Happy

Sure, I try to see the brighter side of life

And yeah, life has its ways

I might need a minute to take it all in

You can’t expect me to be smiling through it all
You can’t pressure me to be that kind of person overall

Sometimes the sun doesn’t shine

And the moon can’t be seen

The grass isn’t green
Just like I can’t always be happy

Why try so hard, when it won’t even matter in the end

It’s clear, I can finally see

Expectations are just a frequency

You can’t expect me to be smiling through it all
You can’t pressure me to be that kind of person overall

Sometimes the sun doesn’t shine

And the moon can’t be seen

The grass isn’t green
Just like I can’t always be happy

© Avery Stafford 2020

Stay With Me

Trying to see things in black and white

But I'm overthinking everything in sight

Thousands of hours have gone to waste

Just staring off into space

And I can't replace it
And I won’t frustrate it
And you can’t take it away from me

My heart and my soul stay with me

I am seeing different perspectives
Of the same situation
Lately I've been holding this all in
But sometimes the happiest people are the saddest inside

And I can't replace it
And I won’t frustrate it
And you can’t take it away from me

My heart and my soul stay with me

You can keep knocking me down, but I'll get back up

And you can keep shaking the ground
That’s not enough to crumble it
You can keep taking people’s life away

But not the memory that stays with me

© Avery Stafford 2020

What We Aren't

The world keeps spinning me round and round

But it’s not given me enough time, to catch up

Seems to me life is not what it should be
As of right now it’s awfully quiet somehow

And I know just breathe, I hear it all day, it’s just not enough

And I know don’t overcomplicate, I hear it all day
It’s just not enough, no it’s never enough

Tell me why we think we’re not enough
Tell me why we’ve not all given up
Tell me why we’ve come this far only to see what we aren’t

Life keeps getting in the way
My happiness is waiting for me, can I clear my brain

That seems to be what’s stopping me

And I know just breathe, I hear it all day, it’s just not enough

And I know don’t overcomplicate, I hear it all day
It’s just not enough, no it’s never enough

Tell me why we think we’re not enough
Tell me why we’ve not all given up
Tell me why we’ve come this far only to see what we aren’t

© Avery Stafford 2020

Be Okay

I’ll try to fix things, but it all comes crashing down
And I'll try to rush things, but then nothing tends to work out

And maybe I deserve it, or maybe it’s just a part of me

And maybe I just feel and none of this is actually happening

So, I'll try to say
I can do this anyway,

I’ll be okay

I try to contemplate, all the things you said to me
And I try to understand why you’re treating me like this

And maybe I deserve it, or maybe it’s just meant to be

And maybe I just feel and none of this is actually happening

So, I'll try to say
I can do this anyway,

I’ll be okay

© Avery Stafford 2020

Soon

I’ve been thinking, it’s been a long day
I thought it’d feel amazing, when really it made me weak

But this all has worth at the end of the day
Because we all learn from our mistakes
And maybe we all gain

And if it takes you more than awhile,
Just know that it’s worth every time you smile

You'll see the light soon

Small words can move straight right into our heads

And some things I can’t resist thinking about

And if it takes you more than awhile,
Just know that it’s worth every time you smile

You'll see the light soon

And I know, life might be complicated
And I know life might not be worth waiting

But you’ll see the light soon

And if it takes you more than awhile,
Just know that it’s worth every time you smile

You'll see the light soon

© Avery Stafford 2020

Just Be

Feel the vibrations in the strum,
Life’s just the beat of a drum.
Right now, no one knows where we’re going,
So let’s just BE—

So what, we’re getting it done?
So what, we’re trying hard?
So what, we’re on the road to success?
All we can do is BE.

Cloudy skies, rain starts to fall,
Only Lord knows just who we are,
So let’s just BE—

So what, we’re getting it done?
So what, we’re trying hard?
So what, we’re on the road to success?
All we can do is BE.

Feel the vibrations in the strum,

Life’s just the beat of a drum.

© Avery Stafford 2019