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Love Hierarchy

by Jesse Laine

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It's a beautiful life Between the strain and the strife Between the vein and the knife Between a man and his wife She's a beautiful wife Forget the blame, forget you're right She knows your name, she holds the light It shows your shame, it shows your might But all through the dream I've seen the strangest scenes In the dark it's to the road I look to see It's funny how this road keeps looking out for me It's a beautiful life Between the lame and the rife Between the pain and the blithe I hear the drum, I hear the fife We're all beautiful by candle light We're all vain, we're all spite Forget the feign, forget the blight Forget what we're not, enter the light All through the dream I've seen the strangest scenes In the dark it's to the road I look to see It's funny how this road keeps looking out for me It's a beautiful life Between the strain and the strife Between the vein and the knife I hear the drum, I hear the fife
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You're gonna make me love you You're gonna make me breakdown baby, do You're gonna make me love you If I stick around to see Your charms are sweet and lovely Your arms could stop a baby's cry It's such a nice recovery To hesitate I wonder why But I love the whole world If I stop to notice anything Outside my own window And it's all about a girl The hope, the need, the grace, the greed It's the Eros that keeps this world on turning The call has all but won me And you're all cream and flowing honey A fine prize anyone could see But it's goodbye for the likes of me But I love the whole world When I stop to notice all the roses Outside my own window And it's all about a girl The hope, the need, the grace, the greed It's the Pathos that keeps this world on turning
3.
Wounded Bird 04:42
Wounded bird, what have you heard? From sublime to absurd You were flying so high You were trying to keep The tears from your eyes Then you fell And somehow missed the earth And landed in hell Where shadows are real as all that you feel And ghosts speak the truth of your past, of your youth And the buzz in your ear is a shot full of fear And the devil's open hand is that of your best friend Beautiful loon, I've seen your plume Jeweled feathers catching light of the moon And I've heard the call of your tune Thread bright through the gloom And I've woven colours through the heart of your loom Now our fates are tied So please don't give in to your pride Don't hide all your love And cloud your view from above Don't use your gift and your art to serve a dark and angry heart Mistrusting the light because it's subtle and slight Oh, what could I sing to help mend this broken wing?
4.
Goodbye 04:31
It's the end of the crazy ride The fellowship of freaks well fried No fallen angel by my side Beside myself Goodbye the Beat and the snide Goodbye sweet truth and lies Left unspoken sometimes is wise But only sometimes So gather up the wounded pride For one last show-stopping aside All life's a stage but the floor is wide And sometimes it's bright Sometimes we have to choose sides So will and angel or a devil be my bride Along with thee I will abide Goodbye And everything changes All in good time Like the stars through the ages We all have our time to shine
5.
My Metaphysical Mama (free) 03:58
My metaphysical mama Forget the crass, she got more sass than Madonna Says I should head back to school but I don’t wanna, That’s why I’m losing my metaphysical mama I may be liberal but it’s all too literal for my metaphysical mama I’m just a neo neanderthal gnostic Apparently it’s my fault the world has gone caustic My black and white won’t even get me to college Not when all the world is going post knowledge I’m aiming straight for the heart but divisions of time won’t let me part My metaphysical mama She’s colder than empirical science Her love’s a theory of co-habitational reliance Nothing’s ever solved it’s just eternity to haggle More words than wise, we may as well be reading Hegel But no matter how much I dig her, I ain’t no Heidegger for My metaphysical mama She’s a loose ethereal matter A swirl of ideas no religion can get at her Nietzsche’s god is dead, the Greeks are ancient and tattered Man, only Marx is leaving here unbattered It’s just like Einstein states, “There ain’t no fixed point in space” No wonder I can’t touch my metaphysical mama The world’s gone dark since enlightenment thinking No more fairy tales, no more alchemic tinkering But Noah’s building his boat to float the world that’s all shrinking But she’s hell bent on poking holes till that thing’s sinking She doesn’t do like she should, ‘cause life don’t have to be good - All’s fair in art and critical thinking So I ask you my metaphysical mama - What to do about this world of piranhas? Cut in two and leave the trash on the bottom? Or carry on and just do like we wanna? It ain’t so cynical, but I say love is critical when fate’s upon us
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Samsara 05:10
I’ve been the head of state, I’ve built nations with blood and stain I’ve suffered a woman’s fate, birthing the world through love and pain I’ve walked hard roads of menial and despair No answers, no rewards, and no one who would care I’ve fought dragons to save the damsel in distress I’ve spurned her love and in turn been spurned, I’ve torn her dress I’ve led the charge, I was the first in line to fall I hid within a lie, I’ve cowered behind the wall We’re back once more, this life is not by chance To tally the score, we’re in for one more dance I’ve measured experience, seeking truth through skill and knowledge I’ve lived with the earth beneath my feet and the jungle as my college Slaves and mistresses to fulfil my command, I’ve drunk pleasures of the flesh, I’ve known the kingdom of the damned Fate is our design, debt follows death and birth What’s yours just can’t be mine, what’s golden is what we’re worth I’ve tempered my will as a monk with begging bowl and bed of stone I’ve sharpened my wit to make the deal, the world I’ve bought and sold I’ve sung praises of the birds with sheer instinct for survival I’ve learned patience as a stone, waited millennia before revival Time’s a funny thing, it loops and it rolls An elliptical swing, as it marches towards the goal A poet, an artist, civility to mirror the divine I’ve dissed it all in the trash, lived the gospel of the wine I’ve known the order of the cosmos, and Tao of life on earth I’ve raged behind glass walls, chasing fire in the hearth Fate is our design, debt follows death and birth What’s yours just can’t be mine, what’s golden is what we’re worth
7.
Slave 04:31
I’m a slave It’s all I crave The smoke and haze, an endless maze It’s all the rage, it’s comfort for the caged I’m a slave ‘Cause truth is only for the brave I heed no call, I won’t be swayed I’m tethered to the wall of Plato’s cave And I’m a slave now honey My master’s name is money I’ve made the grade, my way is paved It’s all just one more step closer to my grave I’m a slave To the up and down of human fate I’m chained and bound unto the wheel I’m caught under the weight of gravity’s heel I’m a slave But the mule’s broke and won’t behave I work the steel against the stone My soul and fingers bleed down to the bone And I’m a slave But in who’s house do I lay my faith? It’s my only choice and time will tell But I’d rather be a slave in heaven than a king in hell
8.
Up To Me 04:28
Tired of waking up Fear in my coffee cup Which of my two lives is going to win this Tug o' war Tired of making up Sad and sorry vows to shapen up 'Till the next time the love is gone It goes on and on and on Over and out, out away From high up above, it's clear as day High in the clouds, sail away Stealing the life from the day Safe in the arms of my ideals Cradled and warm in open fields Free from harm of the real From my mistress and her charms I can't conceal Had it with juicing up Feeding lions from the lotus cup Stealing diamonds, crowned and burning up 'Cause they're all fake and they're all sheep Got to just give it up The fog and the fading luck Got to leave the path of self destruct That's got my feet in tow Wake up don't let it drag you down bound and weighted 'Cause gravity is arbitrary And that's all it is, a choice to laugh or frown Now it's stated, everything is up to me And it's up to me To give in or give up Hounds and dragons And set a sail for open sea And it's up to me To live or wonder why Life is draggin' Everything is up to me And it's up to me To shine or slowly drown Down and weighted Everything is up to me
9.
You’re the most beautiful creature I’ve ever seen The most heavenly vision I’ve ever dreamed With grace and splendour of a moon over sea A fate too kind for lucky me Ours is a thread too long to count or see A knit so tight, rich tapestry That shows a beautiful world, a monarchy A king, a queen, a family With just a few frayed ends, a couple slivers A door ajar to hear something slither A wolf, a sheep, a lass, a snake And the the worst mistake I’ll ever make Where’s the truth, who’s the fake? I beat the bush, the tree I shake But with weak foot, misstep I take And that’s the worst mistake I’ll ever make A fateful bullet in slowest motion Yet to dodge is like to swim the ocean Such is the way of poison rot To call black as white and is as not What’s the cost, what’s at stake? A haunt so grave to try and shake I take it back but too long I wait And that’s the worst mistake I’ll ever make
10.
Found The Fa 04:44
Here's to the tinsel town and the steeples The medicine and the needles The lonely hearts and The Beatles Painted skies through the diesel I'm blown away Here's to the warring cries and the peace march Those monster lies and the true arts The sugar pops and the Mozarts A mother's love and the upstarts I'm blown away Down, down, down ‘Cause it's all concealed But it gets all revealed In subtle ways And I'm holding out for good times Because sometimes in my mind its alright Here's to the mule's back and the free ride The fade to black and the lighter side The fading form but the unbound Earthly dreams and the letdown I give it all away now I found the Fa ‘Cause it's all a test, but I'll give my best If it's not too late As we’re racing towards the finish line I keep love, of the Divine, in my mind And it’s alright And it's all for real It’ll get all revealed In none-too subtle ways But I’m still holding out for sunshine ‘Cause in that light we’re all bright You know I’m gonna see us make it through Bet you know it’s true, it’s up to me and you

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All songs composed, performed and produced by Jesse Laine at Ivy Laine Studio

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released October 9, 2012

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Jesse Laine Toronto, Ontario

Debut album ‘Love Hierarchy’ out October 2012: A diverse yet cohesive collection of original songs in a folk/rock, chamber/pop style.

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