Description“Raw, story-driven indie folk with atmosphere, emotion and a strong chorus.” You walk in smiling like it's second nature Like nothing ever cuts through the surface layer But I notice how your eyes don't stay too long Like you're counting exits when the room feels wrong You gather attention like it keeps you steady Phone glow in a dark, lonely room But it's flickering fast, never quite ready And every line you throw into the air Sounds rehearsed, like you're not really there And it turns, and it twists in your hands What you break, you don't understand You keep digging up sadness with your bare hands at night Like something buried that still breathes Turning silence into static in your teeth Every time you reach underneath You keep digging up sadness like it calls you back Like a mirror you can't turn away from And it never gives anything back Just what you thought was gone You stop talking when the room gets honest Like silence is something you can promise And every laugh you throw to the floor Sounds like you've used it all before You move like a memory trying to behave Like nothing ever got in the way But I saw you cross that invisible line And leave something behind in your own design You ran over your wedding cake until it stopped being white Spinning circles in the headlights at night Like if you flatten what you don't understand It won't keep slipping out of your hands You don't have to keep this fight You don't have to prove you're right There's more than this cycle you defend You can still change how it ends You keep digging up sadness with your bare hands at night Like something buried that still breathes Turning silence into static in your teeth Every time you reach underneath You keep digging up sadness like it calls you back Like a mirror you can't turn away from And it never gives anything back Just what you thought was gone You keep digging up sadness with your bare hands at night Maybe it's time to turn around Let it settle, let it fade

Dreams & AmbitionsMy dream is for my lyrics to speak to the broken, the lost, the unheard and the misunderstood. I want my songs to reach the places where words sometimes fail — grief, loneliness, love, anger, loss, survival and hope. I don’t want to write perfect songs. I want to write honest ones. Songs that carry the scars, contradictions and imperfections of being human. My aspiration is to turn difficult experiences into something that connects, comforts and perhaps gives someone the courage to keep going. I hope someone, somewhere, hears one of my songs and thinks, “That’s me. I’m not alone.” If my lyrics can reach even one person who needs to hear them, then my music has a purpose. I want to turn broken pieces into something beautiful.

EquipmentLyrics / songwriting — I focus primarily on writing the lyrics and emotional story of the song rather than playing an instrument. "APRA AMCOS member. Completed songs are officially registered; all standalone lyrics are protected by copyright and available for collaboration."

Lyrics

Genres: Indie

You walk in smiling like it's second nature
Like nothing ever cuts through the surface layer
But I notice how your eyes don't stay too long
Like you're counting exits when the room feels wrong

You gather attention like it keeps you steady
Phone glow in a dark, lonely room
But it's flickering fast, never quite ready
And every line you throw into the air
Sounds rehearsed, like you're not really there

And it turns, and it twists in your hands
What you break, you don't understand

You keep digging up sadness with your bare hands at night
Like something buried that still breathes
Turning silence into static in your teeth
Every time you reach underneath

You keep digging up sadness like it calls you back
Like a mirror you can't turn away from
And it never gives anything back
Just what you thought was gone

You stop talking when the room gets honest
Like silence is something you can promise
And every laugh you throw to the floor
Sounds like you've used it all before

You move like a memory trying to behave
Like nothing ever got in the way
But I saw you cross that invisible line
And leave something behind in your own design

You ran over your wedding cake until it stopped being white
Spinning circles in the headlights at night
Like if you flatten what you don't understand
It won't keep slipping out of your hands

You don't have to keep this fight
You don't have to prove you're right
There's more than this cycle you defend
You can still change how it ends

You keep digging up sadness with your bare hands at night
Like something buried that still breathes
Turning silence into static in your teeth
Every time you reach underneath

You keep digging up sadness like it calls you back
Like a mirror you can't turn away from
And it never gives anything back
Just what you thought was gone

You keep digging up sadness with your bare hands at night
Maybe it's time to turn around
Let it settle, let it fade
Let the past stay unmade

Let the past stay unmade
Let the past stay unmade

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