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In My Head
Day 1025 - October 21, 2026
Lyrics | Music: Oliver Richman
Performed By: Oliver Richman
I want you in my arms
I keep you in my head
So much I want to say
It's safer left unsaid
Just cause it isn't real
Doesn't mean it isn't true
I want you in my arms
I guess my dreams will do
Will Have To Do
Day 1029 - October 25, 2026
Lyrics | Music: Oliver Richman
Performed By: Oliver Richman
Too many things to say
Too little time to figure out how
Guess the words I land on
Right now will have to do
Come back another day
Maybe by then I'll make it more clear
But everything you'll discover
Right here is nothing new
Like The Day Before
Day 1028 - October 24, 2026
Lyrics | Music: Oliver Richman
Performed By: Oliver Richman
I don't want to need you anymore
Take my heart and leave it on the floor
But I can't seem to get you off my mind
I walk away and still I always find
Every day is like the day before
Why Do I Care
Day 1027 - October 23, 2026
Lyrics | Music: Oliver Richman
Performed By: Oliver Richman
I could spend years writing this song knowing you'll never hear it
I could spend weeks crafting a phrase worthy to share
I could spend days choosing my words losing my pride and spirit
Spending my life wondering why your unaware
Why do I try
Why do I care
Isn't That Good Today
Day 1026 - October 22, 2026
Lyrics | Music: Oliver Richman
Performed By: Oliver Richman
I wasted my morning too scared to be bad
I sit here now mourning the time that I had
I know it isn't that good today
Found all the meaning I could today
but waiting for a spark of inspiration
made me just as sad
Bunnies (Live)
Lyrics | Music: Oliver Richman
Performed By: Oliver Richman
THERE WERE BUNNIES THAT WERE JUMPING ON A TRAMPOLINE
AND I JUST LEARNED THAT THEY WEREN’T REAL
IF A BOT CAN INHABIT AN UNKNOWING RABBIT
IT MIGHT MANUFACTURE THE WAY YOU MADE ME FEEL
HOW DO I KNOW THAT THE SKY’S REALLY SUNNY?
SOMETIMES IT FEELS LIKE YOUR LOVE IS AS REAL
AS AN UNKNOWING BUNNY
THERE’S A WOMAN WHO WAS TALKING ON MY TV SCREEN
AND I JUST LEARNED SHE DOESN’T EXIST
HER HEART WAS CREATED
HER VOICE—GENERATED
HER SOUL HASN’T LIVED AND HER LIPS HAVE NOT BEEN KISSED
HOW DO I KNOW THAT THE SKY’S REALLY SUNNY?
NOW YOU CAN CHANGE HOW IT LOOKS WITH A WAVE OF YOUR HAND
AND A FUCK TON OF MONEY
AM I JUST AN UNKNOWING BUNNY?
AM I JUST AN UNKNOWING BUNNY?
HOPPING ALONG BOUNCING AWAY
WHILE THE CLOUDS ARE CRYING
BUT WE COVER THEIR TEARS WITH A BRIGHT SUNNY DAY
AND FORGET WE’RE LYING
SO, FORGET ABOUT PAIN
FORGET HOW TO TRY
FORGET HOW THE RAIN USED TO DANCE WITH THE SKY
TILL YOU NO LONG CARE HOW THE HAIR OF A HARE USED TO FEEL
CAUSE YOUR MIND’S MADE OF LEAD
AND YOUR HEART’S MADE OF STEEL
THERE WERE BUNNIES THAT WERE JUMPING ON A TRAMPOLINE
AND I JUST LEARNED THAT THEY WEREN’T REAL
Spring songs
Lyrics | Music: Oliver Richman
Performed By: Oliver Richman
SPRING DOESN’T FEEL LIKE SPRING
WHEN I’M FAR AWAY FROM SKIES OF YOU
BLUE IF THE SKY IS BLUE
WHY DOES MINE LOOK GREY
WHEN YOU HAVE TO GO
KNOW WHILE YOUR FLOWERS GROW
ALL OF MINE GO DRY
KNOWING YOU’RE NOT NEAR
HERE I CAN’T SEEM TO HEAR
HOW THE WORLD AROUND ME STARTS TO SING
BUT SPRING DOESN’T FEEL LIKE SPRING
KNOWING ALL I SEE IS WHAT USED TO BE
SPRING, SPRING
WHERE ARE YOUR FLOWERS?
LAST YEAR YOU SAID THEY’D RETURN
SPRING, SPRING
BRING BACK WHAT’S OURS
BUT HOW MANY LEAVES WILL IT TAKE ME TO LEARN
YOU LIE YOUR ROSES ARE BOUND TO GO DRY
YOUR LILIES ARE BORN TO SAY GOODBYE
SO WHY TEACH THEM TO GROW
IF THEY’RE ONLY MEANT TO GO
SPRING, SPRING
STILL WE KEEP MEETING
THIS TIME YOU TELL ME YOU’LL STAY
SPRING, SPRING
WHY KEEP REPEATING
KNOWING YOU’LL SOON BE A WINTER AWAY
YOU LIE
YOUR ROSES ARE BOUND TO DECEIVE
YOUR LILIES ARE ONLY BORN TO LEAVE
ME BELIEVING WE CAN STILL GROW
WHEN YOU’RE ONLY MEANT TO GO
DON’T GO
Love Song Medley
Lyrics | Music: Oliver Richman
Performed By: Oliver Richman
WHAT IF YOU LOVED ME
THE WAY THAT I LOVE YOU
WHAT IF YOU SAW WHAT I SEE?
MAYBE IT’S FOOLISH
THE WAY THAT I LOVE YOU
BUT SOMETIMES THE FOOL HAS THE KEY
I’D RATHER BE FOOLISH
THAN LEARN YOU DON’T LOVE—
THEY GO DANCING
BY THE HUDSON
EVERY THURSDAY AFTERNOON
AND THEY DANCE UNTIL THE MOON LIGHTS UP THE SKY
AND HE HOLDS HER LIKE A PRINCESS
AND THEY DANCE THE NIGHT AWAY
BUT LIKE THE WATER IN THE BAY
I JUST PASS BY
AT LEAST I CAN IMAGINE FROM AFAR
AS I WISH UPON A STAR
THAT ONE DAY
I’LL GO DANCING
BY THE HUDSON
WITH A PRINCE TO CALL MY OWN
AND I WON’T FEEL AS ALONE I GUARANTEE
NOT IF SOMEONE WANTS TO DANCE WITH—
IF YOU TURN MY WAY
AND YOU CAUGHT MY EYE
WOULD WE FALL IN LOVE THE WAY IT HAPPENS IN THE STORIES?
IS IT TOO CLICHÉ?
THINKING SPARKS WOULD FLY
THAT WE’D FALL IN LOVE THE WAY IT HAPPENS IN THE STORIES?
WOULD YOU ASK MY NAME?
WOULD YOU START TO SMILE?
WOULD YOU FEEL THE SAME RELENTING HOPE
THAT THIS NEW CHAPTER LAST A WHILE?
WOULD WE STAY RIGHT HERE AND TALK
TILL WE BOTH FORGET THE CLOCK
OR WERE WE ONLY MEANT TO WALK THE FICTION AISLE?
CAUSE YOU TURN MY WAY
AND YOU CATCH MY EYE
AND I SAY GOODBYE
TO THE STRANGER IN A BOOKSTORE
(The brilliant Grant Steller orchestrated this part for song a day. I imagine the version existing in this context would be more piano-led)
NEVER THOUGHT YOU’D TURN MY WAY
NEVER THOUGHT THAT STORY’D COME TO BE
IN A WORLD WHERE LOVE’S PASSE
I DON’T UNDERSTAND WHY YOU’D LOVE ME
I’M NO PRINCE
NO FEARLESS KNIGHT
I’M NO HERO WORTH THE FIGHT
DIDN’T THINK THAT YOU’D REWRITE MY STORY
THOUGHT I READ THIS BOOK BEFORE
GUESS I SOMEHOW MISSED THE GREATEST PART
NOW I KNOW THERE’S ALWAYS MORE
NOW AT LAST YOU’VE OPENED UP MY HEART
AND SET THE AUTHOR FREE
I COULDN’T FIND THE KEY
UNTIL YOU TURNED MY WAY
AND CAUGHT MY EYE
AND HELPED ME SEE MY STORY
In My Head
Day 1025 - October 21, 2026
Lyrics | Music: Oliver Richman
Performed By: Oliver Richman
I want you in my arms
I keep you in my head
So much I want to say
It's safer left unsaid
Just cause it isn't real
Doesn't mean it isn't true
I want you in my arms
I guess my dreams will do
Days That I Have Time
Day 1024 - October 20, 2026
Lyrics | Music: Oliver Richman
Performed By: Oliver Richman
It's always days that I have time that I never seem to use it
Thinking that it wouldn't pass me by
But soon I hear it's hour chime
And I let my pride abuse it
Forgetting that it's leisure is a lie
Just the Same (Live)
Lyrics | Music: Oliver Richman
Performed By: Oliver Richman
There’s a wrinkle in his smile
There’s a pimple on his chin
There’s the ball he didn’t catch
And there’s the match he didn’t win
There’s a time that he feels lonely
There’s a time that he feels shame
But the good, the bad, the broken
I love him just the same
There’s the road she didn’t follow
There’s the chance she didn’t take
There’s the life she used to dream
Before the team she didn’t make
And sometimes she doesn’t recognize
The person she became
But the good, the bad, the broken
I love her just the same
There’s a person on a park bench
With a sadness in their eyes
There’s a grin they seem to borrow
Through the sorrow they disguise
I don’t know their story
And I don’t know their name
The good, the bad, the broken
The failing, or the fame
I wonder if they know that someone loves them just the same
Hey, kid
Been a while since I heard you laugh like this
Took another wrong turn
Made another bad choice
Had another rough day, kid
Remind me how it feels
To smile at the rain
Help me find my way kid
I just want to come home
I want to come home
So take me back
Before I learned which way was right
When every crack
Was just a way to see the light
There’s a wrinkle in my smile
There’s a pimple on my chin
There’s so many things I could’ve done
Could’ve won and could’ve been
There’s a lot I take for granted
There’s a lot that I can’t see
And the good, the bad, the broken
Are all just parts of me
The good, the bad, the broken
Are all just parts of me
The good, the bad, the broken
Are all just parts of me
Behind Again
Day 1023 - October 19, 2026
Lyrics | Music: Oliver Richman
Performed By: Oliver Richman
And I'm behind again
That's nothing new
I have a way of falling through
It's undefined again
The road ahead
I write this lazy song instead
Discover
Chasing Time
FULL
Lyrics | Music: Oliver Richman
Performed By: Oliver Richman, Abby Mohaddes, Gabby Ballesteros
LAST NOVEMBER
Last November you were happy
New horizons clear as day
I remember being happy
But last November's far away
Last November rain was falling
But it didn't hide the sun
Cause last November life was calling
To a world that just begun
Time is racing by
Can't help but wonder why
I've spent a lifetime chasing daydreams from my mind
That I left the world I thought I knew behind
IN A HUNDRED YEARS
In a hundred years from now
I wonder how
The world will see
In a hundred lives from here
Will life appear to be
In the lights that house our bedroom
In the love you always bring
In a hundred years from now
Will time sing
Da da da da da
Da da da-da
Da da da
Da da da da da
Da da da da da
Sing with me forever
Dance with me through time today
A life ago, I never thought
The world would find a way
Cause life can fill with sorrow
Hiding out in fear
But now I see tomorrow
With your light and laughter here
Da da da da da
Da da da-da
Da da da
Da da da da da
Da da da da da
COME BACK
A little less sunshine today
A little less laughter to borrow
All of our dreams far away
Facing the pain of tomorrow
So wake me up when the nightmare’s ending
Wake me up when life is real again
Wake me up to prove that time’s pretending
But until then
Come back to your chair, Abby
Come back to your chair
I sit in your chair, Abby
It feels like you’re there
A little less music today
Filling our lifetime with quiet
A little less dancing today
Scrolling through time to deny it
So, take me back when life was endless dreaming
Take me back with millions of miles to go
Take me back when time was full of meaning
I’d never know until you'd go
So, come back to your food, Abby
Come back to your food
It’s waiting for you, Abby
Spoiling for you
Come back to your phone, Abby
Come back to your phone
They’re calling your phone, Abby
I sit here alone
So fuck the sun for shining today
Fuck the busy streets for moving on
Fuck the world for finding a way
When mine is gone
IF TIME COULD STAY
If I could turn the clocks back
If I had known tomorrow back then
If I could rewind time's track
If I could see your smile once again
Maybe I would open up my eyes
And never compromise
One moment chasing echoes that are bound to fade away
I’d imagine
If time could stay for a moment
If time could stay
I’d find a way in this moment
To say the things time took away from you
If love could paint tomorrow
Building monuments to mark the endless climb
If love could reform sorrow
In a world where we might live untouched by time
Maybe I would open up my heart
And never hold a part
Of time we have with anger from a day that’s come and gone
I’d imagine
If time could stay for a moment
If time could stay
I’d find a way in this moment
To say the things I should have said to you
But time isn’t waiting
For hearts in the past
Though time’s still creating
A million more moments
And maybe in one moment
Time won’t stop the love
Cause love is meant to last
YOU CHANGED MY SONG
I hear the breeze of last November
On every road we could’ve been
With lasting footprints to remember
When life was waiting to begin
Will the lights still shine without you to guide me along?
Will the world find you
In a life or two
Cause you never knew
How you changed my song
You changed my song with words I never knew
You changed my heart
With love that never grew
Till I met you
Now I hug a little tighter
Knowing time will move along
So in a hundred years from now
The world will rearrange ‘cause
You have changed my song
Corn Popsicles: A Corn Popsicle Found Me
Corn Popsicles
Lyrics | Music: Oliver Richman
Performed By: Oliver Richman
This is my submission for the Corn Musical
Lonely summer
Walking down to H-Mart
Singing Where do I go from here?
One year left in college
And I can’t help but acknowledge
That things would be different
If I knew you were near
Where are the friends you…
Meet in the movies?
Willing to wait…
Ready to be there…
Am I too much?
Am I too late?
Leave it to fate
And I suddenly see there
Lying on the shelf
A six-sided reflection of myself
Waiting…
What would I do without seeing the view
Of a corn popsicle?
Where would I be without learning to see
Like a corn popsicle?
Simple yet blazing
Profound and a-maiz-ing
And doesn’t need praising to raise to the top
I can finally say: I’m finally free!
Today is the day
A corn popsicle found me
To be corn-tinued…
Glasses
Day 881 - May 30, 2026
Lyrics | Music: Oliver Richman
Performed By: Oliver Richman
Inspired by this passage of
They Both Die at the End:
I take a deep breath. “But if for some reason
this plan doesn’t work, we need to promise to
find each other in the afterlife. There has to be
an afterlife, Roof, because it’s the only thing
that makes dying this young fair.”
Rufus nods. “I will make it so easy for you to
find me. Neon signs. Marching bands.”
“Good, because I might not have my glasses,”
I say. “Not sure if they’ll ascend with me.”
In case God takes away my glasses
Here’s what I look like
No clue where we’re bound to go
But need to make sure you know
In case it’s somewhere without glasses
In case it’s harder there to see
Cause it took way too long
To find you here in this world
And just in case
I don’t have glasses in the next one
I need to know
It won’t be just as long for you to find me
Just as long as you can find me
My Rose
Lyrics | Music: Oliver Richman
Performed By: Oliver Richman
Did you get my rose this morning?
I hope it made you grin
Don’t forget my rose this morning
When reality sinks in
Cause I’m not as pretty as a rose
I’m not as graceful as her leaves
I’ve never felt the kind of love that she receives
Despite the thorns I try to hide
I know I’ll never change the view
My petals are not the ones you chose
I’m not as lucky as the rose
Who knows how it feels
To be held by you
Back Up
Day 466 - April 10, 2025
Lyrics | Music: Oliver Richman
Performed By: Oliver Richman
Made a song from the sound
of a truck backing up
Back up
Can we just back up?
Can we just hit rewind
Before what’s bad get worse
Back up
Too late to back up
Too late to make the words
I said to you reverse
Reverse
I can’t move forward
Knowing you’re not here
I’ve tried to find a different road
But I can’t change the gear
So how did you move forward
And pave a different track
When all that I can do is
Look back
Song a Day 568 (LIVE at Joe's Pub NYC)
Day 568 - July 21, 2025
Lyrics | Music: Oliver Richman
Performed By: Oliver Richman
Yesterday was one of the most special days I’ve ever had.
I’m such a lucky guy. My only complaint is that I had so
much fomo because there were people from so many aspects
of my life that I desperately wanted to hang with and
introduce to each other so if you were there or watching the
livestream holy moly thank you literally please hang out
with me I love you. Thanks for having me @Joe’s Pub
Song a Day 568
At Joe’s Pub
July 21, 2025
(Yesterday)
I like beginnings
More than ends
That doesn’t mean I like to start
No
I’m never certain how to start
(Good Art sign) Close? (sigh)
Is it worth beginning?
Well, that depends
Is it real or is it “smart”?
No
Is it something from my heart?
Gross
I know my words never come out perfect
I know my notes still have room to grow
But too long I’ve let the fear of saying “goodbye”
Keep me from saying “hello”
So hello!
That fear is hard to part with
But tonight I’ll try to start with what I know:
(“The Ballad of Phil and Phyllis” music)
It’s my first solo show
It’s the opening song
I started it yesterday
So it’s not that strong
But you’re really here
I know it’s very late
So thanks for coming down on
Day 568
Time comes time goes
And you never think you’re ready
I don’t know if I’m ready
New dreams new clothes
Though the path may feel unsteady
Just look at where it led eventually!
Cause it’s hard to see
What lies beyond the highs and lows
If it means something tomorrow…
No one really knows
Cause one day you have no clue
How to write any words worth saying
And then the next day
You’re playing it at Joe’s
At Joe’s!
It’s my first solo show
It’s the opening song
And my voice may crack
But I’ll sing it strong
Cause you’re really here
So let’s celebrate
When my skies were looking grey
With you I found a ray
Of love and hope and joy
On Day 568
Stranger in a Bookstore
Day 117 - April 26, 2024
Lyrics | Music: Oliver Richman
Performed By: Oliver Richman
POV: You’re a hopeless romantic
in a bookstore
If you turn my way
And you caught my eye
Would we fall in love the way it happens in the stories?
Is it too cliché?
Thinking sparks would fly
That we’d fall in love the way it happens in the stories?
Would you ask my name?
Would you start to smile?
Would you feel the same relenting hope
That this new chapter last a while?
Would we stay right here and talk
Till we both forget the clock
Or were we only meant to walk the fiction aisle?
Cause you turn my way
And you catch my eye
And I say goodbye
To the stranger in a bookstore
Stranger in a Bookstore (Reprise)
Day 330 - November 25, 2024
Lyrics | Music: Oliver Richman
Performed By: Oliver Richman
Never thought you’d turn my way
Never thought that story’d come to be
In a world where love’s passé
I don’t understand why you’d love me
I’m no prince
No fearless knight
I’m no hero worth the fight
Didn’t think that you’d rewrite my story
Thought I read this book before
Guess I somehow missed the greatest part
Now I know there’s always more
Now at last you’ve opened up my heart
And set the author free
I couldn’t find the key
Until you turned my way
And caught my eye
And helped my see
My story
The Song of Achilles
Day 510+ - May 24, 2025
Lyrics | Music: Oliver Richman
Performed By: Oliver Richman
What if The Song of Achilles was a musical…
Inspired by Chapter 6 of
The Song of Achilles (when
Patroclus realizes his jealousy
Of Achilles might be… something
Else) by Madeline Miller
Patroclus:
“Dm dm dm dm”
goes the stone
that he throws
across the water
Twenty
“dm dm dm dm”
Thirty
“dm dm dm dm”
Forty
“dm dm dm”
Further than mine
Last week all I wanted was to throw
my stupid stone into his face
Until his dimples lose their shine
“Dm dm dm dm”
But suddenly it’s fine
“Dm dm dm dm”
goes the lyre
that he plays perhaps to tease me
A hundred men have played those strings
But none like he
Last week I was angry
That his stupid princely hands unlocked a song
Where I could never find the key
But now everything around me rings
And suddenly I wish those strings were
“Dm dm dm dm”
me
And it’s almost like fear
Almost like crying
But it’s different from the things I’ve felt before
When I know that he’s near
It feels like I’m flying
But who knew I’d see Olympus
With my feet still on the floor
My Dream Last Night
Day 676 - November 6, 2025
Lyrics | Music: Oliver Richman
Performed By: Oliver Richman
I wrote a really good song
In my dream last night
But I forgot the way it goes
And as much as I try to remember it
Only the ghost of my dream knows
Oh, there was a melody I found
Oh, felt like that best one I had written
The best one I would write
Perhaps I’ll hear the song again
When I go to bed tonight
September
Day 610 - September 1, 2025
Lyrics | Music: Oliver Richman
Performed By: Oliver Richman
September
Can’t believe you’re finally here again
It’s my favorite time of year again
Waiting for the day that you return
Wondering if you remember
How the leaves looked not too long ago
I can still hear how your song would go
Leaving me a lesson I don’t learn
Well maybe next September
Maybe next September
When a Song Fights Back
Day 7 - January 7, 2024
Lyrics | Music: Oliver Richman, Kaden MacKay
Performed By: Oliver Richman, Kaden MacKay
SONGWRITER:
Should it go here?
Should it go there?
Should it go up or down
Or stop - no
It should go somewhere
But where?
It should be clear
Clear and concise
Pleasing to the ear
Something to entice
Leaves you with a tear
It should go here!
But I wanna go here
Who are you?
SONG:
I’m the song
you want to write
Well, not yet
Not quite
But I would be
If you only set me free
You could hear the things I see
You could play within the key
Of what I could be
Wait, What?
Imagine all the buried treasure
Once you know the measure of a measure
Is never in the craft but in the pleasure that can flow
Once you let go
But if you don’t
You’ll never know
Maybe Meant for Me
Day 794 - March 4, 2026
Lyrics | Music: Oliver Richman, Emily Bear
Performed By: Oliver Richman, Emily Bear
I’m not made for chance
For “nearly”s
For “almost”s
For “maybe”s that are hardly ever “is”
A light touch (a light touch)
It’s not much
But it’s everything knowing that it’s his
If only
“If only”s were as certain as I feel
If only it were real
Just a passing glance
A “nearly”
An “almost”
A “maybe” that I wish could only be
But the feelings that I hide
Are better off inside
It’s safer knowing that it’s not a guarantee
So “if only” (If only)
An “almost” (An “almost”)
A “maybe”
Was maybe
Meant for me
Machine
Day 110 - April 19, 2024
Lyrics | Music: Oliver Richman
Performed By: Oliver Richman
If I was a machine
(bing)
How’s it going?
My project would be perfect
(bing)
Let me help you
My mind would stay intact
My words would be exact
My efforts would be clean
If I was a machine
(bing)
How’s it going?
Critique would not affect me
(bing)
Let me help you
I’d always get it done
When it’s boring… when it’s fun
When it’s kind and when it’s mean
If I was a machine
I wouldn’t make mistakes
I wouldn’t have a heart that breaks
It would never even know
That it’s nothing more than what it makes
It’s just routine
If I was
(bing)
How’s it going let me help you
Machine
900
Day 900 - June 18, 2026
Lyrics | Music: Oliver Richman
Performed By: Oliver Richman
Didn’t think I’d get to 100
Can’t believe I got to 9
Just cause I can’t see the sun shining
Doesn’t mean it doesn’t shine
Cause it looks cloudy here at 900
Just as cloudy as Day 1
Some days I seem to think
I’m far from where I started
But then look up to find
I’ve only just begun
100 songs that you ignore
Guess I’ll write 100 more
But who am I writing for?
Who am I writing for?
The Ballad of Phil and Phyllis (Lyric Video)
Single Released May 9, 2025
Lyrics | Music: Oliver Richman
Performed By: Oliver Richman, Joy Woods, Grant Steller
PHIL:
You can have the fame, Phyllis
I’d give up all the fame
You can have the overbearing stares
The noisy crowds
The holy shadow
And the shame, Phyllis!
But don’t pretend you want this
Don’t be so naïve
I’ll say these words again and again
But by then you’re bound to leave
They always leave
Why must you leave?
PHYLLIS:
Well, I guess I’m just like the rest
PHIL:
Why must you leave?
PHYLLIS:
We can’t all live forever
I sure was never as blessed
PHIL:
Nothing’s supposed to live forever, Phyllis
Nothing’s supposed to last that long
The burrows we made will eventually fade
And I’ll be left to sing the same old song
But if nothing’s supposed to live forever, Phyllis
Why am I the one who’s cursed to see
The sprout begin to spawn
Till the things I know are gone
Till everyone moves on but…
Hold me, Phyllis
Hold me like an apricot
Hold me like the world is not about to wave goodbye
PHYLLIS:
You watched my fur turn grey
PHIL:
I don’t like “goodbye”
PHYLLIS:
How many times have you had to say….
PHIL:
Please don’t say…
BOTH:
Goodbye
PHYLLIS:
Nothing’s supposed to live forever
Nothing’s supposed to last that long
That’s what they say, Phil
It all goes away, Phil
But something deep inside me knows they’re wrong
If nothing’s supposed to live forever
I’ll give you a part of me I guarantee you’ll find
In the winters and the springs
In the song your shadow sings
Forever is the things I leave behind
PHIL:
Behind?
PHYLLIS:
You’ll see me in their smile
And their claws
Will make you take pause
And maybe the burrows we made
PHIL: The burrows we made
PHYLLIS: Will come back to your mind
PHIL: The burrows we made will eventually fade
PHYLLIS: Back when we weren’t afraid the sun
PHIL: And I can’t persuade the sun
To let us rewind
PHYLLIS: Would set and let
PHIL: Let us start over
PHYLLIS: us leave our last duet…
PHIL: Before you leave me…
BOTH: Behind
PHYLLIS: Are the ones who go ever truly gone
When you’re…
BOTH: Holding on to who you leave behind
PHYLLIS: Who you leave…
PHIL: Hold me, Phyllis
PHYLLIS: Behind
PHIL: Why can’t you stay forever?
PHYLLIS:
I can see forever
Just by looking in your eyes
PHIL: Dry your eyes
PHYLLIS:
That’s the thing with love…
It multiplies and multiplies and
Nothing’s supposed to live forever
PHIL: Nothing’s supposed to live forever, Phyllis
PHYLLIS: But the tighter you hold me
PHIL: The deeper you look in my eyes
BOTH: The more that can’t be true
PHYLLIS: And the sprout begins to spawn
PHIL: In the winters and the springs
PHYLLIS: And the things I know are gone
PHIL: In the song shadow sings
BOTH: Till everyone moves on but us two
Cause…
PHYLLIS: Nothing’s supposed to live forever
PHIL: Nothing’s supposed to live forever
PHYLLIS: Nothing’s supposed to live forever
PHIL: How can I live forever
PHYLLIS: Without you
PHIL: Without you?
Me in a Year
Single Released January 1, 2026
Lyrics | Music: Oliver Richman
Performed By: Oliver Richman
He doesn’t second guess the clothes he wears
He doesn’t base his words
On faded dreams and jaded stares
He writes a new verse
With no one to please
He looks in the mirror and likes what he sees
He doesn’t seem far but he’s not near
Oh
And his eyes look just like mine
And he smiles just like me
What can he see that I can’t see?
Oh
Maybe it’s a little more love
Maybe it’s a little less fear
Maybe that’s me in a year
Maybe that’s me in a year
He turns all his losses into wins
'Cause he doesn’t live his life in
Should've dones and could’ve beens
He goes for the gold
He lands on his face
He takes the next step and gets back in the race
But that doesn’t make him disappear
Oh
And his eyes are just like mine
And he smiles just like me
What can he see that I can’t see?
Maybe it’s a little more love
Maybe it’s a little less fear
Maybe that’s me in a year
And maybe it's not
Maybe it went a little different than I thought
Maybe the dreams I sought are still just dreams
When that day is finally here
But I'm a little bit closer
And it's a little more clear
And there's a little more love
And sometimes he can't decide
What clothes to wear
And sometimes he doesn't see
The specs of light that might be there
He writes a new verse
He shares a new song
And maybe that person was there all along
Even when I think he's nowhere near
Oh, and his eyes look just like mine
And he smiles just like me
What can he see that I can't see?
Oh, maybe it's a little more love
Maybe it's a little less fear
Maybe that's me in a year
Maybe that's me in year
I Don't Remember Birthdays
Day 667 - October 28, 2025
Lyrics: Oliver Richman
Performed By: Oliver Richman
I don’t remember birthdays
It’s not that I don’t try
I check Facebook every morning
For a whisper of a warning
To decide if I should open my heart
Or simply cry
That I remember every day you walk away
From who we used to be
‘Cause you remember birthdays
You remember mine
But you don’t remember me
I don’t remember movies
Or how the story ends
If you ask me to explain another plot,
You’ll find my brain begin to rot with—
Were they lovers?
Were they strangers?
Were they friends?
Still I remember how damn real
You made me feel
What scene can I have missed?
So watch another movie
Write another ending
And forget that I exist
Forget about all the times
We were scared together
Forget about all the dreams
That we dared together
If all the love that we shared together
Was just a charade
Then I’m still afraid that
I don’t remember birthdays
Or the song we used to sing
But it’s hard to find the comfort
In the pain as I refrain
From our refrain
To let it play, let it end, let it sting
If I could make these words rewind
I’d try to find
Some hook, some line, some clue
That you remember birthdays
You remember mine
‘Cause I remember…
You
Happy Birthday to you
How many years I thought I knew you…
How many candles on the cake?
How many wishes could I make for you
To take my hand and stay?
But now it’s just another day
Just another movie
Just another song that rings
With all the things you’re not
So I forget
How you forgot
I don’t remember birthdays
I’ve looked for many cures
But no matter how much empathy I spend
It seems my heartstrings never mend
‘Til I pretend that I don’t remember yours
So close the door and walk away
From yesterday and who we used to be
Till you remember birthdays
You remember mine
And you remember me
January - Live
EP Released June 12, 2026
"January (Live)"
Performed By: Oliver Richman
January
Was supposed to be my chance to begin again
But always seems to lead me
To a place that I’ve been again
I hate what all my New Year’s resolutions became
Watching how it stays the same
January
If only you would slow down and wait for me
Perhaps it wouldn’t feel like
What I want is too late for me
How many months I’ve sung these words before
At least I have 11 more
To get it right
To follow through
To do what I set out to do
To feel the light
This song could carry
Before its reprise next
January
January
I don't know where I've gone
I don't know where I'm going
I don't know where I'm supposed to be
I watch the world move
I watch my friends keep growing
I wonder if they feel like me
January
I know I broke the promise I swore to you
I know it's dumb
To try this late to manifest more from you
I know the past refuses to believe I still can
When I'm back where I began
January
Your garden’s looking lonely and dry again
But all the seeds I planted aren’t ripe for “goodbye” again
Don’t tell me that the dreams I have are too late to grow
I still have a long way to go
To get it right
To follow through
To do what I set out to do
To feel the light this song could carry
Even when it’s well past January
January
I don't know where I've gone
I don't know where I'm going
I don't know where I'm supposed to be
I watch the world move on
I watch my friends keep growing
I wonder if they feel like me
I wonder if they feel like me
