Olivia Kraus
Theatre Artist
Lyric Portfolio
"Aphrodite"
I never thought you led a charmed life
I think someone broke your heart at birth
Is this the part I take your knife
And put it somewhere else where it hurts?
I'm in third place//got a record on my taste
Won before the race//cuz I'm working at my own pace
Said I'm waiting, waiting, waiting, waiting...
Chorus
I believe you and everything you told me
And I trust you, now you're the one that owns me
And I'll try, try, try to break you out with my own pride
Aphrodite ain't got nothing on me
Aphtodite ain't got nothing on me
I never pegged you for a school crush
Or a man that I could ever want
But your love is giving me heat waves and a head rush
And I'm starting to see your name in big font
I'm in third place//got a record on my taste
Won before the race//because I'm working at my own pace
Said I'm waiting, waiting, waiting, waiting...
Chorus Repeat
(c) Olivia Kraus 2013-14
"Deep Midnight Lane"
Nice and softly
Staggering slowly
There you go again
Take a moment
From what you wanted
You know this road has to end
Chorus
Hey, Lover...
Are you here
At Deep Midnight Lane? x2
Nice and Slowly
So Unholy
This boy is just a sin
Mother Mary
Come and Save me
You know I cannot win
Chorus Repeat
I'm sleepwalking to my fate
This love is a myth I can't create
I'm dreamwalking through the gates
I'm longing for the sweetest of tastes
x2
Chorus Repeat
(c) Olivia Kraus 2013-14
"The Forgotten"
Behind a tree
There's a ghost that waits for me
Coming to ask for my name
Ready to take the claim
Beneath the snow
There's a bird I used to know
She was my spirit animal
But now I am gray and old
Oh, I'm the forgotten
You won't know me in a year
Yes, I'm the forgotten
You won't know me in a year
Beyond the hill
There's a town that once was built
It held all my stories
But now they are faint memories
Inside my home
There's a beating heart made of stone
It's been there since I was one
But now the time has come
Cuz I'm the forgotten
You won't know me in a year
Oh, I'm the forgotten
You won't know me in a year
(c) Olivia Kraus 2014-15
"Will I Ever Know"
It doesn't take much to say much
But you don't say anything at all
It doesn't take much to love much
But you don't love me anymore
When does this glass half full become empty?
When does this glass floor shatter underneath me?
Chorus
Will I ever know you for who you are?
Can I reach up and take it down from the stars?
Cuz this love wasn't built for broken hearts
So sleep tight on someone else's scars
So sue me if I'm being difficult
This catalyst in my bed belongs to a different cult
Don't make me wrong when you know I am right
A man with no honor doesn't stay in my life
Chorus Repeat
When does this glass half full become empty?
When does this glass floor shatter underneath me?
This kaleidscope has blurred my dreams
Do you see me ripping at the seams
I beg for you to just come clean
But you're a mastermind of all the wrong things
I didn't praise your best to end with your worst
I was right here baby, and I was the first
I can't take back what I said, but it still f***ing hurts
Don't make me say another word
(c) Olivia Kraus 2015-16
"Parallax"
He was a man before he was a boy
And he died before he was born
And his heart came back like an asteroid
Left me no time to mourn
And now my fortune is in the cosmos
Because he left me so exposed
And I don't know what alien means
But I'm getting pretty damn close
Chorus
Do you know what it feels like?
To be loved, but without a life?
To have the stars of someone's eyes?
Our love has no parallax
I was a star before a simple girl
And I was queen in a different world
And then he came and took me to another place
A land with an open space
A desert for all the hurt
And now my fortune is in the cosmos
Because he left me so exposed
And I don't know what alien means
But I'm getting pretty damn close
Chorus Repeat
And ooh, girl
Hey, what'cha going to do now?
(c) Olivia Kraus 2014-15
"Serpentine"
You trickle in
With your little sin
And tell me that I'm born within
A love consumed
A voice subdued
A submissive tone that's being misused
You tell me that I'm worthy enough
of your love
But I could kill you
I love you so much
You serpentine
You serpentine
You slither in
With your little sin
And bewitch me right down to the rim
This wicked calm
It sits in my palm
Needing more than just a single psalm
You tell me that I'm worthy enough
of your love
But I could kill you
I love you so much
You serpentine
You serpentine
Oh it aches in my chest
And I feel it in my breath
(c) Olivia Kraus 2014-15
"Follow You"
He said to me, "I don't love you,"
He told me, "I don't want you,"
And I don't know
If I should go
If I should follow you
Yeah, I don't know
If I should go
If I should follow you
I wanted your children, I wanted your truth
But I guess you didn't notice, And I didn't notice you
I wanted your children, I wanted your love
But I guess you didn't notice, And I didn't know enough
No, I didn't know enough
What is love without the fire?
What is lust without the desire?
Cuz I don't know if I should go
If I should follow you...
I wanted your children, I wanted your truth
But I guess you didn't noticed, And I didn't notice you
I wanted your children, I wanted your love
But I guess you didn't notice, And I didn't know enough
No, I didn't know enough
What is love without the fire?
What is lust without the desire?
Cuz I don't know if I should go
If I should follow you...
And I, No I
I don't know x4
(c) Olivia Kraus 2014-15
"Sweet You"
Why did you not call me back?
I waited by the phone
For you
Oh, sweet you
Oh, sweet you
Why did you not write me back?
I waited by the post
For you
Oh, sweet you
Oh, sweet you
And the melody goes on and on
With a different kind of song
And my heart's bleeding in the drum
Yeah, my heart is bleeding for you
And I don't know why I cried
Cuz I didn't realize
You're not the one for me
No, you're not the one for me
Why did you not love me back?
I waited all this time
For you
Oh, sweet you
Oh, sweet you
And I finally grew into this song
And I finally came along
And it's okay that I was wrong
Yeah, it's okay that I loved you
But I think this next time around
I'll see what I've already found
I'll pick myself up from the ground
Yeah, I'll pick myself up from you
Oh, sweet you
Oh, sweet you
(c) Olivia Kraus 2014-15
"Stay"
I love the way you look tonight
I'm coveting you, but I know you don't mind
And I can tell you've got someone waiting at home
And she thinks you're at the bar all alone
alone
Would you stay with me a little while?
Would you talk to me just for tonight?
tonight
Cuz I know you've got somewhere to be
I'm telling you make some room for me
And I know you've got so much to do
I'm telling you make some room
I see you coming in out of the rain
I'm getting weak at the knees when you ask for my name
So don't play shy, and don't be coy
Oh darling, I know you're not a boy
So don't play shy, and don't be coy
Oh darling, I know you're not a boy
Would you stay with me a little while?
Would you talk to me just for tonight?
tonight
Cuz I know you've got somewhere to be
I'm telling you make some room for me
And I know you've got so much to do
I'm telling you make some room
Don't act like it's not the time of night to love me
x4
So would you stay with me a little while?
Would you talk to me just for tonight?
(c) Olivia Kraus 2014-15
"A Ballad"
Am I crazy?
For thinking that...
Lately
You're all I had
Am I wise or am I disturbed
Should I cry or leave it all in the hurt?
Would you care if I just left
If I just called it all off
Would you care if I just left
If I called it all off and finally said that
I know it's all over
Yeah, I know it's all done
But I swear I loved you more than anyone
More than anyone
Should I try?
Should I stay at home
Cuz I know
You ain't alone
But even if I go
I know you won't walk me home
Yeah, even if I go
I know you won't walk me home
It's like this nightmare
Is something I didn't dare speak of
It's like this is more than that first kiss
It's over
I know it's all over
Yeah, I know it's all done
But I swear I loved you more than anyone
More than anyone
(c) Olivia Kraus 2014-15
"Who You Gonna Be?"
Looking at different paths to choose
We're all here to love, but sometimes we lose
And they all criticize as if their lies refuse
To look deeper and see life inside your shoes
And they ask...
Yeah, they ask...
Chorus
Who you gonna be?
Yeah, who you gonna be?
Tight rope walking while we don't have a voice
And we ran the race, but still we lost the choice
To make up our minds and learn how to rejoice
So instead we can't hear ourselves beyond their noise
And they ask...
Yeah, they ask...
Chorus
Who you gonna be?
Yeah, who you gonna be?
And it's a fistful of anger to shout back at the strangers
Telling you to choose your destiny
It's a pocketful of broken to resist all their open
Neglect of your reality
Can you tell me what I'm doing wrong?
Cuz I don't see you doing it right
Don't tell me how to belong
Because through the dark, I choose the light
They ask...
Yeah, they ask....
Chorus
Who you gonna be?
Who you gonna be?
Well, I know who I'm gonna be
Yeah, I know who I'm gonna be
(c) Olivia Kraus 2014-15
"Love You One More Time"
I'm not patient enough to try
These words are slipping through the lie
I say to myself every night
When I have you in mind
That I'm going to love you one more time
Yeah, I'm going to love you one more time
And this love song, it don't belong with me
I couldn't cure it baby
Yeah, this love song, it don't belong with me
I couldn't cure it baby
And when I look for you in the night
I remember how you held me so tight
It's as if I can't describe
This past love that wasn't mine
But I'm going to love you one more time
Yeah, I'm going to love you one more time
And this love song, it don't belong with me
I couldn't cure it baby
Yeah, this love song, it don't belong with me
I couldn't cure it baby
And that fight we had in the car
Oh darling, you scorned my heart
I thought I'd lose you all together
But it wasn't our season or the right weather
x2
And this love song, it don't belong with me
I couldn't cure it baby
Yeah, this love song, it don't belong with me
I couldn't cure it baby
(c) Olivia Kraus 2014-15
"Relationships"
Tell me, Tell me
Oh whatcha gonna do today, do today
Cuz I've got my fair share of complaining 'bout the same things
Oh, there she is, there she is
Sparkling on just like a dish, like a dish
She's got you wrapped up in her fist
With your wrist
tied to her little finger
She's got your skeletons as a Facebook page
She's got her girlfriends to eavesdrops what you say
But they don't know, what she knows
About what I want from you and me
Chorus
Relationships are such a drag
When the boy you want she flaunts and brags
About because she knows
That you know that she knows
That you like him, that you want him
So she double dips
Everytime on the lips
And I hate that kind of relationship
You and me, you and me
Got something nice right from the start
from the start
But your hipster girlfriend wannabe
wannabe has got her fingernails glued to your heart
She's got nice skin and teeth that chatter away
Her past sins are still always on display
And she claims that she's changed out of her psycho stage, but she's still got you inside that cage
Chorus
Relationships are such a drag
When the boy you want she flaunts and brags
About because she knows
That you know that she knows
That you like him, that you want him
So she double dips
Everytime on the lips
And I hate that kind of relationship
(c) Olivia Kraus 2012-13
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"One Body"
Hey there Mister Uncle Sam
You see I got no cash in my hands
Hey there Mister, Mister Food stamps
You see all these people waiting for a chance
Saying...
Chorus
I am not just the minority
I am not just one body
I am not one voice of many
And I am not one of your enemies
So stop making me...
Hey there Mister, starve me again
Why don't you take my dreams and throw 'em in the sand
Hey there Mister, Mister bad taste
We've got some shit to cover
In this human race
Saying...
Chorus Repeat
You slap me with your silence
You rape me with your violence
A child with no alliance
Do you see why we're crying?
You pretend to educate
But we see right through you babe
Do those stars and stripes mean anything?
When we're all lost at sea...
I think you don't care
I think you're just not there
x2
Chorus Repeat
(c) Olivia Kraus 2015-16
"The Delicate Regular"
Repitition is a vicious beast
Shackles on my legs for the mundane
Attempting to flee the little and the least
Because this life has no room for a bigger plan
I'm all caught up in the past
I'm all caught up in the 'never could'
When's it time to make it last?
If our minds are scrubbing floors of wood...
Chorus
My bones and my bruises are victims of what loses
My thoughts and my lies are a passage to survive
I'll push and I'll shove, that's my agreement of this love
I'll crawl and I'll fly, don't keep me from my life
'Cause I will not live with the delicate regular
No, I will not live with the delicate regulat
Reference me to the bad lands
Cause calling on Jesus ain't going to do it this time
I always saw myself with a simple man
But now I see I wasn't what you had in mind
I'm all caught up in the past
I'm all caught up in the 'never could'
When's it time to make it last?
If our minds are scrubbing floors of wood...
Chorus Repeat
I'll run and I'll swim, 'cause baby I know I will win
And I'll pray and I'll say, you will never ever keep locked in
The delicate regular
I will not live with the delicate regular
So don't dismiss me and tell me that I am not worthy
I'm bleeding, I'm seeing that you are deceiving
Don't cross me, don't try me, you'll never get by me
Don't hate me, don't guilt me, these legs are meant to run free
And I'll push and I''ll shove, that's my agreement of this love
I'll crawl and I'll fly, don't keep me from my life
I'll run and I'll swim, 'cause baby I know I wim
And I'll pray and I'll say, you will never ever keep locked in
The delicate regular
I will not live with the delicate regular
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