The first single and the title track from my new album 'Displaced' due for release in March 2014.

Displaced

I’ve never seen you so broken to the bone  
Breathing pain in and out with every breath  
Like a feather being ground against a stone  
Crushed by the weight of what’s left  
It will get harder and the harder it gets  
I will hold you closer so you don’t forget 
  
Don’t let go  
You’re the only one who knows  
Don’t let go  
You’re the only one who knows  

I’ve never seen you so broken to the bone  
Breathing pain in and out with every breath  
It will get harder and the harder it gets  
I will hold you closer so you don’t forget  

Don’t let go  
You’re the only one who knows  
Don’t let go  
You’re the only one who knows 
Don’t let go  
Don’t let go  
You’re the only one who knows 
You’re the only one who knows

Where Were We Then

Don't Let Go

I feel like I might just disappear 
No one even seems to notice I’m here 
I’m not being morbid, I just call it as I see 
There’s no room here now for me 
  
I cooked your dinners and I made your bed 
I raised your children and I praised your success 
I ironed your shirts whilst swallowing my regrets 
Without value I stand here, hollow on the inside 
About to disappear 

I feel like I could just slip away 
Out of the back door when no one’s looking one day 
Through all the commotion you’d never even know 
I am just a vessel, but I’m hollow 

I made your lunches and I rocked you to sleep 
I tied your shoelaces and told you the world was at your feet 
I made sacrifices in your best interest 
Without purpose I stand here, hollow on the inside 
About to disappear

Disappear

All I want is to be at home 
In your arms all alone 
Where the universe feels so small 
Inside these loving walls 

Every worry and every chore 
Can wait a minute more 
All I want is to be with you 
All alone in our living room 
Where all the stars look so small 
Because our love is so much more 

All I want is to be at home 
In your arms all alone

Home

It’s easy to say that we’ll be better people some day 
It’s easy to believe we’ll love each other more 
When we’re happy, when we’re happy 
How I’d like to believe 
  
We’re not perfect 
Let’s not pretend 
I am violent in my silence 
You are angry when you smile at me 
This is dangerous, I’m contagious 
All our anger will degrade us 
  
This is not how I want this to end 
Pent up hate, carry on for the sake of it 
This is not how I want this to end 
Pent up hate, carry on for the sake of it 
This is not how I want this to end 
Pent up hate, carry on for the sake of it 
We must change 
We can’t stay the same 

We’re not perfect 
Lets not pretend 
I am violent in my silence 
You are angry when you smile at me 
This is dangerous I’m contagious 
All our anger will degrade us 
This is dangerous, I’m contagious 
All our anger will degrade us 
We must change

We're Not Perfect

A sheet of darkness crawled across the land 
You stepped forward like an honourable man 
This isn’t fate, this is disgraceful 
This isn’t the life that you were made for 
  
I won’t forget you, I won’t let you go 
I won’t forget you, my English rogue 
I’ll be dancing in the shadows that you left behind 
I’ll be living on your memory until the end of time 
  
I remember wedding bells and the touch of your hand 
Within an instant war shattered all our plans 
We held our heads high, took it on the chin 
This isn’t the world I dreamed we’d be living in 
  
I won’t forget you, I won’t let you go 
I won’t forget you, my English rogue 
I hope you’ll be home soon sharing my warm embrace 
I pray to the darkness you’ll live to see my face 
You’re fghting for our lives, you’re fghting for our rights 
You’re fghting for our lives, you’re fghting for our rights 
  
I won’t forget you, I won’t let you go 
I won’t forget you, my English rogue

English Rogue

I’m tired of talking 
All of your questions hollow me out 
I’m tired of thinking 
About all of the things that I think about now 

Oh where were we then? 
Where did it start and where did it end? 
Where were we then? 

I’m tired of listening 
To people saying it’ll all be ok 
I’m tired of hearing 
The same things over and over again 

I’m tired of the hurt 
I’m tired of the pain 
I’m tired of the hurt 
I’m tired of the pain 

Oh where were we then? 
Where did it start and where did it end? 
Where were we then? 
  
I’m tired of the hurt 
I’m tired of the pain 
Tired of it all 
Tired of this game 
I’m tired of the hurt 
I’m tired of the pain

Tired

We were so young 
When we fell in love 
So naïve but right to believe 
Because honey you are the one 
The one that I love 

You spin my world right round 
You lift my feet right of the ground 
You make the ordinary feel less mundane 
You make every day special in your own way 
Darling I’ve known right from the start 
You hold the key, the key to my heart 
And darling I know, know you’re the one 
The one that I love 

The years have brought us closer 
Together we’ve grown, stronger I know 
Every single day and every word you say 
My heart stays the same 

This love is unwavering this love is unchanging 
This love is unwavering this love is unchanging 
This love is unwavering this love is unchanging 
Because honey you are the one 
The one that I love 

You spin my world right round 
You lift my feet right of the ground 
You make the ordinary feel less mundane 
You make every day special in your own way 
Darling I’ve known right from the start 
You hold the key, the key to my heart 
And darling I know, know you’re the one 
The one that I love

For The One That I Love

I feel thin 
Rolling between the sheets 
Of a rusty, dusty skin 
I’m shedding extra weight 
Just thinking about the pain you left 
Written in the blueprints 
Etched upon my mind 
Written in the unmoving, uncaring depths of time 

I know love is bittersweet 
These foundations shake beneath my feet 
But darling without you I feel incomplete 
I’m incomplete, I’m out of touch 
I’m incomplete, without your love  

I’m an emaciated mess 
There’s nothing to caress 
I’m smothered by the covers 
Of your picturesque outlines 
How I’d like to be within your arms tonight  

I know love is bittersweet 
These foundations shake beneath my feet 
But darling without you I feel incomplete 
I know love is bittersweet 
These foundations shake beneath my feet 
But darling without you I feel incomplete 
I’m incomplete, I’m out of touch 
I’m incomplete, without your love 
I’m incomplete, I’m out of touch 
I’m incomplete, without your love

Blueprint

A year has elapsed 
Already and I hardly saw the last 
I’m just a passenger 
Moving through indefinable days 
That all start and end the same  

I get up and I go to bed 
Don’t feel like I achieve anything 
And I miss you 
It feels like days since we met 
We’re just passing ships in the night 
Just passing ships in the night  

I don’t know when and I don’t know why 
We ever decided to put up the fight 
I don’t know where our quality of life lies now 

This is no way to live 
Counting the hours and counting the days 
Until finally we manage to escape 
These indefinable days 
That all start and end the same

Passing Ships

I don’t want to wait 
For better days 
Our hardships shape us 
Our challenges make us 
Now’s the time to dream 
Believe in love and everything in between, in between  

Hold on to 
The light inside of you 
Fight back the pain 
It won’t always feel the same 

I’m not giving in 
To the way I’m feeling 
Failure won’t break us 
It just likes to shake us 
Now I’m stronger than before 
Can’t ignore the past 
But I can want for more  

Hold on to 
The light inside of you 
Fight back the pain 
It won’t always feel the same

Light

I was really excited and honored when Maybeshewill offered to remix Folds last year. They did an amazing job. 

Here it is for your listening pleasure x

Folds (Maybeshewill Remix)

Folk pop singer-songwriter Elizabeth Cornish doesn’t tell stories. Instead she gives you a tantalizing glimpse into her world and invites you to fill in the gaps for yourself.Following a number of studio releases with her band, “Where Were We Then”, her first home recorded album, sees Cornish return to her musical roots as a solo, acoustic artist. Her cathartic songs, overflow unashamedly with raw emotion. They are simultaneously fragile and powerful, and although they touch on dark and painful subject matter, they are never melancholy. On the contrary, Cornish’s poetry, infectious choruses and waltzing guitar lines lift you up and leave you feeling hopeful. 

While her debut album, “Displaced” dealt with her struggle to make sense of her nomadic upbringing, “Where Were We Then” is an expressive journey about enduring love, personal loss, and grief. Inspired by folk, country and indie-pop singer-songwriters including Laura Marling, Lucy Rose, Jason Isbell and John Moreland to name a few, Cornish effortlessly weaves elements of these genres into her delicately crafted songs while remaining undeniably true to her artistic origins as a through and through singer-songwriter.

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