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Mourning Days​/​Morning Daze

by Jet Rodriguez

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1.
I see a light in this future set fire by the sun A pathway arranged by the sound of a gun It's the immanency I can tell you want Let's go on The shadow you cast you learned to outrun When the dark times arrive you don't notice them come It's my nervousness that you find fun Three, two, one The fountain of youth, the Bible you choose It's like a secret Valentine choke hold on you The backwards sound of the truth The sound of pretension that comes with your voice The mass of redemption that comes at your choice It's history you've taken as your toy Make your noise The fountain of youth, the Bible you choose It's like a secret Valentine choke hold on you The backwards sound of the truth I know you said you can't grow old But one day you wont come home I know you said you can't grow old My lover is fool's gold I know you said you can't grow old But one day you wont come home I know you said you can't grow old My lover is fool's gold The fountain of youth, the Bible you choose It's like a secret Valentine choke hold on you The backwards sound of the truth
2.
Valley 04:30
I love you when we're apart But when you look me in the eye, you know it break my heart And everybody wants bad what everybody cannot have But I'm convinced, my darlin', it doesn't have to be like that I need you woman, you got to understand Please understand My present tense is your past But if you slow yourself right down, and give myself a chance I know you don't think it works, but I will tell you first It's a game you like to play, but the winner's gonna hurt the worst, the worst I need you woman Please understand You got to understand There's a bridge down this road that we will cross It's the water underneath that wants to see you fall But I know of a valley on the other side With a house and a garden and a bottle of wine I know you don't see things my way But if you turn your head up straight, my way ain't sideways There's no writing on the wall, not a single word at all But trust, my girl, all your problems will be solved I need you woman You got to understand
3.
She told me her reasons to fall back in love She promised that she would be mine She gave me the place where she'd meet me again She just never gave me the time Sheltered all my life I was born when we first met I could picture how we'd grow You just couldn't see it yet Later on you would refuse The times when I asked you If you'd come with me to laugh and sing And cry with me here too She told me her reasons to fall back in love She promised that she would be mine She gave me the place where she'd meet me again She just never gave me the time Never having been A part of something good If you could see our path You would change, I know you would And if you would only choose I would love you through and through You could come with me to live and breathe And die with me here too
4.
A warrior's body, a tender soul He was your lover some time ago It took you three long years to free your heart But even longer to let him know There was a nightmare that plagued your sleep You saw a child who could not speak She took your voice and left you mute You turn away as she starts crying at your feet Skeptical of your natural pace You try to free yourself from these mourning days Been 40 nights now, and 40 days The consequences of all your pain You toss and turn from the very moment that you lay And then you wake up in a morning daze You gave up waiting on him to say He didn't feel you in the same way You couldn't help but declare the only thing you knew: These aren't gonna be your mourning days Skeptical of your natural pace You try to shake yourself out of this morning daze And you cry, “Free me from this nightly craze, Pull me out of this morning daze!”
5.
Forest Fire 03:11
There's a sudden forest fire raging in your mind You can hear it in your speech, see it in your eyes I burning down the place that you knew It'll leave you with a barren wasteland too The center of you conscious is ablaze You're pretending like you've never been afraid Rejecting all the notions of ever being saved By anyone who knows your name Tearing through the countryside found in your soul The troops you once commanded are out of your control The beating of the battle drums are all too close This government you set in place is being overthrown I'll tell you that I've seen it all before Just promise me your mind has open doors You can be the hero of this holy war If you want to, I've got what you're looking for
6.
So, she took her freedom to the coastline Settling down in with her man She functions as one with the winds She sang to me subtle commands Under the reign of her nature She left all her troubles back home Crossed off my name from her conscience Finding herself on her own I know that your head's getting wiser Seeing the things that you do But I can give freedom a new home I can bring freedom to you Seldom I hear of her actions She never leaves tracks where she goes But I can remember her whisper It's something that only I know
7.
Take back words unfortunately said I want to be in a better place than this Our lives caught up in a mess and I need it to be easier than this We used to love taking things apart We made frustrating the neighbors an art I miss the way your voice shouted my name When you lost me in the woods in the dark Oh, my brother, it runs deep within But we can stop it if we want to Oh, my brother, it takes more than this But we can stop it if we want to I wish I never stayed out so late You never knew how I made it okay I wish you never left home You'll never know how hard it was to let go Oh, my brother, it runs deep within But we can stop it if we want to Oh, my brother, it takes more than us But we can stop it if we want to Take your eyes, erase them Take my arms, embrace them Take your shoulders, raise them Take your shape again
8.
The kiss of death is upon your brow The yesterdays are catch you, using up what was endowed The shadows on your face are creeping all around The moon is in its place but you swear it stares you down Now, now I was looking at the photo where you had all your hair We were in that one museum with Lincoln's bloody chair Shortly after that, we went inside the famous house Where the famous author lived whose name escapes me now Alleh, alleh, the son of man was born today Alleh, alleh, the son of God was born today The light on the horizon is calling out your name There are holy living waters circulating through your veins I'm choosing not to run, I'm choosing not to hide I know your days are numbered, but in my mind you'll never die Alleh, alleh, the son of man was born today Alleh, alleh, the son of God was born today Alleh, alleh, there was a Christ child born today Alleh, alleh, Jesus Christ was born today The light on the horizon is calling out your name There are holy living waters circulating through your veins I'm choosing not to run, I'm choosing not to hide I know your days are numbered, but in my mind you'll never die I had written out the story that I had liked to live But the famous author took my book and tore it all to shreds
9.
Losing every sense of your direction Your breaking points are leaving you unfazed I shudder at the thought of intervention You said you'd never speak to me again I know the sound of mercy on the outs Sent into the blue beyond a shadow of a doubt I saw your destiny unravel right from your own mouth Did I manage to get out? This is a dark room This is a vaccum This isn't heart break Cause I don't know you Into the things I know you never wanted Your silohette is etched into my mind You did your worst to get up where you'd fallen Holding anybody that you'd find I've seen the demons that are out to get you They love to hear you speak so you can tell them what to do I spent the last six months running from the truth Just to capture you This is a dark tomb This is a cold room This is isnt fantasy Cause I can't hold you This is a closed door This is a cold war This isn't anything That I want anymore
10.
I thought it out, covered every action I know it now, foreseen all emotion Collect myself, I see all of it come I tell myself "You've got your heart inside your own hands, keep it now" You're waiting on the one that you called out Hold your footing, back down Separate impulse and calculation Stop and wait, get a sense of leverage Prevent myself from falling any deep I tell myself "You've got your heart inside your own hands, keep it now" I'm waiting on the one that I called out Hold my footing, keep it now I'm waiting on the one that I called out Hold my footing, back down

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released March 22, 2011

Written, produced, and mixed by – Cameron Navetta

Recorded and engineered by – Cameron Navetta, Daniel Bowron

Instrumentation and arrangement by – Cameron Navetta, Daniel Bowron, Bryan Squires

Artwork by Lindzy Kneisler

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Jet Rodriguez is the publishing pseudonym of Detroit-based singer-songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist, Cameron Navetta.

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