New Year's Eve - Jack Rabbit (Tiny Desk Submission 2022)

Growing up in a Texas high school where being queer would get her expelled under contract, Mo constantly walked the line between knowing herself and hiding herself. She was in love with a girl and never said it, and this song is a reimagining of everything that could have happened had she been brave enough to say it. Though this song has that deep pining that is so familiar to queer love, it is also a celebration of the fact that Mo was able to truly find a way to herself, to a community and family that loves her, and to a band that not only embraces her queerness, but sees it as essential to their art-making. Jack Rabbit’s music finds itself at the intersection of indie, folk and pop- comfortably toeing the line between soft harmonious melodies and gut-punching lyricism. LA-based with roots that reach back to Texas and Mexico, Andy and Mo craft songs that intertwine their identities to form a new perspective on love, loss, queerness, home and heartbreak. Follow Jack Rabbit: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/2jL9d... Instagram:   / jackrabbitunes   TikTok:   / jackrabbitunes   Band Music & Lyrics: Mo Donegan & Andy Leon (Jack Rabbit) Elijah Wells (Producer & Synthesizer) Hayden Wells (Bass) Cole Bingham (Drums) Fede Giordano (Audio Setup) Video Team Isabelle Hahn Luke Pengelly Justin Wilson James Choi Lyrics: Hold my stare a little longer You don’t notice, but I falter See standing in my doorframe Wish you’d linger when I called your name We were tipsy at a party You looked so pretty it almost killed me Crowded kitchen, blurry eyes Somehow your hand brushes mine I fantasize that they are holding Though I know the shape we make when we’re sleeping And the way you mumble-talk when your dreaming When you wake, he waits The floorboards are creaking As you walk away With the secret I’m keeping Clock struck 12 I nearly blew it ‘Cause I knew one thing to be true When you asked me who do I love I almost blurted out you 5 years later, new apartment The kind of place I always wanted In the corner, getting high Allie went to get the ice Thought to text you, but I fought it Now I fall asleep in the arms of another With each passing year And each passing lover But I know the place I go when I’m dreaming Is always your arms Still the secret I’m keeping Countdown’s starting down to midnight I see your face, I always do ‘Cause when you asked who do I love I should’ve blurted out you I should’ve blurted you And we’d kiss bodies intertwined Changed after that night Trace the things I’d memorized Finally get to call you mine Little house I know you’d like Get a dog and a new life Hit the chapel on a whim You’d have never married him Things I never said Racing through my head If I had followed what felt right Would I be holding you tonight? Countdown’s starting down to midnight I see your face, I always do