Lynette Diaz Music — Songs, Demos & Sessions

Music by Lynette Diaz

Dive into a steadily expanding collection of original songs, demos and instrumentals — all written, performed and engineered by Lynette Diaz. Every entry below links to its own page featuring background notes, lyrics and audio.

Wake Up, Wake Up! artwork inspired by the original Butterflies instrumental — Wake Up, Wake Up! — from an instrumental seed

Redwood tree in the Christchurch Botanical Garden photographed by Lynette Diaz — The Redwood that inspired Solace

Lynette Diaz music session photograph — In the studio

Nature photograph by Lynette Diaz, Eye of the Beholder — Eye of the Beholder

Cormorant in Wellington, New Zealand, photographed by Lynette Diaz — Wellington cormorant

Long view of Rapaki, Lyttelton Harbour, by Lynette Diaz — Rapaki long view

Nature photograph by Lynette Diaz — Coastal inspiration

Flowers and bench at Lyall Bay, Wellington, 2018 — Lyall Bay flowers and bench

Sumner Beach, February 2018, photographed by Lynette Diaz — Sumner Beach

The 82A Sunday Session recording — The 82A Sunday Session

Guitar and sheet music cover for Lynette Diaz — Guitar and sheet music

Photograph from Lynette Diaz's collection — From the archive

Bendito Sea Dios, grandmothers photograph — Bendito Sea Dios

Lynette Diaz album artwork — Album artwork

Lynette Diaz album artwork two — Album artwork

Lynette Diaz album artwork three — Album artwork

Adobe house photograph used as artwork — Adobe house

Lynette Diaz album artwork four — Album artwork

Wake Up, Wake Up!

The track began life as a brief instrumental originally called "Butterflies (If Nothing Ever Changed)" — a gentle reminder that making music is a wonderfully transforming process.

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Lyrics

Wake up, go out, feel the cool earth underneath your feet, underneath your feet, and breathe. Simple does it, simple matter — listen to the breeze or elemental things, 'cause Mother Nature sings. Heading nowhere, we're already somewhere, we're already free, dancing endlessly, we're energetic beings. Wake up, wake up, see the stars that fill the sky, kiss of sun at daylight rise, hold your heart or hold a hand, say a prayer, sing a song, trust yourself — we all belong. Wake up, go out, feel the cool earth underneath your feet, underneath your feet, and breathe. Life is so much more than what we bargained for, but believe — we are free, we are free!

Notes

Current demo recording: 19 December 2025
Original instrumental demo "Butterflies, If Nothing Ever Changed": recorded and engineered 21 October 2025

Take A Step Forward (And Go)

An upbeat release from 09/27/2019, this track is best summed up as an uplifting song about finding courage.

Take A Step Forward (And Go) Buy Album Play the Track

Lyrics

Fears aside, false obligations out the door. Time to ride — the magic carpet's where you'll soar. Chorus: Take a step forward, take a step forward, take a step forward, and go. You're the rocket, breakin' free; high above you're likin' exactly what you'll see. Bridge: Here's the spark, here's the flame, here is where you'll smile again.

Notes

Single release: 27 September 2026
Production, sound engineering, instruments and vocals: Lynette Diaz
Lyrics and music by Lynette Diaz, written 29 May 2026 on a Flower Full Moon

Wellington Demo Session (2018/2019)

A set of songs recorded and engineered in Wellington throughout 2018 and 2019.

Wellington Demo Session

Curiosity (2019 Demo)

Find a map and point your finger, find your curiosity — that world is not a big bad place, it's flesh and bones like you and me. Digging deep we'll find the treasure, hidden truths and philosophy, excavating buried knowledge leading to our quickening. Bridge: soon we'll learn to love ourselves, then begin to love our neighbours — great blue ball of many people, courage to embrace us all. Listen

Freedom Is A Road (2019 Demo)

Oh those hours when darkness sets in, troubles fill your head and make it spin, wishing the dawn would light up the sky and drive your struggles away in the blink of an eye. Chorus: Freedom is a road to the other side. Loving what is means doing without all the baggage that leaves you in doubt, freeing your mind, living in kind, being your truth, living no lies. Listen

Headlights (2018 Demo)

A demo track from the Wellington sessions. Listen

All Is Fine (2018 Electric Mix)

All is fine when we're in time — when you wake and light shines through the blinds, when the day is done and you close your weary eyes, do you grasp the wonders of what you've seen? What is past makes way for what will be. When you look into your lover's eyes, holding hands on that long train ride, in your heart you'll know what this day brings, making real all your hopes and dreams. Bridge: can you remember just how you feel inside, right now? Listen

How Do You Make A Great Love? (Electric Demo 2019)

How do you make a great love, and how do you keep things flowing like the calmest seas, keeping the tempest away? Why do we make it harder than it has to be — we can keep our dignity and our sanity, there's a way to be: just be. I used to think I walked upon solid ground until the walls came down; structures I called my own crumbled fast, leaving ruins in my path. Bridge: here's my tabula rasa of growth possibilities, a different kind of lightness washing over me. Listen

My Truth (Demo 2018)

I speak my truth not because I want to but because I have to — that's what I do. I'm not here for just breathing, not here just to earn a buck, not here for just playing games or hoping for a little luck. I'm gonna be me in this world, don't want to be stuck; I'm gonna free me. I'm looking for salvation but not looking to be saved — salvation comes from inside. Listen

Everyday Song (2019 Demo)

Everybody needs an everyday song to get you through the everyday throng of birth and death and in-between, for most of us the average scene. Everyone goes away. Everyday I build a karmic bridge to links with people all around; good or evil, I forge a trail I have to walk along. It's not unusual at the end of the day to feel spent and needy, feeling passed along on that conveyor belt of human struggle and pained self-doubt. Can't blame others when you've lost the glow, the way you play or treat your soul — toil and tumble and fall in line, losing track of what's divine. Listen

Notes

Every song here was written, recorded and engineered by Lynette Diaz across various dates in 2018–2019.

The Redwood Demo Session (2018)

A century-old redwood in the Christchurch Botanical Garden has weathered lightning strikes and major earthquakes, and will likely stand for many hundreds of years to come. Solace is a hopeful, inspired instrumental reflecting on grief, love and growth.

The Redwood Demo Session Play Solace

Notes

An original instrumental demo — composed, performed, recorded and engineered by Lynette Diaz (February 2018).

The New Moon Session (April 2018)

Inspiration was in full flow — after an afternoon hugging trees and soaking up the autumn colours, Lynette returned home and wrote and recorded "Fresh Eyes (I'm Doing Fine)".

The New Moon Session Play Fresh Eyes

Lyrics

See the world with fresh eyes, sunlight streaming inward…

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