Lynette Diaz Music: Songs, Demos & Lyrics

Original Music by Lynette Diaz

Browse an ever-expanding collection of original songs, demos and instrumentals — all written, performed and engineered by Lynette Diaz. Every entry comes with a short backstory, the lyrics and a way to listen, letting you trace how a simple spark turns into a finished song.

Artwork for the original Butterflies instrumental demo — Where Wake Up, Wake Up! began

A century-old redwood tree in the Christchurch Botanical Garden — The redwood that inspired Solace

Lynette Diaz music session photograph — In the studio

Nature photograph by Lynette Diaz, 2018 — Eye of the beholder

Cormorant photographed in Wellington — Wellington cormorant

Long view of Rapaki from the hills — Rapaki long view

Landscape photograph by Lynette Diaz — Scenes that spark songs

Flowers and a bench at Lyall Bay — Lyall Bay flowers and bench

Sumner Beach in February 2018 — 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 the Lynette Diaz archive — From the archive

Bendito sea Dios, grandmothers photograph — Family memories

Album artwork from CD Baby — Album artwork

Lynette Diaz album art from CD Baby — Release artwork

Lynette Diaz album artwork from CD Baby — More release artwork

Wake Up, Wake Up!

This track started life as a bare instrumental titled "Butterflies (If Nothing Ever Changed)" — a reminder of just how transformative the songwriting process can be.

Wake Up, Wake Up! Listen to the 2018 Demo

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

Wake Up, Wake Up! — current demo recording, 19 December 2025
Butterflies, If Nothing Ever Changed — original instrumental demo composition, recorded and engineered 21 October 2025

Take A Step Forward (And Go)

Out since 09/27/2019, this one is best summed up as an upbeat song about courage.

Take A Step Forward (And Go) Buy Album Listen

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: 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 during 2018 and 2019.

Wellington Demo Session (2018/2019)

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, 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.

Freedom Is A Road (2019 Demo)

Oh those hours when darkness sets in, troubles fill your head, making it spin, wishing that the dawn would light up the sky, drive away your struggles 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.

Headlights (2018 Demo)

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 hand on that long train ride, in your heart you'll know what this day brings, makes real all your hopes and dreams. Bridge: can you remember, just remember, can you remember just how you feel inside? Can you feel it? Can you remember just how you feel inside, right now?

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

How do you make a great love, a great love? How do you make it great? How do you keep things flowing like the calmest seas, keep the tempest away? Chorus: why do we make it harder than it has to be? Oh, we can keep our dignity, our sanity — yeah, there's a way to be, just be. I used to think I walked upon solid ground until the walls came down; structures I used to know, 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.

My Truth (Demo 2018)

I speak my truth not because I want to but because I have to — that's what I do. How's about you? 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, yeah, I'm gonna be me, that's gonna free me. I'm looking for salvation but not looking to be saved — salvation comes from inside, ain't gonna find it at that grave.

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. Chorus: everyone goes away. Everyday I build a karmic bridge to links with people all around; good or evil, I forge a trail that I have to walk along. It's not unusual at the end of the day to feel spent and needy in some way, feeling passed along on that conveyor built 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.

Notes

All songs written, recorded and engineered by Lynette Diaz
Recorded on various dates, 2018–2019

The Redwood Demo Session (2018)

In Christchurch Botanical Garden stands a redwood a century old. Struck by lightning and rocked by major earthquakes, it has endured and should stand for many hundreds of years to come. Solace is a hopeful, inspired instrumental exploring grief, love and growth.

The Redwood Demo Session (2018) Solace (Instrumental – Original)

Notes

Original instrumental demo composed, performed, recorded and engineered by Lynette Diaz, February 2018

The New Moon Session (April 2018)

Inspiration was in full flow: an afternoon spent hugging trees and admiring the autumn colours led to writing and recording "Fresh Eyes (I'm Doing Fine)" at home.

The New Moon Session (April 2018) Fresh Eyes (I'm Doing Fine)

See the world with fresh eyes, sunlight streaming inward.

Additional Sessions and Demos

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