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Gone Baby

by Jess Best

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1.
Hurt A Lot 01:40
Hurt A Lot Oh it’s not enough to hurt a lot hurt a lot and oh it’s not enough to hurt a lot hurt a lot everything I’ve ever loved is floating on the outskirts of a cloud I can see them now everyone I’ve ever loved is living on the other side of me and I can hardly breathe cause they’re gone and it’s not enough to hurt a lot hurt a lot oh it’s not enough to hurt a lot hurt a lot
2.
Now That I Got It When I face the day I get lost in predilection wondering what to say when you sense my introspection and I’ve been apologizing for acting with intention oh, you know I just want your attention And now that I got it swear I won’t do it again live in the moment and actually try to be friends now that I got it swear I won’t do it again live in the moment and let this cycle end til it starts again til it starts again Shedding light on space only fills me with desire and we both feed the burn when we linger on the fire but you see through my words cause lord knows they don’t matter just talking to hold your stare, a little bit longer And now that I got it swear I won’t do it again live in the moment and actually try to be friends now that I got it swear I won’t do it again live in the moment and let this cycle end until it starts I can’t make up my mind to go or stay so I keep you in this limbo state throwing rocks at the water watch the birds as they scatter unmoving and tired can you hold me for a while? and now that I got it swear I won’t do it again live in the moment and actually try to be friends now that I got it swear I won’t do it again live in the moment and let this cycle end now that I got it swear I won’t do it again live in the moment and actually try to be friends now that I got it swear I won’t do it again live in the moment and let this cycle end ‘til it starts again ‘til it starts again ‘til it starts again
3.
Gotta Give 03:36
Gotta Give Oh that taste got the grip I can’t escape it silent space created by my innovation oh these days feeling like a situation locked in phase got the grip I can’t escape it But I wanna give something to you So I gotta be something for you (4x) But I’m all by myself and I’m feeling like a baby cause you love someone else and you always tell me maybe so I’m hiding myself cause then otherwise I’m crazy and you fall into flying as if it’s gonna save me (2x) save me save me save me Fold the page ‘til the time that you can face it time and place we’ll know it when we’re both embracing lead the way I’m tired of anticipating free to say anything that you’ve been feeling But I wanna give something to you So I gotta be something for you (4x) But I’m all by myself and I’m feeling like a baby cause you love someone else and you always tell me maybe so I’m hiding myself cause then otherwise I’m crazy and you fall into flying as if it’s gonna save me (2x) save me save me save me
4.
Pull 03:57
Pull I want you and I don’t know why you brew tears in my eyes and it’s true I don’t have a second to think cause I’m holding you like I’ve wanted to oh it takes a little bit of focus to get over but right now I’m pulling you closer and I’ve been studying the way to resist giving in but mind and body disconnect when you’re in front of me I get low when you’re not around oh you get to me without a sound and it’s real the way I forget all this shit when you’re holding me so tenderly oh it takes a little bit of focus to get over but right now I’m pulling you closer and I’ve been studying the way to resist giving in but mind and body disconnect when you’re in front of me mind and body disconnect (repeat)
5.
You're the Water It started on an afternoon when we were walking side by side in solitude the trees were smiling like they knew and you hummed my favorite tune we became a part of the day closing in on distance face to face the silences induce the ache so I hum my favorite tune then the sky falls down and it feels like I’m alone standing in a river and you’re the water crossing lines we never drew noticing how long it takes to get through to you you say it’s what you have to do to hum a different tune then the sky falls down and it feels like I’m alone standing in a river and you’re the water oh the way that it goes makes me act like I don’t even care so the better half of me lies down before the words appear visions of our past take shape and I start to resemble my mistakes I think about you every day picture us hummin’ my favorite tune then the ground starts to shake and it feels like I’m alone then the ground starts to shake and it feels like I’m alone then the ground starts to shake and it feels like I’ve done wrong I watched you slip right through my fingers, just like water
6.
Wake Up, I'm Coming Baby please wake up, I’m coming back All the time I thought we’d never have Baby please wake up, I’m coming back, I’m coming back Seven years have passed and how it flew Since the day you left, I promised I’m coming back for you Baby please wake up, I’m coming back, I’m coming back When you lose someone you fall so far Saying, “who the hell do you think you are, bringing them back to reality?” Find a thousand ways to fall apart Come together on a falling star Baby please wake up, I’m coming back All the time I thought we’d never have Baby please wake up, I’m coming back, I’m coming back
7.
Oh My 03:17
Oh My Ten feet off the ground I’ve been here too long Waiting to come down If you’ll follow me there I can’t see at all Feeling like a cloud When you brought me here You said you’d get me out But you think I don’t care when you offer me to go away It don’t go that way Sun is high and we’re there sitting underneath the willow tree With a gentle breeze Getting lost in the sky is a daily opportunity You give to me But we’re there sitting high and you offer me to go away and I can only say Oh my, oh my, oh my Oh my, oh my, oh my Oh my, oh my, oh my Oh my, oh my, oh my (2x) I can’t hear at all When you try to speak But I see you fly In a fluid motion I can’t see at all Feeling like a cloud And I hit a wall There’s no denying it But you think I don’t care when you offer me to go away It don’t go that way Sun is high and we’re there sitting underneath the willow tree With a gentle breeze Getting lost in the sky is a daily opportunity You give to me But we’re there sitting high and you offer me to go away and I can only say Oh my, oh my, oh my Oh my, oh my, oh my Oh my, oh my, oh my Oh my, oh my, oh my (2x)
8.
Champagne 02:44
Champagne I get along and it’s okay When you’re near me I go insane, yeah I get along and it’s okay But then you’re hoping again and you owe it to me Times change and you let go I get so upset I can’t sleep, no But you’re hoping again and you do it again, yeah Tell me what you want and I’ll be there for you Sweet dreams when you wake up Open eyes will come in between Cause when I see you again I start dreaming again Better days are still in the dark Oh these air people Take me away from where I was going to Floating with people Take me away I don’t even know from where I came
9.
Waterfall 11:49
Waterfall Sometimes the water falls Between two trees And then the light will bend into an opening I’ve never felt so close to you Magnolia, my obstacle The smokey mountains wail Until they can’t and everyone around’s tryin to sing with them The other day you came to me Magnolia, my sanity The only saving grace Comes quietly Dancing in its place waiting to be received And you’ve been here the whole time Magnolia, my melody

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Jess Best - vocals, keyboards, background vocals, axatse
Jeff Berman - electric guitar, Ghanaian drums
Nate Mondschein - drums
Louis Russo - bass
Derek Frank - keyboards, synth
Jeremy Crimm, Myles Potters - trumpet
Malec Heermans - trombone
Tennessee Mowrey - Ghanaian drums
Will Fraker, Faith Harding, Tory Mathieson, Claire Miller, Rob Roth, Jacqueline Soro, Mariana Quinn-Makwaia - vocals

engineered and mixed by Jared Paul
produced by Jess Best and Jared Paul
mastered by Kevin Blackler
mixed at Spaceman Sound
recorded at Mavericks and Wesleyan's Memorial Chapel

assistant produced by Mel Hsu and Josh Smith
live recording by Sam Long
artwork and design by Kayla Stoler

Special thanks to Bobby Lurie, who gave us the space for the spontaneous, experimental, emotional, and absurd moments that make up this album.

Released by RMI Records
www.jessbest.com

Here’s to creating music that feels like a part of you and then letting yourself go.

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released November 22, 2014

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