Borne Away

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Release Date: June 25, 2013

1. Borne Away
2. Stray Dog
3. Black Orchid
4. Do You Really Love Him?
5. The Pain Has Just Begun
6. Say That You’ll Never Go Away
7. Strangers
8. Straight Line
9. Anything At All
10. Ghost Of The Summer Heat
11. Listen To Your Heart
12. Like A Wheel
13. Sleep
14. The Silent Sea

written and performed by jesse harris

special guest:
charlotte kemp muhl – background vocals on “borne away” and “the silent sea”
charlotte kemp muhl appears courtesy of chimera records

illustrations by Asuka Ohsawa
art direction & design by Rory Wilson

recorded and mixed by pat dillett
mastered by stephen marcussen

1. borne away

you weren’t good but then you had to behave
you stuck around when there was something to save
but then again, how could you even pray?

you sat alone in the dark like the moon
you glowed awhile but then you went out so soon
i don’t believe you had nothing more to say

borne away, borne away
on a wave
borne away

you watched the people by your window go past
like a fish behind aquarium glass
and like a fish you just swam away

borne away, borne away
on a wave
borne away

but there was something that the moon never showed
a small division like a fork in the road
and no one noticed when you went the other way

borne away, borne away
on a wave
borne away

in the ocean there are mountains and caves
so many places for the watery graves
of anybody who has lost his way

borne away, borne away
on a wave
borne away

borne away, borne away
on a wave
borne away

2. stray dog

you’re a stray dog and you’re walking by my side
you’re a seeker, you’re a rider on the tide
out on your own in life

stray dog looking for another friend
stray dog coming down the street again
and again

you’re an angel, you’re a savior in the wrong place
you’re an outcast, you’re a stranger with a new face
out on your own in life

stray dog looking for another friend
stray dog coming down the street again
and again

stray dog looking for another friend
stray dog coming down the street again
and again

you’re a stray dog and you’re walking by my side

3. black orchid

you’re like a black orchid
with your raven hair
around your pink lips
and your wide open stare

but no i won’t turn away
i’m not afraid to look
nothing you can say

you’re like a black orchid
so rare and hard to keep
high up in the mountains
and down in the valley deep

i’d never take this nature’s child
i’d rather see you there
blooming in the wild

you’re like a black orchid
with your raven hair
to kiss your pink lips
no, nothing could compare

4. do you really love him?

you coo like a hawk
then you baby talk
you push and you shove him
oh but do you really love him?

you say he’s a doll
standing so tall
still you rise above him
oh do you really love him?
oh but do you really love him?

life can be so cruel
make anybody into a fool

you scan the horizon
you’re so enterprising
and you’re thinking of him
oh but do you really love him?
oh do you really love him?
oh do you really love him?

5. the pain has just begun

take, don’t take
give over
push, don’t push
you can’t win it over
now, not now
now, not now

the race you’ve run, you’ve run
it’s over
the race is done
but the pain has just begun, begun, begun

now, not now
now, not now
now, not now
now, not now

the race you’ve run, you’ve run
it’s over
the race is done
but the pain has just begun, begun, begun, begun

6. say that you’ll never go away

this morning i went walking
and the rain was on its way
all the sky was darkening over me
but why didn’t i see?

maybe cause i pictured you
clear as you could be
standing in the water under the trees
wearing just a warm breeze

rain can last forever
and people never stay
say that you’ll never go away

you stood in the spotlight
downstage in my mind
putting so much into every line
but I still haven’t said mine

regrets can last forever
the moment never stays
say that you’ll never go away
say that you’ll never go away
say that you’ll never go away

7. strangers

strange that it should come as a surprise
but we’ve been strangers all this time
we’ve been strangers all this time
we’ve been strangers all this time

like two people sitting on a train
two people passing in the rain
we’ve been strangers through the pain
we’ve been strangers through the pain
i always thought we felt the same
but we were strangers

just a little game
just a little game
just a little game
just a little game
we were strangers

strange but when i look into your eyes
the only thing i recognize
is we’ve been strangers all this time
we’ve been strangers all this time
we’ve been strangers all this time
we’ve been strangers

8. straight line

i was so lonely when we met memorial day
out in the park, so sunny, listening to the jazz band play
it’s been a straight line
that was the last time that i can remember having any time to spare
since that day i’ve been running like a rabbit everywhere
but in my mind it’s been a straight line

up through the tall pines it’s been a straight line

keep your faith
don’t surrender
there’s temptation everywhere
cause your face is so tender
don’t you stain it with a tear
just keep a straight line until saint valentine’s

9. anything at all

i never wanted to be anyone
anyone at all, anyone at all
i never wanted to be anything
anything at all, anything at all
i only want that when the summer ends
i see you in the fall, see you in the fall
but if i don’t then nothing ever will mean anything at all
anything at all

i never thought that you’d see anything
anything in me, anything in me
i never thought that you’d be anyone
anyone to me, anyone to me
i only thought that like a mermaid
you would go back to the sea, go back to the sea
but if you do then nothing ever will mean anything to me
anything to me

but there are times when everybody is left standing at the ball
standing at the ball
and if I am then nothing ever will mean anything at all
anything at all, anything at all, anything at all

10. ghost of the summer heat

there’s a glow in the sky
the time when the lost kids all go back home
and the big trucks roll

there’s a glow in your heart
your eyes start to fade and now the daytime starts
and something goes through your soul

you can change
but how i don’t know
but there’s a way to
or fall through the cracks below

you could stay
but why i don’t know
cause there’s a way down
oh how i wish there was a stitch in time
an escape that you could find

i can see i’d never go
i’d wanna stay here
close by your side till the world disappears
and only we’d be here

the sun rose on the street
you turned and you walked away on high heeled feet
a ghost of the summer heat

11. listen to your heart

it’s fine if you’re needing to go
i’d like if you wanted to stay
it’s alright with me
it’s alright with me

i never needed to know
i only wanted to say
it’s alright with me
it’s alright with me

don’t be sad
listen to your heart
it’s only bad if you never start

if morning is evening to you
midnight the middle of day
it’s alright with me
it’s alright with me

don’t be sad
listen to your heart
it’s only bad if you never start

how are you gonna dance
if you don’t take a chance, a chance, a chance, a chance?

don’t be sad
listen to your heart
it’s only bad if you never start
if you never start

12. like a wheel

like a wheel you roll, roll, roll
do you feel the road? no, no
no, no, no, no, no, no

i’m still here stuck in the sand
please come back and give me your hand
give me your hand, give me your hand

now even the sun is rolling away
it’s just the end of a lovely day
oh a lovely day, oh a lovely day

like a wheel you roll, roll, roll
nothing’s real, you roll, roll, roll
go, go, go, roll, roll, roll
go, go, go, roll, roll, roll

13. sleep

you’re standing alone at the top of the road
with your head in the sky when the horizon explodes
how many days and nights can you spend
where does it begin and where does it end?
where does it end?
when you sleep
when you sleep

i’ve already tried to meet you in dreams
but waking alone i don’t know what it means
to see you up there at the top of the hill
cause nobody knows you and nobody will, nobody will
while he sleeps, while he sleeps

don’t give me nickels and dimes
just try to give me some time

no one can say how these places will change
they won’t even tell you it won’t be the same
they only do their best to pretend
but how can i sit by and watch you descend, watch you descend
into sleep, into sleep

please don’t give me nickels and dimes
just try to give me some time
some time, some time, some time

14. the silent sea

sometime i was here before
a dream or a memory, i’m not sure
moonlight shined on me
while i floated free
on the silent sea
on the silent sea

somehow we’re still miles apart
lost inside the galaxies of our hearts
waiting endlessly where we always meet
by the silent sea
by the silent sea
the silent sea

waiting endlessly where we always meet
by the silent sea
by the silent sea
the silent sea

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