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The stories behind Jacre’s songs, collected in one quiet place. Select a title to read the full English lyric.

01Simple Fools2026
Simple Fools artwork

English

I, I know that I misunderstand
That your words don't land
Like the simple fool I am

You assume that I'm not on your side
There’s something there to hide
Oh what simple fools we are

And we, we're drifting from the heart
Pulling us apart
Too far for me to find the way back home

It feels like we won’t last
My heart is in the past
I can’t, can’t find my way

So please, light a fire
Be the torch that will lead me home
Burn the past
Burn a path that will bring me home
Bring me home
Or you and I will be
Just simple fools alone

I remember what we’d longed to say
On our wedding day
Oh what simple times they were

I, I couldn’t picture life apart
How we’d drift so far
Oh, what simple days they were

But now we're shooting from the heart
Tearing us apart
Too far to find my way

So please, light a fire
Be the torch that will lead me home
Burn the past
Burn a path that will bring me home
Bring me home
Or you and I will be
Just simple fools alone
Alone, alone, alone

So please, light a fire
Be the torch that will lead me home
Burn the past
Burn a path that will bring me home
Bring me home
Or you and I will be
Just simple fools alone
Just simple fools alone
02Don’t Take the World Away2025
Don’t Take the World Away artwork

English

We had something
In my head, we were stronger every day
All that loving
All those careful whispers blown away
You'll haunt all my nights
And you’ll steal all my days

Oh, of course it’s for you to choose
But remember that it’s not just you I lose
You take the world away

I will try to change
Into someone you believe in enough to stay
Don’t take the world away
Don’t take the world away
You’ll take my world away
Don’t take the world away

Am I nothing
Just a toy that it's time to put away
Am I mistaken?
Did I imagine the sadness in your face?
You'll haunt all my nights
And you’ll steal all my days

Oh, of course it’s for you to choose
But remember that it’s not just you I lose
You take the world away

I will try to change
Into someone you believe in enough to stay
Don’t take the world away
Don’t take the world away
You’ll take my world away
Don’t take the world away

I can't bear to lose you
Can't imagine how to care without you
I'll lose more than sleep without you
I'll drift without you
Make no sense without you

Oh, of course it’s for you to choose
But remember that it’s not just you I lose
You take the world away

I will try to change
Into someone you believe in enough to stay
Don’t take the world away
Don’t take the world away
You’ll take my world away
Don’t take the world away
03Break My Heart Tomorrow2026
Break My Heart Tomorrow artwork

English

Too late for the tears to start
Too tired to let you break my heart
Need sleep to take me now
Take me to the dark and hold me

Nowhere for my mood to fall
No way you can pull me further down
I just need to pause us now
Pause us till the morning

I need one more night
One more night

And you can break my heart tomorrow
Break my heart tomorrow
Take me apart tomorrow
Break my heart tomorrow

Let’s hope we can work it out
Let’s hope some sleep will calm me down
No way I can do this now
Do this till the morning breaks me

It's so hard not to see the light
So tough when I know you're always right
I can't take more judgement now
Leave it till the morning

Give me one more night
One more night

And you can break my heart tomorrow
Break my heart tomorrow
Take me apart tomorrow
Break my heart tomorrow

When morning comes
I’ll take what’s due to me
Do your worst to me
I bow my head as one by one
The curtains fall for us
The play is done for us
For us, for us

Too late for the tears to start
Too tired to let you break my heart
I need sleep to take me now
Take me to the dark

And give me one more night
One more night

And you can break my heart tomorrow
Break my heart tomorrow
Break my heart tomorrow
04A Place You’ll Never Go2023

English

Just behind you
There's a place you'll never go
Here beside you
Is a love you'll never know
Somewhere in your past there was a time for me
Sometimes in your smile I see a hope for me

So I'll hold on to the feeling
The words that I have held back so far
And as you turn to meet him
I know that deep inside your heart of hearts
Is a place I'll never go

Here beside you
Is the friend you thought you knew
I have to hide the truth
That the songs were all for you
Sometimes when we part I see you glance at me
I know that you see the hidden heart of me

So I'll hold on to the feeling
The words that I have held back so far
And as you turn to meet him
I know that deep inside your heart of hearts

I take your smile and hold it close
And as you turn to go
I still hold on

To the feeling
The words that I have held back so far
And as you turn to meet him
I know that deep inside your heart of hearts
Is a place I'll never go
05Always Here2021

English

Call me when you reach the other side
Tell me when you’ve seen the light, seen a better way
Maybe far from here there is a heaven just for you
Call me when you’re there

Call me if you ever change your mind
Tell me if you change your idea of heaven
Somewhere in your mind there is a place you’d rather be
Call me when you’re there

Call me when you care again
Tell me when you’re healing
I’ll be here, always here

You told me of the darkness deep inside
Held me like a light to burn away your shadows
Turned to me when evening came but only came for you
Showed me how to care

You told me that our world would never end
Held me like there’d never be another lover
But somewhere in your mind there is a place you’d rather be
Call me when you’re there

Call me when you care again
Tell me when you’re healing
I’ll be here, always here
Tell me when you need me
I’ll be here, always here

Holding the light for you
Holding my heart
Till the shadows give way
Till you call me
I’m always here

Call me when you care again
Tell me when you’re healing
I’ll be here, always here
Tell me when you need me
I’ll be here, always here
06Walk Forever2024

English

I don't need your world to turn round me
I'm not asking much at all
I don't need the sun to shine from me
That's not what I'm asking for

I don't need to know you're missing me
A hundred times a day
Don't need cards
I don't need letters
Shouldn't have to ask at all, but oh

If you care at all
I need to know right now
Cause if I carry on this lonely path
I know that I'll just walk forever

We've had long enough
For me to ask for hope
And if I carry on this lonely path
I know that I'll just walk forever, forever

I don't need to be the only one
The ideal man for you
You don't need to write me poems
Just a kindly word will do

I don't need undying promises
I don't need undying love
Don't need cards
Or scented letters
Shouldn't have to ask at all but oh

If you care at all
I need to know right now
Cause if I carry on this lonely path
I know that I'll just walk forever

We've had long enough
For me to ask for hope
And if I carry on this lonely path
I know that I'll just walk forever, forever

I need more than careful whispers
Let’s have no more hints and guesses
Oh, the time has come to see behind your smile
I’m too tired, I’m too old
Can’t believe that I have to ask at all

If you care at all
I need to know right now
Cause if I carry on this lonely path
I know that I'll just walk forever

We've had long enough
For me to ask for hope
And if I carry on this lonely path
I know that I'll just walk forever, forever
07When the Lights Go Out2020

English

It’s not enough
To have your love
It’s not enough to know you care

I’m not ok
With staying strong
It’s not ok just to know you’re there

When every day
Means one more night
Every day

When the lights go out
I’ll be lonely for you
Lonely for your love
When the lights go out

And when the morning comes
I’ll be on my way
We won’t be alone again
When the lights go out

When every hour
Means losing time
And every night is stretching thin

It’s all the days
You’re on my mind
And being told I can’t give in

Oh every day
Means one more night
Every day

When the lights go out
I’ll be lonely for you
Lonely for your love
When the lights go out

And when the morning comes
I’ll be on my way
We won’t be alone again
When the lights go out

Maybe I’m just weak
‘Cos it’s been oh so tough
Thought I was more contained
Thought I was strong enough
The hours are stretching out
The walls are closing in
And I know

When the lights go out
I’ll be lonely for you
Lonely for your love
When the lights go out

And when the morning comes
I’ll be on my way
We won’t be alone again
When the lights go out
08With You2022

English

If I could choose anywhere to be
I’d stay right here with you
With the love back in your eyes
In your smile
The sunlight in your hair

Standing here with you again
Like a dream
Starting up our lives again

After all we said and did, oh love
Those days we won’t forget
Please forgive the bitterness
The stinging of your tears
My season of regret

Lying here with you again
Like a dream
Hoping I can always be
With you

I used to sit and think of you, think of us
The way we used to be
When after all our summer days
Our stolen autumn nights
The winter cold set in

But living here with you again
Like a dream
Knowing I will always be
With you

Living here with you again
Knowing I will always be
With you

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