Sharing the stage and working through these sad songs with Ryan Dunn on tenor saxophone is always an absolute pleasure. There's just something about playing music with someone who gets it, and by just about every measure of that phrase in my eyes, Ryan completely gets it...and in a world where I feel not many people get it, it is just an amazing universal experience to have the opportunity to play with someone who does.
This is a song I wrote about love and loss. It is essentially about three different impossible situations I was involved in throughout my life, as well as the realization and perspective gained through those impossibilities.
I used to seek situations that were impossible...I'm so glad I don't do that anymore.
Lyrics:
"One More Time" by Jessamyn Orchard
I swear the sky is more gorgeous in Memphis,
When that river soaks up that sun,
But when the stars come up I lose my luck--
I'm at Union & Beale and I know you'll never show.
It was okay, and I was alright--
I wanted you to crash here tonight.
I don't know why you don't care,
I wanted you to sleep right next to me,
One more time.
I have known the sweet sin of darkness,
When the only light we see is from the moon,
When the sun comes up, I lose my love--
From that corner house in the borrowed room.
I said, "It's not okay, but if it's alright--
"I think I might crash here tonight."
I don't know why you didn't care,
But you let me sleep right next to you--
One more time.
As an addict feeds a habit until he walks through detox doors
As a child boards a carnival ride til his parents say no more--
Like I am with you, despite the shit you put me through,
The masochist in me pleads, "One more time."
I am always loving those who leave me,
But I am learning to find my own way home--
When the pavement ends, I get lost again,
And that damn road spits me out at your door.
As a gambler places one more bet that puts him out of house and home,
As the cutter sliding one more time, because it hurts to be alone,
Like I am with you in my soul, and heart, and mind--
And I let you in there one more time.
It's not okay and I'm not alright--
I wanted you to crash here tonight.
And now I know why you don't care,
Because you don't wanna sleep right next to me--
One more time.
With me,
One more time.
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