Lynette Diaz
Lynette Diaz
Story
An original song written a few years ago that I usually perform with the Manuka Hunnies. I generally don't play guitar when we perform this song, but decided to record a version with my guitar this very late night/early morning, as the winds turn to gales out my window.
I've kinda turned this song on its head and feel like it's grown up a bit. The juxtaposition of playing a role verses being more playful.
Recently, the act of performing songs as a busker has been much more playful and joyful and filled me with an immense amount of gratitude, as I get to interact with so many people, Like the lines in the song, open skies truly have been a place of solace; and our evolution is a song yet to be sung. xx
Recorded: 21 July 2026
Lyrics
Roles We Try To Play
V1:
You wake up after a raging storm
Thoughts reordered by the dreams you've worn
Find some solace in that open sky
Still you don't know the how or why
Ch:
'Cause we always crave the answers
We always want our way
We're bound and constricted
By the roles we try to play
v2:
And we're guilty of self-deception
Been caught out in plain rejection
In the quest for some perfection
We all got lost and found maybe somewhere
Ch:
'Cause we always crave the answers
We always want our way
We're bound and constricted
By the roles we try to play
Let's throw them all away
V3:
And maybe in that aftermath
Heart feels cleansed and breathless again
Flowers face towards the sun
Our evolution is a song yet to be sung
Ch:
'Cause we always crave the answers
We won't always get our way
Let's not be bound and constricted
By the roles we try to play
The roles we try to play
Let's throw them all away
The roles we try to play
Repeat V1
Refrain:
(Try to play, try to play, try to play)
