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Make Room in Your Heart for Me

by Jake Russell Band

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1.
I wish I could share what I now know - show you how I've changed and the ways that I've grown - but trust broken is a hard thing to mend and it's a stretch to expect things will reawaken. So there are letters that I'll never send; they'll just get outdated as the time goes by. There are conversations in my head that'll never be said for as long as I'm alive. And it's not that I am into hiding the truth. It's just that some things are best left unspoken like "I love you -more than you'll ever know." Not a week in on my decision and there's already pressure that this is inappropriate. There's no room in the heart of business, just a scowl at idealists for being dreamers. Her love comes as a bidding contract with an appetite for solid philanthropy, but when her bureaucrat's satisfied I'm sure she'll find this life's pretty unforgiving. And I'm so sorry that I lied to you while she put me through hell. And I'm so sorry that I fell from dancing with the elves cause I love you - more than you'll ever know. Last night I dreamed that it was only me against the entire world. Do we need a reference? "You are our letter written on our hearts." And I wish that God would send a letter to you showing my betterment cause I love you -more than you'll ever know.
2.
Well Being 01:50
Once upon a summer’s eve when the breeze blew like kisses, I was fighting dragons and you were my princess. Burned twice by fireballs to push valiant on; all my tears jerked from exertion to know that you were gone. I will write a eulogy of unrequited love and I won't be so naive the next time that it comes. Here come tornado winds when I need the sun cause all my friends are raindrops or the bruised clouds they come from. I will write a eulogy of unrequited love and I won't be so damn naive the next time that it comes. I will model Christ's great strength and hope to share His love; I will be a wellspring the next time that it comes the next time that it comes the next time...
3.
Hello definition static, it seems I am not receiving signals to form this picture – left with pixels on the screen, but the TV will determine the resolution. It's the design. I am yours and you are mine. I know it takes time but I am yours and you are mine. Hello foggy-minded friend, condensation's in your head. Fireworks from the weekend left us in the state we're in. Blame the weather but she stole my very own perspective. It's the design. I am yours and you are mine. I know it takes time but I am yours and you are... My life is an unresolved journey throughout the shadows and my glasses are... I must be a broken antenna cause my glasses can't form the picture on my retina. Oh dear, my near sight. It's the design. I am yours and you are mine. I know it takes time but I am yours and you are mine.
4.
I wish that you could see the intrinsic value in me in the vein that David Bowie dedicated a song to Bob Dylan. I wish that I could be a pop singer pitching humdingers on pitch like harbingers – like fathers reciting Godly notes so prophetic or Nehemiah to hungry people interested – I wish, I wish, I wish someone would make room in their heart for me. Today I promised that I'd try to be honest - no more doubting Thomas - I won't be a self-fulfilled prophecy. I wish that you would stop living in the past like clipping vocal tracks on mountaintops peaking. I'm sinking so deeply into your sine wave collapse to taste lips and body seated on tectonic tracts. I wish, I wish, I wish you would make room in your heart for me. I've done nothing to take advantage of you. I've done nothing wrong. I have done you no harm.
5.
This water’s gonna boil soon. I've made room in my heart; I hope that you'll make room. Breathe like a Buddhist, called like a Christian. I have really good intentions. Paint like an artist with a vision. Play a guitar like this is a mission. I want to be with you; I want to see you in my arms. Everybody questions the truth. Well, if it seems pure in your heart, it's something you ought to do. I have a motive. I have ambition. I'm like Moses. I'm like Myshkin. I had a lover. I was a leader. I am a beautiful failure in Jesus. I want to be with you; I want to see you in my arms. Dear pots and pans, one day you're gonna be united. When I hope for my dear brother, I can't help but get excited. There've been trials but those too shall pass.
6.
All my friends are heartbroken because our dreams have reached an end, and we're finding ourselves again, but all I want to do is start something new with you. A four-year marriage ends in divorce, a seven-year friendship in remorse and a summer fling in bad rapport, but all I want to do is start something new with you. Three years of my true love only reaped frustration and a lot of bad luck. And my seven-year role model – well, they’re splitting up. But all I want to do is start something new with you. When laughter turns to sorrow and we see our vain things in their importance – better is the end of things than the beginning. The patient spirit has a hope in things that the proud simply cannot know so take care that your loss ain't quick to turn to bitterness. Don't turn to bitterness. Neck spasms and I was sore – I lounged a week before I opened the door. Refrigerator contents had all rotted – yeah, they went real fucking bad. I could let them sit for a while but that won't change that they… Well, they expired. So I’ll move them to a trash bag, and all I want to do is start something new with you.
7.
I wanted to share a simple meal that I prepared but it would never compare to a brilliant pasta dish. When she said that she cared, we were both in disrepair. I said, "I want something that will last a year" but she just wanted his pasta dish. What a goddamn shame.
8.
Donkey, donkey, I'm a dumbass too 'cause I took those assholes' burdens 'til my legs gave through. Walk with a mission like the missionaries do; I got God's word in my heart and I won't forget it anytime soon. Call it an unnecessary obstacle. Say it's impossible – I don't care. Know how you oughta live; if they say it's absurd, it's 'cause their ears ain’t attuned to the life in your words. Call it an unnecessary obstacle. Say it's impossible – I don't care. Donkey, donkey, this world got too big and it breaks my heart wide open that some things just can't be forgiven. Donkey, donkey, I didn't know what I should do when all your so-called friends just take advantage of you. Call it an unnecessary obstacle. Say it's impossible – I don't care. Tell me I'm wasting my time and then I'll know. Then I'll know.
9.
Oh, longsuffering beast of burden - downtrodden and left to wither. The Lord watches from His throne on high and giveth thee wings, so take to thy feet and fly.
10.
I thought when this was said and done that we'd all want to dance, but there's been nothing here that would make anyone feel happy. It's just been a lot of vain attempts to swim across such great lengths. It's done, and nobody’s won; I’m just getting used to it. I'm so sorry I let this down. I'm so sorry I let this down. I thought that if we kept running, we would not grow weary. Then why does it seem that I have come up so short of breath? We were promised that we'd fly on wings like eagles. But now I'm standing on the ground and I've just gotten used to it. I'm so sorry I let this down. I'm so sorry I let this down. Mountains too high to ever climb. Oceans too wide to ever swim. Fires too bright to ever dance in.
11.
Weighed down by the hard feel of progress in its action cause life is like a process, and you never see the end result. Wake up, go to classes, come back to your room spent to fall back asleep and then do it all again. Light up like a fire; set yourself ablaze for this world. I know something bigger than me. Light up like a fire; set yourself ablaze for this world even if only a few do see. Lost in the theme park, and I know where I want to be, but you are on that Ferris wheel so high above me. Drunk at the party, and you were sitting next to me. I need to be more confident; I need less anxiety. Light up like a fire; set yourself ablaze for this world. I know something bigger than me. Light up like a fire; set yourself ablaze for this world even if only a few do see – even if only a few do see who I want to be.
12.
Be Well 03:34
Gather 'round the wolf spider while we're on our smoke break. Everyone wanted to kill it because they were all afraid. Someone threw a big rock at it ended up breaking its leg. But when everyone went inside, I conjured a deep breath and confessed with the faith I have in Christ, "Spider with a broken leg, may your leg be healed. Spider with a broken leg, be well, be well, be well, be well. Don't forget your broken leg. Be well, be well. Spider with a broken leg, be well, be well, be well, be well."

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released March 16, 2015

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