For a raining day
Words and music: Carli Lessing 

Verse 1:
Walking, walking, walking on a cloud
Some days feel like rainbows all around
Laughing, laughing, with your eyes
You paint dreamworlds in the skies

I will save this moment

Chorus:
My eyes will take a picture of your face
My hands will remember what yours say
Your laugh will be the soundtrack that I play
I'll save it for a rainy day

Verse 2:
Tracing, tracing laugh lines on your face
While you pull me closer with your gaze
Breathing, breathing your oxygen
It's like a bubble we're living in

Bridge:
You know rainbows fade very fast, wish they would last
There might come a time we're far apart, I'll save this in my heart

Contact details: carli.lessing@gmail.com

For A Rainy Day - Carli Lessing 100% (Demo)

Am I on mute?
(Words and music: Carli Lessing)

Verse 1:
1 plus 1 is 2, but sometimes it feels like one and a half
You’re just halfway here, I fear we’re losing what we have

Pre-Chorus:
I try to get in touch
But the connection keeps breaking up

Chorus:
Am I on mute?
Am I on mute?
My lips are moving, 
but there's nothing
Getting to you
Am I on mute?

You're always on your phone 
Is someone else having their say?
Wanna tell you about my plans
But you just grunt and scroll away

Pre-Chorus:
I try to get in touch
But the connection keeps breaking up

Bridge:
It’s time for different tactics
I’m signalling with smoke
Next I’ll hack your profile
Now I go for broke

Contact details: carli.lessing@gmail.com

Am I On Mute? - Carli Lessing 100% (Demo)

Wrap around 
Words and music by: Carli Lessing and Anneline Hugo

Verse 1: 
Where can I go to meet You, God? 
My soul is desperately searching 
Through the night I'm calling out 
I long to hide in You

Chorus: 
Wrap around me, God 
Fill my every thought 
Won't You lean close to me and whisper? 
Whisper sweet words of love

Verse 2: 
There at the cross where love came first 
With boundless grace You met me 
Welcomed me at my worst 
My heart burst with joy

Repeat Chorus

Wrap Around - Carli Lessing 50%/ Anneline Hugo 50% (Demo)

New Kinda Chemistry
Words and music: Carli Lessing

Verse 1:
Looks that go on just too long
Sky blue eyes, unruly blond
I saw you first in Geography
But this is uncharted territory

Pre-chorus:
You said "Hallo" and I said "Hi"
My mouth went suddenly Savannah dry

Chorus:
What is this new kinda Chemistry
that keeps me coming back to see?
Is your smile magnetic or just for me?
I'm unusually into Chemistry
when you stand so close to me
So close to me

Verse 2:
Endless lines of poetry
You fill each page of my diary
Even when I close my eyes
You casually lean against the doorway to my dreams

New Kinda Chemistry (Demo)

You give me rest 
Words and music: Carli Lessing

Verse 1:
Always running without stopping
And never counting the cost
Please remind me where I’m going
My sense of direction got lost

Pre-Chorus:
Can I sit here in the stillness
In the quiet of Your love?

Chorus:
You give me rest
When I’m weary and overwhelmed
You give me rest
I’m giving You all that’s weighing me down
And taking a deeper breath
You give me rest

Verse 2:
I’m so tired, but feeling wired
And lately always on edge
People say if you’re not in it, you can’t win it
But we’re all in over our heads

Pre-Chorus
Can I sit here in the stillness
In the quiet of Your love?

Chorus:
You give me rest
When I’m weary and overwhelmed
You give me rest
I’m giving You all that’s weighing me down
And taking a deeper breath
You give me rest


Bridge:
You give perfect peace in a broken world
Show me to walk and work with You, Lord
Teach me the unforced rhythms of Your grace
Where all things have their time and place


Chorus:
You give me rest
When I’m weary and overwhelmed
You give me rest
When I’m weary and overwhelmed
You give me rest
I’m giving You all that’s weighing me down
And taking a deeper breath
You give me rest

Contact: carli.lessing@gmail.com

You Give Me Rest - Carli Lessing

Grow with the flow
Words and music: Carli Lessing

V1:
Beads of sweat form on his brow
As he breaks the topsoil first
With his fingers he digs down
Puts the seed safely in the earth

Pre-chorus:
I watch the Master Gardener 
tend us all with love to

Chorus:
Grow, grow
Grow with the flow 
Of living water
Grow, grow
He makes us grow
With the flow

V2:
Just the right amount of sun
He protects the seedling every day
Growing roots and sprouting up
Every tree will flourish in its place

Bridge:
Sometimes he prunes the ones he chooses
To grow even bigger 
And sometimes uprooting while he moves us
To grow even better fruit

He makes us…

Chorus:
Grow, grow
Grow with the flow 
Of living water
Grow, grow
He makes us grow
With the flow

Contact details: carli.lessing@gmail.com

Grow With The Flow - Carli Lessing 100% (Demo)

Upside Down Kingdom
Words and music: Carli Lessing and Mary Oz

V1:
Son of a builder and tailor
Was born cold and damp in a manger
The King of kings
Came down to earth to change how we think

V2:
The armies of heaven in chorus
Sang over the fields, not cathedrals
The Shepherd King 
Came for the least, the lowliest of these


Chorus:
In this upside down kingdom
The king laid down his crown
for a Cross, he chose to give His life
For the lost and the broken souls
He's coming to take them home

V3:
Wise men had travelled the distance
They followed a star for directions
Found Majesty!
Became one of us to change who we’ll become

Outtro:
Son of a tailor and builder
Was hung cold and bare on a timber
The son of God
Died for us to change how we love

Contact details: carli.lessing@gmail.com

Upside Down Kingdom (Single)

Upside Down Kingdom - Carli Lessing & Mary Oz

Run Like The Wind

For the sake of my soul
Words and Music: Carli Lessing

V1:
I don’t need more, I need less
These things just take me away from you
Scroll through my feed of latest trends
Keep buying and trying but I just end up spent

Ch1:
For the sake of my soul
I’m letting go
I want more of You
For the sake of my soul
I’m saying no
To say yes to you
Don't wanna gain the whole world
But lose what matters most
For the sake of my soul

V2:
I’m switching off to connect
These feet will follow You instead
I’m stepping out of the noise
Taking the time to listen for Your voice

Bridge:
I'm giving up this game
For a moment's fame
All that's good
All that's true
Comes from you
For the sake of my soul

For The Sake Of My Soul

Promises
Words and music: Carli Lessing and Anneline Hugo

You say you love me
With an everlasting love, You wrap me in your arms
You say you’re with me
You will never let me go, Even when i feel alone

Pre chorus 

I choose to believe
Every word that you speak 

Chorus

I’ll hold onto you when my world falls apart
I’ve banked your promises in the vault of my heart
For all of your promises are yes and amen
I’ll trust in your word, again and again and again. 

Verse 2

You say I’m yours
Beloved child of God, You chose me for this path
You say you’ll lead me
To a future that you see, you prepare good things for me

Bridge

In the raging roar of stormy winds
And waves that crash on me
When the earth itself is crumbling
And mountains fall in the sea

Still my faith in you will stand
My refuge and my strength

Promises (feat. Anneline Hugo)

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Carli Lessing

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