood and love.
Twenty years, each night we lie in bed,
strangers made through years
of lying to love side by side.
Twenty years, I am who I am
and it's not with you.
Why won't you understand?

Chorus 1
It's been twenty years,
I cannot let you go.
I know we're different people,
than the ones we used to know.
Twenty years, so far from when we started,
but do you really think it will be better when we've parted?
After twenty years, we are standing here.
We are filled with blood and love.

Verse 2
I can't say for sure, but at least I've got to try.
I can't hide the pain I've been holding so long inside.
And we’ve been tossing and turning, the night crawls on.
We both aren't sleeping.
What went so wrong?

Chorus
It's been twenty years,
I cannot let you go.
I know we're different people,
than the ones we used to know.
Twenty years, so far from when we started,
but do you really think it will be better when we've parted?
After twenty years, we are standing here.
We are filled with blood and love.

Verse 3
We're both shut off, the bridges long dust.
Our hearts once loving, they’ve corroded into rust
and yet we stay…
What do we think will change?

Chorus
After twenty years,
and half of them’ve been bad.
Is there nothing we can do?
It all just seems so sad.
Twenty years, so far from when we started,
but do you really think it will be better when we've parted?

Outro
Twenty years,
memories of good times
crowd in between our pillows
and slowly we drift off to sleep.

Goodbye (in progress)

Plays: 6

Lyrics

GOODBYE

Verse
Eb fm7
You, you used to be sad when I’d leave
Eb fm7 Eb/g Ab
And I, I’d always wonder what surprise you had up your sleeve
Eb fm7
Now we’re bored in the morning, bored in the night
gm7 Ab fm7 Bb
Nothing ever feels right
gm7
Oh, why can’t we ever say

Chorus
Eb
Goodbye (goodbye, goodbye)
cm
Why can't we say goodbye (goodbye, goodbye)
Ab fm7 Bb
All the conversations ceased, the tears have run dry
Eb
Goodbye (goodbye, goodbye)
cm
Why can't we say goodbye (goodbye, goodbye)
Ab fm7 Bb
From this cage we’d be released, stretch our wings out and fly
gm7 cm
Why can’t we say goodbye

Verse
gm cm
Over the years, we’ve grown apart
gm cm
But a mind’s indecision kills, changes of the heart
fm Ab
Leaving feels impossible, but love’s just out of reach
fm Ab Bb
We are comfortable, but comfortable isn’t happy necessarily
fm Ab Bb
Cause we’re both hanging on by the skin of our teeth

Chorus
Outro
gm
Goodbye, my love
fm
Used to think you were my one true love
gm
But now, just one word love
fm
Is all i need to hear, just one word, love
gm
Yes goodbye, my love
fm
Used to be side by side, oh love
gm fm
Now it feels different, just residual, this love
gm
Just say the word, love
fm
Goodbye

LET'S GO! (2025 rewrite)

Plays: 4

Backstory

This song is about taking a summer road trip - it's a re-write of my song Red-Winged Blackbird. No AI was used in the writing or production of this song.

Lyrics

Verse 1
Put a pin on the map
Unfolded on your lap
One hand out the window, riding the breeze
And we’re all feeling free

Each bend in the road brings new opportunity
Each mile another chance for infinite beauty
It’s love

Let's go!

Verse 2
The wind’s in our hair
Headed nowhere
Let go of all our cares, chasing the sun
We’re having fun

Each bend in the road, it brings new opportunity
Each mile another chance for infinite beauty
It’s love

Let's go!

WHEN I'M AN EARTHQUAKE (in progress)

Plays: 7

Backstory

I tried to write a country song.

Lyrics

Verse 1
I’m shaking on the doorstep, Even though the forecast is clear
Tripped up the front stairs, And all my words disappeared
I pause and breathe, Willing you to be home
Cause then inside, I wouldn’t be so broken and alone

Chorus 1
Because when you love me
I’m steady when the world’s too much to take
‘Cause when you love me
I’m ready, even when I’m an earthquake

Verse 2
You open the door, And you open your heart
I start to settle, I’m no longer falling apart
‘Cause in your arms, I’m safe and whole
In your arms, I can regain control
You’re my haven, when I’m feeling disaster prone

(Chorus 1)

Bridge
When everything’s trembling
And my foundation’s crumbling
Your love gives me strength
And I remember
We can hold this home together

(Chorus 1)

Chorus 2
When you love me
You hold me, when I’m fragile and break
When you love me
You surround me, even when I’m an earthquake

Outro
You love me
Even when I’m an earthquake

Dream it Forward (in progress)

Plays: 1

Backstory

No AI used in the writing or production of this song. I am thinking of re-working this one, but I'm not quite sure where to go with it. I'm open to collaboration.

Lyrics

Dream it Forward

Wilted flowers on the doorstep
Dripping with rain long gone
From the vase enclosed below

You feel like cardboard littered
By street children playing
With old matches that will not glow

Naysayers ring in your head warning
Do not forgive yourself for
Being so confident, how could you,
Just let it all go

Mix it up, dream it forward
Become the real
Live it up, travel onward
Embody the zeal
(x2)

Deepness and darkness
Sinking, stinging, striking delicate blows
On the faces below

Residue of rain clouds
Float inside their hearts
Blurring out, marring dreams
from long ago

Ignorance maximized by dark glasses
Blotting out the truth from which you hide
Does it make it all better somehow
No

Mix it up, dream it forward
Become the real
Live it up, travel onward
Embody the zeal
(x2)

Goodnight Lady (in progress)

Plays: 1

Backstory

No AI used in the writing or production of this song. I want to re-do the melody on this one, but haven't taken the time to do so yet. Open to collaboration.

Lyrics

Good night lady, don’t want to say goodbye to you moonrise coming and I’m dreading the morn
‘Cause when you’re leaving can’t help but be forlorn good night lady, don’t want to say goodbye to you

When I’m sleeping, I’ll be dreaming of your face
when I’m waking, I’ll be wishing you could be with me I’ll be missing you baby
But still it’s good night lady

You’re the sunshine through the rain
you’re the springtime creeping out
don’t leave me now, It would be such pain
say hello lady

Good night lady, don’t want to say goodbye to you winter’s coming, can you help me make my dreams come true?
please be staying and I promise I’ll take care of you
say hello lady, don’t want to say goodbye to you

When I’m sleeping, I’ll be dreaming of your love
when I’m waking, I’ll be thanking the skies above
I’ll be loving you baby

say hello lady
say hello lady
say hello lady

Pour My Heart Out (in progress)

Plays: 1

Backstory

No AI used in the writing or production of this song. I am not happy with the chorus and want to do more with this song, but I'm not quite sure where to go. Open to collaboration.

Lyrics

Pour my heart out, And you drink it in
Mull it over, Swallow deep
Feel desire, Spark in your eyes
You Pull me closer, By your side

Unbelievable that you’re mine
I’m intoxicated by your wine

Pour it all out for you (x4)

Feel you tremble, As you sway with me
I’m enlightenment by your electricity
Start to smolder, Under your gaze
My love glows red, Through the smoke and haze
Unbelievable that you’re mine
I’m intoxicated by your wine

Pour it all out for you (x4)

Never Gone (in progress)

Plays: 1

Backstory

No AI used in the writing or production of this song. I wrote it in 2021 when my grandfather died. I haven't done final mixing and mastering, but I've probably finished writing it.

Lyrics

NEVER GONE
Close one eye
Just close one eye at a time
Watch me now
Now round your lips
Just round your lips in an “o”
Can you make a sound

Never gone, Never gone, Never gone
Never gone, Never gone, Never gone

Hold my hand
Just hold my hand, feel the waves
Hear the sound
Now curl your toes
Just curl your toes, feel the sand
(Can you see the sun)

Never gone, Never gone, Never gone
Never gone, Never gone, Never gone

Grandchild of mine
I watch you smile, so light, so wild
Love the quiet moments with you
Grandchild of mine,
I watch you grow with pride, so fine
Love the quiet moments with you

Still and strong
Sit still and strong, to the side
Smile with your eyes
Now listen hard
Just listen hard to it all
(Always contemplate)

Never gone, Never gone, Never gone
Never gone, Never gone, Never gone

Grandfather of mine
I watch you smile so bright, so wise
Love the quiet moments with you
Grandfather of mine
I watched you live with pride, so strong
Love the quiet moments with you

Never gone, Never gone, Never gone
Never gone, Never gone, Never gone

You’re
Never gone, Never gone, Never gone
Never gone, Never gone, Never gone

Runaway Train (in progress)

Plays: 4

Backstory

No AI was used in the writing of this song. Please note it is explicit.
This is about when you say things without thinking.

Lyrics

I. Am. much aggrieved
I. Am. a wreck about you
A train off it’s rails
You know it’s nothing new
But I can’t seem to find
The loving words in your eyes

(Dumb dumb dumb)
Shut your mouth self
Shut shut shut your mouth self
(Dumb dumb dumb)
Shut your mouth self
Shut shut shut your mouth self

I. try. to be all contemplative
I. try. but sometimes that goes to shit
My mouth like a runaway train
My mind’s forgotten to board

(Dumb dumb dumb)
Shut your mouth self
Shut shut shut your mouth self
(Dumb dumb dumb)
Shut your mouth self
Shut shut shut your mouth self

Now it’s all over your face
That look that I hate
That’s all my fault
And I can’t erase // it
With a thousand sorries

Dumb dumb dumb
Dumb dumb dumb

Now I’m stranded here without a ticket home

Riverine (in progress)

Plays: 2

Backstory

I wanted to write a song about the dams being removed in my state as a way of restoring natural habitats. No AI was used in the writing or production of this song.

Lyrics

Verse: (A B A C C)
Swimming upstream
Instincts say persist on
The creatures marine
Stagnated by a wall
Separated from it all

Prechorus: (A B A B)
Breaking down the dams
The riparian released
Breaking down the dams
Letting the wild be

Chorus:
Let the water run free, Riverine
Let the water run free, Riverine

Bridge:
Through the valley came the flood (A B B)
And oh how it poured
Of it’s own accord

Prechorus: (A B A B)
Release and then settle
Sediments breathe
Release and then settle
Flowing naturally

Chorus:
Let the water run free, Riverine
Let the water run free, Riverine

Verse: (A B A C C)
Nestled in a hollow
Currents become serene
Intuition can follow
Tributaries found
After the water’s run aground

Pre chorus:
Meandering ways
Reuniting
Meandering ways
Of the riverine

Chorus:
Let the water run free, Riverine
Let the water run free, Riverine

Phantoms (in progress)

Plays: 3

Lyrics

Verse 1
I keep seeing phantoms of you
On Your side of the bed
Despite the harsh words that you said
Your voice still sings in my head
My arms are cold anew
my sheets left empty askew
I keep seeing phantoms of you

Pre-Chorus
You’re in my every breath I take
Yet somehow it was fake
Can’t stop thinking about you
Even though I want to
There’s too much residue
I wish it was just random fandom
Cause now you’re a phantom

Chorus
Cause now you’re a phantom
Didn’t believe in ghosts but
Yet there you are
In every shadow
I can’t get far
Without you
Somehow it’s like you never left me
But if you really hadn’t I’d still be happy

Verse 2
I keep seeing phantoms of you
Out on the sidewalk I stutter to a stop
At a glance from an unknown in a dark blue tank top
My heart denies the truth
My imagination assumes
So I keep seeing phantoms of you

Pre-Chorus
Chorus

Outro
Even though I’m dead to you
It’s me who’s seeing ghosts
I wish it wasn't true
I keep seeing phantoms of you

BRAINWAVES (in progress)

Plays: 0

Lyric only

Backstory

No AI was used in the writing or production of this song.

Lyrics

VERSE 1 (A B A, C C C C, D D, E E E)
Zoning out on the gray-blue sound
Thoughts spread out wide across the water
But not profound
Gonna make a little headspace
This is definitely the time and place
To slow the pace
Get out of the looping mind race

Pre chorus:
Follow each wave from inception to terminus
That loop settles the amygdala’s overbearing carefulness
And incessant chatter
So the heart’s cosine gets a little flatter
Each breath a little fatter

CHORUS
The briny ultramarine
Washes away
The angst and apprehension
Washes away
The tension
Tranquil and serene

VERSE 2 (A B A, C C C C, D D, E E E)
Drawn deep under and rolled around
Edges softened by the embracing water
But not drowned
Gonna go ahead and take five
This is definitely submersion but not survive - al
Mode, so slow the overdrive
Get out of the swan dive

Pre chorus:
Follow each wave from inception to terminus
That loop settles into a lower vagal placidness
And total quietude
So the mind’s experiencing a calmer mood
Each thought more subdued

CHORUS
The briny ultramarine
Washes away
The angst and apprehension
Washes away
The tension
Tranquil and serene

Metaphorically Dead (In Progress)

Plays: 3

Backstory

No AI used in the writing or production of this song. 2022

Lyrics

(IN PROGRESS)
VERSE 1
Do you think it raises you up to put me down?
That making me inferior let’s you wear the crown
You have something to prove maybe?
For some reason, I’m the one
You choose to take your heat,
but I won’t let you make me burn
because to me,

CHORUS
You’re metaphorically dead to me
Categorically dead to me
Cause the things that you said to me
Were unforgivable
They’re unforgivable

VERSE 1 ALTERNATE
Does it lift you up
to put me down?
Make me inferior maybe
So you can wear the crown
But I won’t be your prey
I’m playing my own game

VERSE 2
You Think that it’s cool to make fun
You’ve got something to prove maybe
For some reason I’m the one
You choose to take your heat
But in my head, here’s what I say
(I feel strong inside)

You’re metaphorically dead to me
Categorically dead to me
Cause the things that you said to me
Were unforgivable
They’re unforgivable

VERSE 3
My existence is apparently upsetting to you
I Thought we were cool
But you’re as cold as ice
The crystalline shards
of your words
They slice my skin
So to protect myself
Here’s what I say

VERSE 3 ALTERNATE
My existence is apparently upsetting to you
(Because to you I’ve never said a word )
And it will remain that way
I won’t fuel your fire
(It wouldn’t help anyways )
But in my head, here’s what I say (I know who I am)

VERSE 3 ALTERNATE
My existence is apparently upsetting to you
Thought we were cool
But you’re as cold as ice
the things you say about me
They aren’t nice
They burn like fire (They sting my eyes)
(The crystalline shards of your words puncture my skin) (slice my skin)
So to protect myself
Here’s what I say

Don't Think Twice (In progress)

Plays: 2

Backstory

I got vertigo. It was horrible. So of course I had to write a song about it. No AI used in the writing or production of this song. 2025

Lyrics

Don’t think twice

Pushing past the vertigo dancing in my eyes
Willing my brain to reconnect with my ears

The smell of Sage and thyme reminds me of past days
When I was still considered wise beyond my years

But now clinging to the floor like I might fall off the ground
My mind spilling out on waves of tears
I’m scared like a lost child wanting to be found
Senses overcome by overarching fears

Don’t think twice don’t think twice
don’t over analyze
and misread the signs.
The fear based signals firing on inside.
Don’t think twice don’t think twice
don’t catastrophize
Or Proselytize
sometimes the body feels what the mind decides

Just trust yourself
DON’T Read between the lines
Just trust yourself

Senses misaligning stars flickering above
Skipping like an old time tv
Sometimes the body conflates what the minds creates
imagination filling out it’s own C.V.

Looking out the window, sticking out my chin oh

glorify

Fighting Fire (In progress)

Plays: 1

Backstory

Came in a dream. No AI used in the writing or production of this song.

Lyrics

Fighting fire with fire
never got anyone anywhere
So i take you home and put you in bed
Oh what you mean to ne
Is burned into me
Fighting fire with fire
Never felt quore like it should
So I rip my dreams apart at the seams
And throw them into the wind

The morning it dawns cold
And my breath clouds the air as I light the match
But the heats not the same as before
I think we’ve settled the score

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MAGIC (2019)

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Sticky Ride (Dear Disbelief) (in progress)

Love You Like the Weekend (in progress)

Lightning Shutter Speed (in progress)

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MY LOVE, TODAY (2012)

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Goodnight Lady (in progress)

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Never Gone (in progress)

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