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Skyscrapers & Helicopters

by Jody Ellen

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Richard Lewis Great mixture of various styles of Rock. It'll make you get up and dance for one song, then bring tears to your eyes with another.

There are some truly wonderful guitar bits in this album!

Wish I could pick two favorite tracks. Punch is great, love the guitars in that one, but Waiting tugs my heart strings hard every time.

If I could include a third favorite...My Last Mistake has one of the best openings I've ever heard on a song (again, it's the guitars: so good!). Favorite track: Punch.
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1.
Playpen 04:38
"Playpen" Am I just a toy Am I your friend Are you just a boy Am I your friend Am I just a toy in your playpen that you throw about Are you just a mouse in my kitchen I keep chasing out Do you even know that I'm sitting here just like a bum And like your guitar am I just a chord you try to strum You're still in my head I cannot let you leave The colors of my life are dark and grey whoa A little mislead still soakin in your tea And my colors faded away Am I just a toy Am I your friend (am I your friend) I don't mean to bother you I don't wait for anyone So can you get outside of your head you are the broken one I think you've got me wrong cause I know I'd rather be alone Then putting up with you tonight, see its you I have outgrown You're still in my head I cannot let you leave The colors of my life seer dark and grey whoa A little mislead still soakin in your tea And my colors faded away And you're still in my head I cannot let you leave The colors of my life seer dark and grey whoa A little mislead still soakin in your tea And my colors faded away
2.
Punch 03:41
"Punch" Ear pressed against the door Tears of disbelief What I'm longing for Resolving to relief You made up your mind, you were mine I ran into your arms And there was the kiss, only this Could shoot me up into the dark Now you have the upper hand So the punch came so hard Now you have the upper hand So the punch came so hard These scars they are all that is left of the years you wasted me I followed you around like a hound waiting for you to believe I was all that you need everything you've been waiting for Gave enough of myself till I couldn't fight love anymore Then the punch came so hard and the punch came so hard Shattered little pieces My former broken self I left a few behind me Now you can wound yourself My realistic anticipation couldn't be But I learned from you When you hold your heart in your hand Frigid reality you come to They always have the upper hand So the punch comes so hard They always have the upper hand So the punch comes so hard These scars they are all that is left of the years you wasted me I followed you around like a hound waiting for you to believe I was all that you need everything you've been waiting for Gave enough of myself till I couldn't fight love anymore Then the punch came so hard and the punch came so hard In the end you'll only be Holding onto cutlery Wondering why they couldn't love me And the punch comes so hard The punch comes so hard That punch comes so hard And the punch came so hard
3.
"Waiting" You didn't wanna hurt me You didn't really want me anymore And now that I'm standing Here you're just a crawling back for more But isn't this the ending Of something that we had just once before The ending that you wanted The one that says we're never anymore Whose hand is one that door And I see you above me Below me, beside me But I don't need you anymore What makes you think I need you Don't care what you've been through What about me cause we've done you before It's what about me It's all about me You wanna know about me Cause you are so broken inside I thought it kinda funny when you said I "ruined your whole life" The broken understanding Of what came here to be Was never so demanding Empty and alone to be with me This could make history And I see you above me Below me, beside me And I don't need you anymore What makes you think I need you Don't care what you've been through What about me cause we've done you before It's what about me It's all about me You didn't wanna hurt me You didn't really want me anymore And now that I'm standing Here you're just a crawling back for more
4.
"My Last Mistake" woah woah woah woah If you haven't heard about me I have cried enough for two And while you're holding onto her I'm still holding out for you You don't think that I still love you I know it hasn't been much fun But if you're gonna leave me Watch this mascara run Well well What have we got here Well well It all just disappeared My eyes awake And I choose to make You my last mistake woah woah woah woah Every night I think about you In the dark I lay alone And while your holding onto her I sit and write this song All these memories in my mind race Of every secret came undone While you continue to deceive me I watch this mascara run Well well What have we got here Well well It all just disappeared My eyes awake And I choose to make You my last mistake well well (you my last mistake)
5.
"Skyscrapers and Helicopters" As I'm walking up to you again I remember Every memory That we had Thinking back into the day It was November All I wanted Was all that you had We were meeting at skyscrapers Just you and me and helicopters I wanted you to stand Hand in my hand With your arms wrapped up around me in a Snow covered land And you free fall into love with me As I fall into you Like our skyscraper We are still standing true As I fall for you Every moment that we made that day Sill frozen in my mind Then you asked me Would you be mine A perfect cut out from a movie scene Each movement of your mouth Giving deja vu For all my dreams of you And we were meeting at skyscrapers Just you and me and helicopters Now were meeting at skyscrapers Still you and me and helicopters I wanted you to stand Hand in my hand With your arms wrapped up around me in a Snow covered land And you free fall into love with me As I fall into you Like our skyscraper We are still standing true And I wanted you to stand Hand in my hand With your arms wrapped up around me in a Snow covered land And you free fall into love with me As I fall into you Like our skyscraper We are still standing true As I fall for you And I still love you And I still love you
6.
Again 05:38
"Again" Wonder why again Then we fight again Reignite again Then divide again Then I sigh again And I write again Realize again Then you're right again On our own, we both know What we are fighting for Then I pray again To find my strength again Keep at bay again Things I say again Let's start today again Don't go away again Before we fray again Will you stay again On our own, we both know What we are fighting for Whatever what you want from me I'll give you everything And if you stay until the end We'll pick the pieces up again
7.
"Even When I Lie" Where are you today yeah Oh and when will I see the real you again You run away from me so I come running at you I try to fix you up so I can feel okay too We're not the same people Don't act like you're not feeling everything We are pretending We are not what they see at all How is it that you cant find the man you were before I'll admit a part of me's been locked behind the door You run away from me so I come running at you I try to fix you up so I can feel okay too We're not the same people Don't act like you're not feeling everything We are pretending We are not what they see at all We are the same in every way We have to fight this fear away I can't tell you how to see me But you can have what's left of me I have a choice to love you sir Regardless of what you think you're worth And i want you to be on my side Can't you hear every time I lie Let us find the only way to unify again If we don't try to justify we cannot begin But we are the same in every way We did our best to throw away All of the things we couldn't see You can still have what's left of me And I have a choice to love you sir Regardless of what you think you're worth I want you to be on my side I love you even when I lie
8.
Lifeless 05:27
"Lifeless" It's late, it's dark; I'll wait for you My feet are getting cold My eyes can't stop, my visions locked On shadows my room holds The breath escapes my lips like steaming water from a pot The figures made they help me, They're the only friends I've got And I'm longing for someone besides my lifeless friends And I'm tired of counting sheep jump over my bed And I hope that one day you will come to save me But right now, I'll make do with crazy The time that passes by me as I drape across my bed Never one step behind me cause my body's filled with lead One eye peers out the window cause it sees a light nearby It quickly fades away, why does all life around me die? Is something gonna happen soon to say "my life's begun" Or is this body always doomed to never feel the sun? And I'm longing for someone besides my lifeless friends And I'm tired of counting sheep jump over my bed And I hope that one day you will come to save me But right now, I'll make do with crazy No sounds around to cure me with my hallow, haunted ears Just sounds my mind makes up to dry out all my saltless tears There's only one to make me feel my empty life's complete My mind goes numb as I sit waiting for the day we meet And I'm longing for someone besides my lifeless friends And I'm tired of counting sheep jump over my bed And I hope that one day you will come to save me But right now, I'll make do with crazy Mmmmmm mmmmmm mmmm mmmmm
9.
"Somebody Make Up Their Mind" I am tired of the same ol same ol And I don't care what you think I don’t know how to love you, argue And I don't know what to say Weather it's yours or it's mine I don't know Somebody make up their mind That I should go You have tried to save this change this But I must follow my heart I don’t know how to fix you, re-do I don't know where to start Weather it's yours or it's mine I don't know Somebody make up their mind That I should go And even when I try I try so hard But all I think about Is running far And you find me And you tell me How to love How to love you But I'll goodbye And I'll be fine I will try I am tired of the same ol same ol And I don't care what you think Weather it's yours or it's mine I don't know Somebody make up their mind That I should go Weather it's yours or it's mine I don't know Somebody make up their mind That I should go But I’ll good bye And I’ll be fine I will try
10.
"Light the Candle" Light the candle so you'll remember me I'm without you and I like being free I hear the talking but are you listening to me I hear the crying of what we used to be Love get over me Stop tormenting me Don't participate in distracting my fate Love get off my back Don't you ever come back here Disappear Stop pretending this is all up to me This is the ending of a not so perfect dream Your false pretenses are what unraveled me You said you loved me but is that what you believe Love get over me Stop tormenting me Don't participate in distracting my fate Love get off my back Don't you ever come back here Disappear Life's not over when you're not next to me So why're you sober and why are you following me I'd be lying if I said that I didn't scream If you heard me crying you'd understand this is why I sing Love get over me Stop tormenting me Don't participate in distracting my fate Love get off my back Don't you ever come back here Disappear
11.
"Out of the Rain" Breathe deep for me It's not meant to be easy Life, trials, struggle, pain You'll soon be out of the rain It's not like you to lose your faith You are always standing strong And when long days push you so far You get up and seem to move along See me, I'll never leave You, your right, it's not just a breeze Time, tears, all for one thing You, you'll soon, be out of the rain It's not like you to lose your faith You are always standing strong And when long days get you so far You get up and seem to move along It's not like you to lose your faith You are always standing strong And when long days get you so far You get up and seem to move along You'll soon be out of the rain You, you'll soon, be out of the rain (shh shh shhh)
12.
Waiting 03:56
"Waiting" All my life I've found a way To be true and all I wanted was the day Say "I do." When all is said and done I'm still having fun With you Waiting, I've waited for you And now I can't get away But I can't save you So I keep on waiting Ever trying to believe But I can't decide While you're in disguise And I've waited for you (Whoa, whoa) Wonder when you'll go away I know you I can't sing to you again It's not true When all is said and done Am I still having fun Are you When all is said and done I'm not having fun with you Waiting, I've waited for you And now I can't get away But I can't save you So I keep on waiting Ever trying to believe But I can't decide While you're in disguise And I've waited for you (Whoa, whoa) Each time you reach for my hand You tell me But everything that we had planned You told me It's all not coming true But I'm still in love with you Are you But when the day is done I don't wanna run (from you)

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With such comparisons as Paramore, Evanescence, Jewel and Christina Perri, Jody Ellen transitions from hard rock to light alternative rock and really lets you feel every emotion from song to song. This is Jody Ellen's first solo album ever!

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released September 23, 2012

Featured on this album are:
Jody Ellen on vacals and harmonies
Erica "Unwoman" Mulkey on cello
Titus Munteanu from Abney Park on violin
Kristina Erickson from Abney Park on piano
Josh Goering from Abney Park on guitar
Nathaniel Johnstone formerly of Abney Park on guitar, bass & mandolin
Tag Henning on bass

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