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Beach Lizard

Alien Grace

Feech La Manna

Glue is a lively and energetic song that's sure to get your toes tapping, but beyond the catchy beat and upbeat tempo lies a deep exploration of vulnerability, connection, and the power of interpretation.

Overall, the lyrics of Glue are poignant and evocative, capturing the feeling of finding safety and comfort in someone else's care.

Glue

What is it about me 
What am I doing wrong 
Sick of sitting on this floor 
Here alone 
Do everything too softly 
And I tremble when I speak 
Just a side effect of memories that I keep 
They say I need to loosen up more 
But I’m built to over think 
So I’ll take another glass just to help me sleep 
They say I need to love myself more 
But its not what lovers leave 
See when I think of all I’ve lost I still blame me 
See when I think of all I’ve lost I still blame me
 
All I’ve known before’s been gone in a moment 
Love it’s just not made for me 
Too much to hope for now 
I’m broken enough to see 
I’ve been lost in your memory 
I’ve been lost in your memory 

What was it about you 
That I cradled love along 
Now I shiver at the thought 
Of all you’ve done 
But I guess it’s what you taught me 
Said I was like the sun 
Then you took out every flame 
One by one 
Now I’m left with just a shadow 
Of who I used to be 
Now when I think of all I’ve lost think I lost me 
Now when I think of all I’ve lost think I lost me 

All I’ve known before’s been gone in a moment 
Love it’s just not made for me 
Too much to hope for now I’m broken enough to see 
I’ve been lost in your memory 
I’ve been lost in your memory 
Now when I think of all that’s lost 
Love you lost me

Freak EP

Lost

Keep It Together

I’m trying hard to be myself 
See I got torn up by somebody else 
Sometimes I feel it still 
I’m terrified that I always will 
Too many months of tears I shed 
Hoping if I cried them all out 
I’d forget 
Somedays it hurts a little less 
I guess it’s what it takes to let a heart mend 

But I still get reminders 
And I push them all away 
Your favourite song’s on the radio 
And I catch my breath 
See those little things they meant everything to me 

And I’ve been drinking a little too much 
Anything to forget the feel of your touch 
Too many sleepless nights ahead 
Find me someone else to hold instead 

But I still get reminders 
And I push them all away 
Your favourite song’s on the radio 
And I catch my breath 
See those little things they meant everything to me 

A familiar scent 
The coffee shop that we went 
The hours we’d spend on a piers edge 
The little things we know 
Return as we let go

See I still get reminders 
And I push them all away 

About The Song 

Reminders is about the aftermath of a lost relationship. The struggle to feel like yourself again, the sleepless nights, and the memories we try in vain to forget. A song came on the car radio that took me back to a time and person I didn’t want to remember, and I came home and in frustration wrote this song, struggling with my futile attempt to push all those little details away.

Reminders

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Lost

BECAH

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