The Following 3 songs were written by Katie Dorchies

Contrast

[Verse 1]

It's a mixture of Black and White,

But it's so much stronger than gray.

As if the storm came after the rainbow,

And suddenly it's not okay.

[Chorus]

In this world where everything's shifting,

More than it should on its axis,

All we're trying to do is make life worth living,

So it seems naïve to ask this:

But why can't it just run smoother?

When so much we have is so good?

I guess if anyone cared or listened,

It wouldn't be so hard to be understood.

[Verse 2]

You settle down, and you finally smile,

Thinking all's better than it's been in awhile.

But for it all to be killed, doesn't take long,

Like the comprehension of pain in a song.

[Chorus]

[Bridge]

Is it just me, or do you feel it too?

That selfishness overcomes all the good that we do.

That honesty is a weakness,

And kindness a flaw

They scream in your face, blind you,

And make you forget any brightness you saw.

[Chorus]

In Retrospect

[Verse 1]

You can't try to force who you are.

It's a fact, which upon I've been caught.

Most people live almost all of their lives

Trying to be someone or something that they're not,

[Chorus]

I don't think anyone needs to try

Any harder or change at all.

I think what everyone needs to do

Is just to be themselves.

Because that's a whole lot harder

Than trying to be someone else.

Than changing your life all around,

And leaving your soul on a shelf.

[ Bridge]

(Spoken)

What? You're just one of the thousands

Who've forgotten who they really are?

Just stop trying to-

Stop trying so hard to remember.

Stop trying to hard to be.

Close your eyes and listen to your heart as it beats.

It's the truest thing you have.

Just close your eyes.

Just breathe.

[Chorus]

[Verse 2]

You'll find one day, in retrospect,

All you needed to do was be.

And that was enough.

You will find exactly what I now see.

[Chorus]

My Heart of Darkness

[Verse 1]

I'm so confused.

Someone tell me what to do.

I've lost all I've ever known,

And now,

I regret the weaknesses I've shown.

Walk away now-

I'll mess you up if you get involved.

Keep your distance-

Or you'll be the one

With all these problems to solve.

[Chorus]

Sun forgot to shine on me.

It's rained for the past year.

I've been blinded by the pain I see.

And it's myself that I most fear.

[Verse 2]

I'm so afraid

Of everyone around

In a couple of days

I prob'ly won't be found.

I just want to dissolve

Down under your feet

Beneath the layers of trash

Maybe sift out to the sea.

Drift around to discover

Just how lost it is being me.

[Chorus]

[Bridge]

It's all lost deep down.

In the crevices of my soul

All I've found

Is a deep dark hole.

Of gray, black and fear.

Blood, pain and tears.

[Chorus]