🎵 Now Playing: “I’ll Let You Hold Me”

later, when all is well and times are good again 

I’ll ask you what it was like when I was heartbroken and you can tell me your side of things. 

how different i was. The considerations you showed me. and i’ll believe it all.

your patience 

your kindness 

the times you 

showed up for me 

and i’ll hug you and thank you for your friendship

for your time 

for finding me and not letting me go 

for giving me a why 

I’ll Let You

later, when all is well and times are good again 

i’ll ask you what it was like 

when i was heartbroken 

and you can tell me your side of things. 

how different i was. 

the considerations you showed me,

 and i’ll believe it all.

🎵 Now Playing: the world turns

I.

i didn't really care to know more 

about anything pertaining to anyone 

other than you 

and you didn’t care enough to come

and know all about me

and the world turns

and turns on that solid beat 

of me loving you 

while you never really loved me 

🎵 Now Playing: Come Up Empty

coming in closer 

and i don’t remember 

what the world looked like 

when i backed up to see 

if you heard me 

when i said what 

i liked 

a voice keeps reaching 

my ears are listening 

and i can’t remember what it felt like

when i told you stories 

you used to remind me

of later in the 

interim 

(chorus)

and the moments i look back 

for someone who used to laugh

and knew what they had 

when they had all of me 

i come up empty 

i come up 

empty 

i think i might be seen,

all the joys and laughter 

and tears and pain

and they swear they are gonna 

stay the same

and i’m different somehow someway 

but behind them

is a trail of uneasiness  

and behind me are hopes 

i never knew could be crushed 

to pieces so very small that they’d 

take my self-esteem crumbling along with them 

(chorus)

and the moments i look back 

for someone who used to laugh

and knew what they had 

when they had all of me 

i come up empty 

i come up 

empty 

what i have to offer 

looks like pittance 

and what is left of me 

is unrecognizable 

that i wonder if scattered winds 

have blown away 

all my reality 

entirely 

(chorus)

and the moments i look back 

for someone who used to laugh

and knew what they had 

when they had all of me 

i come up empty 

i come up 

empty 

- les’nspired 

🎵 

Listen Here

ran away

i wanted to be good for everyone 

i wanted to be better 

but i wasn’t was i?

it hurt 

i was cracked wide open 

and no one believed me 

when i said i was fine 

the risk

it is the risk we take 

when we disappear a time 

it holds up all the fear 

it holds all the doubt to light

there is nothing left to do 

but to run with all your might

ram your fist into that dark night

make every blow worth the fight

sleeps

oh it feels good to close my eyes 

this time it’s the good part 

just lay myself down and sigh

listen to the ac kick on in the dark 

good job

tucked away 

deep inside 

is the bit of anger

the bit of sadness 

for indecision 

for letting the best thing 

that ever happened to you 

walk away 

🎵 Now Playing: ♾️

the sun went down

goodnight 

goodnight 

the sun came up 

good morning 

my love 

every minute of every day

it’s in what you do 

in what you say 

and how you reach for me 

in just that way 

living

is the best yet to come?

when does it feel like we’ve won?

all arrows point to my feet in the sand

a lovely understanding friend 

and gentle rests in the sun 

and my heart 

when does it heal?

can it do so while in pain, still?

the wait feels slow 

but i’m not sure it’s time to go 

when the moment doesn’t yet feel real 

for the birds

this time 

i won’t rewind us

until you are loving me

the way i remember 

it went down 

all those months ago

i’m gonna leave it 

right here 

let it flow 

come back

what does that look mean

when you turn away from me

help me understand

where are you going, baby?

because if you are leaving

give me the reason

and if you are just needing 

a little downtime to breathe

away from the noise and anxiety,

then we can make room for all

the chaos you are feeling

past

and just like that 

you walked away 

your life continues 

it’s already a new day 

i had not prepared 

you were at goodbye so fast 

so,this is how you go about it 

with me already in the past 

you just missed me

just missed me 

i left flowers at your feet 

a laugh you’ll never meet

but only once 

a scent of vanilla and musk 

a trail of loyalty and trust 

you let me go 

you let me go 

surprise me

bring it back 

that quiet look 

the silence in the knowing 

please me once

without thinking twice 

with your care growing 

🎵 Now Playing: What Happened

(verse 1)

He kissed my hand 

beneath the moon 

And I tried not to 

think too much of it 

He gave me his coat

as the wind blew 

He ignored me 

when I told him not to 

🎵 Now Playing: Remember When

(instrumental)

(verse 1)

remember when the snow 

nipped our fingers 

and you grabbed mine and put them in your pocket?

and i laughed because

you looked at me silly 

and my stomach was flittering

the fire pit burned

our words spilled over drinks 

and that’s the first time

i heard your voice crack

saw that tear in your eye 

and i knew i didn’t want to leave 

confidant

i miss you 

in those moments 

when my world is upside down 

and your calm presence 

would hear me out 

when you’d take some time

to listen to my noisy mind 

and offer wisdom 

of a balanced kind 

🎵Now Playing: Big Sky Above Me

bringing light to the darkness 

developing understanding and awareness  

is something i will wrestle with 

and i know it 

and i’ll fight for it

because at the end of each battle 

i know that being kind is what i want to be 

that loving everyone is who i am 

and speaking from the heart is what i do 

even when it hurts me to 

even when it hurts 

🎵 Now Playing: Love Me Hard

I look ahead 

to the brightest of days 

I open my eyes 

to the sun’s rays  

letting it soak into my mind

that this one stays 

Oh let’s see where such promises carry us

and where it goes 

and how steadily over time 

my trust grows