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Lesser Sparrow

by Lesser Sparrow

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1.
Oblivion 04:23
I’m the second guess, I’m the in between I’m the never done, I’m the not knowing I'm the walk around the block until you’re numb I’ve become your oblivion Yea I’ve become your oblivion I’m the shadowbox, I'm the waking dream I'm the letting go, I’m the sight unseen It’s ok love It’s ok love, hey love, hey love In time In time In time, oh in time In time In time In time I’m the sparrow spun on the top of trees I'm on the tip of your tongue, on the breath of the breeze Someday someone will let you in I’ve become your oblivion It’s ok love It’s ok love, ok love In time Oh, In time In time In time In time Oh, in time In time
2.
You’ve been talking to strangers, Now your head’s in the clouds Flying low into danger Diamonds back in your eyes You’ve been chasing after nevers, Now you're howling for the moon Is this the sound of forever? Or simply just a memory lost too soon? Hey! I never had the chance to not explain Wait! I’m stuck between regret and destiny So stay! I know you’ve heard this all before I never meant to hurt you, love I’ve gone and lost myself again I’ve gone and lost it all again You’ve been talking You’ve been talking You’ve been talking
3.
Save Me 04:28
Devil rides again “Hop in the back and just relax, my friend” And never call his name Someone asked for a light Was never seen again Trouble knows his way Leans in lightly, fixed his gaze “Oh my time has come, Save me” Save me Save me Save me And as the tide rolls out you call my name I won’t be there And as the lights go down you'll retrace your steps I won’t be there And as the tables turn you'll never learn I won’t be there And as the poet said before his death I won’t be there I won’t be there Save me Save me Save me
4.
Fade Away 04:44
I never needed anything like I need your attention I never had a chance to get behind the wheel And now I’m running ‘round in circles in the wrong direction I don’t know why I can’t find something I find real Told myself I’d never lose myself for your affection That love is at the bottom of a bottle that you drink alone Every now and then I get the feeling you’re in love with reflections How would you know, how would you know what I know? Oh oh oh, oh oh oh oh oh Fadeaway, let the moon move you through my rearview Fadeaway, let the shadows shift and carry you Fadeaway, I will never be enough for you Until you're out of sight It’s true I only wanted you to make me your possession Could you ever find thee heart to simply let me go? Why do I insist on asking questions? When the answers on your face, you know I know Someone, keep their eyes on you Fadeaway, let the moon move you through my rearview Fadeaway, let the shadows shift and carry you Fadeaway, I will never be enough for you Until you're out of sight Fadeaway, let the moon move you through my rearview Fadeaway, let the shadows shift and carry you Fadeaway, I will never be enough for you Until you're out of sight
5.
Ring, ring my broken bell They’re listening Talk but never tell Don’t face the past, this is not the last Time we’ll meet There will be a way Tomorrow bleeds into yesterday And cries through the night You don’t have the right To dream I was wrong I’d never have this chance again The lights above were calling me back in I was wrong Should have hovered high above the myth The hounds of love were calling me back in I was wrong, I was blind light before Sing, sing my broken bird They’re listening Held but never heard Just wait for me before you fly home I was wrong I’d never have this chance again The lights above were calling me back in I was wrong Should have hovered high above the myth The hounds of love were calling me back in I was wrong, I was blind light before I was wrong Ring my broken bell
6.
I will leave the leaves in piles out in the front yard I make a fire out back for all the boys I’ll tear your heart apart until you love me As you try your best to talk through all the noise Cuz the man downstairs is shouting from the table She refused to take what they prescribed I dream of dragons sunning in the courtyard As we storm the castles with nothing to find And we climb upstairs to our lover’s beds as they wait for us They’re half asleep in the neon heat of the room And I may not understand what you’re going through It's true ... it’s true She thinks it’s sad when it’s all been said there’s nothing But yourself and the things that you believe The man downstairs his head in his hands, he sighing As we watch the children fall into the leaves And we climb downstairs to our cheap sedans as they wait for us Don’t go, don’t leave, don’t cry, don’t make a scene And I'm standing there between child and man with only love for you It’s true, it’s true
7.
Long Lost 03:13
Bound by time I was left for dead Row my bones Leave my head Diamond low Scattered ‘cross an endless glow Dream half said I fall awake Take me back and leave me there Rise right up Reasons never known I get the feeling when I get home It’s not my heart it’s not my role Seasons end Roll it back again For ghosts like us Seasons never end Roll it back again Roll it back again
8.
In Vain 04:30
You’ve been searching for misfortune You had in your hands You never wanted anyone I was shapeless weightless motion I sang in fractured light Those hot and holy nights with you Silence is golden, silence is golden You’ve been drowning wine dark ocean You held your breath too long Was never good enough for you Always your way All these lies, these ancient ties Your way Always your way All these lies, these ancient ties Your way Silence is broken, silence is broken
9.
Missed Calls 05:10
You prophesied and started to cry I’m asking questions you just won’t dignify It’s not like you to analyze why Its only goodbye I took you on but had to let go I get the feeling I was someone you just didn’t know I can’t go on I can’t lose control Its only goodbye, it's only goodbye I was in darkness when you were the queen Drinking me under the table Suddenly I’ve lost something of me Everyone knows you Nobody knows you're alone I knew you once, never again Got all these feelings I just can’t understand Something like this will slip through your hands Its only goodbye, it's only goodbye I was in lockstep when you were the key Feeding me fortune and fables Suddenly I knew nothing of me Everyone knows you Nobody knows alone Blind like a moonless night. Blind like a moonless night. Blind like a moonless night. Like a moonless night. Blind, like a moonless night.
10.
End of Story 03:48
How did you get this far, with no money? When you crashed the car, thought it funny We never had the chance to let this settle Black the pot and black the kettle Lost your chance End of story, end of story I heard you’re sober now, what a blessing Wish you could show me how, no ... keep me guessing Seems like all it took was meditation A simpler man, new medication Everyone to rave and rate you Stand in line and validate you I’m not sad and I’m not sorry For loving you in all your glory I’m just tired End of story I watched you from the train, for the first time Have only myself to blame, thought you were mine Can you appreciate this crystal vision Diamond doomed, head on collision? Something said and then forgotten Left out in the orchard rotten I’m not sad, I'm not sorry For every single thing you taught me It’s alright End of story, end of story.

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As 2020 thrust the world into lockdown and uncertainty, Jesse Stanford found the space and solace inside his Brooklyn, NY home to create Lesser Sparrow. Jesse’s new music channels both the anxiety of this strange moment in history along with the rare opportunity to pause, to reflect and to create in ways he had never before. As a result, Lesser Sparrow is his most personal, evocative and powerful work to date.

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released August 13, 2021

Produced by With Lions (Christian Celaya & Woody Ranere)
Recorded at Wrightway Studios (Baltimore), FTP Studios (Tampa), and Big Red Studios (Brooklyn).
Engineered by Steve Wright, Christian Celaya, Woody Ranere and Jesse Stanford
Mixed by Steve Wright, Woody Ranere and Christian Celaya
Mastered by Tony Eichler

Jesse Stanford: vocals, guitar, piano, synths, programming, arrangement
Christian Celaya: bass, lead guitar, synths, programming, arrangement
Woody Ranere: lead guitar on Track 1, arrangement
Mike Lowry: drums on Tracks 1-6, 8-9
Jim Piela: Saxophone on track 5
Ciara Cohen: Violin on tracks 3 and 8
Mike Skaggs: Lap steel on Track 8

All songs written by Jesse Stanford (Lesser Sparrow Music)
Except for Track 9: cowritten by Jesse Stanford and John Parson

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Lesser Sparrow is the musical project of Brooklyn based singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist Jesse Stanford.

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