Here When Gone

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I am a woman haunted by hands even though I'm alone  Traces of Palm across my skin  An invisible map of where you've been  It's dry road to Idaho a thirsty tongue across the land  And soil so dry it could swallow an entire man  Took the first road out of town hoping you were just skin deep  But I feel you like some sort of phantom limb  Beside me when I sleep Cause you are here when gone  You are here when gone  You are here when gone  You are here when gone I watch another grey day unfold its dusty wings  Sometimes I wish I were more like rocks and stones and things  Sometimes I wish my heart were not like flowers at all  That way I would not get butterflies when you call Your absence undermines the landscape  Incomplete without your body like a pillar holding up the sky  My body thirsty for your touch  There's no use wondering why Cause you are here when gone  You're here when gone  You are here when gone  Here when gone And some birds abandon the nest  Cause the instinct is too strong to fly  Sometimes I feel like abandoning  My guitar and my books and I'm afraid that I know why  I'm afraid that I know why Cause you are here when gone  You're here when gone  You are here when gone  You're here when gone  You are here  You are here  You are here  You are here when gone Oh, your kiss lingers on my lips  It lingers

Here When Gone Written by Jewel Albums Picking Up the Pieces, 2015 Length 4:44 “This song was never completed until a couple years ago. I was never happy with it. And even then I wasn’t sure until I got in the studio and figured out this dramatically improved arrangement. Thanks to the chemistry between these musicians and I, this song has finally found its place. The poetry and lyric is very unique to my style of writing. I don't recall hearing anything quite like it before, as it transitions from a sort of haunting groove to a shuffle swing.” — Picking Up the Pieces Press Release