Jake's Balloon ジェイクのバルーン
Jake's Balloon ジェイクのバルーン
New single every month
This year (2025) I will be releasing a new single each month from April until July, concluding with my first album release in August. Each track will build on the previous to tell a thematically cohesive story. I have spent almost two years in the making of this project and it is really a stepping stone for me into some new musical territory.
I am also honored to have had so many friends help me out with their giftings of musicianship, art, graphic design, and constructive feedback. I am beyond grateful for y’all. I’ll be taking some risks that hopefully pay off and I’m excited to share with y’all what I’ve been working on. I hope you join me on the journey!
Welcome to LIMINAL SPACE
Crossing the ACHERON
Escape HADES
Give this boy a BREAK!
- Jake T.
BREAK!
BREAK!
listen to the 4th single here
Back from the background.
I been on the way out,
so sick of the lack now.
They want me to lash out,
You want me to what?
But I’ll never back down.
I’m fighting fire with patience.
Yet I’m still the one who taking,
All the hits, all the bruises,
Yet they riding the waves I been making.
Give this boy a break, give this boy a break.
Just b/c I showed up late, doesn’t mean I don’t relate.
Separate my heart from my head that’s how I levitate,
Each day I die to myself, I re-
I regenerate, I regenerate,
Give a little more, tired of this give and take.
I don’t dwell in apathy, I just wait to activate,
These tracks are my sketch pad,
That’s just how I illa illa,
How I illustrate watch me illustrate,
You can watch from a distance but I really wish that,
You’d participate. You participate.
Lend me your ear as I deviate.
It’s the return of the most underrated
Underpaid, unashamed,
Got me sprinting out the grave
Night of the living dead
George Romero type of thang
I been on the sidelines
Sub me in into the game
Man, I’m dealing with some pain
It’s unfortunate, but that’s okay
Cause i know where my fortune is
It’s on the other side, i am just a tourist
I’m torn in this cause I been out of music so long,
But my cup is running over
Is this where I should I be pouring it.
They been asking “Where you been”
I’m just like “I’m content”
God is good, my wifey bad.
These phonies could not imagine.
Attack of the clones,
Tryna get a placement.
Not even in the same lane,
not even adjacent.
They run through it chat,
and they copying and pasting
Selling their soul just to get up on a playlist.
Can you hold my breath,
I don’t wanna exhale.
Take two more steps,
Now I’m dancing on eggshells.
Felt like I was stuck in a Time Machine,
From 2020 back to 23,
Don’t ask me for proof I got the receipts,
Just pray that I finally get some peace
lyrics, composition, performance, production, mixing, mastering: Jake Thomas and Matthew Campbell
beta listeners: Ethan Auch
art: Parker Hale
graphic design: Matthew Campbell
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