Audra Hardt ALIVE SlideShare5. 2. “THINK” 2. “THINK” by Audra Hardt YOUR NAME HAS THE POWER TO SEND SHIVERS DOWN MY SPINE SUCH A SHAME . . . I ALWAYS WONDER WHERE YOU ARE ALL THE TIME DID YOU THINK THAT YOU’RE DIFFERENT DID YOU THINK IT’S EASY TO CONTROL DID YOU THINK ABOUT YOUR LOVED ONES . . . YOUR FAMILY . . . ALL YOU HAD TO LOSE DID YOU THINK ABOUT ME . . . DID YOU THINK ABOUT YOU DID YOU THINK . . . DID YOU THINK BEFORE YOU MOVED LIKE A GAME I PONDER . . . IF YOU’RE ALIVE OR YOU’RE DEAD WHAT THE HELL IS GOING UNDER ABOVE AROUND AND THROUGH YOUR HEAD DID YOU THINK THAT YOU’RE DIFFERENT, IMMUNE FROM YOUR DISEASE DID YOU THINK IT’S EASY TO CONTROL, THAT YOU COULD USE WITH EASE DID YOU THINK ABOUT YOUR LOVED ONES, YOUR FAMILY ALL YOU HAVE TO LOSE CHORUS WILL YOU COME BACK AND SAVE ME WILL YOU COME BACK AT ALL DID YOU THINK ABOUT YOUR LOVED ONES, YOUR FAMILY ALL YOU HAVE TO LOSE DID YOU THINK ABOUT ME DID YOU THINK ABOUT YOU – I resented his choices. Others resented mine. We’d all do well to just THINK. ©2008 Audra Hardt Music Contact: Int’l Mgt Consultants - Los Angeles – Allen Mostow (310) 704-5693 – [email_address] RETURN TO SET LIST 6. 3. “PAIN” 3. “PAIN” by Audra Hardt MY SADNESS TURNS TO ANGER TO KEEP ME FROM HARM BUT TO MY ALARM, MY ANGER HURTS ME MORE . . . EVERYTIME ONE PERSON’S LOWEST BOTTOM IS ANOTHER’S BEGINNING IN THE 9 TH INNING YOU’RE STRIKING OUT PAIN . . . PAIN . . . PAIN . . . IF YOU KNOW HOW TO LOVE, YOU KNOW HOW TO HATE PAIN . . . I’VE TAKEN ALL I CAN TAKE I BELIEVE YOU CAN FUCK WITH ME ONCE SHAME ON YOU BUT TRYING TO DO IT TWICE IS JUST A DANGEROUS THING TO DO MY IDEA OF NEVER AGAIN . . . IS ONLY TIL I FORGET I’LL MAKE YOU A BET THIS TIME I’LL REMEMBER CHORUS I AM FIRM IN MY RESOLVE BUT I NEVER SEEM TO EVOLVE TOO MUCH MORE THAN A THOUGHT I AM FIRM IN MY BELIEFS . . . NEVER SEEM TO RELEASE CHORUS – Without pain, how could we define love? Regardless, there comes a time when enough is enough. You can only take so much. ©2008 Audra Hardt Music Contact: Int’l Mgt Consultants - Los Angeles – Allen Mostow (310) 704-5693 – [email_address] RETURN TO SET LIST 8. 5. “I WILL” 5. “I WILL” by Audra Hardt I KNOW THE TIME HAS COME FOR YOU TO LEAVE CAUSE YOU DON’T LOVE ME NO MORE I CAN TRACE THE YEARS WITH ALL MY TEARS YOU NEVER LOVED ME BEFORE I CAN FEEL THAT WITH US YOU’RE LEAVING BEHIND ALL THAT IS MINE I DON’T THINK I CAN GO ON . . I DON’T WANT TO GO ON BUT I WILL . . I WILL MY THOUGHTS LEAD BACK A WAYS TO BETTER DAYS WHERE IT SEEMED YOU LOVE ME THE MOST NOW IT’S NOT RIGHT TO TRY AND WORK IT OUT CAUSE WE’D ONLY CRY AND SHOUT I KNOW YOU WILL FIND HAPPINESS IN TIME BUT LEAVE MINE BEHIND I DON’T THINK I CAN LET IT GO . . . I DON’T WANT TO LET YOU GO BUT I WILL . . . I WILL IF I SAID THE RIGHT WORDS AT THE RIGHT TIME WOULD YOU STAY FOR MAYBE A MOMENT OR AT LEAST ONE MORE DAY I WOULD BE MUCH STRONGER IF YOU LEFT RIGHT AWAY SO I WILL . . . I, I WILL . . . I, I WILL . . . I WILL – Weakness is a temporary state of mind, and when it passes, strength of unbelievable weight is what guides me. ©2008 Audra Hardt Music Contact: Int’l Mgt Consultants - Los Angeles – Allen Mostow (310) 704-5693 – [email_address] RETURN TO SET LIST 9. 6. “BETTER” 6. “BETTER” by Audra Hardt WAS IT THE VOICE . . . PHRASE OF THE DAY I JUST NEVER HAD THOSE WORDS AFFECT ME QUITE THAT WAY RINGING THROUGH . . . TYPICAL CLICHÉ IT WAS ALL ABOUT THE MESSENGER WHEN YOU SPOKE TO ME THAT DAY AND THAT’S WHEN YOU SAID IT WILL ALL BE BETTER IN A WAY I NEVER HEARD BEFORE RINGS TRUE WITH HOPE FOR WHAT’S IN STORE AND IT WILL ALL BE BETTER A SIGH OF RELIEF IN THE THOUGHTS THAT YOU INVOKE SUCH SURPRISING COMFORT IN THE PHRASE THAT YOU SPOKE A THANK YOU’S IN ORDER FOR THE QUIET IN MY HEAD SOMETHING YOU CREATED WITH THE WORDS THAT YOU SAID CHORUS AND I WAIT FOR YOU TO SAY . . . YES I WAIT FOR YOU CHORUS – And that’s when he said it will ALL BE BETTER. ©2008 Audra Hardt Music Contact: Int’l Mgt Consultants - Los Angeles – Allen Mostow (310) 704-5693 – [email_address] RETURN TO SET LIST 10. 7. “DO IT TO ME” 7. “DO IT TO ME” by Audra Hardt ALL THAT WORK . . . FOR NO PLAY YOUR URGE TO WIN . . . MADE YOU STAY ALL MY TAUNTING . . . GIVES YOU THE CHASE FEEDS THE DESIRE . . . FOR MY WARM EMBRACE IT SEEMS THAT YOU ARE STRONGER THAN I GAVE YOU CREDIT FOR NOW I WANT SO MUCH MORE DO IT TO ME . . . SEE RIGHT THROUGH ME STAY STRONG SO IT WILL NEVER END OWN MY BODY . . . ONCE YOU’VE HAD ME . . . DO IT TO ME AGAIN GO WHERE NO MAN HAS GONE BEFORE . . . SO MUCH TO FIND AND EXPLORE DON’T SPEAK SO SOFTLY ON ONE KNEE . . . YOUR SATISFACTION IS GUARANTEED IF YOU HAD ASKED ME YEARS AGO - I’D SAY YOU’D NEVER LAST YOU’D BLOW TOO FAST . . . IT SEEMS THAT YOU ARE STRONGER THAN I GAVE YOU CREDIT FOR . . . NOW I WANT SO MUCH MORE CHORUS I WANT TO FEEL PUNCH DRUNK . . MAKE ME LOVE SICK DON’T LEAVE ME HANGING . . GET ON WITH IT COME ON COME ON COME ON COME ON – I do believe in love, even if I seldom admit it. Just do it to me again. ©2008 Audra Hardt Music Contact: Int’l Mgt Consultants - Los Angeles – Allen Mostow (310) 704-5693 – [email_address] RETURN TO SET LIST 11. 8. “SINNER – SAINT” 8. “SINNER - SAINT” by Audra Hardt I’M THE SINNER . . . I’M THE SAINT I’M IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PICTURES THAT YOU PAINT I AM THE ONE YOU BLAME WHEN YOU’RE VOICING A COMPLAINT CAN YOU SEE ME NOW FOR WHAT I AM NOT FOR WHAT YOU WANTED ME TO BE CAN YOU FIND THE GOOD WITHIN THE BAD AND GIVE A POINT TO ME FOR LOYALTY I’M THE HEALER FOR ALL YOU BREAK I AM THE ONE YOU SEE THE MOMENT THAT YOU WAKE I’M THE ONE WHO TURNS THE PAGE WHEN YOU’RE MAKING A MISTAKE CHORUS I DID THE BEST THAT I COULD AND I DID THE THINGS THAT I THOUGHT I SHOULD I STAYED DAY IN AND DAY OUT . . . CAN YOU SEE ME NOW CHORUS CAN YOU SEE ME - To my angels, my saviors; to the ones who give me reason to live, love and laugh….if they could only see the real me. ©2008 Audra Hardt Music Contact: Int’l Mgt Consultants - Los Angeles – Allen Mostow (310) 704-5693 – [email_address] RETURN TO SET LIST 14. 11. “OFF YOU GO” 11. “OFF YOU GO” by Audra Hardt I’M NOT GOING TO SIT DOWN TO MAKE YOU FEEL TALLER BUT I CAN HELP YOU RAISE UP YOUR HEAD YOU ARE NOT DROWNING THE WATER IS RISING SO YOU MIGHT TAKE THE HIGHER ROUTE INSTEAD OFF YOU GO . . . ON YOUR OWN . . . TAKING THE HIGH ROAD NO TURNING BACK . . . NO TIME FOR THAT… DESTINATION UNKNOWN DON’T STOP TO BLINK . . PAINFUL TO THINK . . REALIZING YOU’RE ALL ALONE I CAN’T DIM MY SPOTLIGHT TO MAKE YOURS LOOK BRIGHTER BUT I CAN HELP YOUR SPARKLE, YOUR SHINE YOU ARE NOT BURNING . . . YOUR SIGNAL IS FADING SO YOU MIGHT CLEAN UP YOUR HOUSE NOT MINE I WANT TO BREAK YOUR WALLS DOWN . . I NEED TO SEE BEYOND THEM I HOPE TO FIND A CHILD THERE WHO’S REACHING BACK TO FIND ME CHORUS - I’m going to shine. If you’re smart, you will too. ©2008 Audra Hardt Music Contact: Int’l Mgt Consultants - Los Angeles – Allen Mostow (310) 704-5693 – [email_address] RETURN TO SET LIST 15. 12. “VICTORY” 12. “VICTORY” by Audra Hardt DON’T UNDERESTIMATE THE . . . THRILL OF VICTORY YOU CAN’T DENY THE SPARK OF LIGHT THAT’S IN ME I AM THE SAME AS YOU . . . WITH A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW THERE’S SO MUCH MORE THAN WHAT YOU SEE TO ME I AM A PERSON . . . I AM A SOMEONE I AM VICTORIOUS . . . I AM NOTHING LESS THAN HUMAN ALL OF MY DARKEST HOURS . . . ARE NOW JUST A MEMORY EVOLUTION IS MY DESTINY I HAVE BROKEN THE CHAINS . . . AND I HAVE NO ONE TO BLAME I DESERVE A LIFE . . . I AM ALIVE I AM A PERSON . . . I AM A SOMEONE I AM VICTORIOUS . . . I AM NOTHING LESS THAN HUMAN I WAS LOST NOW I AM FOUND . . . I AM UP WHERE I WAS DOWN SPIN ME ROUND AND ROUND AND ROUND . . . THE THRILL OF VICTORY I AM A PERSON . . . I AM A SOMEONE I AM VICTORIOUS . . . I AM NOTHING LESS THAN HUMAN THE THRILL OF VICTORY . . . THE THRILL OF VICTORY . . . THE THRILL OF VICTORY - How SWEET it is. (AND it’s slated for Ray Kurzweil’s 2009 film “THE SINGULARITY IS NEAR”) RETURN TO SET LIST ©2008 Audra Hardt Music Contact: Int’l Mgt Consultants - Los Angeles – Allen Mostow (310) 704-5693 – [email_address] Editor's Notes Audra Hardt Bio and Photo Audra Hardt is a local girl --- local to Los Angeles & Hollywood , that is. And the entertainment capital of the world is certainly a great place to play . . . perhaps too great. As a young teen, Audra did everything to the max; a candle burning at both ends and sometimes in the middle. She was rebellious, indulgent, independent, self destructive . . . Everything to the EXTREME. At 15 Audra had an epiphany.... in a jail cell …. her 3rd arrest that year. She experienced a flash of insight that some never receive in a lifetime. That day, at that moment, in that cell, "all that had been my curse became my motivation; all that had been my burden became my blessing". Driven-from-within and encouraged along the way by music industry notables, Audra has developed a take no prisoners approach on stage and in life. She's a fighter and channels life's loves and heartaches into her songs in ways that both excite and inspire. One of those so inspired is Ray Kurzweil , renowned futurist, entrepreneur, and inventor of music synthesizers, who was smitten by her edginess, vocal strength and incredible ability to combine all of that with a stage presence that can command an audience. A patron and true ' Audraphile ' for years, Ray underwrote the recording of her first album, "No Disguise" , in 2005. In turn, Audra was his inspiration for ' Ramona ', a virtual avatar in cyberspace created as the 'archetypical female-rock singer' . . . come to life in Audra Hardt herself. Her song “VICTORY” is slated for Ray’s motion picture, “SINGULARITY IS NEAR” , a documentary Sci-Fi drama where a computer avatar saves the world from self-replicating microscopic robots; a true story about the future. Currently, Audra Hardt was just named by MUSIC CONNECTION MAGAZINE among the TOP UNSIGNED ARTISTS of 2008 and one to watch for in 2009. You can both listen to and see Audra’s distinctive and powerful performances at www.AudraHardt.com/lyrics.html or www.myspace.com/AudraHardt . Look for Audra Hardt’s upcoming CD, “AUDRA HARDT ALIVE" , coming soon through the ‘cloud’, ‘airwaves’, ‘retailers’, and all other means of conveying great music.