The Friends & Family Sessions

Not The End (Lisa's Song) (Stripped)

Don't Give Up On Me

Don't Give Up On Me (Stripped)

Save A Spot In The Back For Me

Fresh Eyes (Stripped)

Hooked

When You Think Of Me

THE LOWS

Who Knows

Die For You

I will not fit in
Cuz I’m not within 
This world 
I want your heart 
So set me apart 
From this world 
I need you lord
I’m craving more
Than this world 
I want to rise 
And in your eyes
Be above this world 
It starts with me
To take the lead
And change this world 

You didn’t create us
To be the norm
No you made us
With wings to soar
A heart to love
At all times 
Where Jesus in us
Is what shines 

Oh fill us with your oil
Let our lamps glow bright
Grow your fire inside 
For we are salt and light
We weren’t made to fit in
Or fade into the night
We will not stay hidden 
No We’ll radiate 
and Illuminate 
With all our might  

I wanna shine and glow
So the whole world knows
God the father
God the son
And God the Holy Ghost 
Yes i wanna shine and glow
So the whole world knows
God the father
God the son
And God the Holy Ghost 

So fill us with your oil
Let our lamps glow bright
Grow your fire inside 
For we are salt and light
We weren’t made to fit in
Or fade into the night
We will not stay hidden 
No We’ll radiate 
and Illuminate 
With all our might

Oh I will not fit in
Cuz I’m not within 
This world 
I want your heart 
So set me apart 
From this world 
I need you lord
I’m craving more
Than this world 
I want to rise 
And in your eyes
Be above this world 
It starts with me
To take the lead
And change this world

Cuz We weren’t made to fit in
Or fade into the night
We will not stay hidden 
No We’ll radiate 
and Illuminate 
With all our might

Radiate & Illuminate

Lyrics: 
I wrote your name in the corner of a song Where no one else would ever sing along
Tucked between the words I never said Like folded notes beside my bed
You were never good at staying still But you live in every line I fill
I don't say much, but I feel inverse And you show up in every chorus first

I don't have your voice I don't have your face
But I've got ink in your shape Ink doesn't lie
It spills when the heart is too full to cry You left me paper cuts I couldn't erase
So I turned your silence into grace You're not here, but you're in the lines I

Think Love never fades, it just stains in ink
I trace your laugh in the notebook margins Like trying to cage a ghost in garden
Your goodbye was short, but it stayed so long So I made it rhyme and made it wrong
You're the metaphor I can't outrun The draft I swore was the final one

And even when I tried to write you out You'd bleed back in like Doubt
I gave you poems You gave me poems
But I still sign your name in my flaws Ink doesn't lie
It stains when the heart forgets how to try You left me poems I can't complete

So I hum your name in half a beat You're not here, but you're in the lines I
Think Love never fades, it just stains in ink
I kept the pen you used that day I ran dry, but I couldn't throw it away
It's just plastic in memory But somehow it still writes me

Ink doesn't lie It stays long after all reasons die
You walked away, but the words stood still And I've been rewriting you until
I don't feel you in every trait But love like ours, it lives in ink

Worry bout me

My name is Andy. I try to write songs that remind us about things we may have forgotten. Through these songs, I want to remind myself and you to listen to that sometimes-quiet inner voice that can be drowned out by negative thoughts. At their best, I like to think of songs as invisible spiritual chiropractors, they bring us back to our center. They give us little reminders when we least expect it. A lot of my philosophy and inspiration comes from my Mom. She taught me that music is the ladder to our souls. She died when I was 25. Her death broke me into a million pieces. I learned a lot by putting myself back together. After her death, I spent most of my time street performing, often with no one listening. No one wants happy songs from someone who hasn't truly been sad. I’ve been sad. This past year without any shows has been especially hard on me. I think, like many others, it forced me to reevaluate where I get my self-worth from. These new songs provide a front row seat into my attempt to vulnerably examine and explain my ongoing journey to love myself. I hope these songs help us climb higher together.

Don't Give Up On Me (Stripped)

Andy Grammer

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