OAKS WITH RUSHES, the 2006 CD from JEMO is available now!
get it at live shows
or ONLINE at:
___CD BABY (www.cdbaby.com/jemo)
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jemo discography:
1 >>> "JEMO" released January 2001
2 >>> "THE SIX-FINGERED SALMAGUNDI" released March 2005
3 >>> "OAKS WITH RUSHES" released June 2006>>> SWEET SUICIDE
another run through
about a boy and a girl
both die inside by looking into each other's eyes
they commit suicide without each other
they are sorry they are happy they are fools
then the boy wakes up and moves on to the next performance
if we could have all the right lines
maybe we'd have a piece of it
what do you do when you need legitimate to go along with intimate
you are my suicide my bride my pride my everything
with this inside i cannot hide
i tried i died and now we forget
i remember faintly what it was like
when it didn't matter what you did or what you said
when everything rolled off
we irrigated we decimated but never hesitated
put simply manifest where's the rest
you are my suicide my bride my pride my everything
with this inside i cannot hide
we cry we tried and then we forget
waiting for you all last night i tore myself apart
why can't we just leave out the chrono fly it solo
give me so much more time with you
at least pretend that you care
do you care
you are my suicide my bride my pride my everything
with this inside i cannot hide
we cry we die
you are my suicide my bride my pride my everything
with this inside i cannot hide
we cry we die and then we forget
>>> GRACE
drawing faces in the dirt
blood stains sticking to your shirt
i don't believe you
maybe i'm no better
but i can't believe you
glad to be a disappointment
what can i say i'm not the same
so say you want to be alone
i don't believe you
embarrassed to admit i can be this way
i don't have anything to claim
what can i say i'm not the same
i don't get the joke
i don't want this anymore
i don't want today to be today
feeling regret for all the things i haven't done yet
nothing no one what's left but remnants and embers
i don't believe you
embarrassed to admit i can be this way
i don't have anything to claim
what can i say i'm not the same
i don't get the joke
i don't want this anymore
i don't want today to be today
>>> OVER
your failures and broken dreams
flash before your eyes
untold stories of servitude
nailing your hands to the line
the angels will fight over you tonight
and never the light will hold thee in
untying threads that keep you wanting more
realise you'll never dance again
dry up those tears of empathy
no one will sing that song for you
no consequence no reaction you'll find out it all meets at zero
the angels will fight over you tonight
and never the light will hold thee in
untying threads that keep you wanting more
realise you'll never dance again
are you over it
time to get over it
time to release the old chain
>>> SETTLEMENT
don't patronise my crime
grasp a taste of time
we settle for the lifetimes that didn't pass us by
i've never known this place
i've never been this face
it'd be just the same
if you never knew my name
i'd rather be falling down
than be kept up by you
i'd rather you rubbed my face in the ground
than have myself perfected by the likes of you
your feet stay on the line
you whistle all the time
don't make me
do it all over again
i've given many nights
i'm climbing many flights
but all you've got to say is what i'm not doing right
i'd rather be falling down
than be kept up by you
i'd rather you rubbed my face in the ground
than have myself perfected by the likes of you
untie me from the fence
i suffer from bad intents
i will not surrender to your disrespect
a religion lies
unfair logic's demise
we can never forget our senses as circumstances fight
i'd rather be falling down
than be kept up by you
i'd rather you rubbed my face in the ground
than have myself perfected by the likes of you
>>> INNOCENT LIAR
so used to despair so drained of any care
so flawed i can't express i long for that caress
the brush against my cheek
the strong meeting the meek
afraid i'll be too weak to do anything about it
innocent liar travelling salesman
used to believe in santa claus
now you believe in me
why did you go there what did you bring back with you
nobody wants to pay for life
last breath leaving me
nothing more to say
miss this strangely fulfilling world
it won't miss me
innocent liar travelling salesman
used to believe in santa claus
now you believe in me
why did you go there what did you bring back with you
nobody wants to pay for life
i thought i told you not to run away
>>> FAREWELL PHAROAH
if you spend your entire life serving
you'll have less time for rationale
this is the space we need to compromise
and if we had a glimpse of meaning
maybe we wouldn't have to live like this
where every drop is private property
and every door shut closed
you say you're fighting for some freedom
you say you're fighting for a home
but how much blood is spilled for slavery
and why is everyone alone
if we gave half of all this energy
think of the comfort we could sew
so you want to be a pharaoh
they didn't do it on their own
exasperated by your confidence
terrified to give up any of my own
you say you're fighting for some freedom
you say you're fighting for a home
but how much blood is spilled for slavery
and why are we just left alone
if you gave half of all this energy
think of the comfort we could sew
so you want to be a pharaoh
they didn't do it on their own
farewell pharaoh
farewell pharaoh
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