Written and produced by Lucie Bernheim

Born to big dreamers, 1000 square feeters, this city’s all that I’ve known
Longing for small towns, but now I miss big crowds I think you’d miss anywhere you’re from
Running from what everyone runs to
I can’t tell if I'm running too soon

so why do I wanna go as fast I can
it’s like the west side highway is just some middleman
coming of age, coming undone
pick up the pace, pick yourself up
city kids, that ain’t no way to live

I'm always nervous, so I keep on working to make sure that I’m alright
my parents are my shoulders, and they’re getting older, I'm aware that so am I
running back to what I used to hide from
shell of a person I fear I’ll become

so why do I wanna go as fast I can
it’s like the west side highway is just some middleman
coming of age, coming undone
pick up the pace, pick yourself up
city kids, that ain’t no way to live

what price I'd pay to leave it all behind
what price I'd pay to stand under traffic lights
and still I’m left wondering why 
I'm chasing a feeling I may never find


so why do I wanna go as fast I can
it’s like the west side highway is just a place to land

so why do I wanna go as fast I can
it’s like the west side highway is just some middleman
coming of age, coming undone
pick up the pace, pick yourself up
city kids, that ain’t no way to live

City Kids (Demo)

Midnight Dancing

Two Kinds

Act My Age

Twin Flames (demo)

Written and produced by Lucie Bernheim

Lyrics:
I know it’s safe for me to cross
I walk against the street
I just overshot my stop
but I don’t care cuz I’ll just get off this train

now I’ve got time to kill
so I walk farther than I should
I don’t want to forget where I come from
but I need to step away from the court

cuz we all have fantasies
of what it should and shouldn’t be
maybe I need to look beyond the wrapping
cuz who cares about a rite of passage

now it’s starting to hit me
I’m gonna start over my life
part of that statement scares me
but I know I have to go if I wanna be alright 

cuz it’s too safe for me to stay
if I do I've gotta find another way
is it too much to ask for change
please don’t tell me I’m too carried away 

cuz we all have fantasies
of what it should and shouldn’t be
maybe I need to look beyond the wrapping
cuz who cares about a rite of passage

if I don’t go now I’m scared I’ll never go at all
comfortable is caving in, so guess I’ll let the pieces fall

cuz we all have fantasies
of what it should and shouldn’t be
maybe I need to look beyond the wrapping
cuz who cares about a rite of passage

I know it’s safe for me to cross
I walk against the street
I just overshot my stop
but I don’t care cuz I’ll just get off this train

Rite of Passage

Written and produced by Lucie Bernheim

I wrote this song 11 months ago and months later had this arrangement stuck in my head.  Enjoy "Speed Dating"  :)

Speed Dating

Living It (written and produced by Lucie Bernheim)

I can picture him, standing in the middle of the bridge
A place of innocence, my world was caving in
I can hear him, saying we could make the distance
It keeps me up at night, cuz I think that I miss him
But I don’t know why, so I think about what I’d wanna say 
And it keeps me awake

‘cause I've been standing in the same place since he walked out the door
I've been waiting but I shouldn’t try to find him anymore 
I know what it looked like from the outside looking in
but I can’t seem to remember what it felt like living it

I can see him, the moon framed him perfectly,
masquerading vacancy, all the things I couldn’t see
I can picture us, in the ocean floating blissfully
It stops me in my tracks, l watch it back like a movie scene
But I don’t know why, so I think about what I wish I’d said
And I replay it in my head 

‘cause I've been standing in the same place since he walked out the door
I've been waiting but I shouldn’t try to find him anymore 
I know what it looked like from the outside looking in
but I can’t seem to remember what it felt like living it

I can see it, feel it with my fingertips
But every time I close my eyes I can feel it slip

‘cause I've been standing in the same place since he walked out the door
I've been waiting but I shouldn’t try to find him anymore 
I know what it looked like from the outside looking in
but I can’t seem to remember what it felt like living it

Living It (demo)

New York City-based songwriter//Winner of Best Song by a Young Adult at the World Songwriting Awards, Summer 2019//Winner of Songs Against Silence 2020 Competition

Lucie Bernheim

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