Amy Obenski

Album: The Heart is a Persistent Beast

Flowers

Hearts sometimes hurt 
Yet we can’t live without them

Floating in the breeze
I’m full of fantasy
Then it calls to me
Reality, reality
Can I lift myself above
the canopy and see
First tear me down to seed
And grow me, grow me

Chorus

Where am I going
It starts with me
And when I get there 
Will I be happy
I recognize the risks the passion
But the dampening of my senses 
Is a waste of my time
And it’s such precious time

Hearts sometimes hurt 
Yet we can’t live without them

Flowers I’ve never seen 
are rising from my garden
Flowers I’ve never seen
I’ve never seen, I’ve never seen

Livin’ in Circles

Heaven, I said Heaven
You’re livin’ on the surface
But I said Heaven

Deeper, I said deeper
Look down
And you can find 
a level deeper

There’s no satisfaction in livin’
If you don’t lend yourself to givin’

You’re livin’ in a bottle
You’re standing on the shore
Try and tell yourself 
You just don’t want nothing no more

You’re reachin’, reachin’
Looking for light 
but all you find is darkness
And you go on, I must go on
Livin’ in Circles

You got to feel your way
Livin’ in Circles

Heaven, I said Heaven
You’re livin’ on the surface
But I said Heaven

Higher, I said Higher
Look up
And you can find your desire

I follow my passion 
And it leads me
To the wings of the arms 
That embrace me

You’re runnin’ in circles
But aching for more
Try and turn the knob 
Of an imaginary door

The Place I Love

Take me to the place I love
Take me to it

It’s a spring day in the morning
I’m ready for a change
There’s a blue jay 
In my backyard
He’s singin’ so loud
I’m going crazy

Take me to the place I love
Take me to it

In the evening with the lights low
The city’s calling me out
But I’m home dear
Where there’s Netflix
My favorite show is on 
All the time!

Take me to the place I love
Take me to it

I could board an airplane 
and fly through the clouds
I could jump in my car and drive 
To the north or to the south
Lying on a beach in a tropical rain
Walking down the streets of a city 
where no one knows my name

Chorus

San Francisco in the Summer
I’m livin’ my life in a cloud
And I’m stuck here 
Workin’ my days away
I’m gonna break out 
And find the sun

Craters

I can see all the little craters 
In the moon tonight
Shining so bright 
With the fog rollin’ by
And I’m thinkin’ of you, meaning 
The one I’m singin’ to
Right now, right now

But we’re so small
We can’t see it all
We’re lost in space
Stuck in the race
But so easily 
It could all fall

I can see all the tiny textures 
In your hands tonight
Caught in the light 
With my keen eye sight
So minuscule
The wrinkles and hues
So soft, so soft

Chorus

It’s so often I have thought 
Of our pale blue dot  
And how in it we are caught
In it we are caught
In it We Are

Into the Caverns

You can’t break my heart
You can’t break my heart
You can’t break my heart today

You can’t steal my love
You can’t steal my love
You can’t steal my love from me

Cuz this time I’ve opened up
This time I’m hangin’ tough
This time I’ve opened up 
Into the caverns
The light shining in

You can go away
You can go away
You can go away from me

I can stand my ground
I can stand my ground
I can stand my ground and be

Cuz this time I’ve opened up
This time I’m hangin’ tough
This time I’ve opened up 
Into the caverns
The echoing halls

I cave into myself
Find the light and switch it on
Cob webs, dead spiders
Dust and bats and boxes

I cave into myself
Find the light and switch it on
You never know what you will find
But it’s beautiful

You can’t win my love
You can’t win my love
You can’t win my love this time

It echoes in these halls
Echoes in these halls
Echoes in these halls of mine

Cuz this time I’ve opened up
This time I’m hangin’ tough
This time I’ve opened up 
Into the caverns
The ceiling so high

Swim

Hey, It’s a long road
This life you lead
If you’re lucky

Let’s take a short road
I’ll hold you tight
Yeah that feels right

There’s no answer
There’s no time
It’s all a pool of water
Jump in and swim
Maybe you’ll be mine

Walk in the garden
Breathe in the air
Release your fear

Run through the doorway
I’ll meet you there
In the clear

Chorus

We’ll see tomorrow 
Where this will lead
Plant a seed

Let’s share the pleasure
Of sweet mystery
Let it be

Chorus
 

As We Go Along  

(Written by Carole King and Toni Stern)
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Love For the Weekend

I fall in love 
With pretty much anyone
That’s why 
I keep my distance from you
And even though 
You may see
A seat at my table
I’m tellin’ you 
It ain’t for two

Cuz I’m savin’ my love 
For the weekend
I’m savin’ my love 
For my man
He’ll kiss me so sweet
Nearly knock me 
Off my feet and say
I’ll see you in a week
Good-bye

Oh you may say 
That I’m being dramatic
But I’m tellin’ you 
That’s how it feels
Cuz the time passes 
With him so easily
But the week days 
Are killin’ me dear

Chorus

Oh there’s a song 
Wrapped up 
Under my skin
Just tryin’ to break out
And my love’s within it 
Waiting all alone, hidden
It’s nothing to laugh about

Cuz I’m savin’ my love 
For the weekend
I’m savin’ my love 
For my man
Oh, if it were you
You’d be lonely too
I just want you 
To understand
I’m singin’, if it were you
You’d be lonely too
I just want you to
Understand

Use it All

You can build a home 
That’s true
But first break 
Your heart in two
You will pull through
It’ll just take all of you

And why not use it all?
Isn’t that what 
You’re really here to do?

Go out and lose it all
Go out and try everything
You will find your truth
It’ll just take all of you

And why not lose it all?
Isn’t that what 
You’re really here to do?

You may burn 
With heartache
But you’ll shake 
Your world awake

Slow down and unwind
Slow down 
And forget the time
You won’t win that race
But you can live 
In their place

And why not live it all?
Isn’t that what 
You’re really here to do?

You may burn 
With heartache
But you’ll shake 
Your world awake

Isn’t that what 
You’re really here to do?

Are You Listening?

Here we are
Llike the wind
There you go 
In the breeze
The birds 
Are hummin’ along
This is the place to be

I’ve been lookin’ 
Down that road
Lookin’ too hard 
Where I been
The bees are 
Buzzin’ a song

Are you listenin’?

We don’t want 
This day to end
But wait, there might be 
Some place better
The sun shines 
On the sea
So this is 
The place to be

There’s so much 
Going on outside
Yet I’m enchanted 
By the war within
But flowers 
Open to the sky

Are you missin’ it?

Oohs (Here we are)
Oohs (Like the wind)
Oohs (Hummin’ on)
Oohs (This is the place)
Oohs (Down that road)
Oohs (Where I been)
Oohs (Buzzin’ on)
Oohs (Listenin’)

Dream Another Dream

Are you looking 
At your phone right now
Did you believe 
The things they told
Like this will make you 
More connected
But the emptiness 
Inside you grows
I’m telling you

You need to shut that shit down
Help me drown the noise out
You need to shut that shit down
And dream another dream

Are you looking 
At your phone right now
Have they stolen your affections
From the treasures you hold
You were gonna share 
You were gonna share 
With the World

Chorus

Are you looking 
At your phone right now
Can you see 
Your own reflection
In the screen they sold you
Their promises of plenty
I’m telling you, they’re empty

You need to shut that shit down
Help me drown the noise out
We need to shut that shit down
And dream another dream

It’s Not Easy Being Green

(Written by Joe Raposo)

It’s not easy being green
Having to spend each day
The color of the leaves
And I think it could be nicer 
To be red or yellow or gold 
Or something much more 
Colorful like that

It’s not easy being green
It seems you blend in 
With so many other ordinary things
And people tend to pass you over 
Cuz you’re not standing out 
Like flashy sparkles on the water 
Or stars in the sky

But green is the color of spring
And green can be cool 
And friendly like
And green can be big 
Like an ocean
Or important 
Like a mountain 
Or tall like a tree

If green is all there is to be
It can make you stop 
And wonder why
But why wonder, why I wonder
I’m green and it it’ll do fine
It’s Beautiful!
And that’s what I want to be

ALBUM: AN EMPTINESS TO FILL

The Other Side of the World

Sometimes the light shines on nothing 
Sometimes the light shines on green 
Carrying now feels like something… 
weighs a million tons but can’t be seen 

I had a life 
on the other side of the world 
Then came the night 
shadows falling from my sight 

Sometimes you’re wearing your image 
Sometimes you’re baring your soul 
Carrying always this message: 
Make sure the light is your own 

I had a life 
on the other side of the world 
Then came the night 
shadows falling from my sight 
I didn’t have to be who I am 
I didn’t have to be who they are 
I didn’t have to be anyone 

Well this path was built between us 
but the wheel can be caught 
and we’ll ride that thing forward 
till our passages cross

In Each Other’s Arms

We just met the other day 
and I didn’t know your name, so I asked ya 
and that’s when you looked at me 

And that smile lit up your face 
like a warm embrace 
and I felt you moving toward me… 
toward me… 

Let’s stay in each other’s arms 
Let’s stay in each other’s arms 
Let’s stay in each other’s arms 
till the World tears us apart 

You light up the room 
with that smile you got, so groovy 
make me wanna move toward ya… 
toward ya… 

Move 
move so slow 
make sure you feel 
each and every moment 
every moment as they go 
‘cause you never know 
you never know… 

Let’s stay in each other’s arms 
Let’s stay in each other’s arms 
Let’s stay in each other’s arms 
till the World tears us apart

Love Song

This is my forbidden love song 
Just carve me with an “A” 
No words will erase your name 
and no lack of pictures 
will keep your image at bay 

Transmit and be gone 
So many times I wished you away 
Like an ache that just has it’s way 
Like a boat that continues to sway 

Don’t you leave me here, no
Don’t you leave me here 
to make up my mind 
We both know this ain’t over 
and we both know you got better things 
to do with your time than wait for me 
No, don’t wait for me 
but I wan’t you to wait for me 
wait for me 
Wait, wait, wait…

Fly

How can I help it? 
It’s gonna bleed 
How can I help what’s inside of me? 
If you wanna change it 
then you’d better leave 
How can I help what’s inside of me? 

Fly fly fly, you don’t need no reason why 
Just fly 

How can you change it? 
It’s gonna lead 
How can you change what’s Eternity? 
If you can’t face it 
then try a new key 
There’s no denying Eternity 

Fly fly fly, you don’t need no reason why 
Just fly 

Facing your Demons 
you’d better win 
They’re stealing your future, 
holding you in 
They’re keeping you captive 
You’re trapped in your skin 
You’d better face those demons within

An Emptiness to Fill

My boots are shined and ready for the road 
they’ll be dull and faded ‘fore the night is old 
nothing in this World can stay brand new 
like another night coming home to you 

You know I’m walking through this Life 
fighting to keep the fire burning deep inside 
learning to live alone yet live with lovers still 
there will always be an emptiness to fill 

I’m gearing up, I’m ready for the fall 
I got the feeling this’ll be the worst of all 
a chance to lose myself, a chance to grow 
but who we coulda been, well, I will never know 

You know I’m walking through this Life 
fighting to keep the fire burning deep inside 
learning to live alone yet live with lovers still 
there will always be an emptiness to fill 

My boots are shined and ready for the road 
they’ll be dull and faded ‘fore the night is old 
Perfect is a Love with cracks and glue 
Pretty soon I will be dull and faded too 

You know I’m walking through this Life 
fighting to keep the fire burning deep inside 
learning to live alone yet live with lovers still 
there will always be an emptiness to fill

carousel

Spinning carousel returns the same old horse again 
Ramble on and on, shop the thoughts that fill my head 
Sometimes I wake up, there’s nothing there but emptiness 
so I search myself for what there was to do 

Flashing backward still, I think about my youthful dreams 
Honest childhood, running dry of years 
Sometimes I look back, it doesn’t seem that it was me 
So who was I then, who am I today? 

Can you hear me now? 

My thoughts are moving fast 
can’t seem to catch them in the draft 
Floating upward like a kite that’s left my grip 
Flying higher toward the sky, so blue, I crank my neck 
and try to follow as it drifts off into space 

Can you hear me now?

Waves of Moments

I’m always looking forward 
I’m always running round 
I’m always looking forward 
Can’t keep my feet on the ground 

When I’m here I look beside me 
I never turn to where I am 
Never pleased within the moment 
I keep on moving once again 

But I could practice satisfaction 
with every move that I have 
My dreams fulfilled this very moment 
No better place than where I am 

I’m building to an ending 
where I can catch my breathe 
but only to discover 
there is no place to rest 

And you can’t catch the waves of moments 
no matter how hard that you try 
My only hope is in the pleasure 
of watching memories pass by 

But I could practice satisfaction 
with every move that I have 
My dreams fulfilled this very moment 
No better place than where I am

I Wish You Were a Window 

So you’re standing there before me 
No escaping 
I wish you were a window 

There’s no losing myself inside you 
Reflective painting 
I wish you were a window 

I’m going out of my mind 
thinking about you 
Why must our minds work this way? 
You’re like an echo that won’t fade away 

So you’re standing there before me 
No escaping 
I wish you were a window 

There’s no losing myself inside you 
Reflective painting 
I wish you were a window 

Following all of your heart 
is like dancing in the dark 
Inside and outside your skin 
is the same blind motion 

So you’re standing there before me 
No escaping 
I wish you were a window 

There’s no losing myself inside you 
Reflective painting 
I wish you were a window