Use the alphabetical menu below to locate song titles and lyrics.
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A ~ lyrics
Already Gone
written by Avy Summerlind ©2022
you, me, the sky above
will change and disappear into love
look around, it’s all in how you see
the beauty in the mystery
all the endings
all undone
I let what falls away
create the room for what’s to come
more to life I’m finding
more alive when I’m dying
I don’t need to be saved
I let it change me
I’m already gone
and wide open
I don’t need to be saved
I let it change me
I’m already gone
my love goes on
through all the stop and start
I found a way to unlock my heart
don’t need the ash to rise
I came in with open eyes
and now I see in the dark
and shine a light
with only my heart
no way to dampen down
a soul with a spark
don’t even try it
I’m more alive when I’m dying
my big love is bigger
than I ever thought
I don’t need to hold on
to hold myself up
now
I don’t need to be saved
I let it change me
I’m already gone
and wide open
I don’t need to be saved
I let it change me
I’m already gone
my love goes on
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A Pick Me Up
written by Avy Summerlind ©2010
I like to ride
I like it when the rain is on my side
I could tell you about all the trends
but then again, who is listening
pushed over the line
checked the mirror and everything’s fine
brush off and stand up and over
I’m over it again
it’s the same old, same old situation
a day older and a day
looking for the next thing that will save me
a pick me up
a here we go
gotta get the show on the road
heart’s open wide
but acting like there’s something here to hide
don’t want this to end
but here I am alone with me again
it’s the same old, same old situation
a day older and a day
looking for the next thing that will save me
a pick me up
a here we go
gotta get the show on the road
gotta get the show on the road
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A Soft Place to Land
written by Avy Summerlind ©2011
and now
I sit still
hardly moving
but still believing that I could
I don’t need to be any stronger
letting go might take me
a little longer
than I had planned
but holding steady
looking for a soft place to land
looking out
of any window
it could be any city
but it’s always here & now
there’s more to heal
than we’re saying
hard to see sometimes
hard to feel sometimes
I don’t need to be any stronger
letting go might take me
a little longer
than I had planned
but holding steady
looking for a soft place to land
this day will never come again**
the sun will never shine quite the same
because my eyes will be different
I find myself afraid to try another day on
all of this change takes my breath away
hold my place
hold this moment in grace
**Special Note**
“This day will never come again.” a quote by Thomas Merton
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B ~ lyrics
Beautiful Light
written by Avy Summerlind ©2011
one break
and everything’s changed
all it took
was what it takes
find now
I’m falling awake
and all that was
has faded
beautiful light
replaces
all that I carried inside
light my heart, I’ll open
light my heart, I’ll shine
light my heart, I’ll open
light my heart, I’ll shine
I’ll shine
see now
the nothing change
into beginning
and watching
from higher within
and seeing grace
saving me
beautiful light
replaces
all that I carried inside
light my heart, I’ll open
light my heart, I’ll shine
beautiful light
replaces
all that I carried inside
light my heart, I’ll open
light my heart, I’ll shine
light my heart, I’ll open
light my heart, I’ll shine
I’ll shine
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Better Than Anything
written by Avy Summerlind ©2012
finding my bliss in the corner
falling in love with my life
now that I see
that I fell asleep for a time
a dreamer discovering
how not to fear walking
with eyes open wide
won’t turn around here
to make up stories to fill up the space
all that I leave behind
frees up the weight of my mind
for new light to come in
I don’t know, I don’t know
what lies ahead
but finding out
what’s here inside instead
is better than anything
I’ve ever felt before
I don’t know, I don’t know
what lies ahead
but finding out
what’s here inside instead
is better than anything
I’ve ever felt before
before
through uncovering
you’ll find
fortune waits for you
fortune waits for you
in plain sight
first I have to take the time
to find me
cuz I’m the one
who’s been hiding
I don’t know, I don’t know
what lies ahead
but finding out
what’s here inside instead
is better than anything
I’ve ever felt before
it’s better than anything
I’ve ever felt before
before
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Bird of Paradise
written by Avy Summerlind ©2011
I read by candlelight
and I find I do better
under strict medication
all self prescribed
it’s the day-to-day
that’s slowly killing me
so here’s to
wasting away
I feel uncomfortable
in every situation
can’t crawl out of my head
so I waste the day away instead
I’m a bird of paradise
stuck inside the cage
just wasting the day
away
I’m a bird of paradise
stuck inside the cage
just wasting my day away
just wasting my life away
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Birds in the Trees
written by Avy Summerlind ©2010
what could they be so happy about
the last thing I saw was you walking away
could it be they see the sun through the clouds
maybe they see sunshine through the grey
I’m not for sure anymore
my heart feels so broken
like I’m farther off
than ever before
but the birds in the trees make me smile, make me smile
think I’ll stop here and listen for a while
oh the birds in the trees make me smile, make me smile
think I’ll stop here and listen for a while
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C ~ lyrics
Calling it Love
written by Avy Summerlind ©2010
thought I saw
more than I saw
and here I was calling it love
holding you back
and here I thought I was
holding you up
you keep the peace
by keeping everything
in pieces
break hearts
just so you can
keep it all in secret
I wish it could have been
but maybe I’m done wishing
say all until it’s said,
then settle into ending
and here I was
and here I was
trying to hold it all up
and here I was
and here I was
and here I was calling it love
all for one
then it’s awful when
the fall
leaves you broken
you’re already over it
but I’m just settling in
and there’s too much past
can’t change it back
by keeping pieces of us
thought I saw
more than I saw
and here I was calling it love
and here I was
and here I was
trying to hold it all up
and here I was
and here I was
and here I was calling it love
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Corruption
written by Avy Summerlind ©2007
take care
of yourself
you’ll be wishing, wishing, wishing
you had
someone else
to take your place
tonight where we wait
where we’ll wait
for what is left for us
and I’ll be straight with ya
I’ll be straight with ya
like I was then
I never said
it was pretty
corruption
like a poison
in veins
in vain, we try to wash it away
it cuts through
like a poison
it takes and takes
we try to wash it away
like they taught us
sound, secure
have faith, have faith
and leave behind
belief
and behave
it cuts through
like a poison
it takes and takes
and takes
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Crash & Burn
written by Avy Summerlind ©2006
going under
feel so sick
i want to know
is it really worth it
on and on and on and on i go
am i getting any closer
on and on and on to what i don’t know
but i’ll take any answer
motion me forward
i stay stuck
am i just frozen
or have i already given up
on a long ride getting nowhere
and everyone looks happier
over there
so why am i still standing here
gone so fast
i’m losing control
they say i’ll learn
when i can learn to let it go
but oh i feel i’m headed for the wall
why do i always need a crash & burn to break my fall
why can’t i be light as a feather
why can’t i just fall together
i’m always breaking apart
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D ~ lyrics
Domino
written by Avy Summerlind © 2022
it’ll come
and so I’ll see the gift
even though my life’s now
already lived
never broken
when I fall apart
don’t confuse the pieces you see
with my whole heart
I can shatter
I can float
move through pain
no one knows
it all mattered
and I watch it go
all I ever needed
was to tip the domino
finally feel
I found the gold
where the end of the rainbow
meets the end of my road
nothing turned out
like I planned
but you showed up
to hold my hand
I’m not out here
on my own
I still feel you
when I’m all alone
you can’t come
when I go
but you’re the love
that tipped my domino
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Don’t Worry
written by Avy Summerlind © 2016
surely, i’ll find my way
my hands will guide me
surely, i’ll be okay
hand to god
my faith has left the building
instead i take this on myself
don’t worry
i’ll get you out
don’t worry
i’ll get you out
don’t worry
i’ll get you out
don’t worry
i’ll get you out
of here
tying loose ends up tight
neat and tidy
brailled and leatherbound
lightweight and ready
pale in comparison
to all that i once was
don’t worry
i’ll get you out
don’t worry
i’ll get you out
don’t worry
i’ll get you out
don’t worry
i’ll get you out
of here
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Dreamer
written by Avy Summerlind ©2006
dreamer keeps her going
dreaming keeps everything safe
straight lines keep everything in place
there, there is reason
forget the feeling
forget the feeling
if they repeat no one complains
if they repeat no one complains
if they repeat no one…
oh, but if I…
if I…
if I…
if I…
the sky will fall and crush us all
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Dry Lines
written by Avy Summerlind © 2002
tell me I’m off the hook
too late, cuz now I’m waiting for you
take your hands off the table for good,
and I’m left holding much more than I should
and your denial’s rehearsed
you follow smiles
with dry lines well versed
don’t leave me here with this
I’m better off when I’m by myself
you wear me down with words that don’t help
I sit alone to think it over
as you let me go
and all those things I said
oh, you were never really there
and all the things I said
fell on the desperate
fell on the desperate
fell on the desperate
and your denial’s rehearsed
you follow smiles
with dry lines well versed
and all those things I said
and all those things I said
fell on the desperate
and all the things I said
fell on the desperate
fell on the desperate
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E ~ lyrics
Easy Is My New Way
written by Avy Summerlind ©2010
filled the cracks
‘cause I used to be sad
easy is my new way
am I doing okay
now that
kisses have been replaced
and check-in calls get erased
easy is my new way
easy is my new way
all cut out
like background
of your beautiful design
and if
if I let in light will it shine
or will
will it lie
like a love
in still life
easy is my new way
am I doing okay
now that
loneliness
is hit or miss
night or day
a quick fix
with something safe
to say
easy is my new way
easy is my new way
easy is my new way
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Ever Wanted
written by Avy Summerlind ©2007
How is it that I wait around for you
How is it that I hold my breath ‘til I turn blue
Is it love
Is it real
Is it hope
Is it fear
Is it everything I ever wanted
Is it everything I ever wanted
I can’t tell you
‘cause I’m so blind
I shudder at my shadow
and count the days that go by
‘til you’re here
‘til I’m with you
‘til I let you go,
and oh how you go
Is it everything I ever wanted
Is it everything I ever wanted
I can’t tell you
Is it love
Is it real
Is it hope
Is it fear
Is it everything I ever wanted
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F ~ lyrics
Fade to Gray
written by Avy Summerlind ©2013
we get busy and fade to gray
far away, but still connected
months for days
and here you are
even though you said
you hated it
gravitate towards
what you can’t leave alone
separate it out
what causes a heart to catch
not worth pretending how
we wanted it to last
as it was, it was easier
just to disappear
somewhere lost in los angeles
never very far from here
i hear the beat
the static when you speak
i am alone in this
cuz you keep your distance
honestly, i’m not yours to find
you go your way
and i will go mine
sometimes it feels like
nothing’s ever really passed
in the way that we keep
circling, circling back
looks like the city
only magnified what’s still missing
lost the trust in the home
we hoped would comfort us
i hear the beat
the static when you speak
i am alone in this
cuz you keep your distance
honestly, i’m not yours to find
you go your way
and i will go mine
honestly, i’m not yours to find
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Fall Apart
written by Avy Summerlind ©2002
I can’t believe you if you don’t let me
I can’t be there for you if you don’t need me
you live your life like I do when I’m dreaming
you inspire, though I keep it as my secret
and just because I feel something for you
you want to stand in my way
and you always go when all I need for you to do
is hold my hand and say that you’ll stay
I know I seem so small
I act this way to show off all my reason for escape
I have become… I need someone…
just show me so it doesn’t fall apart
I will so slowly come undone
when kindness fades and meaning wears away
when kindness fades and meaning wears away
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45
written by Avy Summerlind ©2015
the once was could have been
i was willing, i was willing
washed way out with the tide
looking back thru glass
at what was left behind
the cracks
the reflection
not bad for one left alone
the sound of connection
steadied my way to hold on
changed my life with a 45
couldn’t tell at the time
if i was dead or alive
changed my life with a 45
maybe i’ll be alright
just keep playing it all night
my way out allies
turned black, turned their back
on my inner wise
thrown from myself
layed down on the tracks
where i fell
the cracks
the reflection
not bad for one left alone
the sound of connection
reached for my way to hold on
saved my life with a 45
couldn’t tell at the time
if i was dead or alive
saved my life with a 45
maybe i’ll be alright
just keep playing it all night
i’m on my way out
i’m on my way
finding my way out
together, together
me and myself
together, together
together, together
me and myself
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G ~ lyrics
H ~ lyrics
Here & Nowhere
written by Avy Summerlind ©2010
like I’m in reverse
or a stall
or in between
call if you can see me
call if you can see me
when I get there
I’ll be getting somewhere
wasn’t on top
blowin’ out
blowin’ up
fortune teller to me:
if words could fit together,
maybe I could speak
but for right now
I’m in, I’m in
if only for now
I’m in, I’m in
the middle in between
the here and nowhere
and you’re nowhere to be found
’cause I was looking
looking all around
but I stopped looking
if only for now
I’m in between
the here and nowhere
sorting through the space
empty now
now and then
faking happy
’cause you’re happier than happy
from what I’m seeing
glasses half full
drinking up
laughed out
off to get it together
and words all to often come
letter by letter
for right now
I’m in, I’m in
if only for now
I’m in, I’m in
the middle in between
the here and nowhere
and you’re nowhere to be found
’cause I was looking
looking all around
but I stopped looking
if only for now
I’m in between
the here and nowhere
if only for now
I’m in…
if only for now
I’m in…
if only for now
I’m in between
the here and now
and nowhere
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I ~ lyrics
I Don’t Believe
written by Avy Summerlind ©2002
you cut me off cold
and said I was born to lose control
and still have desire to hold on to
but I need reason
to keep you with me
you’re hardly forgiven
but that’s what you wanted all along
because if I keep holding on
you won’t have to so hard
but I need reason
to keep you with me
I don’t believe
and you don’t believe me
how much for that one
go over it slowly word for word
if you promise that’s the answer
it’s yours, it’s yours
but I need reason
to keep you with me
I don’t believe
and you don’t believe me
come on, come on
take it
I don’t believe
and you don’t believe me
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I Still Hold On
written by Avy Summerlind ©2010
haven’t grown into the words
to break the silence
so we sit here
speechless in the quiet
you left before you left
and left me with surprise
but where there’s love,
there’s light
I still hold on
even though
I should let you go
the familiar is keeping you steady
but when all the voices become noise
it’s an emptiness that you hear
caught between forgetfulness and fear
and I wait, I wait, I wait
for you here
I still hold on
even though
I should let you go
so if you find that glimmer of hope
I hope you find the time to let me know
so I don’t wonder why forever
I still hold on
even though
I should let you go
I still hold on
even though
I should let you go
I still hold on
even though
I should let you go
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J ~ lyrics
Just Say It
written by Avy Summerlind ©2007
sift through decay
looking for a miracle
waiting for time to shine
a light of some kind
but maybe the lifeline’s
not here afterall
maybe no one is coming
it’s like I’m in a drop down, drag out fight
just say it, just say it, just say it, just say it
to save my own life
it’s like I’m in a drop down, drag out fight
just say it, just say it, just say it, just say it
to save my own life
and I’ll pay them off to line my veins
they wait for the check to clear
before I’m deemed worthy
for this
and disregard my fear
‘cause there’s nothing left
when what’s painful becomes
nothing more than a quiet numb
it’s like I’m in a drop down, drag out fight
just say it, just say it, just say it, just say it
to save my own life
it’s like I’m in a drop down, drag out fight
just say it, just say it, just say it, just say it
to save my own life
just say it, just say it,
to save my own life
just say it, just say it,
to save my own life
but maybe the lifeline’s
not here afterall
maybe no one is coming
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K ~ lyrics
L ~ lyrics
Lighter
written by Avy Summerlind ©2010
and I’m lighter than before
it’s no surprise
you’re still chasing all that sparkles
and all the ashes tarnishing the past
covering loss
nothing has ever burned so fast
like us
like us
mistaken this pure light
as something on the outside
keep moving
desert for the city
while secrets fall in between
all we thought would last
but nothing has ever burned so fast
like us
like us
and the passing past turned wishing
you’d feel something for
all that’s over
wish for nothing more
wish for nothing more
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Little Tipsy
written by Avy Summerlind ©2015
line the rocks up
get ready to crack the glass
fractured you insulation
now you say
you’re stuck in time
if only the years could rewind
moving pictures
for a quick fix at a glance
look to long, you’re hypnotized
and the quitters
they don’t got love like you
you and me, we’re more alike
with hearts big enough for two
little tipsy
stained your teeth
your big house
keeps the world outside
little tipsy
you’re smooth red wine
dreaming the dreams
i wish i could write
the more the merry
but a stranger to the faith
the faith needed
to walk away
build up or burry
the past has passed away
closer to a death
than living
pulled the plug on sharing
don’t get greedy in your old ways
all the luck and love grew heavy
worn out by the days
how did we get this age
little tipsy
stained your teeth
your big house
keeps the world outside
little tipsy
you’re smooth red wine
dreaming the dreams
i wish i could write
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L-O-V-E love
written by Avy Summerlind ©2011
if I write
if I write you a love letter
will you write
will you write me a love song
you were right
you were right
it only gets better
every time
every time
we’re together
hold the night
hold the night
close to me
hold my breath
just so I
can hear your heartbeat
stopping time
it feels like forever
every time
every time
we’re together
never knew what it was
when Kim sang: ‘a big, big love’
never knew what it was like
until you came into my life
didn’t know what could come in
until I left my heart open
and found your sweet hello
and L-O-V-E
your sweet hello
and L-O-V-E
love
you’ll be there
helping make
my sad days
bright
I’ll be there
helping make
your heavy
light
the you and I
it keeps getting better
every time,
every time
we’re together
never knew what it was
to feel a big, big love
never knew what it was like
until you came into my life
didn’t know what could happen
until I left my heart open
and found your sweet hello
and L-O-V-E
your sweet hello
and L-O-V-E
love
L-O-V-E
love
L-O-V-E
love
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M ~ lyrics
N ~ lyrics
No Believer
written by Avy Summerlind ©2004
i’m the closest thing to imperfection
so i choke on my desire
i don’t think it’s a fascination
to fight the flame for the fire
you say you believe in me,
but i’m no believer
i need a place to put my need,
but i like the fear
’cause it’s so safe
quick to judge,
then i come undone
’cause i have everything to hide
i fight to feel, but i stay so numb
i bored myself to death and died
you say you believe in me
but i’m no believer
i need a place to put my need,
but i like the fear
’cause it’s so safe
it’s so safe
it’s so safe
it’s so safe
so safe
so safe
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Not Anywhere
written by Avy Summerlind ©2002
for one last line
i’d take you over
the good time
i know i’m owed
you disappeared
so i’m not going anywhere
near it again
for some good find,
i’ve got you’re number
tattooed here behind my heart
tied to fear
so i’m not going anywhere
near it again
a fight to feel
what’s left,
but i’m not feeling
comfort that’s here
to stay
you disappeared,
so i’m not going anywhere near it again
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NY Snow
written by Avy Summerlind ©2003
left there
waiting for fate
fresh air
need a little time
to get high and get over it
what’s left
is this what we make of it
a misstep
is that what you’re calling it
one day the only thing you’ll see is the past
and how you can’t bring anything back
when you had chance after chance
function
let’s call it influence
you don’t know what you want yet
maybe if you never try anything you’ll be fine
can’t even make up your own mind
you like to build walls
and I wish upon stars
New York looks pretty in winter
but you’d never know
’cause you don’t like the snow
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O ~ lyrics
Over
written by Avy Summerlind ©2010
in a flash
the something we had
was over
did you come around here first
then say
did you come around here first
then say
I think I’ll go
I think I’ll go another way
asking ‘who am I’ for days
records reverse on me
pulling me under
just like the waves
spend my time reading minds
call in the psychics
call in the spies
as they search and decide
to bring me back to life
when the last of me
climbs up and over
the distance won’t feel so strange
the memories will have a place
a newness to everything
spent lifetimes
trying
to read between your lines
thought if it sounded right
it’d be right
sent out lifelines
talk me down in the night
now that you’re out of sight
they’ll bring me back
they’ll bring me back
they’ll bring me back to life
now that you’re out of sight
they’ll bring me back to life
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P ~ lyrics
Pacific
written by AvySummerlind ©2002
I know you’re in L.A.
I saw you, I saw you
I hear all they say
about you, about you
they don’t want you to forget
they don’t like it when you sleep
for hours and hours and hours
only trying to forget where you came from
here they always see you coming
here they always see you coming
I know you’re in L.A.
I saw you, I saw you
I wish I could stay
to watch it
to watch you
wash away
they come and go
and wash away
they come and go
and come and go
and come and go
and wash away
I saw you, I saw you
wash away
they come and go
and come and go
and come and go
and come and go
all to wash away
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Q ~ lyrics
Quicksand
written by Avy Summerlind ©2012
sittin’
just waiting for the pill to kick in
so I can get up and go
I’ve got nothing to lose
but I’m still moving so slow
wait
get ready, get set me straight
who’s running the show
days of confusion
feel like I am losing control
left with my hands tied
tethered to more
to more of this life
quicksand’s gonna swallow me whole
just looking for a hand to hold
to pull me up
to the ground
’cause something’s here pulling me down
saved by the stereo
it’s been days
since anyone’s called or come over
is it worth the wait
when lonely
gets lonelier
bathe
in a little light
everyday
for a little while
how the time flies
when I’m standing still
hoping for
that miracle
left with my hands tied
tethered to more
to more of this life
quicksand’s gonna swallow me whole
just looking for a hand to hold
to pull me up
to the ground
’cause something’s here pulling me down
quicksand’s gonna swallow me whole
just looking for a hand to hold
just looking for a hand to hold
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Quiet Desperation
written by Avy Summerlind ©2006
there’s no hollywood
i’m immune
it’s like letting go with no line
just another everyday
everything looks so real
that it’s fake
can’t figure out this life
it’s the sadness that i like
it’s what makes me happy
does that make me crazy
maybe i’m really invisible
i drown in my drink
i’m in love
you tortured it out of me
i can’t feel
i’ve lost feeling
everyone’s here
it’s just me that’s missing
i’m out before i ever begin
breathing just a quiet desperation
what the world needs now
is a bigger thing
better than me
for someone so wrapped up
you’d think i’d push back
do you think i’d get away with that
i can’t feel
i’ve lost feeling
say what i mean
i don’t mean anything
i’m out before i ever begin
breathing just a quiet desperation
for the sweet and unhappy
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R ~ lyrics
S ~ lyrics
Sad Heart Hurt
written by Avy Summerlind ©2022
take it for what it’s worth
nothing to solve
it just all goes on
put the ending first
I’m on my way
it’s all over
feeling all I have
there’s a place for it all
somehow
feeling all I had
didn’t mean to
make it worse
I’ll just let my sad
I’ll just let my sad
I’ll just let my sad heart
hurt
to see me as I am, and love
no greater gift
letting in the light
of what’s reflected
I put the care together
so delicate
and I put it down now
feeling all I have
there’s a place for it all
somehow
feeling all I had
didn’t mean to
make it worse
here with all I had
everything shattered
I’ll just let my sad
I’ll just let my sad
I’ll just let my sad heart
hurt
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Sunlight :: Shadow
written by Avy Summerlind ©2011
my heart
finds it hard
not to hurt
I’ve tried subtle distractions
to let the sadness
work its way out
still I talk in circles
with secrets
battered and bruised
shades to block the sun
from shining through
and I walk in circles
eyes closed tight
begging for a little
sunlight
but I’ve grown tired
of carrying this weight
when did the shadows
become so heavy
I’m full of love
but pulled down so far
feels like I’m breaking apart
carrying this
sad, sad heart
the morning comes
with gentleness
but in this body
I feel no difference
come out of hiding
or stay
see through the separate
aren’t we all the same
still we talk in circles
with secrets
battered and bruised
shades to block the sun
from shining through
and we walk in circles
eyes closed tight
begging for a little
sunlight
but I’ve grown tired
of carrying this weight
when did the shadows
become so heavy
I’m full of love
but pulled down so far
feels like I’m breaking apart
carrying this
sad, sad, sad heart
do you feel it too
the silent weight of something
you can never
get used to
do you feel it
do you feel it too
I am full of love
but some days it’s so dark
feels like I’m breaking apart
carrying this sad, sad heart
yeah, I am full of love
but some days it’s so dark
feels like I’m breaking apart
carrying this sadness
I’m breaking apart
underneath this sadness
I’m breaking apart
carrying this sad, sad, heart
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T ~ lyrics
The Disappearing
written by Avy Summerlind ©2015
don’t bother taking your coat off
you’re not staying
you’re a thief
i no longer let in
you stole my heart
and moved miles away
i started over
won’t start it up again
i started over
won’t start it up again
and i remember
your disappearing
i searched for signs of life
a sign you were still here
no trace or a by-line
a way to say goodbye
erased everything and faded
like a ghost you were gone
and i waited and waited
in hopes i was wrong
til i faced the pain
and started over
won’t start it up again
i started over
won’t start it up again
maybe you’ve changed
maybe illusion’s still your game
i walk away
wanting for nothing
you’re out of place
and old existence
you can’t explain away
the disappearing
and all the silence
from a distance
spoke louder than
a siren’s call
the weight of your heartbeat
anchored my drowning
cut myself free on the ocean floor
caught myself wanting
something more
than your pain
i started over
won’t start it up again
i started over
won’t start it up again
maybe you’ve changed
maybe illusion’s still your game
i walk away
wanting for nothing
you’re out of place
and old existence
you can’t explain away
the disappearing
you’re out of place
and old existence
you can’t explain away
the disappearing
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The Give Up
written by Avy Summerlind ©2006
you live
you love
am i the only one
afraid of what’s to come
you’re so free from
what will happen next
all done and said
i’ll break here before i become
the walking dead
just medicate
the day to day
away
i can’t feel the sun
i can’t feel the sun
i’m left here in cold, cold indecision
to pick myself up
or embrace the ground
and stay down
to pick myself up
or embrace the ground
and stay down
a happy end
is that too much
i’d trade you
but you’re better off
with a moment just
to come up for air
get me out of here
i can’t feel the sun
i can’t feel the sun
i’m left here in cold, cold indecision
to pick myself up
or embrace the ground
and stay down
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The Spark
written by Avy Summerlind ©2010
here all along
I waited
and here all along
I was the spark
to light my way
to light my day up
carried my heart
in pieces
afraid of the dark
afraid of breaking apart
wished for a song
to sing me
and here all along
I was the spark
to light my way
to light my day up
to light my way
to find my way out
so close to it all
though years off
faded and far away
so I thought
it was not to be found
this time around
here all along
I waited
and here all along
I was the spark
to light my way
to light my day up
to light my way
to find my way out
to find my way
to find my way out
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Tonight
written by Avy Summerlind ©2015
thought tonight would be different
but here it is all the same
me here on the outside
looking in
might as well be the desert
where the dust never settled
where the time passed us by unnoticed
might as well stood still
then with new york and la
our fates sealed away
i can’t go where you go
and you won’t follow
i don’t know who you are
you’re a name on a page
i believed time would lead us back here
somehow some way
for a disconnection
in this day and age
we could swim in denial
and feed on naivety
i am unknown
to all who’ve ever known me
only a ghost
still here in body
i am unknown
to all who’ve ever known me
my hand in yours
apologies
where would we start to rebuild
all that we used to dream
i am unknown
to all who’ve ever known me
only a ghost
still here in body
i am unknown
to all who’ve ever known me
most likely yours
the eyes i’ll never see again
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Too Familiar
written by Avy Summerlind
the past is only the past
I’m so much I’ll outlast your memory of me
I’ll take this on
I’ve walked alone this far
it’s almost too familiar
it’s almost like I’ve been here before
it’s almost too familiar
when all I wanted was some change
forgotten and off-guard
now there’s nothing left
but a walking target
too blind to see through
to where you already are
and I thought I had
come so far
it’s almost too familiar
it’s almost like I’ve been here before
it’s almost too familiar
when all I wanted was some change
here we go
over, over
I know
there’s something missing
I know
it keeps me from moving forward
it kills the momentum
and I can’t get it back
it’s almost too familiar
it’s almost like I was better off before
it’s almost too familiar
when all I wanted was some change
when all I wanted was some change
when all I wanted was some change
when all I wanted was some change
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U ~ lyrics
V ~ lyrics
W ~ lyrics
We Saw Thru to Love
written by Avy Summerlind ©2011
doesn’t have to be such a sad story
doesn’t have to look like anything you’ve seen
I could tell you a few truths to decode the lies
you’re hiding behind
but what if we started over
what if, with all we knew
we saw through to love
we saw through to love
miles in the dark
lonelier than ever
how did it all break apart
holding on tight
to the part of your life
that’s ready for you to move on
but what if we started over
what if, with all we knew
we saw through to love
we saw through to love
but now you’re over there
and I’m looking back where
two hearts
had one reflection
but in the end
nothing is broken
it’s an opening up
to what we are made of
so what if we started over
what if, with all we knew
we saw through to love
we saw through to love
we saw through to love
we saw through to love
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Work Hard
written by Avy Summerlind ©2007
had some good news today
tried to get you on the phone
but you weren’t home
quarter to eight
funny how the time evaporates
before long
if I saved mine
would I just leave it all behind
and waste away
I wouldn’t put it past me
when you’re good enough to go
they take your blood
and then your motivation
and before you know
you’ve settled into
what you settled for
if I work hard
will I get far
will I make it any better
at this rate I guess I better get going
no one can feel the pull on me
slow motion turned to apathy
I might be right
but chances are
the going’s tough
and I’m not one to argue
with you
I think I’m wise enough to know
the distance made it all look easy
a fine time to get it straight
lucky and just how fortunate for me
if I work hard
will I get far
will I make it any better
at this rate I guess I better get going
fever in my head
they said it wouldn’t last but it did
am I too old for this
keep running on after my happiness
if I work hard
will I get far
will I make it any better
at this rate I guess I better get going
no one can feel the pull on me
slow motion turned to apathy
I might be right
but chances are
the going’s tough
and I’m not one to argue
with you
if I work hard
will I get far
if I work hard
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X ~ lyrics
Y ~ lyrics
You Come
written by Avy Summerlind ©2007
you come, you come,
you come out of nowhere
with a voice that stirs waking souls
and sad hearts
they walk on,
with their heads held high
there’s no looking back
no looking in the eye
but you’re just looking for sleep
a beautiful simplicity
and can I give you that
and can I give you that
what if I’m not brave enough
what if I could have stayed
but just walked away
what if it’s just a phase
I’ll get up and get over it
and can you give me that
can you give me that
can’t you see I’m nothing
without light
can you hear my heart go quiet
at the sight of what’s clear
seems I’d rather fight the feeling
than fight the fear
can’t you see I’m open
‘til I’m not
don’t you see there’s something forgotten
and I still think it’s here
but I’d rather fight the feeling
than fight the fear
I’m long behind where I should have been
is there no cure for this loneliness
were you looking for me
’cause I haven’t seen you since
and I cannot get past
everything I might have missed
everything I might have saved
but what if it’s just a phase
I’ll get up and get over it
play it safe
by staying right here
seems I’d rather fight the feeling
than fight the fear
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You Write the Songs That I Love
written by Avy Summerlind ©2007
you write the songs that I love
you write the songs that I love to believe
you are singing to me
and everyone welcomes you here
everyone wants to you to be the thing
that’s happening
so they can feel loved
so they can feel loved
so they can feel
what it’s like
to be loved
by you
soft is the light of the moon
reminds me there’s sunlight
somewhere shining through
and soft are the ways of your way
take in a picture
and make it a memory
so I can feel loved
so I can feel loved
so I can feel
what it’s like
to be loved
by you
if only to feel loved
if only to feel loved
if only to feel
what it’s like
to be loved
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Z ~ lyrics