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Florida Girl

by Lydia Luce

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1.
Never Enough 02:30
Why is it never enough? Why is it never enough? I see a vision through my hands I make it perfect through the heat waves and the sand It’s always just out of my grasp Forever floating on a lake made of glass Why is it never enough? Why is it never enough? To hold, to breathe To see the good in front of me So take me with you where you’re going To cosmic colors of the day It’s all around its ever growing If I can get out of my way Why is it never enough? Why is it never enough? To hold, to breathe To see the good in front of me Settle in settle down We’re all in it for the ride any how Sit tight Steady now We’re all in it for the ride
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Other Side 03:04
I’ve been staring at the clock on the wall I’ve been wondering does tomorrow come at all? Holding on to time, my body and I I’ve been gazing in the eyes of a friend We’ve been laughing at the weight At the end How we’re holding on too tight And no one knows what's wrong or right If I die tonight and there’s nothing on the other side I know that it would be alright I hope that it would be alright Will I care about the pearls on the gate Will I dwell on the life that I made A whistle in the wind Do I come back again? If I die tonight and there’s nothing on the other side I know that it would be alright I hope that it would be alright I’ve been dreaming about my soul taking shape Growing wings and flying away There’s nothing I can do, we’re heading for the blue
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Your Garden 03:27
It really doesn’t hurt anymore Lead me to the sky like a bird I thought I’d lost my way keeping score I was in the ring, I was on the floor Isn’t it strange I thought it would pain me to think about you and I You I thought I heard your voice at the door You used to knock me down with your words I was on the fence but now I’m sure I’m sitting on a memory so different than before Isn’t it strange I thought it would pain me to think about you and I You I could never be what you wanted I could never be your garden I swam out to sea, started floating I could never be what you wanted It really doesn’t hurt anymore Because I am someone different than before
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Moonlight, stay with me I can feel you moving on so quickly Tomorrow comes willing I’m not sure it will be so forgiving I can’t taste the skin of a shadow I can’t place this feeling in my head I won’t hold the hand of tomorrow Hour glass of falling sand Longing, Lovely Watching as it passes through my body Laughing, tearing Let me be a witness to the healing I can’t taste the skin of a shadow I can’t place this feeling in my head I won’t hold the hand of tomorrow Hour glass of falling sand
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Florida Poem 01:21
In the mangrove trees the upside down jellyfish lay on the floor Pulsating in a neon glow The barracuda glides on top of the brackish water Where the Florida salt water meets the fresh This oasis exists on the canal by my home I lower my canoe down the dock onto the intercostal way Where the winds can carry you right out to sea Take a left but veer right to avoid The tugboats and water taxis that share the path Another right past the old folks home Where the sunbathers leathered and bronze sit and gab About the clouds blocking the rays A little further under the canopies the only chatter Comes from the parrots and the fiddler crabs Sinking by the hundred into their homes as I pass by I’m alone but not alone surrounded by sentient beings Clustered in groups of their likeness The schools of needle nose fish and the flocks of parrots The juvenile butterfly fish paired off for life Even the barnacles band together Holding tightly to the hull of my canoe I am on my own but I am never alone
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Saline 03:10 video
Come down holy water Sink into these roots Wash away the fire And the ashes too See the oleander Coming into bloom We take care of each other This I’ll do for you Whats it going to take to show you Like the saline hits the vein Like the pavement feels the rain I am stuck on you today Let me show you I’m not leaving Bring out all your demons Give the dark some light I’m not afraid to see them You can’t just love and hide Is it blurry like the tears you Hide inside your eyes I promise I won’t leave you Behind I am here to stay I am here Like the saline hits the vein Like the pavement feels the rain I am stuck on you today Let me show you I’m not leaving
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They’re selling oranges on all the highways And I’m heading south on sunrise There goes the Jezebeles you and I knew her well But we always said we’d leave this place Caffeine overdrive, I-95 I loved you like I was a kid Could we skip the rules and burn out like we used to Who’s going to be the first to reach out Florida Girl It seems like you’re in another world In St Augustine there are limestone walls Built all around to keep you safe Was I a raging sea, engulfing everything Spinning out and leaving you behind Florida Girl It seems like you’re in another world I know that we can’t go back Whats already been has passed A decade come and gone between Is it true that time heals everything All the Banyon trees have shallow roots They fall heavy in the southern wind There’s nothing like the sound of the wind when it howls Maybe I’ll go home
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In shades of every color Light glides around the room The beauties overwhelming Can you see it too? The house is filled with orchids They pour ore ever vase A scene to be devoured A holy place I’m not a face I’m not a figure I’m not a number or a sign A glance outside the window A gaze into myself A spark becomes an ember If I were someone else I’m not a face I’m not a figure I’m not a number or a sign I’m not a name I’m not a mind I am a witness
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I'm staying in today I've got to rest and stay away From the rain coming from the north Here it comes, it feels so close Are you where the sun is? Are you where the skies blue? I can see you now in the white light new Saying nothing comes a minute too soon I'm overwhelmed by thoughts Would it help to tear them out stay in the moment now Rest in place or scream out loud Are you where the night is? Are you in the quiet? I can see you now in the backlit moon Saying nothing comes a minute too soon Are you where the suns been? Are you in the mountains? Are you with the morning? Are you waiting for me? I can see it now you’re coming through Saying nothing come a minute too soon

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Lydia Luce's 'Florida Girl' is a record about acceptance. Acceptance of her present self, and her past self; of life and death; of her emotions, both good and bad. "I grew up in South Florida and have always hated telling people that," she says. This record marks her wholehearted and true acceptance of her life and origins.

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released October 27, 2023

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Lydia Luce Nashville, Tennessee

With music deep rooted from family, love, life, and spiritual experiences, Folk artist, Lydia Luce, has a way of gripping the inner being and leaving you feeling warm and nostalgic.

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