RETROFUTURE, by jjjacob jjjames

RETROFUTURE

by jjjacob jjjames

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1.	PRETTY LITTLE PLANET 04:31	lyrics	buy track
Pretty little planet Floating near the sun Everybody lives here Almost everyone Wonder what it’s like here Is the water cool? Is there a place to catch a movie? Are the people very cruel? Would they let me stay here If I tried to fit in? If I met a nice girl Nice for a human Pretty little planet Blue and white and green I don’t speak the language But you know what I mean Pretty little planet Everybody leaves Even the remembered Fade eventually Pretty little planet, Time moves in a line If I settle down here Could I make her mine?
2.	WATCH THE PLANES 06:03	lyrics	buy track
She used to watch the planes She found it rather strange They could stay up in the sky Though they were heavier than rain They were held up by some kind of magic She knew that she was stuck But she wanted to go up To live beyond space and time no rocket is enough So she studied dusty maps Thought to herself “Perhaps If I could bring space down to me I’d see it while I’m trapped” So she travelled all her life Saw countries far and wide Learned spells in seven languages And knew the math besides But when she came back home Nobody she’d known Recognized the woman as The girl from down the road And then when she took the stage Something rather strange She could make the light and sound behave In new and curious ways The crowd was frozen scared Mouths wide open stared The sky was cracking, bleeding light And yet nobody cared
3.	SEE YOU AFTER 05:10	lyrics	buy track
I sent you a note on a postcard My first day You mailed me back a couple of songs you wrote Hidden in a mixtape It started with so far away And every time the chorus would play Peals of laughter See you after We get out this year Summer’s coming And she’s humming Softly in my ear We ended up at the same party By mistake I found myself missing the memories We’d never make Well maybe if I wasn’t so shy And terrible at saying goodbye Peals of laughter See you after We get out this year Summer’s coming And she’s humming Softly in my ear
4.	MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE 05:24	lyrics	buy track
Six o’clock the ringing of the bell Stealing water from the wishing well Jukebox junkie on a carousel In the witching hour the evening sun Lights the path home when our work is done Moonset, daybreak, brave another one He knows that somehow, Out from behind his disguise He’s more than meets the eye
5.	I MUST BE DREAMING 05:43	lyrics	buy track
The way she wears her hair up Just to take it down The way she smiles When only you’re around I’ve heard it all before “When you know, you’ll know” But I can’t even remember Who I was before I must be dreaming If I can, I’ll try to understand If I can, I’d like to be your man If I could speak her name When she’s in a dream Does she already know she’s got the best of me? It’s getting hazy Fog is lifting on the night The clock is frozen I’ve got to get it right I must be dreaming If I can, I’ll try to understand If I can, I’d like to be your man
6.	ME & MY ARROW 03:35	lyrics	buy track
Me and my arrow Straighter than narrow Wherever we go Everyone knows It’s me and my arrow Me and my arrow Taking the high road Wherever we go Everyone knows It’s me and my arrow And in the morning when I wake up She may be gone I don’t know And if we make up just to break up I’ll carry on Oh yes I will Me and my Arrow Me and my Arrow
7.	I COULD NEVER 07:24	lyrics	buy track
I’m being pursued Chased by someone who got the best of you Pointed across the room and said “I’m coming for the rest of you” My heart is pounding but I can’t feel it If I turned down my love for you I could hide in plain sight But I could never, never, never turn off love It’s what makes me me It makes me I If I hold my breath Shake off the feeling of my impending death And as for the rest I know I’m the last I know this is a test My heart is pounding but I can’t feel it If I turned down my love for you I could hide in plain sight But I could never, never, never turn off love It’s what makes me me It makes me I I know I’m the last I know this is a test It’d be so easy To lay down and die My heart is pounding but I can’t feel it If I turned down my love for you I could hide in plain sight But I could never, never, never turn off love It’s what makes me me It makes me I
8.	INDIANA 03:40	lyrics	buy track
Ah-ooh, Indiana Ah-ooh, Indiana Will she or she won’t? Your mother’s never coming home She lingers in the door Without her what are you fighting for? Ah-ooh, Indiana Ah-ooh, Indiana Your center lost at sea Thinking “what will become of me?” Your skin is trapped below While about you she floats, She flies Ah-ooh, Indiana Ah-ooh, Indiana
9.	WE COULD START OVER 05:11	lyrics	buy track
Opening my eyes and hoping Clouds would go away Dreaming of another time I’m living in yesterday Wishes do come true And here is mine for you We could be young We could start over Crowded room of people and I Never felt so alone Thought I’d dig the travelling life Now nowhere feels like home Silhouettes undress I’d like to go back I guess We could be young We could start over Disappearing into space I am not afraid I’ve lost myself a thousand times Inside your quiet gaze Rebecoming stars Remembering who we are We could be young We could start over
10.	THE ONE I LOST 05:28	lyrics	buy track
This one’s going to the one I lost This one’s going to the one I lost This one’s going to the one I lost This one’s going to the one I lost This one’s going to the one I lost This one’s going to the one I lost This one’s going to the one I lost This one’s going to the one I love And I’m getting stronger And I’ll carry on I won’t make it harder I’m still here singing your song

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released October 13, 2017

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