Took a drive to the beach at summer’s endHad to get out, get some air, had to swimTook my time with the driveSo many places I hadn’t beenFound a cabin steps from the shoreWatched the tide roll outNever made it in Booked a week though I wanted moreLeft 3 days after I stepped through the doorCouldn’t take the September coldBitter at the wood-soaked pitMy wet … Continue reading Cedar Cove Cabin
From the streetBuried disillusionCan’t competeLess than uselessStill I seeNothing moving, No restitutionA one-sided outdated constitution Written over unmarked graves No need to explain anythingReinvent reasons for choices madeIf you just pretend, it’s okay They say to let things fall where they mayThey say there’s a plan for things being this wayFor the greater good, they boldly proclaimHanging the hoods used to conceal their face Rested on concreteFace … Continue reading Constitution
Cut from the clothCollected scraps from the FleaChosen to leadPoisoned the well which we drink It’s all for the causeThe cause is in meA bartender keeps tabsWhile you spit blood in the sink Make way for the crusadersThe last of the divineIntervening will get you nowhereListening might Stand behind pillarsAn honest scout turns an eyeFumes emit from a sprinklerThey surround the outside Continue reading Cloth
From the Vault, edited slightly before posting. Originally dated sometime in 2006 or so. Winter’s not so badWhen the snow lands on rooftopsAnd the ice begins to bindLocking everything downBut for a moment, the world is stillNot that those houses have legsBut boy, those walls sure could talkCould’ve fooled me anyway It’s twenty below and I’m dying of heatMust be all that hot air escaping … Continue reading Twenty Below
A work in progress, putting together the demo for it right now, thought I’d share the lyrics with ya before I share a snippet of what it sounds like. Sold on a dreamYou never had and I didn’t needIs this how you pictured love to be?You can tell me Met on a whim, Out to waste the nightFell for the smileAnd the way the light hit … Continue reading Our First House
Today we get into the reproduction of Jimmy Eat World’s “Appreciation” as the first cover we’re doing off of the “Damage” record. Check out the original recording by Jimmy Eat World: Now check out the cover: The Process I started working on this one late one day (late for me, anyway, as far as this type of thing generally goes), and was initially going to … Continue reading Jaimee Eat World: Appreciation
Got a chance to chat with Menno and Jeremy of Silas Fury recently to talk about their album “Frontier” and the video-concept experience that accompanies it. We get into some stand-out moments from collaborating on the record, their must-haves in the studio for their songwriting process, and then we get a little weird talking about alien lifeforms and other spacey-stuff in this in depth interview. … Continue reading Spotlight On: Silas Fury
New interview up. I answered some q’s for LoveInTheLyrics, talkin’ about songwriting and the lyrics behind “Driveway” Check it out here: https://www.loveinthelyrics.com/post/crooked-forest-brings-awareness Continue reading Interview: Crooked Forest
Today we’re diving into the reproduction of Jimmy Eat World’s “Kill” as the first cover we’re doing off of the “Futures” record. Check out the original recording by Jimmy Eat World: Now check out the cover: The Process I tackled this one in parts over 3 days. I was originally considering making this track my first acoustic-based cover for the project, but I’ve always loved … Continue reading Jaimee Eat World Release: Kill
This is a multi-series blog post. Table of Contents at the bottom of the page. Yesterday I announced the release date of my upcoming EP, “Jestem Krzywym Lasem” which is the debut solo EP I’m presenting as myself, Jaimee Jakobczak. Now, if you’ve frequented these trails before you might be saying, “but Jaimee, you’ve released like, 4 other EP’s already as a solo artist” and … Continue reading What’s “Jestem Krzywym Lasem” All About Anyways?
Crooked Forest 