The first song we recorded for the album on the first day.
lyrics
The kidnappers said
Within a couple hours I'm dead
If nobody pays the ransom.
So of course I called you.
There's no one else I know who
would dare to slip in through the transom.
You say you love when your heart is missed
Melodramatically like this.
And the situation worsens,
But if you came here in person,
They say they'll let me go.
I lied.
It was worth a try.
Oh, I just called to feel your heart, that's all.
'Cause I miss you.
I always do.
Nearly to death, like a lung misses a breath.
My doctor said
I shouldn't even try to leave my bed.
I'm as grave as a cemetery.
He says my only hope
is for you to come home tonight;
He says I might
Survive,
Stay alive,
Not be so sick of watching watches tick.
'Cause I miss you.
I always do.
Nearly to death, like a lung misses a breath.
I miss you to death.
Like a lung misses a breath.
credits
from Paul Jacobsen And The Madison Arm,
released September 27, 2008
Pat Campbell: drums
Dustin Christensen: piano
Scott Johnson: organ, keyboard
Scott Wiley: bass, electric guitar
Paul Jacobsen: vocals, acoustic guitar
This is thoughtful and melancholy, but not morose -- there is hope in its sheer beauty. Her sensitivity as an arranger and producer is as impressive as her songwriting and singing; the whole album has a lovely sense of texture and space. Joe Madden