The Love Between Us, by Jessica Jordan

The Love Between Us

by Jessica Jordan

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1.	Playing A Round 04:13	lyrics	buy track
I play a round to help the notes fall out I play a round to help the notes fall out Round after round, round after round Round after round, round after round The rhythm of the machine keeps trying to get us clean Knocks out the dirt from each seam Rinse, spin, repeat Round after round, round after round Round after round, round after round The fighter drops to one knee, but not down completely Hurries to stumbling feet Just to take a new blow to the cheek Round after round, round after round Round after round, round after round Am I a writer, a dancer, a fool? Am I the hands or the clay or the tool? Am I a writer, a dancer, a fool? Am I the hands or the clay or the tool? Round after round, round after round Round after round, round after round (loop pedal with rounds of chorus) I play a round to help the notes fall out I play a round to help the notes fall out
2.	Love Won't Let Me Leave 04:53	lyrics	buy track
At least if you force me to leave Would you just slam the door instead of walking me out? At least if you force my retreat Let me leave some claw marks on the arm of the couch? Without these small tokens to remember me by I know you'll dismember how we said goodbye And I just cannot stomach the how or the why When you promised, you promised you'd stand by my side Yes you did If I opened my heart like a faucet Would you try, would you try to stop it? Please, please don't make me leave All the vows that we've broken by now Still mean something to me I'll be gone just as soon as you say We're beyond saving But I'm telling you love won't let me leave The trembling of thunder as my hand is shaking It reaches the doorknob but my resolve's quaking I can't seem to break the latch, what is the key That will spring this new brighter beginning for me? My fingers withdraw and my hand slithers back My breathing chest heaving, defeated I am Rendered powerless to my affection for you You've shown me the door, but I tell you I can't Leave, please don't make me leave All the vows that we've broken by now Still mean something to me I'll be gone just as soon as you say We're beyond saving But I'm telling you love won't let me leave Will our kids ever heal from the heartache Is she worth all the memories we made Yet I choose to keep loving on past our mistakes Oh please, please don't make me leave All the vows that we've broken by now still mean something to me And my body can exit this place like you asked politely But I'm begging you Please, please don't make me leave All the vows that we've broken by now Still mean something to me I'll be gone just as soon as you say We're beyond saving But I'm telling you love won't let me leave Oh I'm telling you love won't let me leave Oh I'm telling you love won't let me leave
3.	The Stowaway 05:08	lyrics	buy track
Worn weary vessel with creaking sides She takes each crest and trough in stride Her mast is heavy with rain-soaked sails Not a plank by which she hasn’t ailed So carries she on a tumultuous sea From stern to bow, what a fortress is she Through storms unrelenting, waves crash and break But this mighty ship can carry her weight Now deep in the belly- a stowaway The sea roils around her, she feels him awake How did he sneak unnoticed below? Oh she’ll keep his secret- the cap needn’t know So carries she on a tumultuous sea From stern to bow, what a fortress is she Through storms unrelenting, waves crash and break But this mighty ship will carry the ache Back on the land, his sea legs grown He thought it’d be best to head for home And though she delighted to be lightened of him How she misses the boy she’d once stowed within So carries she on a tumultuous sea From stern to bow, what a fortress is she Through storms unrelenting, waves crash and break But this mighty ship- Oh she’ll carry on with a seaward song Reminiscing her journeys abroad And if she should find some other in time Stowed away in her keel, She’ll keep ‘im, she will So carries she on a tumultuous sea From stern to bow, what a fortress is she Through storms unrelenting, waves crash and break But this mighty ship can carry the ache Through storms unrelenting, waves crash and break But this mighty ship can carry her weight
4.	On The Day You Were Born 03:46	lyrics	buy track
Every waiting room holds a conspiracy Keeps you uncomfortable enough Held hostage in your restless thoughts Until some news comes, until some news comes Standing there with heart in throat The moment agonizing slow Til someone comes to tell what’s going on The angels weren’t the only ones rejoicing over you On the day that you were born, on the day that you were born All of heaven held its breath and let it out when you breathed in What joy could be more over you on the day that you were born Not every family is quite so loving The tendency is to forget That they ever cared or laughed or wept With news of your life, with news of your life But they were standing there with heart in throat The moment agonizing slow Til someone came to tell them what’s going on The angels weren’t the only ones rejoicing over you On the day that you were born, on the day that you were born All of heaven held its breath and let it out when you breathed in What joy could be more over you on the day that you were born The angels weren’t the only ones rejoicing over you On the day that you were born, on the day that you were born All of heaven held its breath and let it out when you breathed in What joy could be more over you on the day that you were born
5.	The Chairlift 03:01	lyrics	buy track
There’s a chairlift on the stairs And it’s been there for ten years Through your grandparents’ bad health Now it’s for your mom and dad But they paid off the house Before grandfather passed He offered them his help- They’d do the same for us The same for us They’d do the same for us Every time we’re over here The kids make such a mess But Granny knows they’ll clean Oh she knows they’re good for it They’re good for it She knows they’re good for it He watches while I write In front of the chairlift A blanket in his hand And his left thumb in his mouth He can’t leave me alone When I ask him to But someday, he’ll stay away When I just want him home I just want him home, I just want him home He’ll stay away when I just want him home Home, home On the kitsch, the kitsch décor In the dining room I read On the kitsch, the kitsch décor In the dining room, it said: Thank you for the food before us Thank you for the friends beside us Thank you for the love between us Love Thank you for the food before us Thank you for the friends beside us Thank you for the love between us Love, love, love, oooooh And it started with a chairlift

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Funded through Kickstarter in Sept 2019 by amazing, generous supporters

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released July 17, 2020

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Jessica Jordan Raleigh, North Carolina

Jessica Jordan is a singer/songwriter who draws much of her inspiration from being a spouse, mother of three and a person of faith. Enduring post partum anxiety/depression stopped her from writing songs for a while, but she found her voice again, performing at open mics around Raleigh, NC. A supportive Kickstarter campaign successfully funded her 2020 debut EP titled The Love Between Us. ... more