The Past Is Just a Story We Tell Ourselves - EP (2024)

Every Full Moon Vol. 1

From the debut EP 'Medusa' out now.
Produced by Clifford John Usher

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Lyrics:

I can never be the girl 
the girl you knew before 

living through those darkest hours 
living through a war 

all the voices in my head 
they say we can’t go on 

that I could never be your girl 
but I’m still holding on 


could you ever love me again? 
I need to know our love’s not a sinking stone 


If I could feel you next to me 
If I could know what’s right 

if all the demons chasing me 
would fade into the night 

could you ever trust me again 
if what we had is gone? 

will you ever trust me? 
I’m still holding on 


could you ever love me again? 
I need to know our love’s not a sinking stone

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GEMS - Sinking Stone

From the debut EP 'Medusa' out now.
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GEMS - Medusa

From the debut EP 'Medusa' out now.

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GEMS - Ephemera

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Lyrics:
let me hold you in the dying light
like a rose, like a thorn in your side
some wounds cut you to the bone
I know you’re aching but you’re not alone


why can’t  / we wake up
the hard part / behind us
all this pain / a bad dream
faded behind in a memory

I hate that / we said that
the words that I can’t take back
the darkness / we’ve been through
we’ll leave it behind in a memory


don’t make me question your love, babe
don’t give me reason for doubt
the rain’s falling over us now
don’t let the fire go out


you act like / I chose this
to hold on  / to nothing
why can’t / we break free
and leave it behind in a memory

I hate that / we said that
the words that I can’t take back
the darkness / we’ve been through
we’ll leave it behind in a memory

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I touch your face 
wait for the spark 
I see your shadow 
fading slowly into dark 

I lie awake 
and I’m caught in between 
what we lost 
I’m afraid will never be 

I used to feel so free 
the way we used to be 
time got away from me 

(well if you cry out 
I’ll be there now 
I’ll be there now) 

now every night 
I lie awake in my bed 
while these dreams 
turn to stone in spite of me 

no will to fight 
and I’m trapped in my head 
all these dreams 
become haunting memories 

I used to feel so free 
the way we used to be 
time got away from me 

(well if you cry out 
I’ll be there now 
I’ll be there now)

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GEMS - Don't Cry (Seal Cover)

Lyrics:

…be what I wanted
Never be what I wanted
Never, never

So I cut the last tie
Snapped out of the dream
Said some things I regret
I was blowing off steam

Babe, it didn’t work out
But it’ll be ok
I know you won’t stop trying
‘till you find your way

I’m just looking for the ignition
But you try to tell me “trust your…”
If you want to send the transmission
You can call me when you drop that

Planted the seed of your doubt
Digging it out
Know you’ve been crying
And tying to make it
And figure it out

Are you driven by your blind ambition?
Are you gonna learn to trust your…?

It can’t
Be what
I want
It to
If all
The signs
Are pointing away
From you

Had the whole plan
Worked out in my head
On the 15 to Vegas
The engine went dead

I would’ve lit a smoke,
Used to let it burn so good
But I put away the shit
doing me no good

I’m just looking for the ignition
But you try to tell me “trust your…”
If you want to send the transmission
You can call me when you drop that

Planted the seed of your doubt
Digging it out
Know you’ve been crying
And tying to make it
And figure it out

Are you driven by your blind ambition?
Are you gonna learn to trust your…?

It can’t
Be what
I want
It to
If all
The signs
Are pointing away
From you

…be what I wanted
Never be what I wanted
Never, never

It can’t
Be what
I want
It to
If all
The signs
Are pointing away
From you

Never be what I wanted
Never, never


Credits:
Written and recorded by Lindsay Lazarus and Clifford John Usher
Mixed and mastered by Clifford John Usher
Featuring / Performed by L. Lazarus and Falling Over Water
Photos by Conner Sorensen

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The Past Is Just a Story We Tell Ourselves

Deus Ex Machina

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GEMS - Tangled Memories

Kill the One You Love

Living as a Ghost

Soak

w/o u

Heartbreaker

Tangled Memories

Epitaph

Scars

Savior

White Light

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Blow Out The Light

Produced by Clifford John Usher
Cover art photo by Edric Chen

lyrics...

free fall

are you really surprised?
we came undone? (we came so far)
we set our course 
for the setting sun (we came so far)

believed in fate
thought love could save
we were riding 
the crest of some wave

oh oh oh no, this is letting go
are you letting me, letting me go?

when I look in your eyes
I can’t blame you
what good would that do?
I can’t save you

and all of your lies
all your half-truths
you can’t know me
I can’t know you

oh oh oh no, this is letting go
are you letting me, letting me go?

I have no doubt
we knew true love 
the kind you find out
what you’re made of

are you letting me, letting me go?

Free Fall

lyrics...

free fall

are you really surprised?
we came undone? (we came so far)
we set our course 
for the setting sun (we came so far)

believed in fate
thought love could save
we were riding 
the crest of some wave

oh oh oh no, this is letting go
are you letting me, letting me go?

when I look in your eyes
I can’t blame you
what good would that do?
I can’t save you

and all of your lies
all your half-truths
you can’t know me
I can’t know you

oh oh oh no, this is letting go
are you letting me, letting me go?

I have no doubt
we knew true love 
the kind you find out
what you’re made of

are you letting me, letting me go?



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Produced by Clifford John Usher
Cover art photo by Edric Chen

X Valentine

Peacefully

Poison

Produced by Clifford John Usher
Photo by Edric Chen

Forgive Me

Produced, mixed and mastered by Clifford John Usher

Every Full Moon 7 : You In My Dream Pt. 1 

Lyrics

L: You know how to make me feel like you don't want me around 
If that's how it is, I won't let you drag me down 

C: You go back to West Sunset, I'll stay on Evergreen 
I'll be left to clean this mess and find out what it means 

Lost in time 
true love of mine 
it feels so long ago 
Give me one more chance 
give me one last dance 
and I'll leave you on your own 

L: Save yourself the hassle, if you don't know what it's for 
Why keep chasing dreams you don't believe in anymore? 

C: I won't be the one to see you through the bitter end 
but try to find a reason to believe in love again 

Lost in time 
true love of mine 
it feels so long ago 
Give me one more chance 
give me one last dance 
and I'll leave you on your own 

I don't want to give up on you in my dream

You In My Dream Pt. 1

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Crippled Inside

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Imagine

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Oh Yoko!

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Void Moon ☾

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Recorded in Outer Banks, NC - October 2012




GEMS - All I Ever

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GEMS - Pegasus

releasing new music after a long hiatus :)

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