Jacob Grippen – The Lonely Road
Tracklist:
1. Annotation
2. Follow
3. Questions Asked
4. 347
5. Tell Tale Heart
6. Depleted
7. Tuning Up#
8. 8 My Soul
9. Windmills
10. Stoplight
11. World Remained
All songs written by Jacob Grippen
All songs performed by Jacob Grippen except #Justin Urness performed one set of hand snaps on “Tuning Up”
Recorded by Justin Urness
Produced by Justin Urness and Jacob Grippen
1. Annotation
I'm not feeling too good today
I'm just bending my time
I recycled my things to do
I find I can't complain
I'm just mending my mind these days
mesmerized by your eyes
I'm amused at the muse in you
but these things get in my way
I will walk up to your mind
I will find my way inside
drop your guns, don't run and hide
'cause I'll sit right there in the middle
I hold my cards real close to me
I don't show my hand
I've learned that the world I found
is a puzzle to piece for you
dream of the footnotes to annotate us
long for the strength to return
from mind over matter to say to you
but time keeps slipping away
I will walk up to your mind
I will find my way inside
drop your guns, don't run and hide
'cause I'll sit right there in the middle
'cause I'll sit right there in the middle
'cause I'll sit right there in the middle
2. Follow
What it was wasn't love
chorus found went flat
fell into the same routine for life
all words knew where to go
prepared to make them move
I came in and I observed your silence
long before we knew what silence was
here's to the assholes we used to be
all these things out from inside of me
I need a new light
I picked the wrong fight
'cause I will remain
and I will play your game
they will follow in our place
they will follow in our place
they will follow in our place
here's to the assholes we used to be
all these things out from inside of me
I need a new light
I picked the wrong fight
'cause I will remain
and I will play your game
3. Questions Asked
a general impression is a movie walked in on with no time for questions asked
their lobbied intention to keep the picture moving, the plot never fully revealed
how do we know we're reading light the same
how do we know we're reading life the same
where does a mind go when it's lost to a sunbeam, a flash in the pan of time
it's a burden to remember when we're our own directors through this mind-numbing phase of life
we are forced to bounce off one another
the world at large makes us seems pretty clever
I won't be taken prisoner
and I'll try to make my confession on time
the life inside your eyes makes it show
adapting our schedules we choose not the setting, only the words we write
the context we live in refracts like a prism blinding us through sight
how do we know we're reading light the same
how do we know we're reading life the same
push our fears into the clouds while making sure we see our names in light
won't be taken prisoner
and I'll try to make my confession on time
the life inside your eyes makes it show
I won't be taken prisoner
and I'll try to make my confession on time
the world inside your eyes makes me know
4. 347
I can see it in your eyes there's something wrong
you wear a disguise but you don't wear it that well
and I know I'm to blame
it ends up all the same in the words we cite
I hung on far too long hung my soul from you
it's hard to show someone how your world has changed
strung out signs they send
perspective makes it end
confusion in my eyes
illusion in our lives
the hoops that we jump through make our lives complete
jump off of this cliff landing on our feet
context breeds the truth
nuance makes the things we need to do
to take it slow
to help us show
the world is more than words
5. Tell Tale Heart
looks like it's gonna rain
check the window to your soul
just take your time
always left behind
I would follow you there
making sense out of your mess
but I stop myself
from taking steps
I know that you can't see
this heart inside of me
it's thumping to your beat
feels like it's gonna rain
check the window to my soul
can you see yourself
ringing through my words
don't you know it won't get clear
all the things that fall away
shining in my eyes
waiting for the time
the war I wage on me
is nothing you can see
this heart inside of me
it's thumping to your beat
6. Depleted
every day's anniversary
of something that's been done
I know you'd find the answers
to the questions on my tongue
I don't have the words to stop
the words to make you stay
words to elicit movement
to the mention that I've made
maybe you were meant to reach inside my mind
maybe you were meant to read between my lines
maybe you were meant to reach me
I have no more treasure inside
please give me your heart
you know I won't alert you
to the things that I can't start
already she's made up her mind
to put me on her shelf
maybe you were meant to reach inside my mind
maybe you were meant to read between my lines
maybe you were meant to reach me
for better or worse
your grace is
homicide in verse
your grace is
waking up this curse
your grace is
all these lines that we've read about
light up in our minds
maybe you were meant to reach inside my mind
maybe you were meant to read between my lines
maybe you were meant to reach me
7. Tuning Up#
I've been out of tune with the world I'm singing to
I know I'm not that sharp, so I guess I was falling flat on you
I find myself sound when I walk into your world
you know just what you, so why can't I find the words oh
hide your face in mine
leave the past behind
I've been out of tune with the world I'm singing to
I know I'm not that sharp, so I guess I'm falling for you
8. 8 My Soul
I spy your vacant eyes
and wonder what went wrong
run over to your seat
and find you're done
this will do in the meantime
this will do in the meantime
I am the one
you're stepping on
I am the one
falling for your song
I wanted to take you out for
dinner but you weren't hungry 'cause
you already ate my soul
you at my soul
this will do in the meantime
this will do in the meantime
I am the one
you're chomping on
you will be found
I'll stop your sound
but,
I am the one
you're stepping on
I was the one
fell for your song
9. Windmills
our lives are like blankets, sewn together in quilted time
our words are like stories, rough drafts from the things we say
all our names in boxes, pushing pulses through the world
find there's something calming in the middle of this storm
all the roads are curving, bumping us upon our way
all the billion people, I'm hiding here in plain sight
I've been golden
and I've been silver linings
I've been lied to
and I've been sick from the toxic half life of love lost
all the parts are moving, creating worlds and falling down
mine or someone else's, the music flows around my head
my life sung in pieces, wrapped inside this magnet tape
I've been golden
and I've been silver linings
I've been drawn out
and I've been charged with the struggle for the infinite resources of your finite heart
Windmills blink in rhythm, with each other through the night
and I wish we were in rhythm, heart beats slowly through our skin
10. Stoplight
because our love is right
we'll stay here at this light
hope that it stays red
take it out of drive
find us in our heads
stopped here by the red
drive you home tonight
savor every sight
but right now at this light
hold you 'til it's green
I'll hold you 'til they scream
stuck here at this light
because our love is right
because our love is right
11. World Remained
how will you save
your heart from your mind
when it came back
all the world remained
confidently you made it home
carving pillars out of things to say
I won't be tried
this time has told me
paused while you play
crafted in our worlds
fed by way of the printed paper
cautiously I flipped the page
how you woke up
felt around your face
spinning riddles in the light of day
silenced by inclement weather
my investment in your eyes does well
you made me up
can't be concerning
through all you know
time to decide
calming when you reach your elbow
trouble from the company you keep
I will drive you down the lonely road
