"Doorway," is an original song I wrote this time last year. I first played it at the last cabaret I put on at the end of February 2020. Time sure flies! I hope you all enjoy it as the first taste of my new demo album! More to come soon. 

Lyrics:
The girl I was, still lives somewhere deep inside of me,
she's fast asleep, but she doesn't get a say in who I'm gonna be.

I've been sittin' here on a picket fence,
Lately, I feel it's been gettin' tense,
I want to fly but I know that if I jump I will hit the ground.
Lately, you have been pushin' me,
into a role, I don't wanna be,
I want to speak, but I know that if I do you'll just tune me out.

All my life, I've been standing in the doorway.
Do I jump into the dark?
Or do nothing, and stay?

I watch your lips move when you speak,
Your words, hot hand reachin' out for me,
touch me in places that I can't see,
Leading me to my final loss.
Tell me, what's wrong with uncertainty?
Don't you want just a little mystery? 
makes me come to an epiphany, 
If you're not lost then how can I lead?

How can I lead, if
All my life, I've been standing in the doorway.
Do I jump into the dark?
Or do nothing, and stay?

Full Transformation (Demo Version)

Doorway

An edgier take on my usual songwriting.

Lyrics:
Take your time, say it right
it's no game, no I don't play.

Cause I am not a passing mention,
I deserve a full citation,
If you want my inspiration,
Use your tongue and your teeth,
Catch your breath, try to speak,
And call me by my full name.

It's all worth, worth the hype,
So say it loud, no don't be shy.

Cause I am not a passing mention,
I deserve a full citation,
If you want my full permission,
Use your tongue and your teeth,
Catch your breath, try to speak,
And call me by my full name.

Cause I am not a passing mention,
I deserve a full citation,
If you want my full attention,
Use your tongue and your teeth,
Catch your breath, try to speak,
let me know it's for me,
You gotta call me,
Call me by my full name.

Full Transformation

Call Me

New Moon by Liz Falstreau

Lyrics:

Like the moon pulls the sea, 
'cross the room you waved at me.
My light refracted 
off each move you made.

When I'm a new moon I'll have time
to come down
come down and crash into your waters
Time and space don't seem to matter now,
only make it more true.
Me up in space trying to come down
and swim with you.

I would split in half to sit on the shore with you,
we'd reflect on a rainy day.
It's natural-- the push and pull,
we help the world spin 'round,
but I'd burn it all down, just to be with you.

When I'm a new moon I'll have time
to come down
come down and crash into your waters
Time and space don't seem to matter now,
only make it more true.
Me up in space trying to come down
and swim with you.

You would drown them all out for me, too.

New Moon

Lyrics:

All I want is a little sunshine
then I find it and I know it'll never be mine
Always out of reach, 
It'll never be.

Silence broken by a laugh.
That could crack a sidewalk in half.
Shouldn't let you in,
No, not again
We shouldn't make it so precious
it's easier to destroy us,

So count to twenty, then to ten, then back to twenty again.
Count to twenty, then to ten, then back to twenty again.

This love will pass, it's not given back
You need it to grow, but it's already covered in snow.
Let it go.

2019

Lyrics:

It's been 2 years since that night on the pier.
Lake Michigan was the only one who saw.
Nostalgia's just grief of the heart
and I don't mean to make myself sad
I just want to respect what we had

I'd smash it all up with you again 
just to acknowledge what's now dead.

I walked for hours in the cold that day
I called you by the wrong name
I figured out the color of your eyes
staring into that same lake.

A reflection of aquamarine 
an impression of no sleep
Me with my buried heart
and you with your spade.

We broke ground 
but never dug deep enough 
for anything to found, or planted.

I wasn't worth the turnaround
and you are just a reflection I'll never see again.

No, I'll never see that girl again.
I'll never see that boy again.

2 years

Lyrics:

Do you ever get home
stare at the door 
and wonder what it's there for?
Do ever sit down
on the ground
and realize it's just the floor?

Why get out of bed?
Why turn on the light?
What would be so bad in giving up this fight?

Do you ever feel like
an extra in 
the background of your own life?
You try to stand out
scream and shout
Ignore yourself every time.

Another Friday come and gone,
another drunk night,
all alone.

Go to sleep
You'll be
better in the morning.
If you really
wanted to leave
you wouldn't have shot that warning.

Even when you've hit rock bottom
you can always look down.
You can look down and realize it's just the floor.

Just The Floor

Lyrics:

I don't need mama to tell me
that the best ones
may not last

Here I sit 
at this crossroad again
but this time I've really tried
to sit with you and let you work it out,
but darling when you pull away 
it reconfirms this doubt.

So prove me wrong,
before I'm gone.
Please, prove me wrong I'm gone.

I've risked enough 
for you to see
that what I feel is true.

So, now it's time
for you
to make your move
if you're gonna stay.

So, prove me wrong,
before I'm gone.
Please, prove me wrong
before I'm gone.

Sometimes I retreat into my mind.
Somedays I can be real hard to find.
Will you be brave and
reach out your hands
and try?

To prove me wrong, 
before I'm gone?

come on baby,

and prove me wrong,
before I'm gone.

Prove me wrong I'm gone.
Please, prove me wrong before I'm...

Full Transformation (Demo)

Prove

Lyrics:

Good morning and goodbye
my old friend.
You've listened to so much,
all my old plans.
My ranting never weighed on you.
And so often you led me and let me sing it through.

but good morning and goodbye my old friend.

Good morning and goodbye,
my old home.
You've always held me tight,
through every storm.
But I wasn't meant to last here this long.
I need space so I can transform. 

So good morning and goodbye,
my old home.

This city has nurtured me through it all. 
And I know that I'll be better off after fall.
'Cause you embraced me,
You made me who I'm supposed to be.

But good morning and goodbye, my old friend.
Until we meet again. 
Until we meet again.

Good Morning and Goodbye

Lyrics:

There's some consolation in the constellations
each star burns away like a cell
replaced by another.

And even standing still we are moving forward.
In spite of what we've been let's see what we become.

So let's take our points of light,
I'll take yours and you take mine,
write stories in the sky.
Take this new life,
and light up the night.

I've got no solution, 
but I've been in your shoes and so 
I'll just sit here quietly snd let you think it through.
Oh, close your eyes and listen to the earth move.

'Cause even standing still we are moving forward.
In spite of what we've been let's see what we become.

So let's take our points of light,
I'll take yours and you take mine,
write stories in the sky.
Take this new life,
and light up the night.

Light Up

Lyrics:

I always wished that I could dance,
feel my steps becoming art.
But I know that's not who I am, it's okay.
I'm done trying to pretend.

I believe in me, all that I can do,
on the hardest days,
I trust the beauty in my truth.

I know there's so much, 
so much that I don't know.
But I can trust my curious heart will help me grown.

I'm ever-changing, with a child's sense of wonder,
I have tried to be something I don't know
a reflection of all the people I admire
Now I'm standing in my own shoes again,
I've transformed.

Resilient and adaptable,
Not afraid to do the work.
I don't fear the end because I know,
whatever's on the other side
I'll figure it out.

I believe in me, all that I can do 
all the hardest days, I
'm ready to see them through. 

I know there's still time, time for me to change, 
when I'm feeling stuck, 
I'll remember my full name.

I'm ever-changing, with a child's sense of wonder,
I have tried to be something I don't know
a reflection of all the people I admire
Now I'm standing in my own shoes again,
I've transformed.

I've made a full transformation, 
look how far I've come.
I've made a full transformation but,
I'm nowhere near done.

I'm ever-changing, with a child's sense of wonder,
I have tried to be something I don't know
a reflection of all the people I admire
Now I'm standing in my own shoes again,
I've transformed.