Starred - part 4

Written by Tessa Rose Jackson & Milo Groenhuijzen
Produced by Tessa Rose Jackson

LYRICS - 

You had a plan
Used to boast to your friends,
Wouldn’t shut up about it
‘Wait for it, man
I’ve got time on my hands and I’m working on it.
‘Cos me and the band play each night for free beers
Like the Beatles did when they started.’

If I sing my heart out
And I push that boulder up that hill
I’m a superhero
I... Aren’t I?

It’s a sign of the times
Or it might be vitamin D deficiency
Just a little decline
One that comes with the job, not a personal thing

So I sing my heart out
And I push that boulder up that hill
I’m a superhero, I thought
I... Aren’t I?

Lately you dread hanging out with old friends
And their good intentions
‘Any news on the tour? Was it all you hoped for, were there good reactions?’
You say: ‘Man, it’s been great!’
But you’re just saving face as your confidence fades.
Ooh...
Ooh...
Ooh...
Ooh...

A Mirror Sometimes

Tessa Rose Jackson & The Shells - The Boulder

Written and Produced by Tessa Rose Jackson & Benjamin Longman

LYRICS - 

Change like a promise
Promise me you might
When the curtain falls
Like a soft blanket
Change like the weather
Whether you still care
Careful, conscious

Change when your heart says
Said it from the start
Stay unsteady
Remain unready
Change is a premise
A premonition bell
Pealing, revealing

Cut my ties
No more hell or high water
We’ve all broken on these shores
Do you know what you came here for?

Change is a compass
Encompassing a whole
Overthrowing
Rites unknowing
Chance is a symptom
Sympathetic change
Tender... remember...

Cut my ties
No more hell or high water
We’ve all broken on these shores
Do you know what you came here for?

And let the current carve
Score out the fringe of your silhouette
Is the dawn not an open door?
How could you know what you came here for?
How could you know?
How could you know?
How could you know?

Tessa Rose Jackson & Benjamin Longman - Hell Or High Water

Written and Produced by Tessa Rose Jackson & Nana Adjoa

LYRICS -

Tell me what you’re thinking
I’ve been low for days
Tripped up by the same thing
And who’s to say who’s to blame?
Drinking by the double
I’ve played hard to read
Work back from the ending
And dim the lights, set the scene, oh...

Take it easy on me, just
help to douse this wildfire
Trace it back to believin’
I’m burning up through this wildfire

Gentle suffocation
I’ve been so immersed
Tearing out the chapters
Who followed, who was first?

Take it easy on me, just
help to douse this wildfire
Trace it back to believin’
I’m burning up through this wildfire

But if it takes a little time
I’m gonna be here still
Poised on the edge, I know how it feels
Little poison for the break, it
seems I can read your mind
Keeping warm by the wildfire

Tessa Rose Jackson & Nana Adjoa - Shadow Song

Written by Tessa Rose Jackson, Caoilian Sherlock & Darius Timmer
Produced by Tessa Rose Jackson & Darius Timmer

LYRICS -

Small talk
Everything we’ve ever said
Save your breath
Asking me if I’ve moving on
The evidence says I haven’t yet

Singing along with the dial tone
Call it a sad duet
Can’t think of a thing to say to you that I won’t regret
So many hurts unanswered
So many endings left to unpack

Who’s to say
What to do?
How am I to know?
Where’s your love
When’d it die?
Why’d you let it go?
You let it go

Four lines
I’ve been tracing through the memories of the great abyss
And I’ve heard you call
But I’m moving on to bargaining
No need to reminisce

So I’m singing along with the dial tone
Sound of a sad duet
Can’t think of a thing to say to you that I won’t regret
So many numbers counted
Counting down the days

Who’s to say
What to do?
How am I to know?
Where’s your love
When’d it die?
Why’d you let it go?
You let it go

Tessa Rose Jackson & Caoilian Sherlock - Sad Duet

Written & Producted by Tessa Rose Jackson and Darius Timmer

LYRICS
Tread light
Tread light the silence is sacred
Though I’ve hated it before

I shook off the dirt but I’m home now
And the light’s still on

With one ear to the door 
I can hear the sound 
The old swing clock in the hall
Has got me thinking about

The bricks that make the building
And the earth that feeds the garden

Moon rise
I’ve laid a trail, you can find me
Where the ivy meets the stone
Bring me a seed you can plant it
And I’ll guard it close

With one ear the ground
Hear this all again
Trim the roses in spring I’ll 
Tell you secrets about

The bricks that make the building
And the earth that feeds the garden
The breath that helps the child sing

There’s new light here to find
Brave it for me now
When October arrives 
Tell them stories about

The bricks that make the building
And the earth that feeds the garden
The breath that helps the child sing
And the weight that makes the clock swing
The blood that birthed the marrow
And the bow that shot the arrow



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CREDITS
Vocals, Acoustic Guitar - Tessa Rose Jackson
Keys - Darius Timmer
Backing Vocals - Hattie Whitehead, Darius Timmer
Flute - Perinne Feriol

Engineered by Johannes Buff
Mixed by Darius Timmer
Mastered by Matt Colton at Metropolis Studios

The Bricks That Make The Building

Written & Produced by Tessa Rose Jackson and Darius Timmer

LYRICS
What a waste, what a shame,
Could we start this over?
Or better still, let the hill worth dying on crumble 
This black hole will swallow us whole if you let it 
It’ll break unless it bends, so let it bend
Let it bend 

For the sake of curiosity
Entertain the eerie thought with me 
Fear bangs the drum
Let it thrum, let it thrum 

Who am I to rely on a final outcome
Take a beat, let it be and breathe it out
Chorus to chorus all us souls know the cadence 
Simmer down, circle 'round, common ground 
Common ground 

Can you hold the thought up to the light? 
Can you catch the phrase and harmonise? 
Fear bangs the drum
Let it thrum, let it thrum 

Steeped in the knowledge 
That all of this will make way 
With a sweet irreverence 
The old moth to the flame 
The rush passed 
The loves last 

And the plenty bear the fruit of us
To the chain we make, the dust is dust 
Fear bangs the drum
Let it thrum, let it thrum

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CREDITS
Vocals, Guitars - Tessa Rose Jackson
Keys - Darius Timmer
Drums - Dan Huijser
Bass - Dave Wismeijer
Electric Guitar - Kevin van Moorsel
Saxophone - Jean Vernheres

Engineered by Johannes Buff
Mixed by Darius Timmer
Mastered by Matt Colton at Metropolis Studios

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