'Orange & Cinnamon'
A song rich in sensory imagery depicting the deep feelings of winter
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Winter, Winter
Bring out the cold again
Choirs in church
Orange & Cinnamon
Orange & Cinnamon
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Red wine, black tie
Candles and sequins
Sapphire night
Holly and reason
Tis the season​
I threw water at the fire
Until all the smoke cleared
And the embers burned into the ash
Wading through the frost
With a shiver in my bones
Like December snow
Like December snow​
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Glitter, glitter
Shimmer in the moon glow
Perfume, liquor
Vanilla and tobacco
Linger on your coat
I threw water at the fire
Until all the smoke cleared
And the embers burned into the ash
Wading through the frost
With a shiver in my bones
Like December snow
Like December snow
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We are one big circle
Traveling around the globe
The eyes of the people are filled with love
One big circle
More than flesh and bone
The eyes of the future
All shine with hope​​
Like December snow​
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Written by Lindsay Drake, 2021
'Heaven'
A love song written for my now husband
You could wake up in my room
Shed some light upon my bed
Oh, the pillowcase is warmer
Enwrapped in
Your sacred skin
We could spend the day awake
We could laugh until we cry again
Oh, my heart is so much fuller
With your hand upon my leg
And you are, you are
You’re just like heaven
You’re just like heaven
And you are
You are
You’re just like heaven
You’re just like heaven
And if I breathe in deep
I can almost taste your love
If I breathe in deep
I can almost taste
Yeah I can almost taste
Your love
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You’re just like heaven
You’re just like heaven
And you are,
You are
You’re just like heaven, you are
Just like heaven, you are
Heaven
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You could wake up in my room
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Written by Lindsay Drake, 2016
'Katie'
A heartfelt song dedicated to my late Uncle and his daughter, Katie
I didn’t miss this before I was born
It could have been light or endless dark
Filled with family
Or emptiness
Filled with memory
and works of art
This isn’t how I’d planned to leave
Confinement really gets to me
But maybe there’s stillness there and peace
And gratitude of plenty
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I don’t really know
Where the bad ones go
Where the good ones go
All I really know is
I want you to see my soul
Time is moving slow
Like an undertow
Like it’s in slow mo
All I really know
Is the loving that you show
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Katie, Katie
The spirit’s tugging at my time
Katie, Katie
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There’s stillness in these foreign woods
In silence it is understood
The water will become a creek
And the river and wells run deep
This body has a little pain
But like the snow becomes the rain
I mostly feel the love of thousands
And picture Colorado mountains
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I don’t really know
Where the bad ones go
Where the good ones go
All I really know is
I want you to see my soul
Time is moving slow
Like an undertow
Like it’s in slow mo
All I really know
Is the loving that you show
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Katie, Katie
The spirit’s tugging at my time
Katie, Katie
Say that I’m, say that I’m
Katie, Katie
Heading to the light
Katie,
I’ll catch you on the next flight
I’ll catch you on the next flight
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I don’t really know
Where the bad ones go
Where the good ones go
All I really know is
I want you to see my soul
Time is moving slow
Like an undertow
Like it’s in slow mo
All I really know
Is the loving that you show
Katie, Katie
Katie, Katie
Katie, I’ll catch you on the next flight
I’ll catch you on the next flight
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Bridge (not in recorded version):
Because on the edge of everything
The Appalachian trails are calling
The Carolina Wren's still sing
Are you listening?
Listening?
(repeat)
I don't really know
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Written by Lindsay Drake, 2021
'Steady'
A raw song about the grief and heaviness of chronic illness
Dig up pleasures
Tricks and treasures
Turning it upside down
Hold my tears back
On the tarmac
So far I feel no ground
Out of body floating lightly
Nobody else around
I'm way up in my own nightmare
Somebody bring me down
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And maybe I'll see you there
Not trying
I wonder if the clothes I've
been buying
Are running out of style?
Maybe you're tired
of dragging me along, along
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And in the morning when the sun comes up
I'm back to the bottom
Where the monster haunts
My mind til tomorrow
Fill my body up
Fill me back up with belief
And in the moment when
the memories start to feel so distorted
you're a satellite
Pull me to orbit
Fill my body up
Give me something to believe
Tell me that you’ll keep me steady
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In a corner all hunched over
Maybe he'll hear my sounds
Plug your ears up cause I'm too much
Maybe he'll drown me out
Don't want to be your headache
too needy
Never want to be a bother
but I'm spinning
Quickly
To the ground
The ground
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And in the morning when the sun comes up
I'm back to the bottom
Where the monster haunts
My mind til tomorrow
Fill my body up
Fill me back up with belief
And in the moment when
the memories start to feel so distorted
you're a satellite
Pull me to orbit
Fill my body up
Give me something to believe
Tell me that you’ll keep me steady
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So caress my bones
when it’s time to go
Sweep all the crumbs
Under the rug
Tell me it will
all look up
Cause that’s just what it does
So caress my bones when
it's time to go
Sweep all the crumbs
Under the rug
Tell me that it will
all look up
Cause that's just what,
that's just what it does
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And maybe I'll see you there, not trying
In the morning when the sun comes up
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Fill my body up
Fill me back up with belief
And in the moment when the memory starts
it's the hardest part
Fill my body up
Give me something to believe
Tell me that you'll keep me
Steady
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Written by Lindsay Drake & Charlote Martin, 2021
Recorded version to be released 2025