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Love is a beautiful thing! Sometimes...
You really love someone,
They really love you,
and you really shouldn't be together...
Sometimes you've gotta listen to that wise inner voice and say, "I see this isn't working, and I love and respect you too much to waste your time."
But if the end of the relationship didn't have to mean the end of love?
...what if I can give up on "us" but that doesn't mean I have to give up on You?
Touring with this song, we learned about "Conscious Uncoupling," "Relation-shifts," and other creative ways that people transitioned out of loverhood with compassion, grace and dignity.
The person I wrote this song about may never know it was written about them, because we still have so much love for each other today...
I wonder if they'll ever find out...
lyrics
I'm giving up on us...
But I'm never giving up on you,
You'll always have my love,
But this just ain't what we supposed to do.
Baby, I'm,
Throwing in the towel,
Thank you for the shower,
You healed up my heart,
I feel so empowered.
Sitting in that power,
Both reclaiming ours,
and taking us some sacred space...
I've dreamed and I've schemed
For a love just like ours,
So let's sip it sweet,
Before it turns sour.
Tune to the tune
Of the hear and the now-a
And celebrate this love we've made, oh
Yes, Love, I feel it
Lust? Its the realest
But you know, this just ain't
"That Real Thang"
And I know this dream is appealing
Oh, All these feelings
But you know, this just ain't
"That Real Thang"...
So I'm giving up on us...
But I'll never stop loving you,
You'll always have my, Trust!
You know I'mma be there love
Yet I, I just know that I'm not meant for you,
You see it to.
(Mouth Trumpet Solo)
Yes, Love I feel it,
Lust? It's the realest.
Now its time, for a beautiful ending.
And I know this Dream is appealing
Oh, all these feelings,
But now, Love, we can stop pretending!
Cuz baby, I want you to be free,
And feel all that love could be,
All these things, that you just can't get from me.
(aaaahh-ah)
A-a-and I've never felt so clear,
Though I'm facing all this fear,
I invite you, to come be, brave with me.
(aaahh-ah)
So I'm giving up on us...
On us.... aaaahh,
But I'm never giving up on you,
You'll always have my love,
My trust, yeah
But we ain't, meant to do
On, us
On us,
But I'm never giving up on you,
You'll always have my love,
My trust,
And I'll, be a friend to you, ooh-ooh.
credits
released January 1, 2020
Lead Vocals, Songwriting and Arrangement:
Mazin Jamal
Vocal Harmonies
Mazin Jamal, Morgan Bolender, Ms Momos Cheeskos
Classical Guitar
Seoulstice
Bass Guitar
Yousef Javier Al Shomaimry
Congas
Kele Nitoto
Claves
Akinyele Saadiq
Calabash Drum
Mazin Jamal
Mouth Trumpet
Mazin Jamal
Recording and Mixing Engineer
Scott "Deep Pools" Ferreter
Further Recording
Wes Leslie
Mixing and Mastering Engineer
eO "Soundliketree" Oberthaler
Instrumentation Recorded Live at the Observatory
Oakland, Ca 2019
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