Out November 30th (now)!!!

This album is about becoming an adult and figuring out who you are, loneliness, social isolation, hearts warmed and broken, family, friends, romance.

I wrote it when I was 20-21 and think it conveys the existential rollercoaster of being young, and figuring out who you are. I am still no closer to figuring that out, but I realize that might just be the reality of being alive?

It’s a very personal, very honest reflection of my experiences, emotions and thoughts. Welcome to my brain that always says no matter what you are doing, what you have, what you have accomplished, or who you are, it’s never enough.

xOlivia

No One

lyrics (Olivia Steed)

music (Elliot Steed
and Olivia Steed)

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This song is the first we recorded, so it has kind of a special place in my heart. I wrote it in early September 2022 after I asked a guy I liked out and he said no. Whenever I develop feelings for someone I see myself fading away, replaced by whoever I think they want me to be, and it’s an isolating feeling when it doesn't even work and you’re left to figure out who you are again. Belonging to yourself is a gift and a curse, and giving yourself to someone else is the biggest risk you can take, and yet I’m still a hopeless romantic. They say it’s worth it. xOlivia

lyrics

I think you’re cute
I want you for me
why can’t you be mine?
why can’t I be good enough for anyone
that’s good enough for me

play hot pursuit
lost in a memory
a world that I made up
not real, I’m living in a daydream

I don’t belong to myself anymore
It’s all yours
it’s all yours
it’s all yours

nothing I do makes sense anymore
the fault’s yours
the fault’s yours
the fault’s yours

why do I do this every time?
I lose myself to everyone
all that I love it fades away
I lose my personality

I’m scared that I’ll turn you away
so I’ll hide in a safer place
pretend I’m someone you might take
it never works
it fades away

it gets lonely being no one

listen to you I nod and smile
I can keep this up for awhile
but who am I really deceiving?

when I’m at home, I’m just a child
I don’t exist out in the world
but am I someone worth perceiving?

I don’t belong to myself anymore
it’s all yours
it’s all yours
it’s all yours
nothing I do makes sense anymore
the fault’s yours
the fault’s yours
the fault’s yours

why do I do this every time?
I lose myself to everyone
all that I love it fades away
I lose my personality

I’m scared that I’ll turn you away
so I’ll hide in a safer place
pretend I’m someone you might take
it never works
it fades away

it gets lonely being no one
it gets lonely being no one
it gets lonely being no one
it gets lonely being no one

*kick ass guitar solo*

Eye Candy

lyrics (Olivia Steed)

music (Elliot Steed
and Olivia Steed)

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This is a silly little wistful song about being too distracted to notice the opportunities around you until it's too late, and realizing what you are focusing on may not be what is actually important. xOlivia

lyrics

it’s never a wave
it’s like a switch that I wake up
and I’m fully in belief
that it’s been you here all along

what the hell happened last night?
did I dream of you again?
what am I trying to tell me
guess it’s never innocent

but it comes right at the end
guess that I’m too late again
I’m sure you’re taken anyways
too bad I’m too uptight for this

I just want to have it all
but as soon as it’s enough
it’s not
cause I get caught up on someone I should ignore
oh I get caught before it starts

what’s another chance I’ve watched?
don’t even know you that much
but if I could do it over
I’d say hi right from the start

but you only get one shot
so for now it’s all there is for me
dreaming of my eye candy
you’re losing me my dignity

how do my insides make you everything?
as soon as I have time, it’s on
I don’t pretend to understand
I swear last week you weren’t this hot

it’s not a dream
it’s not the truth
it’s a bad idea
to believe in you
I want it all
I want it gone
you’re just another stupid song

I just want to have it all
but as soon as it’s enough
it’s not
cause I get caught up on someone I should ignore
oh I get caught before it starts

what’s another chance I’ve watched?
don’t even know you that much
but if I could do it over
I’d say hi right from the start

but you only get one shot
so for now it’s all there is for me
dreaming of my eye candy
you’re losing me my dignity

what’s another chance I’ve watched?
don’t even know you that much
but if I could do it over
I’d say hi right from the start

but you only get one shot
so for now it’s all there is for me
dreaming of my eye candy
you’re losing me my dignity

just give me my eye candy
and just leave me my dignity

Halflife

lyrics (Olivia Steed)

music (Elliot Steed
and Olivia Steed)

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This one is about needing people. Even though I'm an introvert I find there is a delicate balance between exhaustion from constant socializing and depression from too much alone time. xOlivia

lyrics

listen, I think you should know
I'm addicted to the way you touch my soul
and I don't really know what else to say
but I want you around me every day

it's not a sunrise without me and you and you and I
and it's not a worthy day when you don't call my name

I don't even try anymore
I've succumbed, I've surrendered
I need you like air
only more

don't care if tomorrow you rip me to shreds
cause right now this is all I've ever wanted
you've got a halflife baby
you've got a halflife baby
after awhile your glow it fades
and I need you to save me

you've got a halflife baby
you've got a halflife baby
after awhile your glow it fades
and I need you to save me

you don't need to tell me it's sad
everybody needs someone and that's a fact
and when you're not around I lose my mind
and I need you to bring me back to life

I don't even try anymore
I've succumbed, I've surrendered
I need you like air
only more

don't care if tomorrow you rip me to shreds
cause right now this is all I've ever wanted

you've got a halflife baby
you've got a halflife baby
after awhile your glow it fades
and I need you to save me
you've got a halflife baby
you've got a halflife baby
after awhile your glow it fades
and I need you to save me

it's not wrong to
love someone else
more than you
love yourself
I'm an addict
and I don't need myself
you're the hit
give it to me
you're mine now

you've got a halflife baby
you've got a halflife baby
after awhile your glow it fades
and I need you to save me
you've got a halflife baby
you've got a halflife baby
after awhile your glow it fades
and I need you to save me

I Can't Be Happy With Anything

lyrics (Olivia Steed)

music (Elliot Steed
and Olivia Steed)

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I came up with the chorus for this one on the day before my 21st birthday after crying during family dinner. I've noticed a trend where I have goals I think will fix me or make me happy and I only enjoy the pursuit, but once I have something I just move on to the next target. What I have achieved is never quite enough. xOlivia

lyrics

if you want a good night
then that's alright
if you want a good life, then I should go
there's always something that's wrong with me
you can call it chronic emotional
know what they say I should work on me
would then I feel like an adult?
for now I come with a warning
cause I can't be happy with anything

read a new book now so I'm alright
brand new and shiny, look at me go
oh now I'm crying in the bathroom
consciousness is a problem I just can't solve
I'm too devout to attention
everywhere I look I'm just burning holes
for now I come with a warning
cause I can't be happy with anything

I can't be happy with anything
yeah the sun came up disappears in smoke
I can't be happy with anything
made it this time and all it cost was my soul
I can't be happy with anything
he said yes but he wasn't the one I want
I can't be happy with anything
cause I never feel like I'm good enough

not real except for my actions
if my world is only what I make up
why can't I cut through the clouds and
when will I start outgrowing up?

I can't be happy with anything
yeah the sun came up disappears in smoke
I can't be happy with anything
made it this time but tomorrow could lose it all
I can't be happy with anything
he said yes but he wasn't the one I want
I can't be happy with anything
cause I never feel like I'm good enough

Proud of You

lyrics (Olivia Steed)

music (Elliot Steed
and Olivia Steed)

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I wrote Proud of You the morning after my brother graduated with his engineering degree. It was a powerful thing to see him in a silly grad costume and reflect on how far we have both come through the ups and the downs. I think our past selves would be proud of us. xOlivia

lyrics

I'm so fucking proud of you
are you so fucking proud of me too?
I'm so fucking proud
I'm not ashamed
to say I want to be like you

I'm so fucking proud of us
we grew up and look who we've become
you've got a degree now
and I like writing songs and stuff

to be honest
it's not been an easy run
no one really liked you
and I've aways hated everyone
but here we are
we made it
and I'm so grateful you don't hate me

I'm so fucking proud of you
are you so fucking proud of me too?
because I want you to
I want you to know that I wish I could be like you

I'm so fucking proud of us
we grew up and look who we've become
taking the train downtown
and playing adult at our office jobs

to be honest
this sounds a little dumb
you act like a kid
and I just turned 21
but here we are
we made it
we've got credit cards to prove it

I'm so fucking proud of you
are you so fucking proud of me too?
I'm so fucking proud I'm not ashamed
to say I love you

I'm so fucking proud of us
we grew up and look who we've become
I think we should stay friends
it makes the world feel a little less fucked up

Just Another Lonely Girl in the Crowd

lyrics (Olivia Steed)

music (Elliot Steed
and Olivia Steed)

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I had a crush on a boy and I thought he liked me and I lived in a sweet little delusion that it could actually happen for me and then it turned out he had a girlfriend. The thing I love about songwriting is you can fully embody and exaggerate an emotion or experience and turn it into something that you're proud of and let those feelings go. This is one of the only songs I play guitar on. After making the original demo together, I spent the night letting some thing out by adding all the guitar part layering and screaming vocals (so much that we can't even play this song in Reaper without it crashing). xOlivia

lyrics

no I'm not looking for anyone
fuck maybe I am
I saw you there that was the end
of that

now I'm wasting my time again
for a chance to see you and
it works just like I imagined it
like it never did

talk to you all night
take the late train home with me
even though it's longer for you
you're just that damn sweet

like I've been in a cage but you've opened it
like I'm here in the world again
pretty please
you remind me how it feels to breathe
what a feeling to feel something
but of course

you better get home to her
and here I was thinking it was my turn
just another lonely girl in the crowd

call myself an adult
but I'm still so naive
misread politeness
thought you liked me

I guess it's my destiny
to be friends with guys perfect for me
I mean you're favourite class
is discrete math
you just can't find that

talk to you all night
take the late train home with me
even though it's longer for you
you're just that damn sweet

like I've been in a cage but you've opened it
like I’m here in the world again
pretty please
you remind me how it feels to breathe
what a feeling to feel something
but of course

you better get home to her
and here I was thinking it was my turn
just another lonely girl in the crowd

you better get home to her
and here I was thinking it was my turn
forever just a lonely girl in the crowd

you better get home to her
and here I was thinking it was my turn
just another lonely girl in the crowd

you better get home to her
and here I was thinking it was my turn
forever just a lonely girl in the crowd

Pretty Box

lyrics (Olivia Steed)

music (Elliot Steed
and Olivia Steed)

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I wrote this during a rough semester in university when I was in a course that deeply impacted my confidence and self-concept, and felt very alone and mentally unwell. All I did was work on my courses in my bedroom and I started to wonder what 'life' really means. I was already essentially dead to the world because I didn't exist in it. xOlivia

lyrics

I've got so many plants in my room
maybe one day they'll grow me too
painted my walls in pale blue
so they look just like the sky used to

when there's sun I go outside
thinking about my past lives
when it's noon I guess I'll eat
so my lungs can breathe and heart can beat

shower brush and go to bed
don't have the time for this but then
wake up do it all again
reason's lost along the bend

wishing it away
but there's nothing to wish for
here it is
I wish somebody told me
that this life is all there is

wake up now before the sun
worried cheeks I'm chewing on
watch me fall as I perform
is this what I'm still here for?

wake up from a dream I had
star filled cities in the sand
bombs that burn right through my hands
where I held the love I used to have

wishing it away
but there's nothing to wish for
here it is
I wish somebody told me
that the this life is all there is

pick my skin until it bleeds
am I real? I’m just checking
look myself right in the eye
to see if hers look back at me

in my head is not enough
the ground is breaking into dust
shake myself awake because
don't know what i'm waiting for

wishing it away
but there's nothing to wish for
here it is
I wish somebody told me
that this life is all there is

already I'm too late
before I wake up everyday
at least I'll live in a pretty box
when forever's run its course

I Remember You Fondly

lyrics (Olivia Steed)

music (Elliot Steed
and Olivia Steed)

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My closest friend went through some mental health struggles that ultimately ended our friendship and left me unable to trust or be vulnerable with peers. After years of social isolation, I tried to be social again, but trying to connect with others either left me feeling empty, or reminded me of her and made me want to retreat into myself again. Feeling pain means you are truly living, so I keep trying. xOlivia

lyrics

I remember you fondly
the path at the end of the concrete
I remember you laughing
I remember the safety
I felt

I remember you'd choose me
I never thought I would lose it
I was a little bit naive
but I remember you fondly
I do

and I try I try I do
to meet someone somewhere new
I force myself out of the house
like I couldn't do for you

oh I try it's trying for me
and come home worse than I leave
I spent it all on nothing
nothing to show for it

I miss it and it's all I want to do
I want it
but I can't love someone new
they just remind me of you
they just remind me of you

I remember us talking
late night voices soften
I remember your secrets
why didn't I see it?
see through

I remember us fighting
I remember you lying
I remember you leaving
cause I was a little too honest
for you

and I try I try I do
to meet someone somewhere new
I force myself out of the house
like I couldn't do for you

oh I try it's trying for me
and come home worse than I leave
I spent it all on nothing
nothing to show for it

I remember you fondly
I remember you got me
I remember belonging
I'm not but I hope your happy
I do

and I try I try I do
to meet someone somewhere new
I force myself out of the house
like I couldn't do for you

oh I try it's trying for me
and come home worse than I leave
I spent it all on nothing
nothing to show for it

I miss it and it's all I want to do
I want it
but I can't love someone new
they just remind me of you
they just remind me of you

I miss it and it's all I want to do
I want it
but I can't love someone new
they just remind me of you
they just remind me of you

Grown On Me

lyrics (Olivia Steed)

music (Elliot Steed
and Olivia Steed)

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This song is about someone I did a project with in university who was so drastically differenty than me, but so friendly to me when I had forgotten how to be a friend. xOlivia

lyrics

you're fire you're wild
I think you're lost
you ask me why
I'm so paranoid

there's just so much
that we don't know
you probably knew that three years ago

you call my name
you seek me out
I go along
when I'm in doubt

I can't deny
I guess it's true
you've grown on me
I've grown on you

you're never shy
you have no shame
it blows my mind
I can't explain

you know the world
I've read about
but I'm the calm one
and you're in doubt

you're kind of dumb
you're careless too
and I'm uptight
and kind of rude

I can't deny
I guess it's true
you've grown on me
i've grown on you

you're way too nice
I know it's dumb
but I feel so cool
when you talk me up

you're in the clouds
and I'm in doubt
you sure aren't the one
that I've dreamed about

I can't explain
I'm not like you
but you keep coming back
and I keep waiting for you

I can't deny
I guess it's true
you've grown on me
I’ve grown on you

Fake Lover in a Daydream

lyrics (Olivia Steed)

music (Elliot Steed
and Olivia Steed)

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This is the best song on the album in my opinion. It's the other song I play guitar on, because again I had some things to let out. My brother and I were both heartbroken and romantically frustrated at the same time and I pulled out this song I has written a couple months prior and we just let it all out. I'm pretty sure Elliot broke his drumsticks. It was amazing. xOlivia

lyrics

I feel like life's just out there but I know
it's only cause I dreamt about you last night
I feel like life's just out there but I know
it's only cause I saw you more than once or twice

will I ever find
someone like you?
there's nothing better than someone I can't compete with
do I want to be him or kiss him?
does it have to be one or the other?

fake lover in a daydream
that's all you are to me
fake lover in a daydream
that's all you'll ever be

I feel like life's just out there but I know
it's only made of chaos complication
I feel like life's just out there but I know
it's my fault cause I stay home where I'm safest

will I ever find
someone like you?
there's nothing better than someone I can't compete with
do I want to be him or kiss him?
does it have to be one or the other?

fake lover in a daydream
that's all you are to me
fake lover in a daydream
that's all you'll ever be

that’s all you’ll ever be
that’s all you’ll ever be
that’s all you’ll ever be
that’s all you’ll ever be

will I ever find
someone like you?
there's nothing better than someone I can't compete with
do I want to be him or kiss him?
does it have to be one or the other?
fake lover in a daydream
that's all you are to me
fake lover in a daydream
that's all you'll ever be

Shine Down On Me

lyrics (Olivia Steed)

music (Elliot Steed
and Olivia Steed)

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I realized this past Summer that I am obsessed with the sun, and the sense of peace I get when the sun's warmth is on my skin, like the world is holding me. I also realized I have a profound appreciation for nature. I ended up writing about all of this through the lens of my relationship with my mom, who embodies the peace, and strength of nature and is a ray of sun in my life. xOlivia

lyrics

I want to spend
my life in your glow
I want you now and forever

you're my best friend
you fill me up with love
your arms my favourite sweater

sometimes I'm down
but you don't care
you like that
I'm honest

sometimes we fight
but it's okay
cause I'm working on it

I thought that I needed more than this
but all that I want right from the morning
I just want to feel the world's embrace
I just want you to shine down on me
I just want you to shine down on me

under these roofs
so easy to distract me
your skies of blue
say there's a reason to be happy

sometimes I'm mad
but you don't care
when I'm over reacting

laugh at my stress
put me back in the world we're abstracting

I thought that I needed more than this
but all that I want right from the morning
I just want to feel the world's embrace
I just want you to shine down on me
I just want you to shine down on me

you're the only thing in my life that's real
you're the only one who knows how I feel
you're the only thing in my life that's real
you're the only one who knows how I feel

I can't believe I'd ever hate you
I can't believe I would ignore you
I'm so sorry will you forgive me
cause I'm yours for life
now I adore you

I thought that I needed more than this
but all that I want right from the morning
I just want to feel the world's embrace
I just want you to shine down on me
I just want you to shine down on me

I just want you to shine down on me

Late to the Party

lyrics (Olivia Steed)

music (Elliot Steed
and Olivia Steed)

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And finally, the cheesy closer credits song as I ride into the sunset. This one is about existing in the world again and making it to the place I had been dreaming of for so long. xOlivia

lyrics

there's something in the air tonight
I don't know what to call it
lifetime of waiting in the wings
I’m tired of waiting for it

I said I'd never change my mind
but here I am a traitor
life was a dusty bank back then
now it's a roaring river

I'm tired of being a housewife
I want to come home late now
I used to always want to drive
each day I take the train now

used to be slave to superficial
but now I don't wear makeup
I used to call me antisocial
but now I always go out

isn't it funny
when you're not who you used to be?
isn't it funny
when you realize you're doing it?
isn't it funny
when you're not who you used to be?
isn't it funny
when you grow out of misery

maybe I was late to the party
maybe I was late
maybe I was late to the party
maybe I was late
maybe I was late to the party
maybe I was late
maybe I was late to the party
but I got here anyways

I'm tired of living in denial
I want to fall in love now
here is my grown up honesty
I know that I'm enough now

I can do something by myself
and I can disagree now too
I can go where the night takes me
instead of rushing home to you

isn't it funny
when you're not who you used to be?
isn't it funny
when you realize you're doing it?
isn't it funny
when you're not who you used to be?
isn't it funny
when you grow out of misery

maybe I was late to the party
maybe I was late
maybe I was late to the party
maybe I was late
maybe I was late to the party
maybe I was late
maybe I was late to the party
but I got here anyways

maybe I was late to the party
maybe I was late
maybe I was late to the party
maybe I was late
maybe I was late to the party
maybe I was late
maybe I was late to the party
but I got here anyways

it's gonna be okay
it's gonna be okay
it's gonna be okay
I got here anyways

Hi we made this!

We’re siblings from BC that like to make songs on the weekends. I (Olivia) have a lot to ~express~ so write a lot of songs to figure out what I feel over different combinations of the only 6 chords I know (thank god for the capo). Elliot (my brother) just so happens to play guitar, bass, drums, kazoo (and he just rips it) and some piano, but can’t write a song to save his life. When I turned 21 I decided to not be insecure anymore, because as an Adult I can just do that, and we started recording songs I had written over the past year. This is the result, a collection of songs written from September 2022 to August 2023 about growing up, becoming a self and learning to exist in the world again.

xOlivia