from Games We Play, released February 10, 2018
Words and Music by Jennifer Schaffer (SOCAN)
Jennifer Schaffer - Acoustic guitar, Lead Vocal
Lain Gray - Featured Vocals
Simon Law - Drums, Lowrey Organ, Background Vocals
Astrid Foster - Bass, Background Vocals
John Teshima - Acoustic Guitar, Grand Piano
Jonathan Marks - Violin, Background Vocals
Recorded at Canterbury Music Co. Toronto by Jeremy Darby; Studio Wolfrey Toronto and SonyAtv Music Publishing Canada by Simon Law; Callaloo’s Emporium of Sound, Houston, TX by Lain Gray and at Waltech Studio, Houston, TX by Wale Owoade
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Lyrics
She sat in bed next to someone else
The floorboards between us, continental shelf
Present but gone on this strange new shield
She left me to wander through
Jerusalem fields
Their laughter falls to silent silhouettes
The novelty enthrals, ‘til absence is felt
Present but gone on this strange new shield
She left me to wander through
Jerusalem fields
Lush but lonely, far but only moments away
Guest but voyeurist of her familial play
Lush but lonely, far but only moments away
Guest but voyeurist of her familial play
The golden domes sway on slender stems
Extend like ancient walls between me and them
Present but gone on this Abrahamic shield
But she led me to the temple doors
Of Jerusalem fields