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Paramount

by Tess Henley

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1.
Good For Me 03:07
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[Verse 1] Wednesday I didn’t feel as needy How can you expect life to be all daisies When there’s always gray? Halfway Stuck in between my feelings Stuck in between the meanings Of what you do and say [Refrain] Seems like every other day You win my heart away. [Hook] Good for me, good for me Everything good ain’t good for me Good for me, good for me Everything good ain’t good Good for me, good for me Everything good ain’t good for me Good for me, good for me Everything good ain’t good [Post-Hook] If you wouldn’t feel the same Then I don’t wanna feel this way for you [Verse 2] Now when I really sit and think about it I can’t complain But when I really sit and think about it I’m calling it vain, there is more to gain much deeper than a Flat plane One that goes on forever This can’t always be whatever Love is not the same [Refrain] Seems like every other day You win my heart away [Hook] Good for me, good for me Everything good ain’t good for me Good for me, good for me Everything good ain’t good Good for me, good for me Everything good ain’t good for me Good for me, good for me Everything good ain’t good [Post-Hook] If you wouldn’t feel the same Then I don’t wanna feel this way for you
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Nothing More To Say 03:29
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[Hook] If you got nothing more to say I wouldn’t know the difference baby If you got nothing more to say, hey Oh I wouldn’t know the difference baby [Verse 1] It’s easier said It’s not often done It’s easy to go It’s harder to run out the door, Out the door, You play to win In one-on-one, I don’t know the score I don’t have no fun With you no more With you no more [Hook] If you got nothing more to say I wouldn’t know the difference baby If you got nothing more to say, hey Oh I wouldn’t know the difference baby [Verse 2] Ooh you like to jump from yes to a no You change your mind and I have to roll I need control I need control Finding your way under my skin I hate to say this could be the end I’ll make my own road [Hook] If you got nothing more to say I wouldn’t know the difference baby If you got nothing more to say, hey Oh I wouldn’t know the difference baby [Bridge] When we lie awake, What are you waiting for? What is on your brain? What are you waiting for?
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Not In The Mood 03:17
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[Hook] I’m just not in the mood I’m just not in the mood for you I’m just not in the mood I’m just not in the mood for you [Verse 1] Oh I’m keeping to the rhythm of the radio Yours is all over the place I can’t be going that way That’s too much weight [Pre-Hook] Don’t tempt me It’s empty Give no fucks In plenty No time spent Ya can’t see me Just like how you left me Hanging by a thread Dragging out the end [Hook] I’m just not in the mood I’m just not in the mood for you I’m just not in the mood I’m just not in the mood for you [Verse 2] And now you’re telling me you like to see me naked Acting like you don’t hear my point of conversation Give it up, give it up, won’t need your hands participatin’ You’re better off cause baby I would have to fake it [Pre-Hook] Don’t tempt me It’s empty Give no fucks In plenty No time spent Ya can’t see me Just like how you left me Hanging by a thread Dragging out the end [Hook] I’m just not in the mood I’m just not in the mood for you I’m just not in the mood I’m just not in the mood for you [Outro] There’s no other way To say I need my space There’s no other way To say I need my space There’s no other way To say I need my space
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Love You More 03:22
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[Hook] I love you more Everyday I love you more Everyday I love you more Everyday I love you more Everyday [Verse 1] Baby I’m ready for the settle down Mmm and I come runnin’ when you want me around Your embrace keeps me safe and sound And I count the days when you’re not in town [Hook] I love you more Everyday I love you more Everyday I love you more Everyday I love you more Everyday [Verse 2] All of the ways you say I’m beautiful And all the praise, too good to my soul You say my freedom is in my control But in the end, it’s you I wanna hold [Pre-Hook] That’s a feeling I wanna believe in That’s a feeling I wanna believe in [Hook] I love you more Everyday I love you more Everyday I love you more Everyday I love you more Everyday [Outro] It keeps on keeping on Yeah your love and my love for your love Keeps on keeping on Ooh I love you Like ooh I love you Hey hey hey hey Ooh I love you
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Two Can Play 02:47
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[Verse 1] Nowhere close to what I dreamed up Not for me or you Woulda thought I’da known by now It’s the way we teamed up Made me wanna be with you Any way two can play, no doubt [Hook] Can we ease the ache, the ache? Forget all that is at stake, at stake? Light the love to find the way, the way Light the love where two can play [Post-Hook] It’s like catching glass in a bottle Bathin’ in the sea I can’t grasp what you’re into Just hope you’re into me Like slow dancing to merengue Stealin’ honey from a bee Never knew if you liked it Just hoping you like me [Verse 2] No getting ‘round it Feeling like a merry-go I been down on my luck, lost route Yeah I wonder what you wonder When I put you through it I been low, gotta pull us out [Hook] Can we ease the ache, the ache? Forget all that is at stake, at stake? Light the love to find the way, the way Light the love where two can play [Post-Hook] It’s like catching glass in a bottle Bathin’ in the sea I can’t grasp what you’re into Just hope you’re into me Like slow dancing to merengue Stealin’ honey from a bee Never knew if you liked it Just hoping you like me [Outro] Hoping you like me Hoping you like me Hoping you like me You like me
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FYI 03:15
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[Verse 1] You’re movin’ on Movin’ on Oh, A different way, oh Til you find it, find it, find it She is gone She is gone Oh, so you say, oh It’s all behind, behind, behind ya [Pre-Hook] Now I try not to get too excited Hide it Hide it Hide it Hi hi hi hi hi hi hi hi [Hook] Oh oh oh I know That I wasn’t the one you chose But I could not stop thinking of you Oh oh oh I know That I wasn’t the one you chose But I could not stop thinking about you You You You You [Verse 2] Screamin’ from the mezzanine Oh no, you got no control No rewind rewind rewindin’ Stretched out like a movie scene A little push n’ pull Gotta time it time it time it [Pre-Hook] You know the heart will always decide it Can’t hide it Hide it Hide it Hi hi hi hi hi hi hi hi [Hook] Oh oh oh I know That I wasn’t the one you chose But I could not stop thinking of you Oh oh oh I know That I wasn’t the one you chose But I could not stop thinking about you You You You You
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Win Or Lose 03:21
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[Verse 1] Is it genuine When you’re questionin’ What I choose to do? There’s no guessin’ when The lesser end Gets to me too [Pre-Hook] But if you run when I run and it’s not too scary If you care like I care, just keep up with me Reimagine the day Reimagine the way we left if you run when I run and it’s not too scary If you care like I care, just keep up with me Reimagine the day Reimagine the way we left [Hook] Whoa Win or lose I know what I’d rather do Whoa Win or lose I know what I’d rather do [Verse 2] And when you found out I changed my mind It caught you by surprise Please believe me I was dealing too That feeling never dies [Pre-Hook] But if you run when I run and it’s not too scary If you care like I care, just keep up with me Reimagine the day Reimagine the way we left if you run when I run and it’s not too scary If you care like I care, just keep up with me Reimagine the day Reimagine the way we left [Hook] Whoa Win or lose I know what I’d rather do Whoa Win or lose I know what I’d rather do [Outro] Oh, you live and you learn But make sure you live and make sure you learn Oh, you live and you learn But make sure you live and make sure you learn Oh, before bridges burn But make sure you live and make sure you learn Oh, before bridges burn But make sure you live and make sure you learn
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Simple Love 03:17
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[Verse 1] I left my keys under the mat In case you need to come back Take a load off while I’m gone I will be home a little later Left the coffee maker out for you if you want [Hook] Ooh, it’s always gonna be A simple love with me Simple love with me Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha [Verse 2] We order takeout then we makeout And pretend to watch a classic from ’92 My favorite hangout is the one with you I saw now and forever I am down for you [Hook] Ooh, it’s always gonna be A simple love with me [Verse 3] Do what you gotta do Whatever that will get you to The place that you been dreamin’ ‘bout I’ll talk it out with you Yeah honey we can see it through And blind the shadows of a doubt [Hook] Ooh, it’s always gonna be, yeah A simple love with me Ooh, it’s always gonna be, yeah A simple love with me, yeah Simple love with me Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
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Paramount 02:44
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[Verse 1] What good is gold If no one knows it? I’ve roamed the world Just to hold it I’ve lived and learned And I learned enough And if I’d have known where you’d be I’d have come [Hook] Into the water Deep to the bottom Down to the final breath of what I have to offer You are my greatest fortune found The paramount Of my love, love, love Love, love, love [Verse 2] And now I know Just what we see in The Northern glow Your beauty breathes it I’ll bear the beam And I’ll fight the foe But do you know just how far I will go? [Hook] Into the water Deep to the bottom Down to the final breath of what I have to offer You are my greatest fortune found The paramount Of my love, love Love, love, love Into the water Deep to the bottom Down to the final breath of what I have to offer You are my greatest fortune found The paramount Of my love, love, love Love, love, love
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Joy Somewhere 04:07
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[Verse 1] Gimme one to remember Wanna swim with my clothes on Not just get my feet wet Feelin’ home again [Hook] So I hold on and don’t let go I need the clouds between my toes Lucky you to see my smile I’m way too shy to be so wild But someway, somehow Someday from now I know, I know Someway, somehow Someday from now I know, I know Joy is on the way Hey hey Joy is on the way Hey [Verse 2] Yeah I’ve always been, I have always been A sunshine dreamer Yeah another misfit, another misfit To the night time sceners Well that’s ok It’s how I glow anyway Think I’ll be a singer for today [Hook] So I hold on and don’t let go I need the clouds between my toes Lucky you to see my smile I’m way too shy to be so wild But someway somehow Someday from now I know, I know Someway somehow Someday from now I know, I know Joy is on the way Hey hey Joy is on the way Hey [Outro] You tame the lion in me Then set me free, yeah You tame the lion in me Then set me free, yeah You tame the lion in me Then set me free, yeah You tame the lion in me Then set me free, yeah

about

Tess Henley is a master of her craft. Taking full ownership of her journey with authenticity as her fuel and fire. The singer, songwriter, and producer speaks from the divine feminine in a way that enriches the listener. These songs are for the heart, from the heart. With her main instrument, piano, as her spirit guide, she provides solace in a time of need like a breath of fresh air.

Paramount is a series of emotions captured on tape, showcasing the process of freeing oneself. The video for "Nothing More To Say" gives us a glimpse into some of those tiny moments between two people - the moments that help you learn how to live with each other, or to part ways; to find that freedom together or separately.

On the record, Henley shares, "Paramount came to be during a time in my life that was filled with extreme ups and downs. It felt like a pressure cooker period and I simply needed to write for my own sanity. In the moment, I wasn’t thinking conceptually at all. The music came together rather smoothly. The most challenging part by far was the life experience I went through to write the songs. As I made my way through the final emotional outpouring of songs, there was a noticeable connection between them.

"'Paramount' started as the name of a song (on the album) with its own meaning inspired by the love my parents have exemplified in my life. Ultimately, the album really became all about the process of the breakthroughs and the breakdowns when going through change. The trials in life, love, and relationships. The never straight line of building the things of paramount importance - fighting for them, gaining them, losing them, redefining them, learning from them, loving them, etc. That is Paramount. Songs for the heart, from the heart...guided by self-discovery and self-love. Paramount is for healing."

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released November 18, 2022

On this record she collaborated with Jesse Boykins III (Calvin Harris, Steve Lacy), Naz (SuperDuperKyle, Smino), Wynne Bennett (Janelle Monae, Goldlink, Haim), Yakob (6lack, Lauv, Giveon), and composer Ari Balouzian (Some Kind of Heaven, Feels Good Man, Gabriels) to create a sonic picture of perspective. It's a gorgeous mix of soul, RnB, and pop, with Henley's intentional songwriting and absolute powerhouse voice at the center of it all.

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