[Verse 1]
We’re living in a world
Drawn thin like a single line,
A quiet little map
Where nothing ever turns or rises.
But somewhere in the wind,
A rumor brushed across our quiet—
A place with more than left and right,
A place with something like a height.

[Verse 2]
And someone in the dark
Sketched circles in the empty air,
Whispering, “maybe there’s an up,
A place we’ve never been aware.”
And just that fragile thought
Fell deep into our paper town,
And even all the shadows
Lost the way they used to fall.

[Chorus]
In this flat, flat world
We trace the edges with our fingers,
Wondering if there’s
A room beneath the silence where
Another direction lingers.
And I keep reaching out
For something I can’t feel or see—
A hidden axis calling me
Out of this quiet, trembling line.

[Verse 3]
New words drifted in—
Depth and height and something whole,
Like letters from a star
Addressed to our two-dimensional souls.
They rippled in the night,
A strange soft echo we could hear,
A wave that broke our boundaries
And pulled us somewhere near.

[Chorus]
In this flat, flat world
We walk along the same old page,
Wondering if we might
Be curved in ways we can’t explain—
Just folded by an unseen hand,
Or bent by something we deny.
Still I keep looking for
A doorway hidden in the sky.

[Bridge]
What if behind me
There’s a shape I’ve never known?
What if above me
There’s a hand that gently pulls my shadow home?
And maybe someday
When this paper starts to tear,
We’ll step into the empty
And find a thickness in the air.

[Final Chorus]
At the edge of our flat world
We’ll lay our trembling questions down,
Turn toward the axis
That was calling from the whispering ground.
And when the light breaks in
To fill the space we never had,
We’ll understand at last—
There was a deeper universe
Inside our fragile, paper selves.

FLAT WORLD (Acoustic)

Emotional acoustic pop/folk ballad.” Intimate, breathy male vocals with gentle falsetto lifts, warm fingerpicked guitar, light piano pads, and natural, raw harmonies. Minimal production, heartfelt and vulnerable with tender builds into expressive, layered choruses. Modern indie-pop tone with a warm, bedroom-pop atmosphere.

Like That

thought-provoking song about how we all struggle to find ourselves, to heal our wounds, and to connect with each other. 

All of Us Live in Concert Susanna Laird

The Arlington Blues Collective was born from a single desire : take the raw, timeless stories of American blues and folk and infuse them with a sound from the other side of the world.
The foundation of our music is a hypnotic and mysterious rhythm—a pulse that feels both ancient and aggressively modern. Upon that, we rebuild these classic tales of heartbreak, revenge, and justice, letting soulful female harmonies guide the narrative like a modern-day Greek Chorus.
The result is a sound that’s both familiar and foreign. It's the blues, reimagined for a globalized world.

Psychotic Reaction Blues

This one is for the girl I used to be… the one who made it through things I didn’t know how to face. She carried the pain so I could keep going. I hope this song reminds someone else that they’re more than what life took from them.

More Than You Survived

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Original soundtrack composed for the film Fragments on Resistance by Levan Tskhovrebadze and Ani Kiladze.

Dear Levan

Dear Pavla

Mitch is amazing

mixed by flxw3rboi
vocals by mitch gorman


maybe its just u

Decades of writing songs and now I'm gathering my work going back 30 years. I hope you hear something you can enjoy.

my souls departing

im js gonna give up

all my petals fell off a long time ago

susannalaird.com
Susanna Laird is a Maryland-based singer-songwriter whose soul-searching acoustic music blends simmeringly soulful vocals with finger-picked guitar and piano. A cancer survivor, mother of four, and storyteller at heart, she writes songs about healing, faith, and true love.
Influenced by artists like Indigo Girls, Tracy Chapman, Eva Cassidy, and CeCe Winans, Susanna’s sound is rooted in authenticity and emotional honesty. She’s performed at festivals including the Ladybug Festival and Takoma Park Folk Festival, and her song “We’re All” was featured at the Braver Angels National Convention.

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