Friend from Extended Layover by Mingjia Chen & James Fernando

i, with eyes opened wide
trapped inside a paradox
a box i can’t break through

seeing there is you
someone i don’t know at all
but still i love

because there’s none else you can do
nothing you can run away from
that won’t come back to you

gone, faces looking long
now that summer’s swept you up
and took off with the dawn

did you leave your note
in the barren trees
and smell of apples in decay?

when the sun burns grey
and the hour hand stops its spinning
will you come back to stay?

your arms are made of sand
if the truth is ever-changing
then i won’t pretend

i want to be your friend
and drift away
like paper sailboats off into a storm
with only arms to keep us warm

i want to be your friend
i want to be your friend

• Jazz
• duo
• improvisation
• original music
• piano
• voice
• Toronto