1. |
Like a Flower
04:00
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I am so patient this morning
I watch the sky change slow, turn from blue to gold
Just out here waiting
For the warmth to come, for us to feel the sun
Clouds kiss the mountains around us
With such a gentle touch they cover just enough
Your smile echoes for miles
The sweetest symphony to finally hear you breathe
It's so beautiful to watch you unfold like a flower
You're the deepest well I ever fell into, will I ever see it all?
I want you to show me all
I dug for a key that was buried
Beneath a single pine, it was a sacred find
And I can't take credit for power
It was the perfect time for us to free our minds
It's so beautiful to watch you unfold like a flower
You're the deepest well I ever fell into, will I ever see it all,
I want you to show me all
It’s so beautiful
You're the deepest well I ever fell into, will I ever see it all,
I want you to show me all
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2. |
Easy Like That
03:56
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A wildflower waking up in the spring
We’re a quiet afternoon in the shade of tree
Nervous feet falling right into place
We can let the music rest in the empty space
We don’t have to say anything, change anything
No more pretending
We don’t have to do anything, prove anything
Don’t have to guess the ending
What I give to you, you give it right back
We’re already easy like that
A magic trick through the eyes of a child
We’re the old familiar joke when you needed a smile
Open door when you’re turning the key
We’re the strong river bend giving into the sea
We don’t have to say anything, change anything
No more pretending
We don’t have to do anything, prove anything
Don’t have to guess the ending
What I give to you, you give it right back
We’re already easy like that
Staring in your eyes I can’t define what I’m feeling right now
You’re leaning in as if I’m thinking out loud
We don’t have to say anything, change anything
No more pretending
We don’t have to do anything, prove anything
Don’t have to guess the ending
What I give to you, you give it right back
We’re already easy, easy like that
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3. |
Balance
03:24
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I remember the night it felt like I had stopped running in place
I was standing up so straight
What an anchoring feeling peering into your eyes
All the aching I’d bottled up from chasing love was quiet inside
There was never a doubt in my mind, you and I
We are sun and moon circling in the sky
Steady on the other side
You help my keep my balance
I hold on to fear so tight it sends me up out into space
But you don’t let me float away
When I hit the ceiling you’re waiting right underneath me
And you remind that I did the same for you when you had lost all belief
There was never a doubt in my mind, you and I
We are sun and moon circling in the sky
Steady on the other side
You help me keep my balance
You help me keep my balance x2
Steady on the other side
You help me keep my balance
Heavy and light
Darkness turned bright
All day and night
It’s black and white
There was never a doubt in my mind, you and I
We are sun and moon circling in the sky
Steady on the other side
You help me keep my balance
You help me keep my balance x2
Steady on the other side
You help me keep my balance
You help me keep my balance x2
Steady on the other side
You help me keep my balance
You help me keep my
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4. |
How Many Times
03:33
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You can’t throw a word at me like that
Say you don’t mean it, take it back
You lit a fire in this room
We once stood on solid ground
The house we built is burning down
And it all feels like it’s too soon
I never saw it coming but then again I never do
How many times can a heart break?
You can pick up all the pieces of an honest mistake
But what happens when it’s taken all that it can take
How many times can a heart break?
We try to separate our lives
From favorite shirts to kitchen knives
Some things we just throw away
What was once so intertwined
Is packed in boxes yours and mine
And we’ve run out of things to say
I never saw it coming but then again I never do
How many times can a heart break?
You can pick up all the pieces of an honest mistake
But what happens when it’s taken all that it can take
How many times can a heart break?
Is this how it goes and am I prepared
To love again even though I’m still in repair
How many times can a heart break?
You can pick up all the pieces of an honest mistake
But what happens when it’s taken all that it can take
How many times can a heart break?
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5. |
I Am
01:42
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I think I’m addicted to the way
Light comes in and then it fades
Like an almost finished canvas water washes it away
All the color turns grey
I’m searching out a victim for the blame
A circumstance I can change
It’ll tempt you with it’s warmth, caress you with it’s flame
Then it burns you just the same
I am love
I am not the dark though it is permanently part
I am love ‘cause I choose to be
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6. |
Shame
04:08
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I call her shame and she’s been following me around for years
A twisted fame, she rises in my darkest hour
Are you aware of the way you bring her out in me
She comes prepared to shelter me from all my confidence
Oh it’s a shame, I walk around in chains
But I still believe in freedom, I trust that freedom is on it’s way
Quiet girl, trapped her thoughts inside a bottle
A weighted world in favor of the fearless man
Oh it’s a shame, we walk around in chains
But I still believe in freedom, I trust that freedom is on it’s way
This body is for me, my anchor is belief
This voice is all I need
Tiny steps, repeat the worthy cause forever
‘Cause they’ll forget if you don’t speak your mind and say it proud
I live with shame for simply walking around
But I still believe in freedom, I trust that freedom is on it’s way
Freedom, freedom, freedom
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7. |
Just Getting Started
03:15
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8 in the morning, the dog is snoring
I put my feet on the floor
Pendulum’s swinging, reminders ringing
Before I even walk out the door
Pressure’s getting stronger, feels like treading water
Oh I’m just getting started, little bit farther than
The place I thought I got past yesterday
I’ll circle the stars, fight through the dark again
Doesn’t have to be so hard, you know I’m just getting started
I’m mostly guessing, but they’re asking questions
Like I should have it all figured out
They don’t have patience for this conversations
And I don’t have time for their doubt
Oh I’m just getting started, a little bit farther than
The place I thought I got past yesterday
I’ll circle the stars, fly through the dark again
Doesn’t have to be so hard, you know I’m just getting started
Oh if I could only drown it out and listen to myself
Oh if I could only drown it out, getting closer and closer
Oh I’m just getting started, a little bit farther than
The place I got past yesterday
I’ll circle the stars, fly through the dark again
It doesn’t have to be so hard
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8. |
Doesn't Matter
03:20
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Just when I think it’s going right and finally I hit my stride
I get the red light but maybe it’s a good sign
And every time it’s looking up, rain’ll fall and interrupt
All the good luck but hey, it’s a just a few drops
When the smallest thing is heavy, when the drama is unnecessary
That’s when I just gotta say
It doesn’t matter anyway
It doesn’t matter, no one’s got it figured out
It doesn’t matter, don’t let the moment get you down
It doesn’t matter, leave it all to yesterday
It doesn’t matter anyway
Didn’t get a call from you, I automatically assume
You didn’t want to but maybe you forgot to
Tired of causing such a scene when I can’t control what’s out of reach
It’s not about me and I could make it easy
When the smallest thing is heavy, when the drama is unnecessary
That’s when I just gotta say
It doesn’t matter anyway
It doesn’t matter, no one’s got it figured out
It doesn’t matter, don’t let the moment get you down
It doesn’t matter, leave it all to yesterday
It doesn’t matter anyway
No it doesn’t matter what I do, it’s working out the way it’s meant to
And it doesn’t matter what I say, it’s working out either way
It doesn’t matter, no one’s got it figured out
It doesn’t matter, don’t let the moment get you down
It doesn’t matter, leave it all to yesterday
It doesn’t matter anyway
It doesn’t matter, no one’s got it figured out
It doesn’t matter, don’t let the moment get you down
It doesn’t matter, leave it all to yesterday
It doesn’t matter anyway
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9. |
WITAM
03:29
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Let’s raise a glass to the part of me
That harbors darkness so easily
Blood red wine up in the light of the chandelier
Friends are scheming on the sidelines
My lover looking off with longing eyes
Disappointment waits for me at every single turn
I keep a bottle of anxiety on the closest shelf
And I reach for it when I think about myself
Where’s the girl who running round
Unashamed to make a different sound
She was wild in the rolling hills of her secret world
Her ghost is looming in the air
And I’ve been searching for it everywhere
Late at night I roam the streets crying out for help
I keep a bottle of regret up on the closest shelf
And I reach for it when I think about myself
I’m hopeless romantic
And I gotta stay grounded
Stay surrounded by the truth
I keep a bottle of reality on the closest self
And I reach for it when I think about myself
I think about myself
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10. |
I Remember
04:21
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My mind is a constellation
Each memory it’s own little star
And I fly through the galaxy
And try to control where I stop
Pain is an ocean where the waves rock with fear
Stuck for a moment drowning here
I go back to these places
I go back to these places
I remember, I remember, I remember
I remember, I remember, I remember
Each day is a new beginning
A blackened sky paints the unknown
Hold tight as I brace for landing
Hoping for some forgiving ground
Joy is a mountain reaching up for the sun
Just when I found it I am overcome
I go back to these places
I go back to these places
I remember, I remember, I remember
I remember, I remember, I remember
Every face I see takes me, every place I go shapes me
Lost in space, I am just traveling through my history and I remember
I remember, I remember, I remember
I remember, I remember, I remember
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11. |
Circle
04:31
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She lays in bed in a white room
Not where she belongs
Once she was growing in the garden
Her paintings hang on the walls at home
Each one with fields of green
Each one a lively scene
There's a circle in everything
There's a circle
Wrapped up in the cleanest cotton
Her hair is thinning out
But she smiles somehow
I still see her through the porch screen
Where she is planting seeds
She is teaching me
That there’s a circle in everything
There's a circle
She keeps her paintbrushes in the attic
Where there's a birds eye view
To see me drawing on the sidewalk
I used to hide there when I’d run away from home
But she would hold my hand
And now I understand
That there’s a circle in everything
There's a circle
She lays in bed in a white room
But it won't be long
I see her growing in the garden
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Jess Nolan Nashville, Tennessee
old soul channeling a palate of creative forces. skilled poet, painter, and singer/songwriter hailing from central New Jersey, currently living in Nashville, TN.
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