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Just Give Up, Jessica

from The Green Eyed by Daisy Chapman

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I wanted to write a song from the perspective of someone so caught up in love for their child that they'd do anything to get her back. I deliberately kept ambiguity as to who Jessica is - the child to give up, or the call for surrender.

Ben Goode provided beautiful trumpet in the middle section, almost converting the song to a milirtary style, representing the ever impending threat of discovery.

lyrics

Won't give no bribe for the sign above the doorway
Cos you know every child remembers a bad birthday
Too many people are terrified of change
What scares me more is the fear of staying the same
Just give up, Jessica.

Sing happy birthday to the child who was forgotten
Scream hallelujah for the gravestones in the garden
A happy hostage, black and blue, demands forgiveness
Unhappy fugitive removing her own witness
Just give up, Jessica.

So break the door down we'll be waiting you won't bruise us
Just break and enter cos you know you won't get through us
I'm staying put, a frozen waif, keeping vigil
Palms flat upon the stony flags here in the kitchen.
Just give up, Jessica.

credits

from The Green Eyed, released October 2, 2009
words and music and string arrangement, Daisy Chapman
Daisy Chapman, vocals, piano
Tim Smith, percussion
Ben Goode, Trumpet
The Stringbeans Quartet, strings.

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Daisy Chapman Bristol, UK

Daisy Chapman is an incredibly well-travelled pianist and vocalist who draws influences from the anti-folk world. It’s hard to pinpoint Daisy’s unique style. Every song harbours a dark story of love, lust and loss told through her exquisite voice and piano, with Sue Lord on violin bringing the performance to harmonious ending transcending boundaries and genres. ... more

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