/

  • Streaming + Download

    Includes high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more. Paying supporters also get unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app.
    Purchasable with gift card

      name your price

     

  • Buy the Full Digital Album

about

This was inspired by a friend going through a divorce. The challenge of loving someone when they're keeping you in their shade and in their rain is a difficult one.

lyrics

Shade

I’ve been stumbling in the dark
Tripping on my words and my feet
And I’ve been hurting in my heart
Wondering what you’re doing to me
‘cause we’re so busy taking sides, so busy drawing lines
and covering our eyes from what we don’t wanna see
and I'm so tired of the chase, I'm so tired of the race
so why don’t you just stay with me

‘cause I will follow you where you go
When you slow, I will slow
And when you run, I’ll be right there beside you
When you say jump, I say how high
I’d push the sun out of the sky
Just to make it night, ‘cause that’s what you like
Though I can’t stand your shade
And I'm so tired of your rain
I’ll stay right here ‘till the clouds go
Yea, I will stay in your shade if you promise to hold on

People get what they deserve
And then they cry because it hurts
And I know you're just a man, but I will do whatever I can
Just to stand where you stand

CHORUS

Hold on, hold onto me, hold on

I will stay in your shade...

credits

from A Thousand Lives, track released November 28, 2021
Jess Novak - acoustic guitar / vocals
Anthony Saturno - electric guitar / backup vocals
Nick Fields - trumpet / backup vocals
Byron Cage - drums
Gavin George - drums
Jabare Mckinstry - bass
Deyquan Bowens - keys, etc.

Recorded at Hobin Studios. 2021.

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

The Jess Novak Band image

The Jess Novak Band Syracuse, New York

Pop, rock, funk, soul, love. The Jess Novak Band has rocked audiences along the East Coast and Novak has delivered from Burlington, VT to San Diego, CA. "A Thousand Lives" will mark her 10th original album since 2013. JNB has won Best Pop twice at the Syracuse Area Music Awards and Novak was named Best Female Vocalist in Syracuse in 2018. ... more

contact / help

Contact The Jess Novak Band

Streaming and
Download help

Report this track or account

If you like The Jess Novak Band, you may also like:

Bandcamp Daily  your guide to the world of Bandcamp

On Bandcamp Radio

Seafood Sam joins the show to discuss his newest album, " Standing On Giant Shoulders".
listen now