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Light Up My Life
03:23
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Lyrics for Jessica Heine's "Light Up My Life":
I've been running in circles getting nowhere new
Feeling a fool, I'm learning most people do
All the roads I could take, no one else to choose the way
And I would rather be dancing
Want to light, light, light, light up my life
There is art in learning how to move
We create with every step we choose
Marble holding back a face
I only need to carve away
To show what I already know
Want to light, light, light, light up my life
Want to light, light, light, light up my life
The comeback is in how you make it through
Yes, I cry but I can be strong too
Sticks and stones and broken bones
The same old everybody knows
Stumble, and get back up again
Want to light, light, light, light up my life
Want to light, light, light, light up my life
Want to light, light, light, light up my life
Light up my life
This little light of mine
I'm gonna let it shine
No I won't, no I won't let it die
Want to light, light, light, light up my life
Want to light, light, light, light up my life
Want to light, light, light, light up my life
Light up my life
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If I Could
05:12
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Lyrics for Jessica Heine's "If I Could":
I agreed too quickly when you said
You'd join me for the day that I had planned
How like me to not think it through
That I didn't know you
Morning started early and there seemed so many miles
Just you and me and God and radio to pass the time
We left in darkness, watched fire hit the sky
My fear of unfamiliar fading in its light
If there was a way to stay, there among the everglades
If I could rewrite the day with one small change I would
We'd sing Graceland in the car
Headlights lighting up the dark
You'd be the father that I wished he was
And love me for your son
In the day was beauty I had never seen
We were both like children, amazed at each new thing
You told me you were scared and it came as a surprise
That you could be afraid but not let it lead your life
If there was a way to stay, there among the everglades
If I could rewrite the day with one small change I would
We'd sing Graceland in the car
Headlights lighting up the dark
You'd be the father that I wished he was
And love me for your son
I parked the car, you shook my hand
Said, "I'll see you," but offered no when
You caught a plane, I drove away
Nothing lost, nothing gained
Everything to stay the same
Framed in one small perfect day
But if there was a way to stay there among the everglades
If I could rewrite the day with one small change I would
We'd sing Graceland in the car
Headlights lighting up the dark
You'd be the father that I wished he was
And love me for your son
If I could, if I could, if I could, if I could, I would
If I could, if I could, if I could, if I could, I would
If I could, if I could, if I could, if I could, I would
If I could, if I could, if I could, if I could
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Burning Bridges
03:02
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Lyrics for Jessica Heine's "Burning Bridges":
I won't pretend to understand you
I was raised a different way
I was trying to find common ground
Well the ground just fell away
I'm not sorry I'm not sorry
I'm not mad that you are mad
And I don't want to start on it again
It's hard not burning bridges
When the whole world's on fire
I am looking for forgiveness
I believe there can be grace
But I bury my apologies and hide behind that faith
I've been spending time in silence trying not to raise my voice
There's so much being said these days
I'd just be making noise
It's hard not burning bridges
When the whole world's on fire
I'm tired of not knowing what to say
I'm tired of being in my own way
And what do I really think I'd gain?
Just to get some point across
Just to feel a little less lost
There's an ache inside my fingers
Feels like it won't end
If my body can betray me
Maybe anybody can
Maybe everyone has violence
Waiting in their veins
It sleeps like a volcano
And then rises up in pain
It's hard not burning bridges
It's hard not burning bridges
It's hard not burning bridges
When the whole world's on fire
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Another Love
02:34
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Lyrics for Jessica Heine's "Another Love":
We were walking hand in hand
Not talking much but then
I don't need your voice to feel a way
Sometimes you just know
Like old bones know the cold
Like I knew we would take the long way home
I don't want another love
I don't want another love
No, I don't want another love when this one's over
The snow, white underneath, quiet feet on quiet streets
We made tracks on weather erased roads
I could see you breathing in the frozen air between us
But I was feeling warm for all the cold
I don't want another love
I don't want another love
No, I don't want another love when this one's over
I don't want another love
I don't want another love
No, I don't want another love when this one's over
If this is how we will spend our time
How we turn minutes into hours, into lives
Then it's enough and it will keep me satisfied if you go before me
There's no reason to fear
That my life will just stand still
That I'll stop and have no other place to go
Or that I will catch a whisper of your ghost upon the wind
And chase it like a rainbow down the road
But I don't want another love
I don't want another love
No, I don't want another love when this one's over
I don't want another love
I don't want another love
No, I don't want another love when this one's over
When this one's over
When this one's over
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I Want to Go Back
03:25
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Lyrics for Jessica Heine's "I Want to Go Back":
Made my way up to the shore
Ocean wet and getting cold
Leaned in close to use his warmth
Take it in
I loved him but I didn't know
Until memory refused to dull
He really meant something to me
I want to go, I want to go back
Lying down on cobblestones
Red wine drunk and far from home
The stars above in bright white glow
We held hands and didn't know
That two would become three then four
When we were there, it was nothing more
Than walks along old, weathered roads
And knowing that my cup was full
I want to go, I want to go back
I want to go, I want to go back
To all the moments now long gone
That I have built my life upon
Late nights blurred in memory
That I would make so clear to me
I wouldn't change or do it different
But I'd make sure I was living in it
Twenty four hours, weary boned
For tiny cries we'd soon well know
It rained the day after you were born
As I held you in my arms
I'd like to do it all again
Kiss the wrinkles on baby hands
Savour how it all began
I want to go, I want to go back
I want to go, I want to go back
I want to go, I want to go back
I want to go, I want to go back
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6. |
Wolf
03:45
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Lyrics for Jessica Heine's "Wolf":
Wolf came round wanting in my house
Pretended I wasn't home
He tried knocking but I just ignored
So he huffed, and he puffed
He blew my house down
They say girls who dress in red
Bring attention their way
As if what someone would choose to wear
Forgives another's mistake
My grandma was beautiful, my grandma was strong
She taught me forgiveness, she taught me how to love
Didn't stay to see it fall
From the rubble he ran
What to do now it's all come down?
Get up
Build again
Build again
Build again
Build again
Build again
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7. |
Sometimes
02:11
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Lyrics for Jessica Heine's "Sometimes":
Sometimes I'm a rock, I'm sinking, I can get so low
Sometimes I'm a boat, I'm floating, without any sight of the shore
But sometimes I am a bird, I fly, I fly, I fly
Today I've got wings, they're useful things, and I'm headed for the sky
Sometimes I'm so dark and dreary that I forget there is light
Sometimes I am dusk, sometimes I am dawn, I get lost between day and the night
But sometimes I am the sun, brilliant for all to see
Today I've got spark, to light up the dark, and I'm gonna shine brightly
Sometimes there are no directions, every trail is unknown
Sometimes I'm spinning in circles, unsure of where I will go
But sometimes there is a road, it calls to me by my name
I don't need a map or a compass to know it's the right way
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Lyrics for Jessica Heine's "Have I Been Waking Up Too Early?":
Have I been waking up too early?
Maybe staying up too late?
In the pounding of the quiet
I think of our mistakes
Like a drum I hear it endlessly
A dull tiresome beat
He's never coming back you know
Try to get some sleep
Was it lust or was it wander?
I guess that I will never know
There are no answers in your absence
No one to tell me how it goes
So I keep following the heartache
As if missing you were a map
Leading me where I don't want to go
There is surely no way back
I turn off the radio and I close my eyes
But I can't get to sleep
These thoughts are bright as lights
Of how you say I can't hold you
To promises made as a child
But I haven't seen the man you claim you are now
So I think I just might
If we took a road more travelled by
Who knows the difference it would have made
Truth is that we had a good life
Truth is I'd do it all again
The heart can love where it won't be loved
It can beat for one who makes it bleed
There are no words to change a mind when
That mind has set itself to leave
A million lives from now
I might see you again
And I'll think to myself
I would like to know him
But right now you're too close
Even from far away
So I'll just keep pretending
I don't even know your name
But I know your name
I know your name
I know it too well
Every line on your face
The good and the bad
The life that we had
Oh, I know your name
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9. |
Lay It On Me
04:42
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Lyrics for Jessica Heine's "Lay It On Me":
You can say that you are fine
I don't mind if it really isn't so
If you've got troubles, I've got troubles friend
That's all I need to know
Certainly you're strong enough
To hold the world for years at a time
Because you can, don't mean you should
Why don't you let me hold it for a while?
Lay it on me, lay it on me
Lay it on me, lay it on me
Lay it on me, lay it on me
Lay it on me
Nights you lay awake, you wonder
What is going to happen when you die
Did you do right? Will you be fine?
Will God say you were one of the good guys?
As you grow older the more you shoulder
Bags that you never even packed
They're not your burden but you'll hold to them
Long past any dying of the light
Lay it on me, lay it on me
Lay it on me, lay it on me
Lay it on me, lay it on me
Lay it on me
Are you tired? That's alright
Just close your eyes
You'll be fine
I'm keeping watch tonight
Lay it on me, lay it on me
Lay it on me, lay it on me
Lay it on me, lay it on me
Lay it on me, lay it on me
Lay it on me, lay it on me
Lay it on me, lay it on me
Lay it on me
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Good Enough
04:53
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Lyrics for Jessica Heine's "Good Enough":
There was a tie line to our love
A transmission through systems that we don't think of
Ignoring the distance of miles of highway
We'd say goodnight like we were in the same place
Oh, I loved you, I know now I loved you
I loved you so much more than I offered
And I tried my best
I promise I tried my best baby
And we were good
Good could have been good enough
Yeah, we were good
Good should have been good enough
But there was a timeline to our love
Between the others that we don't speak of
There are the dreams that should just stay in bed
Like so many words that I wish you had said
And now you love her, I know that you love her
You love her the most, more than any other
She's probably the best
I bet she's the best you've had baby
I wanna be good
But good don't feel good enough
I've always been good
But good don't feel good enough
So why now hold on and refuse to let go?
Let go and reach out
If I'm honest with myself
I won't close a door 'til I'm sure that a window is open
When we first met I'd been broken by another
So I won't be like all the ghosts of his others
Your love was kind and you are sweet
But it's not mine to have, not if I'd have to steal it
Oh, I love you, know that I love you
I love you so much more than I oughta
And I'll try my best, I promise I'll try my best baby
I will be good
Good will be good enough
I will be good
Good will be good enough
Yeah, I will be good
Good will be good enough
For me
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Jessica Heine Edmonton, Alberta
Singer/songwriter Jessica Heine's dynamic voice shakes rooms – she’s a classically trained vocal performer. But her passion is the power of song, shared through the folk tradition.
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