A Little Piece of Love (2007)
You say you need time
to see if there’s a rhyme
Between your worried mind
and your emotions
And I hope that you´ll stay near
until the coastline’s cleared
And we can see what´s left from this flood
of emotions
I guess you’re wise
leaving the seed to grow
But sometimes when the darkness falls
I wonder will you (ever) show…
love?
(´Cause) All I ask for is just a little piece of love
Why won’t you give it to me?
All I ask for is just a little piece of love
Why won’t you give it to me?
Give it to me now…
And now I hesitate
Don´t know if I could wait
for you to show the way to your
emotions
But I guess I´ll stick around
´til all my hope has drowned
and my heart lies bare after this flood of
emotions
I guess you’re wise
Leaving the seed to grow
“But sometimes when the darkness falls”
I wonder will you (ever) show…
love?
(´Cause) All I ask for is just a little piece of love
Why won’t you give it to me?
All I ask for is just a little piece of love
Why won’t you give it to me?
Give it to me now…
Oh, won´t you give it to me
Give it to me
Give it to me now
Show me love
©Jessica Rydén
Save me (2012)
You came drifting from a lonely shore,
with eyes full of wonders and an urge for more – oh, wont you save me
But I´ve been listening too many times,
To the songs of the Sirens and their heartbroken rhymes
– oh wont you save me, save me
Save me from the dusky light this morning,
Save me from the ticking of the tide
You´ve scent my weakness, you´ve touched my thorn
I wanna blow in that crazy horn Oh, save me
I might got hurt a thousand times
When sin is calling, the sun gets blind
Oh, won´t you save me, save me
Save me from the dusky light this morning,
Save me from the ticking of the tide
Save me from what my life has become
A killing time, time, time
We could be sailors, ride on the sweetest wave
Cause you’re the one who could save me
You´ve scent my weakness, you´ve touched my thorn
I wanna blow in that crazy horn
Save me from the dusky light this morning,
Save me from the ticking of the time
Save me from what my life has become
A killing time, time, time
Save me …
©Jessica Rydén
Fields of Freedom (2013)
How come it is so hard to reach the fields of freedom
How come it is so hard to know where you belong
I ask for nothing, but somewhere to rest my head
To find a shelter before the sky turns red
How come it is so hard to reach the fields of freedom
How come it is so hard to know where you belong
I ask for nothing, but somewhere to quinze my thirst
To find a shelter before the night winds burst
How come it is so hard to reach the fields of freedom
How come it is so hard to know where you belong
How come it is so hard How come it is so hard How come it is so hard
to know where you belong
©Jessica Rydén
My Little Heart (2010)
I´ve had a sore throat for some time now
Never had this kind of problem before
And I´ve let in a longing
I probably have to live with for the rest of my life
holding guard outside my door
And I had a sorrow from the start
But what´s been worrying me lately is –
Why are you so silent?
Why are you so silent?
Why are you so silent
my little heart?
I own a story that’s seldom been told
An inner landscape few people know
And I had a sorrow from the very start
But what´s been worrying me lately is –
Why are you so silent?
Why are you so silent?
Why are you so silent
my little heart?
Don´t know what is worse – feeling nothing or when everything hurts?
Why are you so silent?
Why are you so silent?
Why are you so silent
my little heart?
©Jessica Rydén
New Love (2010)
There´s a chill in the morning light
a rip in the sky
So many little things that haunt you
and you can´t deny
Her soft caress, spark in her eyes
only a reminder of a lost paradise
You know now – she found a new love this time
You´ve been giving so much comfort
easing her pain
Standing there for hours
in that cold, hard rain
You can´t breathe in this thin, sharp air.
You´ve climbed the whole damn mountain for her –she doesn´t care
You know now – she found a new love this time
New love, new love
New love, untrue love
You know now – she found a new love this time
And there´s so many names for freedom
you don´t want to learn
Bitter grains of wisdom
you didn´t want to earn
Her tender face in the morning light
is all you need to get through the night
But you won´t – she found a new love this time
New love, new love
New love, untrue love
You know now – she found a new love this time
©Jessica Rydén
Chosen by Love (2006)
Slowly, slowly, slowly
you’re approaching me
I know it’s going to happen now –
you just wait and see …
Golden clouds in the skies
reflections of light in your eyes
and butterflies trembling in my chest from just the slightest touch of your hand
Slowly, slowly, slowly
night is drifting in
Sweet taste from your mouth
resistance is giving in.
Silver shadows on your skin
the softest strokes of a brush.
And here within
lying in your arms your heartbeats are cradling me to sleep
In this dream I want to stay
and only you can show me the way
to the place in the forest where the light is coming in
Yes, this is where I’m longing
since the day we were chosen by…
Love
Greatest Healer
Love greatest gift
Love Greatest Healer
We’ve been chosen by Love
©Jessica Rydén
Life (2010)
Ain´t got a penny in my pocket
Ain´t got no sweet-talking mind
But I got life
Ain´t got no Cinderella-shoes on
Ain´t got a promised-land-smile
Ain´t got a fountain on the front yard
Ain´t got no child of mine
But I got life
I got life!
You say I walk with danger, you´re warning me
for leaving all the gods behind
But in the mist of dreams I could see it coming
Saying this is the time
– ‘cause you´ve got life!
Ain´t got a fearless future
Ain´t got the gift of being numb
Ain´t got no accidental beauty
Ain´t got a long-term deal with the sun
But I got life
I got life!
You say I walk with danger, you´re warning me
for leaving all the gods behind
But in the mist of dreams I could see it coming
Saying this is the time
– ‘cause you´ve got life!
©Jessica Rydén
Billie Sings the Blues (2010)
I´m driving off highway
Guess I´ve always done
´til you came by to simplify my world
Hazy lights from passing trucks
Night is rolling in
The sky is wide as the pain inside
And on the radio …
Billie sings the blues
for you and me
And I don´t have a reason
You´re the best one could get
But when the dawn seeks light I´ll be out of sight
And on the radio …
Billie sings the blues
for you and me
You showed me what love is
I didn´t learn
My heart´s run dry and don´t know why
And on the radio …
Billie sings the blues
for you and me
©Jessica Rydén
Today (2008)
Today
is a perfect day
Nothing really happened
and the sky was gray
Still today
is such a perfect day,
cause underneath my skin
I found a place where I can stay
Ah…
there´s nothing strange or magic
about what I found today
Is just that all the tragic
seems to have left my way
Today
I am alone today
And I expect no one
to come this way
Still today
is such a perfect day
´cause singing by myself
just makes me feel okay
Ah…
there´s nothing strange or magic
about what I found today
It is just that all the tragic
seems to have left my way
Today
©Jessica Rydén
South Africa (2007)
On the sharp roads of South Africa
a serpent is guiding our way
Clean sheets in the bedrooms, fine steaks in the restaurants, only Withies in the cafés
This is called civilisation
but I see a wound on that snake’s tail
and a scar on the red earth
where the children are walking barefoot
wrapped in a dizzy Mandrax-veil
ah…
In the dusty town of Kimberley
an old man is guiding us around
silent exhibition halls, outside –the famous diamond hole, where the African Star was found
He says that this is history
but I see the history doing oh so fine
with the Safari riders in blooming gardens
drinking domestic wine
Ah
And when the darkness falls
weary shadows on the bedroom walls
On and on the same old fight
Got to face the demons of the night
Going through the years of hell
lying naked in that cell
And the moon is rising over a black sky
On the borders of Namibia
a nun is showing us in
to that shed of concrete walls, skinny legs in bunk beds tall and unheard dreams in the desert wind
They say this is progress
but I see another truth
in oh so many tiny faces
who’ve already lost their youth
Ah…
©Jessica Rydén
Golden Gate Park (2010)
I flew in one sunny morn´, and mum, it´s true I was new born
in this town of mellow mist
I´ve found a place at Stanyan Street
through the window I can hear the beats
the sound of drums from Hippie Hill
I hear them sing a song of freedom
echoes of love all around
from the ground of Golden Gate Park, from the ground of Golden Gate Park
I´ve taken the summer by the hand
and mama, I met a man
He says my eyes are “pools of green”
He says I´ve got a true expression
He´s got good contacts in the biz´
He says: I know how to make you
fly over Golden Gate Park, high over Golden Gate Park
Oh mama, times are swirling, I can feel it coming
I see the wheels are turning, I´m gonna be a big girl, mama
And mama I am stunning; I´ll be singing out loud while all
the others are humming, I´m gonna be a Supernova
the queen of Golden Gate Park, the queen of Golden Gate Park
Oh, confusion came too soon and what´s left – a weary moon
and the hunt for really good stuff
I howl like the horns from sea at night, mama, life is one big fright
I crashed from a dizzy height
Where the sun is as grand as the soul, I´m gonna live and die from rock´n´roll
in the grass of Golden Gate Park, in the grass of Golden Gate Park
©Jessica Rydén
The Last Time I Saw Richard (2007)
The last time I saw Richard
He was standing in the light
of a suburban street lamp
stiff as a soldier
staring down at his feet
I wonder did he notice
how the first grass of spring
was shivering
under the stars of expectations
He´d forgotten his jacket
wore nothing but jeans and t-shirt
but I was the one
freezing cold
walking back and forth
using so many words for explanations
hoping that he would reply
with just one single phrase
and tell my why
But all he said was “sorry”
The last time I saw Richard
he was talking metaphysical mumbo-jumbo
about why we met
Well, I guess you came my way
to make me remember
that I’m not for sale
And I was thinking in the taxi
on my way home
that our parts were made up
so long ago
I – the rejected child
you – the gambler
Oh, I wish we could leave those parts behind
that we could run free
but you said you didn’t want me
Not under any circumstances
©Jessica Rydén
Time (2011)
A scent of spring flowers
in the breeze today
And the gift of being life
embraces me again
I find comfort in the silence
of an unborn song
I know life is a mystery
still I belong
I´ve seen bad times and good times
I´ve lost my way and I´ve found it again
Time, so much time
running through my fingers
like water and sand
The dreams of my childhood
– I buried them today
And the love and loads that I´ve carried
all swept away
by the winds from the mountains
brought by the sun
to a place where the river runs stills
where all is one
I´ve seen bad times and good times
I´ve lost my way and I´ve found it again
Time, so much time
running through my fingers
like water and sand
Time will heal me
take me to where I´m bound
Time …
©Jessica Rydén