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Although accustomed as he was to the freedom of traveling Over the ocean, miles in the air Across the horizon, between home and home Jesse felt neither here nor there. He had a home for the summer and a home for the school year And more than an ocean divided the two Jesse made a success at separating himself Never thinking that he'd want to choose Chorus: Between the shores From which his two parents came Jess grew up a trickster, he took everything lightly And he chuckled his way through secondary school It was his way of keeping the world at arm's distance Underneath he was guarded, confused Two places at once, Jesse couldn't see how to be Stuck on the outside, A nation of one Two many voices, the illusion of choices Jesse took off to wander around Chorus: And Jesse swore He'd take no common trade Jesse succeeded with customs and creeds He'd take on or shed friends like a coat that he wore He'd blend in so well, that friends couldn't tell Until Jesse didn't live there anymore But love caught Jesse the way that it often does He staggered himself, when he bought her a ring She loved him sincerely bought told him forget about That international thing Chorus: But Jesse'd sworn He'd take no common trade They moved to Manhattan to be close to the world On the eve of September 2001 A trade high up amidst steel, glass, and space It helped Jesse to feel settled down Jesse joked he could see from the top of the tower The coast of that country that beckoned him home Limbo he recognized then as his legacy Suspended in air between homes What does it take for a man to feel settled down Does self-understanding bring freedom and peace Does the moment of death ensure an epiphany Do only the lucky gain insight before release Jesse doesn't live here anymore |