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Curses
03:33
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There was a time
When we were wandering
And we found hope
Someone was offering
We were young
And neither of us knew
This perfect family
Was just too good to be true
Oh, your shoulders could almost break in two
When all this time I could have sworn we were floating
How about you?
And now, oh
I’ll be the one to pull you back out
You’ve got your heart
Buried under verses
Oh, baby let me take, take, take away your curses
When I drive by
It all comes back to me
I can hear all the angels
Talk to me
But we can’t blame
Anybody else
Still we can’t shake
The smell of those cigarettes
And I’ll be damned if they take even one more tear
I swear to God, I will make this up to you, my dear
It’s breaking your back
It’s breaking my heart
They promised us truth
We were wishing on stars
Just look at us now
What have we left?
Just holding our breath
Second-guessing ourselves
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Bible in a Hotel Drawer
04:34
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You can only wait
Wait so long
Pacing father
Hungry young
West I travel
A kiss for my wife
I spent my last dime
On a room for the night
People will talk and talk and talk but...
Prayers go up and fall back down
I sowed my life into that ground
So I raise my hands never more
Angel, you can’t catch me
I left my bible in the hotel drawer
Amazing grace
How sweet the sound
How sweet the taste
Of whiskey now
We were fools, oh we were fools
Forsaken plains
Now my only hope
Lies in these two hands
High hopes
We had high hopes
As the sky was falling down
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Hold Me Down
04:44
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I walked away
From a burning plane
I brushed the dust off my shoulders
From an oncoming train
I was pushed from the empire state
And landed on my feet
They pulled the trigger
And I smiled with a bullet between my teeth
Hold me down
I can breathe under water
Hold me down
I will wake up tomorrow
Hold me down
I’ve been safe up til now
But if you walk out that door
I’ll fucking drown
Never broke a sweat
A noose around my neck
I ran into the fire and I returned
With a lit cigarette
Poison drink
Chamber gas
I can walk on broken glass
Burning stake
Flight of stairs
I shorted out my electric chair
All the world I can bear
But I’m a wreck without you here
Baby, I’m a wreck without you here
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Chemicals
03:39
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Bait
Lure me in, tie me down, and wait
Time is on your side
Faith
Open eyes, amazing grace
Now I’m blinded by the light
And fighting for my life
I remember cherries on my tongue
Roses in my lungs
And now it all just tastes like chemicals
Fate
Chosen, I am floating, I’m elate
Don’t let go
Safe
But slowly I begin to feel the weight
Your knee upon my throat
But I was just too young to know
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Miss Liberty
05:00
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The view from here is amazing
Empire State, central park, the alley below
And of course I could see your pretty face
When I stare out my bedroom window
We spent our summers trading smiles
Passing notes by pulling on the line
I could have sworn we were related
Cuz we both shared the color of our eyes
Black and blue from our daddies drinking booze
And coming home all angry with us to blame
We didn’t know what we did wrong, but we knew all along
Someday we’d make a break
We’d always say “maybe today”.
Bye bye, baby
Meet me by Miss Liberty
And we will sail away
You and I were not like lovers
More like sister and like brother
Pinky swears and secret shakes
They say there ain't no place like home
Fading bruises, bloody nose
Nothing we couldn’t take
Until I didn’t come to class
Week later, arm in cast
We were losing time
I’d never seen you so upset
It was now or just forget
Would we make it out alright?
We’d always say “maybe today”.
When we finally found the boat
Your daddy caught you by the throat
And he was dragging you on home
And you were screaming at me “Go!”
“Save yourself, take the boat,
You are strong enough to make it on your own.”
And I never saw you, saw you again, oh no
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Saint Jayne Eugene, Oregon
The last few years have delivered me an unexpected dose of reality for which I am very grateful. Some of it is captured here
in my music. The questionable, the frustrating, the hopeful. The blessings and the curses. None of which I would change.
I write songs on my guitar and add electronic sounds to them.
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