The writing continues.
A lot of the songs I finished a week or two ago but I'm trying to balance out when they're posted. This is a good mix.
The first, Go to Him, is reflective of a relationship that is caught - maybe in its own evolution. As I've said before, unrequited love is the basis for many songs. This is one of those instances. Sometimes when you're too close to that person who's wanting to be close to someone else - you lose your perspective.
The next song, Unguarded, is from last weekend. It is a sexy, summer song...that I wrote close to midnight on the train coming back from White Plains, New York. When I re-read it - I feel like I should've written it while sitting on the stoop to my building or while stretched out in Central Park. The song is about complete abandon...running headfirst into a crush. That first smile. That first look. I imagine this taking place on my New York City rooftop during a block party.
Something More is the last song and is one of my recent favorites. This song is about discovering and striking that balance when a new relationship is growing into...well...something more. There are little things that happen, when you least expect them, that let you know you're falling in love. Then there are the not-so-little things...when you find yourself making space to incorporate someone else into your life. Those experience are my favorites...I like those tell-tale signs that you're completely falling for someone...when you catch yourself saying "we" and "us" instead of "me" or "mine."
Enjoy.
-J
Go to Him
8/12/09, 8/15/09
v1
I don’t need details
I don’t need rhyme
Or reason
This choice isn’t new
It no longer
Tastes of treason
The bed you made
Is where you both will lie
I’ve let go
Or at least I try
This feels like more
Than either of us
Bargained for
To great a sacrifice
To not be with you
But still share your life
Chorus
We can’t move on
With you looking back
Deciding who to save
Yourself or me
You can’t come along
With me pulling back
Making me be brave
Instead of free
So let me go, let me go, let me go
To sink of swim
Let me go, let me go, let me go
And go to him
v2
I don’t need escape
I don’t need cause
Or effect
This is no mystery
No speak easy
Or lost secret
I know fully
Who we were to each other
Has been lost
Left to bury and cover
This feels like more
Than either of us
Is really ready for
Always too close to you
Deep inside your skin
Like your first tattoo
Unguarded
8/22/09, 8/23/09
v1
Feel the sun
Turn up the music
Feel this groove
Turn up you
Make your move
It’s summertime
Baby, I’m feeling fine
I’m here waiting on you
Waiting on you
v2
Feel the air
Turn up the sound
Come get close
Turn up you
Make the most
Of summertime
Baby, I’m feeling fine
Don’t over think this
Let’s just kiss
Chorus
Let loose
The ties that bind
Let go
Let fly, be mine
Throw caution to the wind
Your plans all discarded
And let’s run into this, arms wide
And unguarded
Maybe hit and miss, then ride
And live unguarded
Bridge
Lights go low
Temperatures rise
We all know
It’s no surprise
Colored lights hang off the roof
In my eyes you’ll see the proof
Lean close, lean in and listen
This kiss is your permission
Something More
6/12/08, 8/17/09
v1
I like your toothbrush in my bathroom
Your clothes left on my floor
These everyday
Throw away’s
Make me think there’s something more
Yep, I'm pretty sure, there’s something more
v2
I like how you just go to things in my kitchen
When you slip and say “our” bed
The little things
You just bring
Make me thing there’s something more
Yep, I'm pretty sure, there’s something more
Chorus
Something more
About you
Something more
About me
Something more
You feel
Something more
You see
I've got no clue what will follow today
But that something more makes the unknown feel ok
I'll gladly settle for
Something more
v3
I like how your head always finds my pillow
Your shoes kicked by the door
You're in the way
Most everyday
Makes me think there’s something more
Yep, I'm kinda sure there’s something more
Chorus
Bridge
Stay
And let’s drive each other crazy
Stay
And let’s make each other sane
I'll make room in my closet
I’ll make room in my bed
Why go back to your place
Stay
Right here, let's make this Our place instead
Chorus
