Original music

written/produced/performed by Abbi Berry

Lyrics:

Meet me in the graveyard
Bring your fries and shake
If we both go back there
Will it be the same

Pull up after midnight
Say the ghosts aren’t real
Skirt around the details
Just tell me how you feel

Tell me that you love me
Lean against your car
I’ve got to let you go soon
Say you won’t be far

Reading all the headstones
Look for cause of death
Tried to love forever
Needs just weren’t met

Race me down the walkway
Fall and scrape my knee
I tried to show you sooner
But you wouldn’t look at me

You tried to move ahead, love
Rode out on a smile
But you can’t ride out of this, love
It’ll take a while

Meet me in the graveyard 
Wish I could have stayed
Looks like you’re alone now
Please don’t be afraid

Graveyard

Original song, 2020

Lyrics:

i wonder if I’ll write another song
i feel like clouds and rain, i think my sun’s been gone too long
waiting for this storm to pass so i can carry on (and on)

yesterday the trees were cherry red
today all the leaves are gone; they’re looking kind of dead
spiny branches reaching for the blue get gray instead

i’d like to find a way outside my mind

i came across a pretty butterfly
i said, “how do you do?” she said “i’m you and you are i
i’m here to say i love you and please don’t you ever cry

you’re alright
just look outside
and leave your confines
say goodbye
you might just like what you’ll find”

yesterday i wrote another song
it’s still pouring rain and all the days go on too long
but i’m pushing on these walls and when they come down i’ll be gone
moved on
so long

Cocoon Song (Demo)

Original song, 2020. Production by Kendrick Ballard.

Lyrics:

You were playing on the monkey bars
an age where everything feels safe
til you realize how high you are
and the ground’s so far away
wouldn’t it feel better
wouldn’t it feel better to just let go

she left you high and dry two months ago
you say you know you were at fault
but you don’t seem to know how wrong it is
to make fun of the assault
wouldn’t it feel better
wouldn’t it feel better to just let go

if he doesn’t text you back again
then i think it’s safe to say
that he’s moving on without you, dear
and it’s time to stay away
wouldn’t it feel better
(wouldn’t it feel better…)
wouldn’t feel better to just let go

you said you wouldn’t let him in again
out of life and out of heart
but somehow here you are at 3am
trying not to kiss inside your car
wouldn’t it feel better
wouldn’t it feel better to just let go

he said i’ve got it all romanticized
a constant state of coming down
if i could just let life be what it is
i could really turn it all around
wouldn’t it feel better 
(wouldn’t it feel better…)
wouldn’t it feel better to just let go

waking up to see your morning face
you hair’s like fire in the light
i stop and think about how far we’ve come
since we first gave in and spent the light
didn’t it feel better
(didn’t it feel better…)

Feel Better (Demo)

Original song, 2021. Written/produced by Abbi Berry.

Lyrics:

I'm not your jailer
You can take a break
You can take the night off
Be alone and safe

But I've got a question
You can answer in your own time
Why do I still feel so lonely
Even now that you're mine?

I've waited so long
Wanted to write you the greatest love song
But try as I might
This isn't the love song I thought I'd write 

I'm not your keeper
You don't answer to me
You don't have to do things
Because they make me happy

But who's gonna tell you
It isn't always that way
They can know your favorite things
You don't even have to say

Waiting for you
To do the things that lovers do
How long before I
Am writing a life I don't want to write

Things That Lovers Do (Demo)

Written by Abbi Berry, produced by Kendrick Ballard, mixed by Mark Scott. 2020.

Lyrics:

Out here the sky is flat
No mountains to call home
The air is cold and clear
And wildflowers grow
No memories
To anchor me
To here

Just look around 
It's all different now
In another town
Learn to live without

And people change
Nothing stays the same
One of these days
I'll find another way

There's talking in the wind
And laughing in the sun
Embracing in the trees
And a smile for everyone
When someone goes
We still can know
They're here

Just look around
It's all different now
In another town
Learn to live without

And people change
Nothing stays the same
One of these days
I'll find a better way