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Sequoia
03:49
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It’s cold in California, it’s snowing in the mountains
I hiked across a frozen lake and drank from nature's fountain
It's raining in the city, gasoline running looking pretty
I let the rain drip down my back and caught a cold just like that
These are the years I will remember, being on my own
I might be lonely but it’s better I get to know myself more
Ive watched the years pass by, seasons change but still I’m
A kid stretched out on the lawn, feeling small beneath it all
In a photograph I saw my face, wrinkled old and full of age
I don’t mind it much that way I get to look like you someday
These are the years I will remember, being on my own
I might be lonely but it’s better I get to know myself more
It’s cold in California, it’s snowing in the mountains
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Lose Myself
04:42
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Every day is fleeting but here I can be still
Like a window hardly opening but to the wind’s will
I can hear the hustle bustling out on city streets
But all the noise disappears when our eyes meet
I wanna let my feelings go, forget what I don’t know
Many times I’ve opened up but now I feel afraid
Moving slower than I want, hiding away
‘Cause holding back is easy when you know that love is pain
I can find a reason not to love again
A promise I made to myself, take care of no one else
But it seems impossible to care and not lose yourself
Lose yourself
I don’t know if I’m ever gonna get there and not lose myself
Lose myself
Visions rarely show themselves and dreams may not come true
Every path is turning there’s no one for you
I’ve tried to see the future but it’s always in a haze
Like a disappearing sun on a winter’s day
Feels like I’ve come too far, to let go of it all
Yeah it seems impossible to care and not lose yourself
Lose yourself
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Steady
04:10
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I’ll go for a swim, any time of day
Dive into the ocean let the waves take me away
Push and pull me under, I’m falling off the ground
I don’t mind the feeling of turning upside down
Returning to your arms, a steady place to land
Such an easy feeling, floating in your hands
It’s not a fiery feeling, a high and then a drop
No crashing on the shoreline just a slow and steady rock
Not something that I’m used to, going with the flow
I’m not sure how you’re feeling, but I’d like to know
Returning to your arms, a steady place to land
Such an easy feeling, floating in your hands
When I think you might be leaving, you come back again
I don’t know if I believe it, but take me as I am
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Fly
03:48
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I don’t know how to help you, you’re flighty full of fear
The birds I see they come and go, but you just disappear
I won’t try to control you, or tell you how to think
I’d let you fly free now but you clipped your wings
It’s not that I won’t miss you I can love you afar
I only worry when you forget who you are
Tears are welling in your eyes and I can’t help but sympathize
You never gave yourself a solid try
Nothing seems to work here, no flutter wants to last
You cycle through like the seasons do but you stay in the past
I can push in all directions, throw you up into the sky
You float for just a moment then fall down before my eyes
It’s not that I don’t trust you or believe what you can do
I only worry whether you believe it too
Questioning your only life, say you’ve lost before you fight
I’ll watch from below as you begin to fly
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This is Where I Stand
03:49
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This is where you sat, this is where I stood
This is where you could not sing, this is where I could
This is where your family was stolen from the land
This is where you were, this is where I stand
This is where you could not speak, this is where I’ll be
This is where you were trapped, this is where I’m free
This is where your gold was taken from your hands
This is where you were, this is where I stand
This is where I’m cold, and this is where you bled
This is where I’m going, this is where you fled
This is where you listened and followed a demand
This is where you were, this is where I stand
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Abby Litman Los Angeles, California
Singer/songwriter Abby Litman is an up-and-coming folk musician whose songs marry the lyrical traditions of American folk music with inventive acoustic arrangements and modern concepts. She’s also the founder of LA concert series Good Folk. Her influences range from Nick Drake to Edna St. Vincent Millay to Joni Mitchell. In 2021, Abby worked with producer Tyler Chester to record EP “On My Mind.” ... more
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