ALL LYRICS WRITTEN OR CO-WRITTEN BY SHEENA GROBB LEGRAND: 


Green Light

Written By Sheena Legrand and Jonny Kirouac

 

I’ve been speaking my mind 

in old journals since 1995

Ever weak in deciding what

words are worth letting out

and which ones will stay mine

 

Garbage piles and made-up files 

and no returning balls that we threw

Take this bin and hide it in 

my secret burning desire ’til I light the fire

and you knew I would all this time 

But so did I

 

Chorus:

Give me one green light 

Come on let’s go

Turn turn for me

Train left long ago

What if it’s only sight we’ve been looking for

Green brings out your eyes when you realize

It’s time to let go

 

We’ve been clearing the dust piles 

caught up in all our forgotten years

We’ve been hearing the fuss while the people 

move from the station lost in fears

This train long gone was not for you

Look for something new

 

Chorus

 

Give me one green light

Come on let’s go

Turn turn for me

Train left long ago

What if it’s only sight we’ve been looking for

Open up your eyes, and realize (repeat)

 

What is meant for you won’t pass you by (Repeat)

 

Give me one green light 

Give me one more try

Give me one green light

 

And you didn’t mean to hurt no one

 

Let it go

 

Open up your eyes and realize

 

 

Co-Produced/Co-Written/Performed by: Sheena Legrand

Produced/Engineered/Mixed/Performed/Co-written by: Jonny Kirouac 

Mastered by: John Paul Peters at Private Ear Recording

 




The Breakless Heart
Written by:  SG
Piano and vocals: SG
 
I wander in – I must be waking, I’ve seen this place before. Pushing through a deep impression that’s filled me to the core. Arising – and letting go of all the sadness – like shedding leaves. It feels like rapture on its way, a pulsing beat.  Something’s calling to be released, and now I know I’m not afraid. Shattering – but trusting completely – the heart that never breaks. And so I open my heart. A thousand ways to break apart. And still I open my heart, again, again, again. There was a path I thought I could not follow, that could not be for me. There was a shadow, hovering, a mirror back at me. Now all my questions, they need no answer. I know them to be true. I see expanding, I see unraveling, a peace we’re soaring through. And so I open my heart. A million ways to break apart. And still I open my heart, again, again, again. To the breakless heart… we found the breakless heart. A lifting veil of all illusion, where once there had been pain. There might exist an endless silence, and yet I know the way. And something’s calling to be released, and now I know I’m not afraid. Shattering – but trusting completely - the heart that never breaks…. the heart that never breaks. And so I open my heart. A million ways to fall apart. And still I open my heart, again, again, again. We found the breakless heart. When the dark and the light are familiar, when the dark and light leave. When the dark and the light are familiar, when the dark and light leave. In the dance of the light and the darkness, in the dance we’re all set free. In the dance of the light and the darkness, in the dance we’re all set free. We’re the pieces of the broken, and we all fit perfectly. We’re the pieces of the broken, and we all fit perfectly. Inside the breakless heart. 
 
 


The Hard Way 
Written by:  SG
Piano and vocals: SG
Double Bass: Crystal Tait
Cello: Natanielle Felicitas
Viola: Kristjanna Oleson
 
I’m gonna love you the hard way. Like a child without permission to go outside and play. Like a lonely river running to somewhere no one knows. I am going to love you even if it never shows. I’m gonna love you though it tears me to the bone. A one way conversation with silence on the phone. Like a tree that cannot bear a single piece of fruit. I am going to love you until you pull this root. And even then I don’t think my love could die. And even then I don’t think my love could die. And even then I don’t think my love could die. And that’s why… I’m gonna love you like the music no one hears. Like a fine wine left un-tasted and aging through the years. Like a songbird once heard singing that now has fallen mute. I am gonna love you and there is no dispute. I am gonna love you because I just do.
 
 


I’ve Come Home 
Written by SG and Keith MacPherson
Guitar, Vocals, Harmonies:  SG
Guitar: Keith MacPherson
Acoustic and Electric Guitars:  Kris Ulrich
Bass: Sky Onosson
Percussion:  Eric Gudmandson
 
Three bright lights all treeline high, I’m nearly home. The tires ride the beaten miles down the road. The window frames a familiar face in the dining room. The smell of happy and a trace of warm perfume. A picture I never thought would change. A memory my mind often replays. I found out I couldn’t stay away and so it goes, that I’ve come home. A vacant room and an empty place for your favourite chair. I hear your laughter down the hall like you’re still there. And I’d give anything to tell you all those things I never said. If we could only have those moments back I’d do it all again. A picture I never thought would change. A memory my mind often replays. I found out I couldn’t stay away and so it goes, that I’ve come home. To myself, to the truth, to all you used to. To the weight in my chest, to the unexpected. A picture I never thought would change. A memory my mind often replays. I found out I couldn’t stay away and so it goes. Are there harder things to grieve? I wanted you always here with me, but so it goes and now I drive this beaten road… cause I’ve come home. Three bright lights all treeline high…
 
 
 

Already There 
Written by SG
Guitar and Vocals: SG
Acoustic and Electric Guitars: Kris Ulrich
 
You think I don’t see who you are, and who you’ll be. When the truth is, there’s no way not to. So you’ve got to believe in yourself the way we do. Cause you’re already there, ready there, ready there, and no grade, or remark, could prepare… what is already there. If I asked you where lies your vision of this decision that’s yours to make. Would you tell me it’s held by heart strings, and that this song sings your truth, for the joy that’s at stake. Then you’re already there, ready there, ready there, and your job is to reveal, not to conceal, what is already there. Already there, ready there, ready there.  Yes you’re already there, ready there, ready there, and your job is to reveal, not to conceal, what is already there.





You’ll Feel It or You Won’t
Written by SG
Guitar and Vocals: SG
Acoustic Guitar:  Kris Ulrich
 
Yah, I’m scared. Oh, I’m so scared. Scared of losing myself again. And I’m tired. Oh,
I’m so tired. Tired of carrying all I’ve been. And the pull feels so strong to you. If I’m wrong I’m wrong – I’ll leave that up to you. Cause you’ll feel it or you won’t. You’ll act or let me be. You’ll smile and say come back in a year, then we’ll see. You’ll see me, or you won’t. I’m ready either way. Tell me your truth. You feel it or you don’t. All aboard. Train’s a-leavin. I’ve got a moment of your time at best. And I don’t know the reason for this. At the very least I’ll put my heart to rest. Cause you’ll feel it or you won’t. You’ll act or let me be. You’ll smile and say come back in a year, then we’ll see. You’ll see me, or you won’t. I’m ready either way. Tell me your truth. You feel it or you don’t. Cause I’ve spent most of my time confused. Scared to lose, scared to lose. And I am toeing the line to be refused. Refused by you – but I know I have to. I know I have to. Cause you’ll feel it or you won’t. You’ll act or let me be. You’ll smile and say come back in a year, then we’ll see. You’ll see me, or you won’t. I’m ready either way. Tell me your truth. Let me go. Goodbye and good day. Sorry, but no. Tell me your truth. You feel it or you don’t.
 
 


Be My Guest
Written by SG and Jay Tooke
Piano, Vocals, Harmonies, Korg Triton: SG
Cello: Sean Taubner
 
In my weakness, it didn’t matter who you were. I would have asked to keep you. Of this I am, of this I am, of this I am sure. Slow addiction, I feel an ache begin to yearn. I would have asked to take you. Of this I am, of this I am, of this I am sure. But you forget my skin hunger, as you fan the fire without request. And you forget that I’m no longer holding out, so be my guest. Be my guest. Mild obsessions, we think we’ll fill up on what’s empty. I would have asked to move with you. Of this I am, of this I am, of this I am sure. But we forget our soul’s hunger as we starve the fires that burn the best. And you forget that I’m no longer holding out, so be my guest. Be my guest. Be my guest. No more hell. No more helpless. Be my guest.
 
 


Hall Light 
Written by SG
Guitar, Vocals, Harmonies, Korg Triton: SG
Cello: Natanielle Felicitas
Acoustic and Electric Guitars:  Kris Ulrich
Guitar: Keith MacPherson
 
Today is the day I move the couch back from pressed up against the front door. Apparently, two or three of these a day will steer my ship back to shore. Build it up, leading up to the moment I let someone through. If I dare, if I dare, if I dare let someone through. If I dare, if I dare, if I dare let someone through. I’ll say this before he walks in and out… then in again wasting my time. I cannot take one more fake song and dance that knocks me down the mountain I’ve climbed. Build it up, leading up to the moment I let someone through. If I dare, if I dare, if I dare let someone through. If I dare, if I dare, if I dare let someone through. Letting me down has been a group effort. And I know that he’s capable too. Can someone please shock me with more than I’d hope for. God knows my demands are few. Build it up, leading up to the moment I love someone new. If I dare, if I dare, If I dare love someone new. If I dare, if I dare, if I dare love someone new. Build it up… Build it up… Build it up… Build it up… up…
 



No Poem
Written by SG
Piano and Vocal:  SG
Cello: Nat Felicitas
 
Another month gone by, it feels like a week sometimes. And here I am wishing this card was in your hands. At 3 am. I try to tell and show you, it’s very hard to explain sometimes that you are perfect no matter what you say. And you probably think I’m crazy, but I can’t not. I’d like to think we deserve each other but the better deal is mine. And I’ll try not to gloat too much. Sorry no poem please. Put up with me for one more day. I’ll try my best without the words. I love those things that make you, you. Your laugh, your looks, your hands, your heart. You’re beautiful inside and very much so out. And you probably think I’m crazy, but I can’t not. I’d like to think we deserve each other but the better deal is mine. And I’ll try not to gloat too much. Another year gone by, it feels like a week sometimes. And here I am… I’ve given up on sleeping. Cause I cant get enough of you. I can’t get enough of you.
 
 


Waters Deep
Written by SG
Guitar and Vocal:  SG
Acoustic and Electric Guitars: Kris Ulrich
Bass:  Sky Onosson
 
Maybe the stars aligned, and somehow your star found mine. Maybe all this trouble is I know what your hand feels like in mine. Maybe I could kiss your forehead, and maybe even touch your cheek. Maybe all this trouble is I hang on each word you speak. Oh but I’ve been fooled before by those fading fires. The kind that light up real bright then burn out. Oh but lately I’ve been feeling a brand new warmth. And like a hot spring, this water’s running deep. Waters deep, waters deep, waters deep. Baby is it warm to you – warm enough for you. Maybe we could turn the lights down and sit together intertwined. I’ll ask of you to sing a tune, a song of the days gone by. Then maybe we’ll make food and music, and plan to garden everything. We’ll spend the day in gentle sway in the hammock you hung for spring. Oh but I’ve been fooled before by those fading fires. The kind that light up real bright then burn out. Oh but lately I’ve been feeling a brand new warmth. And like a hot spring, this water’s running deep. Deep, waters deep, waters deep. Baby is it warm to you – warm enough for you. And all I can do is sing. Ooo I’d sing you anything. Ooo all I can do is sing. Ooo and let the sweet song sing. Oh and I’ve been fooled before by those fading fires. The kind that light up real bright then burn out, burn out. Oh but lately I’ve been feeling a brand new warmth. And like a hot spring, this water’s running deep. Deep, waters deep, waters deep. Baby is this warm to you. Tell me baby is this warm to you. Tell me baby is this warm to you… warm enough for you.
 
 
 
 
Til I Don’t Fall Apart
Written by SG
Guitar, Vocals, Harmonies:  SG
Acoustic and Electric Guitars:  Kris Ulrich
12 Strings Acoustic Guitar: Keith MacPherson
 
Here we go again, trouble at the door. What on earth could it be now? You will pour the coffee and I’ll put down my things. I’ll start from the beginning and tell you everything. Cause it’s a big ol’ world despite how small it really is. Of getting lost you’ve had your share. And I can carve myself a little burrow in your heart, and know I’ll always find you there. Cause I wanna make all my mistakes with you. And I wanna break into a thousand pieces at your feet and then fall, fall, fall, fall apart some more, until I don’t, til I don’t fall apart anymore. You’ve been quiet for a while now, it’s heavy in the air. One word answers now and then. The weight on your shoulders has closed you down. I know you’ll open sometime, just not sure how. Cause it’s a big ol’ world despite how small it really is. Of getting lost I’ve had my share. And you can carve yourself a little burrow in my heart, and know you’ll always find me there. I want you to make all your mistakes with me. And I want you to break into a thousand pieces at my feet and then fall, fall, fall, fall apart some more, until you don’t, til you don’t fall apart anymore. And in the breaking is forsaking the stubborn glue. Trying hard to hold it in, working like a safety pin on a balloon. And if you take me then you take me in my every form. Just as I do you, together and unglued.  Cause I wanna make all my mistakes with you. And I wanna break into a thousand pieces at your feet and then fall, fall, fall, fall apart some more, until I don’t, til I don’t fall apart anymore. Til I don’t fall apart anymore. Til I don’t fall apart anymore. Anymore…
 
 
 

In All Of Us
Written by Sheena Grobb (for Unity Winnipeg)
Piano and Vocals:  SG
Violin:  Mitch Grobb
Violin:  Raine Hamilton
Viola: Kristjanna Oleson
Cello: Natanielle Felicitas
Double Bass: Crystal Tait
 
It is my greatest joy, and so I’ll sing it. It’s not everyday you ring the bell, and it’s heard. Like a round peg in a round hole, I am home. And I’m soaring through the sky like a bird. Reaching higher… and there’s peace in my soul. Like a child astray who’s found its mother. There is a summer breeze in me blowing wild. Oh so colourful, so clear, so free. I run on sunshine, and here it’s never night. In fact it only gets brighter, and that’s food for the soul. Here, right now in here, this is love. Love, Love, Love. Love. And it’s in all of us. (repeat) Here, right now in here, this is love. Love, Love, Love. Love. And it’s always enough. It’s always enough.
 
 
 
 
Lincoln
Written by Sheena Grobb
Ukulele, Vocals, Harmonies:  SG
 
Lincoln I've been thinkin’, you're my best little buddy, you're the cream of the crop. You're the cherry on top and we all want to eat you up. If you ever need a thing, pick up the phone, give us a ring, we'll be by your side. Our love runs deep and wide, you're the apple of our eye. Do do do, do do do do do.... baby darlin' we love you. Do do do, do do do do do.... baby darlin' we love you. Lincoln it's been sinkin' in, you're really here and look, you've made a space in our hearts. We liked ya right from the start, and we'll take you any way that you are. If you ever need a thing, pick up the phone, give us a ring. We'll be by your side. Our love runs deep and wide. You're the apple of our eye. Do do do, do do do do do.... baby darlin' we love you. Do do do, do do do do do.... baby darlin' we love you. Petit homme. Petit copain. Petite etoile. Nous t'aimons. Petit homme. Petit copain. Petite etoile. Nous t'aimons. 
 
 


Gonna Make It 
Written through the Winnipeg Folk Festival’s Musical Mentors Program:
 
Dakotah Pisiak
Justina Richard
Carley Blaydon
Sidney McLeod
Marc Ibalio
Mitzi Genzola
Jessie Espinosa
Meldrick Agravante
Hera Nalam
JC Cruz
SG
 
Piano and Vocals: SG
 
Life can take you down many paths, many journeys. Think outside this broken world. Be humble when you’re victorious, strong when you’re weak, brave when you’re scared, faith unfurled. Cause everyone’s got their own lives, but we’re all the same. No matter what I’ve been through, I know I’m gonna make it. No matter what the world threw, I always seemed to take it. Life has been a trip, I haven’t always been a good driver. But something seemed to stick, and in me lit a little fire. Can’t help but think what I’ll become the scars from battle had almost won, and if I thought I had a choice, I knew I’d learn to find my voice and say “Oh, I know I’m gonna make it, Oh, I know I’m gonna make it.” Oooo.  Life can lift you up, beyond boundaries unimagined, if you let it in.  Have courage when you’re uncertain, compassion when you’re hurt and, enfold yourself with gratitude. Cause everyone’s got their own ways, but we’re all the same. No matter what I’ve been through, I know I’m gonna make it. No matter what the world threw, I always seemed to take it. Life has been a trip, I haven’t always been a good driver.But something seemed to stick, and in me lit a little fire. Can’t help but think what I’ll become the scars from battle had almost won, and if I thought I had a choice, I knew I’d learn to find my voice and say “Oh, I know I’m gonna make it, Oh, I know I’m gonna make it.”  Look beyond your past, turn your mirrors to glass.  Look beyond…


 




Apologies For Profit

one more time for old time sake you’ll deliver excuses that i’ll take
stacking all available decks in your favour how clever
with padded walls and safety nets you emerge to purge eager attempts
self absorbed and swollen stiff as a result of your leakage

like analogies that don’t fit
like apologies for profit
your fallacies are not legit
like i’ve hoped and i’ll admit

no more corners left to cut unless you count the one your debt is coming around
you don’t fall short with integrity cause that would mean you tried
to come close somehow
and i asked once with unavoidable pretenses what defenses have you
considering how none will do

like analogies that don’t fit
like apologies for profit
your fallacies are not legit
like i’ve hoped and i’ll admit

now here’s the hook
the hook you’ve been off of
the hook soon to snag you
there’s no one here
convinced by your antics
the ones that define you
the ones that define you
and shouldn’t but they do
the ones that define you
and shouldn’t but they do

like analogies that don’t fit
like apologies for profit
your fallacies are not legit
like i’ve hoped and i’ll admit
 


 Back Row

Silent disguise of affection
Muffled deep in your sleeve a nervous cough
I hear the lines - you’ve rehearsed ‘em
The matter being you’re unsure if I’ll pay off

But I’m not waiting around
I break real well when handled rough, I know it
I think it’s best you keep your tough love where I can see it
Take that or leave it

I’m having problems with your line up
The sign said “open mic”, not “three-man band night”
Or I’d have gone up the road
Oh honey you’re up next, if you play this right…

But I’m not banking on career
I aim for the back row, with good form
I find my seat off stage, it’s still warm
Nothing better, why don’t you let her sing a song or two

But I’m not waiting around
I break real well when handled rough, I know it
I think it’s best you keep your tough love where I can see it
Take that or leave it

But I’m not banking on career
I aim for the back row, with good form
I find my seat off stage, it’s still warm
Nothing better, why don’t you let her sing a song or two
 


 Bartered 

Eyes relax to light
Did someone send for me?
Do I know you? Do I know you?

You seem awfully far
Away from me
Disappointment floods the fortune

Chorus:
Willing fate for that, it can not be
Instead of what you wanted, you got me

Molding flesh like clay
Doesn’t work that way
How bout if I carry on the name

Willing fate for that, it can not be
Instead of what you wanted, you got me

I wanna be a deeper sea, not this raining mess
I wanna be of certainty, and not a wild guess
Just fine at best
 


 Bulldog

Put down your baggage where you stand
Don’t lug it all in
Before you start I have a mark to make

You come out swingin’
And flexing your muscle and your memory of me
Falling short, falling through, too easily

Go on and be the thing I thought you were
Go on and make the mess I thought you might
Clear my head and prove the things I’ve conjured
I’m never wrong and all along it’s been in plain sight

You know I adore you
Disregard my hands wrapped around your neck
I hope by now you know I’d never squeeze

You come out seethin’
Offensive and downright aggravating
And I give it back with the bulldog bark you hate

Go on and be the thing I thought you were
Go on and make the mess I thought you might
Clear my head and prove the things I’ve conjured
I’m never wrong and all along it’s been in plain sight

Go on and be the thing I thought you were
Go on and make the mess I thought you might
Clear my head and prove the things I’ve conjured
I’m never wrong and all along it’s been in plain sight
I’m never wrong and all along it’s been in plain sight
Could I be wrong when all along it’s been in plain sight
 


 Careless

scratch until it bleeds
tease until it feeds on you
no one meets your needs like I do
but it’s empty
depleting me
and I fill it with the will to please you

but I can’t be careless
I can’t be careless
I can’t be careless
with myself
anymore
anymore

no one thought she’d leave
how can one believe it all
let her be to grieve a great fall
from the sky to the floor
his bed to the door
and I wonder if he knows
I adored him

but I can’t be careless
I can’t be careless
I can’t be careless
with myself
anymore
anymore

I can’t be careless
I can’t be careless
I can’t be careless
with myself
anymore
anymore…
 


 Character

Always waiting for a word left unsaid.
Always looking for a roadblock ahead.
But don’t watch the road – just keep your eyes fixed on me.

I’m an army and for you I’ll extend
Both my arms, an attempt to mend
What’s broken and failing to be cured.

In time I’ll erase your hurt.
You’re a fighter and you always were.
May your body be strong drawn from strength of character.

When we were babies, we had no idea.
And all the ‘maybes’ of our teenage years
All but took us out before we even felt in.

In time I’ll erase your hurt.
You’re a fighter and you always were.
May your body be strong drawn from strength of character.

If who you are matters at all
When this goes down, if it goes down at all
Then you by far, you have raised the bar.

In time I’ll erase your hurt.
You’re a fighter and you always were.
May your body be strong
May your body be strong
May your body be strong drawn from strength of character

Strength of character
God knows you’re a fighter and you always were
How this will end, I can’t be sure
But I know your strength of character

Always waiting for a word left unsaid.
Always looking for a roadblock ahead.
But don’t watch the road – just keep your eyes fixed on me.
 


 Clean and Discreetly

use the key i gave you as if your own
a brand new place for us to merge in
i promise soon you’ll look like me from proximity
a taller balder older version

you can shower first and i’ll wait my turn
i’ll bear the shock of water that’s cold
you can rest assured that i’ll invade your space
invited until otherwise told

and be as it is and how imperfect i am
in light of open wounds that still burn
for all that you accept i’ve wept not knowing it’s earned
and patiently you waited for me to learn

at my level i wonder do you have tendencies
to steal back your socks from off my feet
hope you know that i’ll always put them back
and replenish your pile with my own
clean and discreetly

and be as it is and how imperfect i am
in light of open wounds that still burn
for all that you accept i’ve wept not knowing it’s earned
and patiently you waited for me to learn

rent’s gone up and so have the stakes
bending’s not enough so now we’re folding
i thought it’d be harder my mistake
i never could forget whose heart i’m holding
i never could forget whose heart i’m holding

and be as it is and how imperfect i am
in light of open wounds that still burn
for all that you accept i’ve wept not knowing it’s earned
and patiently you waited for me to learn

be as it is how imperfect
in light of open wounds that burn
for all that you accept i’ve wept not knowing it’s earned
and patiently you waited for me
and honestly you waited for me
and selflessly you waited for me to learn
 


 Comfort Zone

Seven degrees below my comfort zone
A giant stride passed a line you crossed
These walls endure the fall whether friend or foe
And I the consequence, the harm, the cost

Kindly return to me what you take…

Cause my body doesn’t lie to me
Oh you do it so well
Oddly enough these warnings I have learned to head
Tell me run like hell

Believe me when I say I’d have had it your way
If it weren’t for feeling like the least I could do
When you’re bent out of shape, keeping at bay
Your edges are sharper than you think and I bruise

Kindly return to me what you take…

Cause my body doesn’t lie to me
Oh you do it so well
Oddly enough these warnings I have learned to head
Tell me run like hell

Of all the ways to harbour shame, I’m familiar
Of all the ways to place the blame, I knew you were

Of all the ways to harbour shame, I’m familiar
Of all the ways to place the blame, I knew you were

Of all the ways, the ways, I’m familiar
Of all the ways, the ways, I knew you were

Cause my body doesn’t lie to me
Oh you do it so well
Oddly enough these warnings I have learned to head
Tell me run like hell
 


 Confession

oh God i’ve got a confession to make
see somewhere beneath falling debris i made a huge mistake
he said he’d always fight so I closed my eyes tight and threw the words like knives
he said he’d always fight but he meant he’d fight for me

it never seemed to ever get that bad to me
then i looked at him, i looked at him and i knew
when did i miss the part on living a lie
cause i know right now he saw right through, and i’m sorry

so far i’m 0 for 9000 or more
these damn mental wars, they never get won
and i’m screwed of a strategy
he said he’d go to hell so i closed his suitcase and stuck it in the door
he said he’d go to hell if i stayed hell-bent to see it through

it never seemed to ever get that bad to me
then i looked at him, i looked at him and i knew
when did i miss the part on living a lie
cause i know right now he saw right through, and i’m sorry

he said i know you’re wrong
but we both know that i’m not the one to change your mind
he said i know you’re wrong
so hit me with it hard and i’ll endure

it never seemed to ever get that bad
then i looked at him, i looked at him and i knew
when did i miss the part on living a lie
cause i know right now that he saw right through
 


 Cut Off

when construction outside won’t let me break up the day with a nap of four hours
bidding begins with a phone call and you send flowers

i know better like cats know windows and when i hit the glass they hit the deck
i know awareness of time won’t change it and still i check

cut off and still able and that’s the worst part
all movements shut off waiting wasteful moments to restart

when you informed me i think of how far removed i was
from noticing what happens when you leave
as if my right arm’s been taken clean off of me
and i’m the empty sleeve

cut off and still able and that’s the worst part
all movements shut off waiting wasteful moments to restart

running the risk of shifting the focus from the time of your life and my needing some
running the risk of shifting the focus from the time of your life and my needing some
of your time
distorted and delayed is fine
whatever time you’ve got i’ll take
it’s my turn to wait

i do best inside well worn sweaters intently drawn to tether on repeat
cause when she sings the word “aching” i believe that she aches
but i could compete

cut off and still able and that’s the worst part
all movements shut off waiting wasteful moments to restart
cut off and still able
 


 Diggin’ In

thank God that hope is not as fleeting
as guilty thoughts of how we’re diggin’ in
thank God that hope is not as fleeting
as guilty thoughts of how we’re diggin’ in

bubble i’m living in – my home, my home
i know nothing of need, i know nothing of war
trouble is coming and it feels so long
this pebble in our glass slipper

and still i am willing to try
and still i am willing to try
and still
and still

thank God that hope is not as fleeting
as guilty thoughts of how we’re diggin’ in
thank God that hope is not as fleeting
as guilty thoughts of how we’re diggin’ in

we’re playing make believe – don’t cry, don’t cry
get while the getting’s good, greed is our lifestyle
never sastisfied
this comfort is our joy in the ride

and still i am willing to try
and still i am willing to try
and still
and still

thank God that hope is not as fleeting
as guilty thoughts of how we’re diggin’ in
thank God that hope is not as fleeting
as guilty thoughts of how we’re diggin’ in

bubble i’m living in, bubble i’m living in
not alone
bubble i’m living in, bubble i’m living in
not alone

thank God that hope is not as fleeting
as guilty thoughts of how we’re diggin’ in
thank God that hope is not as fleeting
as guilty thoughts of how we’re diggin’ in
 


 Get Out Alive

Something inside me says “Come out with it… go on.
Of all your trapped down cares, release this one.”

In the strangest way…buried alive.
In the strangest way…buried alive.

Something inside my chest says “Feel this, damn you.
I’m not going anywhere but deeper in you.”

In the strangest way…buried alive.
In the strangest way…buried alive.

Alive.
Get out alive.
Get out alive.
Alive.
In the strangest way.

I see clearly how I nearly stayed under.
I’ve lost sight of my inner light no longer.

I see clearly how I nearly stayed under.
I’ve lost sight of my inner light no longer.

Get out alive.
Get out alive.
Get out alive.
Alive.

In the strangest way…
 


 Getting Warmer

Forcing it to happen.
Begging it to come
Into my existence like a day begs to be done.
I can always feel the tension
When you’re holding something back.
A body barely breathing
All the pressure of a heart attack

You’re getting warmer
And I’m losing heat…
But I don’t need it anymore.

Chorus:
Waving my hands around
Trying to make noise.
Fanning the fire down
Making a choice.
Is that how you see me?
Is that how you see me
if you see me at all.

Yearning your approval
and even more your pride.
Feeling your opinion of me
Somehow will decide.
My worth in all this madness
if someone else confirms
The good or right in everything
My life on someone else’s terms.

You’re getting warmer
And I’m losing heat…
But I don’t need it anymore.

Chorus:
Waving my hands around
Trying to make noise.
Fanning the fire down
Making a choice.
Is that how you see me?
Is that how you see me
if you see me…

Twisted dance and one more chance
And all the holes to fill.
The many clear distractions, poor attractions
Drawn to a weakened will.
Until… I just don’t need it anymore.

Chorus:
Waving my hands around
Trying to make noise.
Fanning the fire down
Making a choice.
Is that how you see me?
Is that how you see me?
Is that how you see me?
Oh….

I don’t need it anymore…
 


 Good Reason

don’t go sending pity flowers i’m not dead i never was
human living hurt never let me forget that
i swear i saw him little demon fate wrecking hell on my path
oh but your will demands attention to your hands
a far more tempting concern

in the hands of another must be my salvation
not in my own how sure how sure was i
bear with me lover and i’ll promise you this
i’ll be for you what you have been for me

I was unafraid all through the dragons I slayed when I was clawing for air
and brave was I though through my eyes at the time I’d have disagreed
I was once prepared to leave this life courageous
Oh but I choose to stay and stare at you all day and be a happiness pie

in the hands of another must be my salvation
not in my own how sure how sure was i
bear with me lover and i’ll promise you this
i’ll be for you what you have been for me

with all the harsh and hopeless beginnings
peace found me when i found you

in the hands of another must be my salvation
not in my own how sure how sure was i
bear with me lover and i’ll promise you this
i’ll be for you what you have been for me
what you have been for me
my good reason to save myself
 


 Hall Light

Today is the day I move the couch back
From pressed up against the front door
Apparently, two or three of these a day
Will steer my ship back to shore

Build it up, leading up to the moment I let someone through.

And he hits his head on my low hanging hall light.
The light I hang low for my own reaching, cause it
Guards my fortress long after invasion.
I’m prey to persuasion when he’s crouched in my hall light.

I’ll say this before he walks in and out
Then in again wasting my time
I cannot take one more fake song and dance
That knocks me down the mountain I’ve climbed

And he hits his head on my low hanging hall light.
The light I hang low for my own reaching, cause it
Guards my fortress long after invasion.
I’m prey to persuasion when he’s crouched in my hall light.

Letting me down has been a group effort
And I know that he’s capable too.
Can someone please shock me with more than I’d hope for.
God knows my demands are few.

Build it up, leading up to the moment I love someone new.

And he hits his head on my low hanging hall light.
The light I hang low for my own reaching, cause it
Guards my fortress long after invasion.
I’m prey to persuasion when he’s crouched in my hall light.
 


 Hazard Markings

The night is cold and mighty winds are
tearing up the sky.
My hand finds your hand like a secret
Finds a place to hide.

But there are hazard markings on me.
The lightly freckled kind
Saying don’t take one more step
Save yourself, or lose your mind

Chorus:
I thought I told you timing was a tyrant I obey.
Stay away.

Safe but lonely, life impatient
Waiting for a move
I’m like a sinking rock in the ocean
Better me than you

Chorus:
I thought I told you timing was a tyrant I obey.
Stay away.
Stay away.

Your lips, they move, but they’re not talking.
They dance around in this game.
Try for me. Try for me. Try to see,
Then leave the way you came.

The night is cold and mighty winds
Tearing up the sky…

I thought I told you timing was a tyrant I obey.
I’m not prepared for prying eyes, despite their softened gaze.
Stay away.

The night is cold and mighty winds
Tearing up the sky…
 


 Head On

the further back i trace for footprints
trespassing in safe guarded space
i find overlap of not one set but more
the coward’s map who’s sadly on course

sealed in an airtight cage where nothing ever changes
or it phases in and out
a better deal may be open for negotiations but let’s face it
once the lineup’s made we know what this is about

scarred by human labels
and so cautiously drifting
the wall’s been hit head on
my voice can take the screaming
but i feel better heard standing
facing this head on

before the steady aim became a skill
backwards thinking engrained
cause i find food for thought in poison fields far reaching
bare handed fought pulling roots long leaching the ground

revealed in a hate filled rage in no way isolated
a clear indication of the battles some fight
and by battles i mean of the fatal kind
as well as very much alive with wounds better hidden

scarred by human labels
and so cautiously drifting
the wall’s been hit head on
my voice can take the screaming
but i feel better heard standing
facing this head on

my voice can take the screaming
but i feel better heard standing
facing needless fear-filled hate
in all its horror
all its horror
and we will be heard
and we will be heard
and we will be heard
facing this head on
 


 Leave it all behind

Three bright lights all treeline high
I’m nearly home
Tires ride the beaten miles
down the road

A picture I never thought would change
A memory my mind often replayed
A way of being I thought everyone obeyed

There are harder things to grieve
Let me hold you before leave
And we’ll cry it out and feel it one last time
Then leave it all behind

The window frames a familiar face
In the dining room
The smell of happy and a trace of
Warm perfume

A picture I never thought would change
A memory my mind often replayed
A way of being I thought everyone obeyed

There are harder things to grieve
Let me hold you before leave
And we’ll cry it out and feel it one last time
Then leave it all behind

Three bright lights all treeline high
I’m nearly home
 


 Make It So

No one can tell, when thick skins harden to shells, the damage inside.
I picture you, floating freely, finding currents to ride.

Make it so. Love yourself like you loved me. with compassion, with a gentle hand.
Make it so.
Make it so. Build your home on rocks and glass, but be humble to the changing sand.
Make it so. Feel your way through layered pain and then maybe you will understand.

I caught a glimpse of who you were at the time, a flash of brightened light.
Shift as you will, from ever moving to still, from on the ground to… in flight.

Make it so. Build your home on rocks and glass, but be humble to the changing sand.
Make it so. Feel your way through layered pain and come find me there, combing the ground….for you…make it so.

Be gone, be gone. Be gone, be gone, ghost shadow…what was.
 


 My Guest

in my weakness,
it didn’t matter who you were
I would have asked to
keep you
of this I am
of this I am
of this I am
sure

slow addiction
I feel an ache begin to yearn
I would have asked to
take you
of this I am
of this I am
of this I am sure

Chorus
but you forget my skin hunger
as you graze a hand across my chest
and you forget that I’m no longer
holding out, so be my guest
be my guest

mild obsession
you’ve had your fill now
it’s my turn
I would have asked to
taste you
of this I am
this I am
this I am sure

Chorus
but you forget my skin hunger
as you graze a hand across my chest
and you forget that I’m no longer
holding out, so be my guest
be my guest

be my guest
I know hell
I know helpless
be my guest
 


 Play

stuck to the skin on my shirtless back
it’s growing thick i find
and like it’s nothing you give and then take away
but i give up impressing your kind

come down and play babe, despite your concern
putting it out there won’t mean you’ll be heard
fear will find you, of that i am sure
but here’s what i say, come down and play anyway

scrape down the inside and let it flow
sing to me, sing to me
says the man in the corner i don’t know
if he’s prepared for me

come down and play babe, despite your concern
putting it out there won’t mean you’ll be heard
fear will find you, of that i am sure
but here’s what i say, come down and play anyway

hear me loud and clear…

i know you better than you think i do
i’m waiting for your move
and i’m not peaking through my fingers like you
i don’t have to – i don’t lose

come down and play babe, despite your concern
putting it out there won’t mean you’ll be heard
fear will find you, of that i am sure
but here’s what i say, come down and play anyway
 


 Shoelace and Velcro

It’s carefully designed
All the things he’ll do to catch your eye
And I don’t know how
None of them ever show
It’s never or now – plant the thought and
Watch it grow

Bridge
To him you’re a shoelace and he’s Velcro
You’re tied to moving up and he’s on hold
As stubborn and hard as it is to let go,
It’s as good as gone…

Chorus
You don’t know he’s with you
Cause you cannot feel the strings
Crossing neatly through your fingers
To which he lovingly clings
Attention that he pays you
Goes unseen but not to waste
Just to memorizing lines and curves and
Colours of your face
Just to memorizing lines and curves and
Colours of your face

But the day you lost your shoe
Opened up a window that he crawled through
To call out your name – but the word got
Caught like a feather in glue
Cause we all have our place – and the lies
That we buy into

Bridge
To him you’re a shoelace and he’s Velcro
You’re tied to moving up and he’s on hold
As stubborn and hard as it is to let go,
It’s as good as gone…

Chorus
You don’t know he’s with you
Cause you cannot feel the strings
Crossing neatly through your fingers
To which he lovingly clings
Attention that he pays you
Goes unseen but not to waste
Just to memorizing lines and curves and
Colours of your face

Just to memorizing lines and curves and colours…

Every once in a while he’ll put down the lens
The lens he sees you through, and won’t back down
You don’t know that he’s with you
You can’t feel the strings
Crossing neatly through your fingers
And he clings, clings, clings,
And you’ll never know, And you’ll never know,
And you’ll never know.
And you’ll never know, And you’ll never know,
And you’ll never know.

You’ll never know

It’s carefully designed… 


Studying

Today’s a big day
Important things to do
You’d be amazed at how focused I can be
I’ve got my list and my pen, I’ll tell you when
I’ve made it through and have a moment free

You can’t command my attention
You won’t affect my retention of a knowledge base
Are you convinced I can function like a cold machine
It’s clearly not the case

The truth is I think about you
I’ve no control – my mind goes where it will
It’s you I think about and I lost control
When I handed it off to the thought
That you’re coming home

When I’m around you my senses aren’t my own
Are you aware of how distracting you can be
I’ve read the title three times - I’ll be surprised
If I can turn the page before you leave

Ok you’ve got my attention
So much for needless retention of a knowledge base
Are you convinced I can function like a cold machine
It’s clearly not the case

The truth is I think about you
I’ve no control – my mind goes where it will
It’s you I think about and I lost control
When I handed it off to the thought
That you’re coming home

The truth is I think about you,
I think about you, I do
The truth is I think about you,
I think about you, I do

I can’t get my work done cause of you
I won’t meet the deadline
I can’t study a thing except for you
When are you home tonight
 


 Test Of Vanity

it’s nowhere near the greatest shame to me to me
and i’ll find ways to keep warm in the winter
but shame shame at all i don’t prefer

just a waste of ten minutes daily
yes the art of style was never mine
now just wean me off slowly
maybe gone feels like short and fake feels real with time
cause short oh i know i like

test of vanity
test of vanity
i’m holding up but we’ll see

suck it up babe you’re reaching
it’s out of your hands in mocking piles
it’s wound around the teeth on unforgiving combs
invading the holes in all the clothes you own
and what’s more bothersome than a lot
is where it should be and it’s not
where it should be and why it’s not
anymore
oh the stress on my wit and charm
picking up the slack to fill gaps up
let’s address my burdensome arm on yours
and how long before you i’d be fed up
long before you i would give on me

test of vanity
test of vanity
i’m holding up but we’ll see
and it’s sad and it’s funny

suck it up babe you’re reaching
it’s out of your hands in mocking piles
it’s wound around the teeth on unforgiving combs
invading the holes in all the clothes you own
and what’s more bothersome than a lot
where it should be and it’s not
where it should be and why it’s not
anymore

test of vanity

it’s nowhere near the greatest shame to me to me
 



The Breakless Heart (video lyrics) ©2013 Sheena Grobb

I wander in – I must be waking,
I’ve seen this place before
Pushing through a deep impression
That’s filled me to the core

Something’s calling to be released
And now I know I’m not afraid
Shattering – but trusting completely
The heart that never breaks

So I open my heart
A thousand ways to break apart
Still I open my heart
Again, again, again

There was a path I thought I would not follow
That could not be for me
There was a shadow hovering,
A mirror back at me

All my questions, they need no answer
I know them to be true
I see expanding, I see unraveling
A peace we’re soaring through

So I open my heart
A million ways to fall apart
Still I open my heart
Again, again, again
Again, again, again
To the Breakless Heart
We found the Breakless Heart
 
The lifting veil of all illusion
Where once there had been pain
There might exist an endless silence
And yet I know the way

Something’s calling to be released
And now I know I’m not afraid
Shattering – but trusting completely  
The heart that never breaks
The heart that never breaks

And so I open my heart
A million ways to fall apart
Still I open my heart
Again, again, again
Again, again, again
Again, again, again
 
We found the Breakless Heart

When the dark and the light are familiar
When the dark and light leave
When the dark and the light are familiar
When the dark and light leave

In the dance of the light and the darkness
In the dance we're all set free

In the dance of the light and the darkness
In the dance we're all set free

We’re the pieces of the broken
And we all fit perfectly
We’re the pieces of the broken
And we all fit perfectly

Inside the Breakless Heart

Heart heart heart
Heart heart heart
 


 Whirlwind

Caught up in the weight of a whirlwind
Watching it from inside your eyelid
I opened up the trapdoor and in you slid
Forget what you’ve got
It won’t do a lot
Caught up in the weight of a whirlwind

Caught up in it
Caught up in it my friend

Caught up in a moment that you regret
Lookin’ for a second chance you won’t get
Scared of moving forward, your fate is set
Forget how sure you thought that you were
Caught up in a time you regret

Chorus

Caught up in the noise of your mind game
Fed up with the cleaver thing it became
Knowing how to peg you with misplaced shame
Forget what you said, it’s all in your head
Caught up in the noise of your mind game







 

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