Lindsay Drake
'Orange & Cinnamon'
A song rich in sensory imagery depicting the deep feelings of winter
Winter, Winter Bring out the cold again Choirs in church Orange & Cinnamon Orange & Cinnamon 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 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 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 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 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 You could wake up in my room 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 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 The spirit’s tugging at my time Katie, Katie 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 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 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 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 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 Written by Lindsay Drake, 2021
'Steady'
A raw song about the grief and heaviness of chronic illness
Coming soon :)
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 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 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 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 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 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 And maybe I'll see you there, not trying In the morning when the sun comes up 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 Written by Lindsay Drake & Charlote Martin, 2021 Recorded version coming soon