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Lockdown

by Jesse Level

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1.
LYRICS When panic comes to lock you down, Put on courage like a gown. Let love be limber, love be light, And despair will fall by the wayside. (CHORUS) Hope is a bird with broken wings But it still has a song to sing. Even here on Doomsday's brink You can hear it whistling. When anger comes to trip you up, Trade in your sword for mercy's cup. Let compassion guide your hand And stop your ears to fears demands. (CHORUS) As they say, This too shall pass, The feeling like bare feet on shards of glass, That long shadow that rides your back. It'll all one day soon be in the past. It'll all one day soon be in the past. (CHORUS)
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LYRICS Have you seen the Trashcan Man? He's walking up and down our streets with a clenched fist for a hand. He punches over garbage bins everywhere he goes Just to watch the trash spill out like water from a hose. Don't ask me why he does it. I don't know. Maybe he's just had enough Of the status quo. Have you seen the Lady of the Lawn? She's out there with her mower at the break of every dawn. Her yard to her must be akin to church or Catholic mass The way every day she religiously cuts the grass. Don't ask me why she does it. I don't know. Maybe she's just had enough Of the status quo. Sometimes a person just gets tired Of the same old same old. They do what they can to get fired up And try to break the mold. Have you seen the Papier-Mâché Girl? She's transforming napkins into swans with folds and furls. She leaves them all over town to send a special word To anyone who'd care to crack the code in a paper bird. Don't ask me why she does it. I don't know. Maybe she's just had enough Of the status quo. Have you seen the Boy with the Razor Blade? He's carving lines into the trees at night in the esplanade. Under sunlight his work stands out for all to see: A bark bitten, not paper written, vandalistic poetry. Don't ask me why he does it. I don't know. Maybe he's just had enough Of the status quo. Sometimes a person just gets tired Of the same old same old. They do what they can to get fired up And try to break the mold. But every new practice can turn stale If you just give it the chance to do so. Even the most rebellious act Can become the status quo.
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Lockdown 03:34
LYRICS Stuck in your house all day, There are still a million ways To touch somebody else, Touch somebody else. Staring out the window pane, Just trying to get through the pain You can touch somebody else, Touch somebody else. (CHORUS) Cos even in lockdown Love is boundless. It can't be quarantined, Breaks out Like an animal From a caged body and dances free. Lost in a bad, bad dream. It could be better than it seems If you touch somebody else, Touch somebody else. Even if your hands are covered And you're six feet away from another You can touch somebody else, Touch somebody else. (CHORUS) Locked down, Love is boundless. It can't be quarantined, Breaks out like an animal From a caged body and dances free. Love cannot be quarantined. It doesn't just spread physically, Doesn't need a body or even an eye. There's more than one kind of human touch. Maybe our bodies are just a crutch When our spirits could learn how to fly. (CHORUS)
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LYRICS Let's watch the sky turn blue Just like our skin used to In that long winter of such bitter cold. Now that the sun is out Maybe our bones won't shout Like they did when all the winds were bold. (CHORUS) Even the cold has an expiration date And the night only lasts so long. You can find in the dark the spark of the day. Just put your eyes on the horizon and wait. Let's go for a swim in the pond Now that the ice has gone And all the birds sing their wordless songs. The grasses are green again After a dull gray season And all the leaves are on the trees where they belong. (CHORUS) Put your eyes on the horizon and wait.
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LYRICS Clamber up that mountain, Fingers dug into dirt. Hampered by exhaustion, Body aflame with hurt. The climb is never-ending. Your legs feel like rock. The glance down is so heartrending So you keep your eyes on the mountaintop, Keep your eyes on the mountaintop. (CHORUS) Hallelujah, Every journey ends. Doors that open will close. Even the river that winds and bends Will eventually get to the sea, It's the surest trend So say hallelujah again. Swim across that ocean, Arms trying to be fins. You start to move in slow motion When the night turns black as sin. Your sides are both in stitches, Lips chapped from the brine, But you see land in the distance And keep your eyes on the shoreline, Keep your eyes on the shoreline. (CHORUS)
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Candelabras 03:50
LYRICS We don't have to go The way of the mammoth, The way of the Alamo. Nothing lasts, it's true, But, call it habit, I'm not ready to be done with you. We don't have to be Separated Like a leaf from a tree. I'm to blame, I know, But, re-calibrated, I'm a plant who needs your soil to grow (CHORUS) I can't say that I always get you But I think you're the one I need to Be with in crisis Or whatever normal time is And I know you Want that too. We could be a team, A pair of candelabras That share a special gleam. Once I tried to flee But if I'm an outlaw You're the sheriff who arrested me. (CHORUS) For a while there it seemed like You were nowhere in my life But with time and care I realized You had never gone And I was always on your mind. (CHORUS)
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LYRICS Time stands still in lockdown: Frozen smile or frozen frown. Has your will been broken down? Are you dialed into the ground? (CHORUS) Being stuck in one place For innumerable days Has a way of bringing out who you are. Being stuck in one place For innumerable days Has a way of bringing out who you are, Who you really are. Life moves slow in quarantine. Has it been a month or a week? The steady flow of normalcy Has since when just not been seen? (CHORUS) Once you see who you are within You can make amendments. Recognition is the first step Towards making changes.
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David Lynch 06:06
LYRICS Life is surreal like David Lynch Everybody in a pinch Everybody far apart Everybody shops at Walmart Everybody socially distant Everybody is a victim Everybody wears a mask Everybody stocks up on gas Everybody has food in cans Everybody learns how to dance Everyone connects on split screen Everybody gets their fifteen Everybody's hands in gloves Everybody meek as doves Everybody wise as snakes Not everybody is a fake Everybody buying soap Everybody tries to cope Everybody watching TV Not everybody playing hooky Everybody needs their coffee Not everybody needs their TP Everybody feeling weary Everybody has their theories Everybody wanting normal Everybody dressed informal Everybody asks what's real Not everyone knows how to feel Everybody getting bored Not everybody feels ignored Everyone's afraid of death Not everyone can catch their breath (CHORUS) Don't we all wish we could say to hell with The movie we're in and put on Blue Velvet? Wouldn't it be nice To watch Mulholland Drive Instead of living in a world that's like it? David Lynch, tell us what the punchline is. We need to know. When will this surreality go? Life is surreal like David Lynch Everybody in a perma flinch Everybody scared of New World Order Everybody locked behind borders Not everybody wants a wall Everybody wants to skip to fall Everybody losing spring and summer Everybody says it's a bummer Everybody hates 2020 Not everyone is made of money Everybody wants a future Not everybody needs a suture Everybody's hearts are broken Everybody has misspoken Everyone's misunderstood Not everybody is born good Not everybody is born bad Everybody stans the latest fad Everybody making memes Everybody bingeing Netflix streams Everybody looking for humor Everybody chasing down rumors Everybody's lost their head Everybody seeing red Everybody losing sleep Not everybody plays for keeps Everybody wants what's true Everyone's a different shade of blue Everybody drinking whiskey Not everybody feeling frisky Everybody full of fear Everyone living in the longest year (CHORUS) Life is surreal like David Lynch Everyone apart six foot, zero inch Everyone in family email chains Everybody suffers aches and pains Everybody talks through text Not everybody's having sex Everyone's an online lurker Not everyone's an essential worker Everybody on Facebook live Everybody thinks as a hive Everyone drives on empty streets Not everyone misses meet and greets Everybody facing a pandemic Everybody longs for the transcendent Everybody loves a viral GIF Everybody hates a viral kiss Everybody dreads catching diseases Everybody ducks when anybody wheezes Everybody hides behind glass Everybody runs their errands fast Everybody runs from coughs and sneezes Not everybody runs to Jesus Everyone has church at home Everybody has time to read a tome Everybody clicks on bait Not everybody's tempting fate Everyone gets news on Twitter Not everyone is getting fitter Everybody posting selfie pics Everyone watching their clocks tick Everybody wants the dream to end Everyone wants to wake up in their own bed (CHORUS) Don't we all wish we could erase the present? Compared to this, Eraserhead is pleasant. Wouldn't it be neat To binge the new Twin Peaks Instead of living in a constant crisis? David Lynch, tell us what the punchline is. We need to know. When will this surreality go?
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Don't Die 02:54
LYRICS The body is a paper house. The trap is set up for the mouse. When the jaws clamp shut like teeth You can see the spirit leave. (CHORUS) Don't die, Not you darling. Don't die. Just this one thing: Don't die. The heart is soft like origami. The blood that flows can flow from me. The car crash is a looming threat. With every drive you make a bet. (CHORUS) Other deaths make me look at my shoes, Such terrible news, Such terrible blues, But you, oh you… (CHORUS) Not you darling. Don't die.
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LYRICS Once I used to be Jealous of everyone. Like Salieri, I wore self-doubt like a coat of grime. When life gave me lemons, I gave it back a lime. That much envy Wasn't that much fun. On the contrary, I was miserable all the time. When life gave me lemons, I gave it back a lime. (CHORUS) Every Mozart was my enemy. My insecurities Wouldn't allow for celebration of another. A regular Salieri, You could see my face turn green With every word of exclamation for my brother. Well, I think it's time for me to say I'm sorry. Once I was afraid Of being criticized For anything I made. I wasn't glad unless I got top grades. When life gave me a B I sent it back for an A. I didn't grow in spades. I was anesthetized By the lack of aide. I was like a seed trying to sprout in the shade. When life gave me a B I sent it back for an A. (CHORUS)
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LYRICS In my mind I can pinpoint the time When the world broke. It was the day Max Von Sydow died And normal life went up in smoke. That's the last day I can recall Any ordinary routine. That night was when I felt the pall Of choas fall like a sheet. (CHORUS) The day Max Von Sydow went And finally lost the game of chess He'd been playing for 90 years with Death Was when the world broke. The man mentioned left behind Enough material to watch for days. Funny that I haven't opened my Ingmar Bergman Cinema blu-ray Since the day Max Von Sydow died, Despite having hours to kill. I guess I've found other ways to abide In the world of "This is not a drill." (CHORUS)
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LYRICS The rooster named the King of England returned on the third day After he hurt my brother and our father tried to make him pay. A wrung neck didn't kill him, and neither did a rake. Now he's the Jesus Christ of chickens, only he's not here to save. Whenever we collected eggs from the coop we went in twos, One to do the gathering, one to guard from the rooster's rage let loose. When the job was done we ran from there with muddy shoes, And if our fear was strong enough we tracked that mud into our rooms. (CHORUS) King of England, The meanest bird I ever knew. King of England, What did we do to you? When we first got that rooster I gave him the best name I could, One that suggested strength and power that I'd learned from Robin Hood. Who knew he'd earn his appellation in more bad ways than good By domineering anyone who went near the ground where he stood? We kept the King of England longer than we expected to, In spite of his history of hurting hens and crime of child abuse. Finally we hawked him and the others off and turned the chicken coop Into a place for my brothers, sisters and I to play in and run through. (CHORUS)
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LYRICS This has gotten too bloody for me. Is all the violence necessary? I still believe in you but I can't see The real reason for Calvary. Jesus Christ, be so kind: Tell me why you had to die. I hope not for me. There's too much anger in most theology: Damn the sinners if they don't believe. Hell is too hateful for me to agree. If God is Love then shouldn't He always be? Jesus Christ, be so kind: Tell me why you want my life. I wish you'd let me be. If my religion is a body in a tomb Why do I still feel the pull to you? Can my sprit at least be exhumed Without bringing back what I want to lose? Jesus Christ, be so kind: Tell me why I'm not satisfied. Maybe I do need you. For a long time I've been running. All my questions made me gun-shy. But my life's begun to feel empty And I'm starting to realize That I need you. I'm not saying I'm done with my doubting But I want a life I can feel better about. Whether or not I'm aware, you surround me. Whether or not I care to, I've found That I need you. Jesus Christ, be so kind: Take my mind and make it blind So my heart can see.
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Wrestling 05:22
LYRICS Life is wrestling with God, Whether we like it or not, Is what I told her, My oldest daughter. She smiled and laughed it off With a five year old's nonchalance. She said, I don't believe it, With the shrug of her shoulder And in that very instant I'd never felt older. It's true when I was her age I had the same childlike faith, Even later, Beyond teenager. But at a certain point I made a different choice. I said, I don't believe it, With the shrug of my shoulder And in that very instant I'd never felt older. But I was not satisfied With a life of the mind. I needed more than A thinker's fortune. I need something for the heart, Someone to light up the dark. I said, I can believe it. I admit that there is a God. And in that very instant I'd never felt so young. I still wrestle with Him Like it's my life's mission. I'll never go back To a faith that lacks Any reason or doubt. That's just not what I'm about. But I'll say, I do believe it, Let the words touch my tongue, And in these very instants I feel both old and young. God is And will always be A mystery to me. The question is: Can I choose to believe In someone I can't see, Or ever really know? God is And will always be A mystery to me. But I'll say this: I do choose to believe In someone I can't see, Or ever really know.
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A Kinder Way 03:18
LYRICS Yes, it's true me and you Will never be the same. We're overdo for a new view When we see another day. For so long we've been on The drug of self-love, Turning off what was not Supposed to be lost. We blindly hurt planet earth As much as we hurt each other, Play in the dirt of war work Passed down by our fathers. But I believe we can be Better than we've been before, Take a knee and choose to see What lies beyond our door. (CHORUS) Maybe it's time To make some changes, Cross the line And live a kinder way, Live a kinder way. (CHORUS) Live a kinder way. Yes, it's true me and you Will never be the same.
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LYRICS Because everyone is your best friend, Everyone is my enemy. Where you see potential joy I see threat. What you want to run to I want to flee. (CHORUS) I'm not much of a people person But I do my best. If my heart ever stops working You get it going again. Truth be told I long to be just like you, To toss off my adult cautions and fears Like an old snake's skin and put on a new Childlike courage, a thing that is pure. (CHORUS) You get me going again. My little extrovert, You show me how it works To love everyone That you come into contact with, Even the ugliest. I long to rush headlong into the world With arms open wide like a pair of French doors. Not guarded or calloused but free like my girl, Meeting everyone like waves meet the shore. My little extrovert, You show me how it works To love everyone That you come into contact with. My little extrovert, You show me how it works To love everyone That you come into contact with, Even the ugliest.
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My Delight 03:06
LYRICS Tender eyes, Blue like ice, But I see fire in there. The sensitive kind, We sometimes Cross our wires and split hairs, But give it a while And we end with a smile shared. (CHORUS) As you grow like a weed, Like a Dandelion seed, You will always be Clear as light My delight. Gentle heart, Shy in the dark, But on your tongue a stubborn "No." Tough as bark, Silly as a lark, You sing songs wherever you go. Just give it time And you find the shine to glow. (CHORUS) You can't wait to be tall, Watching ink lines on the wall Grow up from small to small, But If I could I would stall time My delight. (CHORUS)
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Obey or Else 03:44
LYRICS Stay in line, not too close. Don’t abide: you will go. Disappear like a ghost. Don’t go near anywhere but home (CHORUS) Or we will run you down Like a hunting hound Runs down a fox. Stay in your box. Don’t go out. Shut your mouth. Obey or else. Be a sport, be a help. Stay indoors for your health. You are ill, you aren’t well. Take your pill and sut the hell up (CHORUS) We know what’s best. We are the experts. You are the sheep. You don’t have to think. Leave that to us. Don’t put up a fuss. Don’t go out. Shut your mouth. Obey or else. Obey or else.
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LYRICS Six feet apart or six feet under? They say absence makes the heart grow fonder. Truth be told I can’t help but wonder If we’ll survive To the other side of lockdown.  Self isolation or an easy excuse To make a clean break from me and you? Did you ever or will you still have room For me in your life On the other side of lockdown? On the other side of lockdown (CHORUS) On the other side of lockdown Who will we be? A different sort of people than the ones we used to be?  On the other side of lockdown Will we still be friends Or will the social distance be what brings us to an end? On the other side of lockdown No face to face doesn’t explain no talk. Are you bad at texting or do you want to walk? I thought we had a friendship that was solid as a rock  But will it survive To the other side of lockdown? To the other side of lockdown (CHORUS)
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LYRICS It is what it is. I see it clearly. Bullshit is bullshit Whether it’s on the right or left of me. Spare me your judgement, Or not. I don’t care. I will not budge when You give me that condescending stare. (CHORUS) I’m not letting you drag me down ‘Cause I’m not on either side. I’m not letting you drag me down ‘Cause I’m not on either side. I’m not on either side. I’m not indifferent. Far from it, really. I’m very passionate About not getting my conscience dirty. Spare me your lectures. You do you and I’ll do me. I don’t want to censor Anymore what I think or see. (CHORUS) I’m not on either side. I’m not on either side.
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LYRICS This great evil, Where does it come from, who gives it breath? Why do people Insist on bloodlust, insist on propitiating death? Does our ruin Benefit the earth, benefit the grass? What are we doing Playing in the dirt, playing on broken glass? Is it in you too, This eternal human blight? Have you passed through this night? This great darkness, Why won’t light stop it, why won’t it leave? Are we just heartless, Filling up coffins, filling up the list of the bereaved? Will our demise Help the flowers bud, help the rivers run? Why are our lives Wasted in the mud, wasted on the bomb and gun? Is it in you too, This eternal human blight? Have you passed through this night? Is it in you too, This dark dance with suicide? Have you passed through this night? Is it in you too, This eternal human blight? Have you passed through this night?
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Ratcatcher 04:59
LYRICS There comes a moment in every life When you see the darkness for the first time. You start catching rats by the tail And store them up like rainwater in a pail. (CHORUS) Ratcatcher, Don’t despair. The bodysnatchers Aren’t everywhere. There comes a moment in every life When you see the light for the first time. You start noticing cracks in the strongest walls. You tiptoe on beams, afraid that you’ll fall. (CHORUS 2) Ratcatcher, Don’t despair. The bodysnatchers Aren’t everywhere. Ratcatcher, Don’t be shy. The fly hatcher Is just another guy. There comes a moment in every life When you see the monsters or the first time. Suddenly giants loom like towers made of flesh. What’s in their heads you can only guess. (CHORUS 2)
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Pacifist 04:19
LYRICS Since I was a kid I haven’t wanted to kill Even the katydid Or the bug called pill. Just recently I cried over a mouse. We don’t eat meat, Not in my house, Not in my house. (CHORUS) But even I get the itch To resort to my fists When some punk calls my wife a bitch. Am I really a pacifist? Am I really a pacifist? Since I’ve been full grown I’ve been averse to guns. I don’t like throwing stones. For me wars are never won. I don’t enjoy watching sports, Violent as most are. I’d rather sit on my porch And look at the stars, Just look at the stars. (CHORUS) In my heart am I just another hunter Playing up the part of a nonviolent lover? At my worst am I really just as bloody As a person in a Cormac McCarthy? Or am I really a pacifist? Am I really a pacifist? Am I really a pacifist?
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Seven Years 03:16
LYRICS All the bad advice Has proven to be so Over all this time Through the highs and lows. With you it’s always highs. The lows come from elsewhere. Best friends until we die. We make a perfect pair Of introverted lovers, Prone to stay at home. All we need’s each other When other friendships go. (CHORUS) Seven years, They’ve all been heaven years. Seven years with you. We’ve changed in many ways And not always in sync But at the end of day Our changes always link, Like two trees entwined, Branches grown together, Sharing the same vines, Braving the same weather. We can’t relate to most, Not about being married. We’re more than just spouse-close. Our love’s not ordinary. (CHORUS)
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LYRICS I’ve always been the self-conscious type. I see myself as if from the outside. On the dance floor I just turn pale. I end up a wallflower without fail. (CHORUS) But sometimes I wish I could dance carefree Like somebody in a Claire Denis movie, Shake loose my stiff limbs and let fly Like Denis Lavant at the end of Beau Travail. I’ve always been a stone faced man Like Buster Keaton, that deadpan. My face traffics in micro moves. I don’t like to telegraph my moods. (CHORUS) Direct me, Claire Denis, And I’ll move my body. Direct me, Claire Denis And I’ll dance, dance (maybe). (CHORUS) Direct me, Claire Denis, And I’ll move my body. Direct me, Claire Denis And I’ll dance, dance (maybe).
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LYRICS Finally I can see I am not who I claim to be, Writing songs Professing love But all the words are just a glove. Underneath In a sheath Is a sword that gives me peace. I hold it tight, Out of sight, Just in case I need it in a fight. The problem is It’s in my fist Even in my friendships. I stay on edge As if on a ledge That I could fall from to my death. When it comes down to it Am I just another hypocrite Putting on a show of kindness? When it comes down to it Am I really just full of shit, Professing sight in spite of blindness? When it comes down to it Am I just another hypocrite Putting on a show of kindness? When it comes down to it Am I really just full of shit, Professing sight in spite of blindness?
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LYRICS So hark: The jaguar shark Cannot be killed. Just park Your boat in the dark And let your eyes be filled With this Colossal fish, A member of no herd. Even if It’s not what you wish, He will get the final word. It doesn’t have to be scary. On the contrary…. (CHORUS) Take a submarine Into the darkest deep And you will surely see There’s even beauty there. There’s even beauty there. So hark: The jaguar shark Is not just out to feast. Don’t bark. Take to heart: He’s not just another beast. You can face Him with grace, As much as you can muster, And so chase The dread away, Instead of getting all flustered. It doesn’t have to be scary. On the contrary… (CHORUS)
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Leftovers 03:10
LYRICS The way things are, We’re not for it. We’ve travelled far Like a murder hornet To a new place, Out of that nation Where we were faced With being eaten. (CHORUS) We’re the leftovers, Caught between two worlds like a moon rover, Like a middle child or a domesticated wild animal. We’re not quite free But we’re still alive Like honey bees Without a hive. We won’t go back To familiar haunts. We know we lack What we need, what we want. (CHORUS) Are we just lost, A pair of fallen apostles, Or have we found That holy ground is everywhere? (CHORUS)
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LYRICS Do whatever you want. Just leave me alone To do whatever I want. Stop throwing your stones. I don’t care what you think. You can have your own thoughts. Don’t try to change what I think. My mind can’t be bought. (CHORUS) Just me leave the hell alone And I’ll leave you the hell alone. Stop trying to control me And I’ll extend the same courtesy to you. Live however you like. Just let me be To live however I like. Stop policing me. I don’t care who you are, Just as long as you’re not evil. We can have different hearts And still both be good people. (CHORUS) The thought police are out in force. Don’t they just love to beat a dead horse.
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Destroyer 02:54
LYRICS: Guns, go to hell. Ignorance as well. Hatred, disappear. Violence, exit here. (CHORUS) I wish I could be the destroyer Of everything that destroys. I wish I could be the destroyer Of everything that destroys. Murder, become rare. Kill the electric chair. Fists, don’t talk anymore. Weapons, leave the stores. (CHORUS) All the innocents Lost to violence, I wish I could bring them back. All those loved and buried Like Ahmaud Arbery, I wish I could bring them back. (CHORUS) (2x)
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Ammunition 03:06
LYRICS: You made me feel I could return to the world And find something decent. Was I wrong? Has the truth unfurled To reveal the real reason You called me friend? (CHORUS) Am I just being paranoid again, Or is there something to these worries? Have all the thoughts turned to noise in my head, Or have I seen the light? You made me feel like I was being heard For the first time in a season. Was I wrong to let spill so many words? Did I just give you ammunition For when things end? (CHORUS)
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LYRICS: I had hoped that you could make This world a better place. I don’t know if that’s possible But I’ll do my best to teach you… (CHORUS) Life doesn’t work without kindness. Life doesn’t work without love. Life isn’t worth it If everybody’s just hurting each other. Life doesn’t work without love. I know that I will pass on What I get right as much as what I get wrong. I still hope that you will outgrow me So I’ll do my best to teach you… (CHORUS)
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LYRICS I don’t think that I’ll go back To Washington State. There is nothing I now lack That I long to reclaim. And anyway… (CHORUS) The past belongs in the past. The future is another place. The past belongs in the past. The future is another place. I don’t think that I’ll return To the old status quo. Spend enough time with fire and you’ll get burned, Or so the aphorism goes. And anyway… (CHORUS) I was nearly twenty two When I made the move From Washington State to Ohio. First I felt excited, But over time I alighted On a mix of resignation and denial. Now I’m nearly thirty two And those old nostalgic moods That used to take me don’t anymore. Over the years there were days When the ground fell out from its place But now my feet have settled on the floor. I’ve come to see that I can Feel fondly about the past And also be OK with it staying there. Now I only look ahead To what’s coming for me next, Knowing nostalgia can poison the air If you don’t handle it with care. And anyway… (CHORUS)
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LYRICS Quick to judge, Slow to budge From your fixed positions. Have you nixed intuition? Don’t try to clean my face With dirt under your fingernails. Life is not a race To the top of Moral Mountain. Prone to preach, Orate your feats From a stage of ones and zeros, Unleash your rage like a hero. Don’t try to clean my face With dirt under your fingernails. Life is not a race To the top of Moral Mountain.
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Evil People 03:13
LYRICS See that thing flopping on the ground? That’s my heart. All the evil all around Tears me a part. (CHORUS) What can I do about it When all the world is crowded With evil people, With evil people? To think that my children will face A world like this. I wish there was a light-switch to chase Off the darkness. (CHORUS) (CHORUS)
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Sleepwalker 04:48
LYRICS I know it feels safe To let somebody else make your mistakes But it feels better When you untether your mind And think for yourself. (CHORUS) Sleepwalker, Open your eyes And choose your own path. The sweet talkers Wear a disguise To cover a current of wrath. I know how easy it is To shut off your head and swim with the fish But it’s more satisfying When, instead of dying, you let Your mind live. (CHORUS) (CHORUS 2) Sleepwalker, Shake awake And move against the tide. The sweet talkers Do what it takes To get you on their side, asleep. Sleepwalker, Don’t sleepwalk anymore. Sleepwalker, Throw wide your mind’s door. I know it’s in you to have your own dreams. I know you know not everything’s as it seems. I know it’s in you to have your own thoughts. I know you know your mind’s not meant to rot. Sleepwalker, Don’t sleepwalk anymore. Sleepwalker, Throw wide your mind’s door.
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LYRICS There’s a body in the floe. There’s a ticket to the show. There’s no guaranteed halo. There’s some fear in letting go. There’s some fear in letting go. There’s a fog upon the glow. There’s a tree that cannot grow. There’s a poison in the low. There’s some fear in letting go. There’s some fear in letting go. (CHORUS) We all know There’s some fear in letting go. It’s fear that we all know. There’s some fear in letting go. There’s a crack along the bow. There are only dull arrows. There’s a question in the blow. There’s some fear in letting go. There’s some fear in letting go. There’s a razor on the toe. There’s a river that won’t flow. There are blades in the pillow. There’s some fear in letting go. There’s some fear in letting go. (CHORUS)

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A series of songs written and recorded during the time of quarantine and social distancing that began in March of 2020 and ended in June.

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released April 6, 2020

Written and performed by Jesse Level
Produced, recorded and mixed by Jesse Level and/or Micah Level
Mastered by Jesse Level
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