Keep Mother Sane

by Jakals

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nyghtly Keep Mother Sane overflows with raw emotional energy, and yet resonates with incredible musical polish. Track after track, the Jakals crash against you like ocean waves, dynamic and unrelenting. Above all else, Katie Solomon's gripping vocals define the Jakals' sound. Potent and tireless, it feels as if Solomon's voice couldn't be stopped except by God Herself. Favorite track: Young and Easy.

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1.	A Billboard of the Horizon 04:11	lyrics	buy track
Where is the escape I went walking on a manufactured path last night Watched everybody looking down at their device Made me wish I wasn’t a robot too So I lingered on the reticence Let my hands itch Let the pit start sucking out my stomach As the wind blew by me like I was just another foreign frame Nobody seems to know their own fame We weren't born the same It’s just what we became Don’t blame this reasoning on age It’s only grown with my rage Since the dawn I boomeranged Off a billboard of the horizon Is it time that dulls our genius Is it just the path of most convenience Are we programmed as a fetus I don’t want to be blind, I don’t want to be nameless Nobody seems to know their own fame We weren't born the same It’s just what we became Is this all a dream It’s too much for me We’re all drunk on this delusion I don’t want to be Nobody seems to know their own fame We weren't born the same It’s just what we became
2.	Keep Mother Sane 03:50	lyrics	buy track
Hey, how are you I’m writing ‘cause our conversations Aren’t ever how I want them to go Do you even know that I am on the line Hey, I feel it too I’m still breathing with that ghost inside my gut Does it not sadden you at all To hear me cry when I hang up I worry I am slightly disconnected always Well, one of us can’t leave Don’t you see I am caged here with your pain But I can’t leave today Got to keep mother sane X3 Doesn’t trouble you Doesn’t trouble you Doesn’t trouble you anyway I know you can’t see You don’t know what your words have done This body’s gotten shaky You probably won’t recognize me I make myself smaller We can’t accommodate the two of us In this space that we’ve made I’m older so I’m fading for you I worry I am slightly disconnected always Well, one of us can’t leave Don’t you see I am caged here with your pain But I can’t leave today Got to keep mother sane X4 Doesn’t trouble you Doesn’t trouble you Doesn’t trouble you anyway Tell myself that you’ll be all right You’ll be all right You’ll be all right Settle down my mind Settle down my mind Settle down
3.	If You Want a Companion 04:09	lyrics	buy track
If you want a companion You’ll have to leave my side I didn’t invite all this care Until it was already there Do you still think I'm beautiful I’ve been rabid lately You must be so worn down Do you dream of when I held you tenderly Slid my fingers down your spine So do I when the stillness lately rears my misery Listen my love I don’t want to feel this way Will you stay with me for as long as it takes Listen my love I didn’t ask to feel this way I’ll come back to you soon if you stay If you want a companion You’ll have to leave my side I didn’t invite all this care Until it was already there I know it’s not fair How I leave you alone Save you so little warmth I'm bearing too much I cannot tailor myself I am not doing so well If you want a companion You’ll have to leave my side I didn’t invite all this care Until it was already there Listen my love I don’t want to feel this way Will you stay with me for as long as it takes Listen my love I didn’t ask to feel this way I’ll come back to you soon if you stay
4.	Homesick 03:37	lyrics	buy track
The virtual world makes me homesick For some place that I don’t know of The stills in my mind bring me The quietest release Take me out to the garden Corralled by a picket rail Rest next to the beds that we’ve made And swallow malted space Was I coded to line like a lemming Wise, I would jump from this hill On the way to be born again Yet, carted down the aisle still Take me out to the garden Corralled by a picket rail Rest next to the beds that we've made And swallow malted space At night I dream of a massacre We scream, down with the capital We break through our chains They can’t hold us this way We scream, down with the capital But will I watch from the window Will I turn on the generator Just to stay comfortable here Take me out to the garden Corralled by a picket rail Rest next to the beds that we've made And swallow malted space
5.	Going Crazy 04:23	lyrics	buy track
Is he alone in the woods Thinking about the darkness Crying while nobody is around Is he cold inside the canvas Imagining Emilia And aching without making a sound Oh I’m already grieving for him I’m already grieving for him He’s been stalling here for a couple of weeks But I’m somewhere else I feel so weak I’m already grieving for me Where is he going after he leaves I see him fighting in Rojava I think about our mom and I can’t breathe What will ease his pain enough I want to ask him what he wants I want to tell him that I’m not gonna be okay Oh I’m already grieving for him I’m already grieving for him He’s been stalling here for a couple of weeks But I’m somewhere else I feel so weak I’m already grieving for me I’m going crazy Take it by the day I’m going crazy Take it by the day I'm going crazy And I wonder why I wonder why he won't speak to me Oh I’m already grieving for him I’m already grieving for him He’s been stalling here for a couple of weeks But I’m somewhere else I feel so weak I’m already grieving for me
6.	Lonely 05:01	lyrics	buy track
She asks me Is there somebody for everybody She’s been sleeping alone for so long Hold me now I’m just as alone as you Hold me now I’m lonely too I kiss him softly The way that I do, eyes are open It’s too easy to play this game with anyone who’ll Hold me now I’m just as alone as you Hold me now I’m lonely too Hold me please I’m just as alone as you Hold me please I’m lonely Comfort feels so empty sometimes Why does comfort feel so empty sometimes Am I even alive Hold me now I’m just as alone as you Hold me now I’m lonely too Hold me please I’m just as alone as you Hold me please I’m lonely Am I even alive
7.	Young and Easy 03:52	lyrics	buy track
All of us Daughters of the fortunate We slip on our silk As we bow to the bitter man I thought That I saw the wrapping What was I expecting I was cuffed as a child too All the young and easy All the young and easy All the young and easy Who can’t scream Keep your head Upon your shoulders, kid, they say So we grow older and older And we cannot see the floor Now I’m just floating I feel so cold when it’s warm and I am number each day Do I have any say in this anyway All the young and easy All the young and easy All the young and easy Who can’t scream Anymore of this and I’ll spin straight into their sanity All the young and easy All the young and easy All the young and easy Who can’t scream
8.	Apathy 02:57	lyrics	buy track
Where is all this anger from Thought you’d be happy just to know me You tricked me with your eager obedience Why don’t you want to touch me Wish I were easy like I used to be All your patience built a haven for my barbarity Now we’re talking at the walls Oh the apathy, it’s killing me You are lucid, I am wandering And passivity breeds stability So I’m leaning on you Do you feel at ease with me I’m your terror and your lover Do you think that I’ll be calmer when we’re older But remember when I warned you That I’d enter, then I’d skin you My heart’s distracted, it’s not in you to find Now we’re talking at the walls Oh the apathy, it’s killing me You are lucid, I am wandering And passivity breeds stability So I’m leaning on you So you wanted to see me Do you like what you see Are you seeing clearly Or am I your vision of me Only a beast could find my heart X3 Only a beast could find me
9.	Devil Eyes 03:28	lyrics	buy track
You are the moon to my devil eyes How could you know that I’d be so blind to you now I’m howling in your ear I am never asleep Never asleep Never asleep Didn’t mean to hurt your delicate blend My sweet blond baby Won’t you kiss my lips while I’m growling Didn’t mean to hurt your delicate blend I hear the clock ti-ticking Am I wearing you down Hold me in the lair if it pleases you now All these empty hours have bred me insane And I’m never asleep Never asleep Never asleep Didn’t mean to hurt your delicate blend My sweet blond baby Won’t you kiss my lips while I’m growling Didn’t mean to hurt your delicate blend Now I’m screaming You are the moon to my devil eyes How could you know that I’d be so blind to you now I’m howling in your ear I am never asleep Never asleep Never asleep Even can be kind with these wild wild eyes
10.	Abel 05:08	lyrics	buy track
Do you remember When I became your jester When I learned I was hollow And decided you were full From the gallery, I loved you I wished I could be you I think I began to hate you When I realized that I made you Abel, do I make you uneasy Able, do I make you feel angry Abel, do you think that I’m empty Abel, do you not think about me It’ll be too late soon, Abel It’ll be too late I made you a monster I made me a savage I assumed you were holy Why didn’t you notice I don’t want this obsession I don’t want to be haunted By a ghost I envisioned When I didn’t exist yet I am talking to god too I assume you don’t know that And maybe I’m crazy But your presence, it made me Abel, do I make you uneasy Able, do I make you feel angry Abel, do you think that I’m empty Abel, do you not think about me It’ll be too late soon, Abel It’ll be too late I need you to see me
11.	Like a Doll 03:11	lyrics	buy track
Pin my hand to the wall And pick my feet up when I fall I am your little doll Put my arm into your grip And place it on my hip And use me as you wish I'll spin on your spindles Round and round and round You own my bones Control my skin And again we begin My life is a board A story of sorts That you create And I am a piece That follows a path To a pre-created fate I'll spin on your spindles Round and round and round You own my bones Control my skin And again we begin Falling Falling Falling Stall me And again we begin I'll spin on your spindles Round and round and round You own my bones Control my skin And again we begin

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released May 20, 2017

Vocals: Katie Solomon
Guitar: Jack Lewis
Guitar: Bredon Jones
Bass: Zach Wulderk
Drums: Teryn Citino-(all songs except Apathy)
Drums: Aaron Schine-(Apathy)

Engineered and Mixed by Nico Rivers
Mastered by Jeff Lipton at Peerless Mastering, Boston, MA
Assistant Mastering Engineer: Maria Rice

We would also like to thank our family and friends who gave us so much love and support and made this album possible.

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