// Lyrics //

when did we rise to the surface?
turn into strangers overnight
new pages written that hurt us
drifting apart like the moon and tide
you act like you don’t even notice
it’s so fucked up
nostalgic romance is pointless
the past didn’t know who we would become 

when did we rise to the surface?
way past the point of no return
preaching your hymns and your verses
cherry picking is no way to affirm
it breaks my heart to admit it 
the damage is done
we thought we knew how to predict it
but the past didn’t know who we would become 

Spare me your prayers 
They’re just empty gestures
We were so young, wild and free
So naïve 

when did we rise to the surface?
gaze at the sun fall into the sea
swallow the depth of disappointment
words unspoken just might set me free
what was ours we can’t recover
the healings begun
now we’ve outgrown one another  
the past didn’t know who we would become

✨The Surface

// Lyrics //

fingers shake to write a word on a page
you’ll never get it just right 
oh, it’s not a new phrase but a silent rage 
it’s so easy to give up the fight

causing a wreck, insecurities on deck
there’s no one else to blame
jealousy undoer, fear the uprooter
they’re players in my minds game

i keep going through the cycle 
i’m breaking down, breaking down
is fire still underground?

in my own way, i am in my own way
the light in the dark is just out of reach
frozen in a summer that’s long lost its rays
still i hope that it’s never too late 
it’s never too late 

as hard as i try not to admit to my own defeat
it comes like a shadow in the night
and when we’re face to face there is no escape
the light inside flickers to shine

i keep going through the cycle 
i’m breaking down, breaking down
is fire still underground?

in my own way, i am in my own way
the light in the dark oh, its just out of reach
frozen in a summer that’s long lost its rays
still i hope that it’s never too late 
it’s never too late 

hope has a funny way of leading you back
when you’ve gone astray
back to the path and the point of no turning back 

in my own way, i am in my own way
the light in the dark oh, its just out of reach
frozen in a summer that’s long lost its rays
still i hope that it’s never too late 
it’s never too late

ashley abed