'The Shift' is a tornado of emotions and feelings turned spoken poem: raw, soft, and full of the unspoken truths we have to carry for others.

Written & narrated by Lacey Diane as part of her Soft & Strange series <3 a body of work for those grieving quietly, healing loudly, and reclaiming their stories through vulnerability and self love/inner child healing.

🫀 Instagram: @trace.her.gently
🐚 TikTok: @trace.her.gently

The Shift - A Soft & Strange Spoken Poem

Raw one-take ukulele cover. I heard “Maps” the other morning, learned it, and hit record. 
Some songs stop being just songs. They end up in my anatomy instantly.

It's hard for me to recognize how much music feels like it is just a part of who I am, to the point that I can admit I have more capacity than I've let myself believe.

I've only been playing the ukulele since February of 2025. I had only heard this song once, and within an hour, I recorded it. Yeah, I'm patting myself on the back because even though it's not perfect, it's real and I did it, and I. FELT. IT - and music is MEANT to -

*make you feel*

Original by The Front Bottoms.
Vocals/ukulele: Lacey Diane (aka Trace.Her.Gently).

If it lands, a like/repost goes a long way. 💛

(take 2 video is on tiktok @trace.her.gently)

Maps – The Front Bottoms (Ukulele Cover by Lacey Diane)

One track take ukulele cover of “Love Song” by The Cure, 
played with an Em instead of E for a more somber, stripped-down feel.
(and cause I suck at playing an E chord on the uke...)


Vocals/ukulele: Lacey Diane (aka Trace.Her.Gently).
Original by The Cure.

mm... this song has always felt like a warm dark gothic hug :P

The Cure - Love Song (Somber Ukulele Cover by Lacey Diane)

*Every single fiber do you - wanna go inside her and view - kaleidoscopes of color and perfume.*

*Attune - so I can bend with you*

This is more than a song - I like to say that I was making love with my words in this song. I wrote it in one night when I was feeling a lot for someone who was far away, and it was the only way I could express it. 



Bend With You - By Lacey Diane (original) 2021

Raw take one-cut of 'Happiness is a Butterfly' by Lana Del Ray - Ukulele cover by Lacey Diane

Just me, my ukulele, garage band, and a god song <3 

Lana Del Rey - Happiness is a Butterfly Ukulele Cover by Lacey Diane

🫀 Lacey Diane (she/they)  
UKULELE <3 - Looking for collaborations, Live shows, Gigs, and Musical Connections!

🎙️ singer-songwriter |  poet |  spoken word | healing indie | natural harmonizer | designer| 
uke-playing, journal hoarding,  frog loving, big feeling, night creature.

a soft & strange project // trace.her.gently
    recording covers + original songs/spoken word 

🌿 Looking to connect with artists and play live!
🎙️ catch live on TikTok @trace.her.gently
📍based in PA

✨ Music & words i've been only sharing with paper or keyboards my entire life.
ready to express the raw feelings even if it's scary.

🤍 if you feel it, share it.

Music has always been my home, my safe place, and the language I know how to speak even when my mouth doesn't work. I don't know why, but I feel the most comfortable when I'm on a stage singing. It's like the world falls away.

Lacey Diane // Trace.Her.Gently

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