JAY&JO
ALL MUSIC AND LYRICS WRITTEN BY JAY & JO.
VICTORY
INSCAPE
It's a mess in here
we need a new Renaissance in here
our frescos are burning up
the fire started in Alexandria
I find myself when give it all away
just 'cause this house is burning
doesn't mean I'm scared to stay
let's build something better
let's built something better
our love can change the weather
let's build something better
under the rubble there is an ore
it is the gold we're mining for
this spinning soil is bright
riddled with glory, charged with light
the smoke is curling when
I'm down upon my knees
but I'm damned if I leave
just because it's hard to breathe
so I'll hold up the roof and the walls
even if I bleed
O Despair, I will not feast on thee
let's build something better
let's built something better
our love can change the weather
let's build something better
let's build something better
let's build something better
this hope's our only tether
let's build something better
O Despair, I will not
I will not
VINEYARD MAN
I've never doubted like I doubted in you
I've never doubted like I doubted in you
O the dragon it steals in the night
I've never doubted like I doubted in you
Now I've never loved like I love you
O the dragon it steals in the night
I will not be a skeptic
a stoic
a cynic
a stick in the mud
we have a chance
and a choice
to make this world
worth dreaming of
let's make something beautiful
let's make something beautiful if we can
vineyard man
I see the road down which I must proceed
I see the road down which I must proceed
I know where I'm going won't you follow me
I've got you, babe
I think you've got me
we will paint this world yellow
these overturned steeples
let's build them up
I see a light in your eyes
that is strong and is soft
won't you lend me some?
let's make something beautiful
let's make something beautiful if we can
vineyard man
hand in hand we'll till this land
underneath the sun above
YOUTH
youth, where are you?
youth, where have you gone?
I have been afraid
for the promise that you hold
that you hold
life, I've found you much too late
love, I've known you
just as soon as my flesh decays
my flesh decays
I've been cold, so cold
I have sold my very soul
you have been waiting
all of this time
I have been fearful of my own mind
of my own mind
I've been cold, so cold
I have sold my very soul
happiness I never thought I could afford
but I must confess I'm learning
to let Him in more and more
WHEAT & WEEDS
we're all wheat and weeds, babe
made of stars and bone
should we burn up the heap, babe
if there's lilies 'neath the stone?
your body tells a story
your body sings a song
digging up the mystery
that's been there all along
sister, won't you trust me?
you have no need to hide
all you see are bruises
but beauty sleeps inside
so come on, take my hand, love
we don't walk this alone
a lighthouse glows within you
and it's gonna lead us home
brother, are you listening?
brother, hear me now
the fire that roars within you
is strength enough for now
so put away your sword, boy
but leave your armour on
the weapon 'neath your breastplate
has conquered all along
the weapon 'neath your breastplate
has conquered all along
OUGHT TO BE LOVED
where are you, my good man?
I have been waiting among
imposters and the monsters
it was never yours to save my hand
still I pray I may love you as you ought to be
ought to be loved
ought to be loved
O you ought to be loved
I dreamed in the night
that I spilled your blood on my hands
I could not bear the sight
so alone I chose to stand
where are you, my good man?
I have been waiting among
imposters and the monsters
it was never yours to save my hand
still I pray I may love you as you ought to be
ought to be loved
ought to be loved
O you ought to be loved
ought to be loved
ought to be loved
O you ought to be loved
I'm afraid, I'm afraid
there are things I can't change in myself
in myself
VICTORY
friends are enemies when you can't see
the freedom they move with
their laughter turns to lances
that pierce you to the core
I know there must be more
this isn't all that I'm in for
grant me a miracle I pray
some other day, some other way
for I've grown numb but for
the stab of numbness
wake me up
just not too soon and not too close
I'm still tired from this drug
for you see me and you know me
there will be victory
and I'm not so
not so far yet
if there is a train I ought to be on
a place that I should be
grant me velocity
but first good friends and honesty
don't let me drown beneath the crowd
let me be known, be found
for you see me and you know me
there will be victory
and I'm not so
not so far yet
soft is the sun ascending
soft is the dew upon the ground
strong is the truth growing
light is more persistent than the cloud
for you see me and you know me
for you see me and you know me
for you see me and you know me
there will be victory
and I'm not so
not so far yet
not so far yet
not so far yet
not so far yet
FALSE-BOTTOMED WORLD
my lips are my tombstone
and I forget my voice
I tell myself that you never took it
you never took it
you never took it
my voice is there, my voice is here
a stone-like echo, fastened by fear
and I roll myself away
myself away
I roll me away
hope turns bitter
when nothing is as you thought it would be
and you choose
to give up, to cling on
nobody cares, nobody knows
not that I let them, I never disclose
and I am locked in myself
I'm locked in myself
I'm locked in myself
I will come out someday
maybe one day
maybe one day
maybe one day
every time I think that I am
firm on the ground
I find that I am falling down
and I am just a girl
in this false-bottomed world
(hope will grow
when everything's turned upside down
and you choose
to let go, to hold on)
SAFE IN THE WAVES
a broken heart will sink you down
like an anchor to the ocean's ground
shattered in the sand you'll lay
that's where the pearls are anyway
it's not right to be alone
I can feel it in my bones
an ancient ache to be made one
with a bond that can't be undone
how else but through the fire can you
learn to see that you are poor?
how else but in the storm can the ship
gain a hunger for the shore?
a restless soul can churn the seas
it'll bring you to your knees
darkness will come and steal your light
but you can't win if you
don't think you're worth the fight
how else but through the fire can you
learn to see that you are poor?
how else but in the storm can the ship
gain a hunger for the shore?
don't be afraid the rain wasn't made to hurt
but to help grow
you're safe in the waves
capsized by grace
so just live and let go
how else but through the fire can you
learn to see that you are poor?
how else but in the storm can the ship
gain a hunger for the shore?
GRAND CANYON
I think that, if I saw the Grand Canyon
I would probably feel right at home
standing before that
hollowed out dominion
maybe I wouldn't feel so alone
'cause I know that it is to be emptied out
I know what it is to want more
I know what it's like to
hope for a heaven but
not be totally sure
and I know what it is to plant a seed
and it not see the light of day
to hear silence when I pray
one day I stood in a great cathedral
a marvel, someplace in Missouri
the magnificence of it
should have marred me
but the glory just couldn't get to me
I'd rather be a big old dusty cavern
than a little thimble in the rain
so I could catch every beatific fragment
and not let a single drop
go down the drain
'cause it isn't fun to be hollowed out
and long to see Your face
but I'm holding out for a rolling river
to one day flood this place
so I'll sing with the echoed ancient song
and dance with the chasmic wind
and I'll wait in this Grand Canyon
until you fill me in
O you fill me in
O you fill me in
I will be filled in
I will be filled in
I will be filled in
I will be filled in
I will be filled in
GROUNDED AND LIGHT
THE ROADTRIP SONG
I can hear the lone road it’s
calling out my name
It makes me wanna roam
get off of this main drag
Oh do you, do you hear it too?
Got an itch beneath my feet
won’t let me sit still
This place has got me beat
of these faces I’ve had my fill
Oh do you, do you feel it too?
You’ll be my better half
I’ll be your second home
These hurting hands are hanging
on the brink of the unknown
the unknown
Hey sister,
we’ve been talking
'bout this for a while
time to get ourselves
a set of wings and fly
Hey sister
let’s follow the moon tonight
If we catch him, we’ll say
“Mister, Howdy Do?”
See the lights out our window
making circles round our heads
And we sing as the wind blows us
along this trip we tred
Oh do you, do you see them too?
Written by Jolissa & Janaya Trudel
IF I WERE
If I were a candle you'd be the stars
and heavenly mist I wish to be with
to be one with
And if I were a river you'd be the clouds
I yearn to rise and to turn up into your arms
I'd be your prize
But I'm not your candle
I'm not your river
I couldn't ever be
I couldn't hope to be
we're so far apart
we simply can't reach eachother's hearts
your heart, oh no, my love
oh no, my love
But if I could be a rock and you a kite
we'd be tied to each other safe and tight
I would keep you grounded
you'd keep me light
But I'm not your rock
I'm not your wife
can't give you anything
can't give you my life
though I wish I could
my love, this is goodbye
Goodbye
my love, this is goodbye
Written by Jolissa Trudel
HOME
Home is where the wind blows
but my skin is numb
or maybe it's a hurricane around me
all I know is I'm dumb
I have no light to guide me home
Home, I wanna go home
Oh, I wanna go home
where the grass is green
beneath the shade
of the apple tree of home
I wanna go home
I have a little garden
where I like to roam
dig my fingers in the soil
feel the heartbeat of the earth
but it's not my home
Home, I wanna go home...
where the ground holds me
as I sleep beneath the stars of home
I wanna go home
My feet are so tired
my back's so sore
but I'll keep on walking
'till I can't no more
'cause I'm not yet home
Home, I wanna go home...
where I can put up my feet
and breathe in the air
so sweet of home
Home, why won't you take me home?
why won't you take me home?
Oh how I crave
the sweet embrace of home
I wanna go home.
Written by Jolissa Trudel
HOMESICK HEART
I don't like to travel, I don't tend to roam
the only place I want to wander
is right back home
but I don't have any money
and I don't have a car
all I've got is my homesick heart
Well I make my cup of coffee
like the day before
but there's an aching feeling
knocking at the door
'cause I wanna go, go back to the start
and try to dry the tears
of my homesick heart
Homesick Heart, why do you cry?
you've got an empty feeling
but you don't know why
you don't take to pretty things
or music or art
Oh, what will it take to please you,
Homesick Heart?
Well I've got the funny feeling
I wanna get home soon
even though I'm sitting in
my living room
I could kiss my lucky rabbit's foot
or wish on a star
but that won't mean nothing to
my homesick heart
Oh I try, and I try
to remember the song
the one to remind me
where this old heart belongs
This world ain't nothing
I haven't seen before
busy people don't know
what they're running for
maybe we should pack up
and go back to the start
maybe then you'll stop your crying, homesick heart
What'll it take to please you,
Homesick Heart?
Written by Janaya Trudel
A FIREFLY'S LAMENT
Catch me in a jar, keep me there for a while until my light goes out
Soon as the lid is lifted and my wings
are free to fly, I will go without a doubt
I stop to grasp at the rays of the light instead of walking towards the sun
I sit before a table adorned with a feast
but I settle for the crumbs
People come and people go
time will tell and time will show
If its there, and if there’s more
of what I’m really searching for
Fast cars and mason jars
they’re all the same to me
Why does it take so little to
sweep me off my feet?
Starlit skies and hazel eyes,
all these will pass me by, cause I’m
Easy to catch, hard to satisfy
I splash in a puddle
at the side of the road
when I know there’s a river at the end
Why would I settle for merely a lover
when I know I could have a friend?
People come and people go, time will tell and time will show
Oh, is it love? Could it be?
The one to finally capture me?
I’m like a firefly
Easy to catch, hard to satisfy
Written by Janaya Trudel
GREY SKY
I can see the leaves a-changing
and the geese flyin over head
It would be silly observation
to think that all is dead
I can hear yellow trees a-singin
in the song that the wind brings
And my soul leaps in jubilation
for these dappled things
Don’t you think it’s funny
Don’t you think it’s right
That you don’t light a candle
but in the mid of night, Oh
Don’t you think it’s funny
Don’t you think it’s right
You never see the colours
like you do against a grey sky
When the blue, autumn breeze is howling and the eve is bitter cold
You don’t fear of growing up
as much as growing old
I can feel a certain kind of sorrow
when the summer stumbles into sleep
and the shy whisper of winter
is tugging at my sleeve
Don't you think it's funny
don't you think it's right
you don't light a candle
but in the mid of night
you don't believe your daddy's strong
until you see him cry
you never see the colours like you do against a grey sky
Written by Janaya Trudel
BROTHER
The sun has gone to bed
you lay awake in dread of
the voices in your head
Your blood is on the ground
but you don't make a sound
the light will come around
And you don't know
what you're up against
the animals speak
but they're not your friends
don't look them in the eye, brother
There's magic on your skin
but you won't let it in
don't let the shadows win
The jungle of your heart
a battle from the start
the wolves have made their mark
And you don't know
what you're up against
the animals speak
but they're not your friends
don't look them in the eye, brother
The darkness steals the daylight
the thunder scolds the sky
but nothing stands against a man
who's not afraid to die
Don't look them in the eye, brother.
Written by Janaya Trudel
CANTALOUPE MOON
Cantaloupe moon
oh how you loom
over our heads
over our hearts
just as we start
just as we start
Long dusty road
sweet summer storm
his hand in mine
our bare feet running
away from the rain
with everything to gain
Cantaloupe smile
just one more mile
will you see us through
let us see through
this haze of night?
the darkness gives me
such a fright
My midnight walker
not much of a talker
but neither am I
not under these skies
not as the stars serenade
When all is gloom
man in the moon
my hungry eyes
they search the skies
I seek your face
When will you again illuminate?
Written by Jolissa Trudel