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You'll Forgive Me

from The Sleeping World (ep) by The Sleeping World

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It’s over. I’m sorry.
You will have to live without me now.
I’m moving to Chicago. I’ll pick up my things tomorrow.

It’s not you, it’s me.
I’m like a leaf stuck to a tree.
I’d give my roots, my breath, my home, my peace
to freefall with the autumn breeze.

Let the wind blow me to anywhere but in your arms
and let the city lights eclipse the moonlight’s song.
A fever’s burning my whole world into a rage, but darling,
you will forgive me one of these days.

Come closer. I would like to tell you how you shook my life.
I’m still inebriated from the myth that you created
when you fell in love with me and let me bring my misery
into your house, into your mind
a cloud against your sky-blue eyes.

I don’t remember how I let it come to this
when you were wild-eyed and begging me to reconsider.
I had no choice. I slammed the door and walked away, but baby
you will forgive me one of these days.

There is a special place in hell for one like me
who tears the wool right off of the sheep
and brings a grown man to his knees
But when you get up, it’ll be better you than me.
You’ll be the still-bright moon lighting up the sky;
I’ll be the insatiable sea.

Don’t worry about me. I chose this life. I’m finally free.
Don’t worry about me. I chose this life. I’m finally free.

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from The Sleeping World (ep), released August 1, 2008
Produced, recorded, mixed and mastered by Jason Rubal at Seventh Wave Studios

piano & lead vocals: Jessica Smucker
drums: Tommy Leanza
bass: Rob Nye
guitar: Matt Underhill
backing vocals: Erin Gosik

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Jessica Smucker Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Jessica has performed all over the Eastern U.S. and has won several national songwriting contests including the Connecticut Folk Festival and SolarFest. She has opened for notable acts like Cheryl Wheeler and Bill Staines, and shared festival stages with Patty Larkin, Dar Williams and Antje Duvekot. Her third full-length album, Lucid Stories, Tentative Lies, is due out in September 2020. ... more

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