All Those Treasure Daggers

from NIGHT by Tom Jessen

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lyrics

I gotta straightjacket on the tip of my tongue
and if only make actions could speak volumes
like the strength of roman columns that hold my hopes high
a desperate offering piercing clouds in the sky
well i try to pick up my spirits
but the gravity of this predicament is in the grave
when you get comfortable in your discomfort
are you surprised when you have little left to say

Cut me open and see all that passion that's been stabbing me
from the inside out
and all those treasure daggers
are falling out

those allusuive inspirations just won't let me quit
even when I've lost the will to find it
looking for a taste of spring and a determined smile
but it gets soiled by a lust in the fact
that everything dies
well I'm lazy to lace up these shoes
cuz I'll trip over everything else that isn't really there
they all cheer me on above the clouds
but my orientation is like a drunkened summers fair

there holding democratic discussions in my head
and when I fight the reins they only bruise
so I follow the jealous muse
who's helpless without consent
my heart feels like a car going to blow after a fatal accident
well I wish that I could wear these burdens
like an overcoat in world soak to the skin
all my love to the ones who know
and a smile for the rest of my friends

credits

from NIGHT, released March 2, 2002
TJ - guitar, vocals
Andy Parrott - guitar, backing vocal
Eric Griffin - drums, percussion
Nate Basinger - organ
Wes Phillips - bass
John Cord - trumpet
Luke Ziegenhorn - tenor saxophone

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Tolerate

Feb 2024
The Red Eddies

Jan 2024
Daydream No.19

Dec 2023
Ease Into

Nov 2023
Echo

Aug 2023
Sit

Dec 2022
Sunflower

Oct 2022
Jackie's Blues

Oct 2022
Sounds So Good

Sep 2022
Hunting Season

Jul 2015
NIGHT

Mar 2002
Redemption (out of print)

Oct 1996

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