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Everybody is a Fool - Single

by Arend Lee Jessurun

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I’m off to seek the place where wisdom hides, and lucky me, I think I’ve got a start, for only fools should think that they are wise, though sophomores and the sages look the part. The more you learn, the less you know, and I’ve sure got a ways to go. I may be the slowest kid in school, but I know everybody is a fool. The Old Soul met the Holy Fool and said, “I’ve come to you to learn your way of life. Oh, pity me, for all my life is dead, and all my peace has given way to strife.” “The fool pretends a thousand ways and dresses in a painted face to try and hide from ridicule, but I know everybody is a fool.” Well love reveals to you your every fault, your broken heart, and every broken rule. Yes, love will teach you how to know your heart, and then you’ll know you’ve always been a fool. And some are fools to fall in love, and some, that’s what they’re scared of, still some may think that love is cruel, but I know everybody is a fool. And I may be a fool for you, but I know everybody is a fool.

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This is the first single in my new project “The Old Soul and the Holy Fool,” a song cycle about relationships and self-realization. As a depiction of the slow process of self-realization, I’m gradually releasing these songs as singles, documenting my becoming as I record them individually over a period of time.

The process of writing, recording, and mixing “Everybody is a Fool” has been at times a labor of love and at other times a fool’s errand. The song itself is at least three years old, has been revised countless times, and wasn’t shown to the public until years after its inception, due to self-consciousness. I recorded three different takes over the course of a few weeks, and during the recording process, re-wrote the lyrics and the guitar part. Then I spent over a month tinkering with the mix, hit a wall, hired another engineer to do a mix, and then eventually decided I would use my own mix after all.

Along the way of making this, I have truly learned some new things about myself. And by serendipity or providence, it turns out that’s kind of what this song was always about.

“The more you learn, the less you know,
and I’ve sure got a ways to go.”

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released April 17, 2020

Written, performed, recorded, and mixed/mastered by Arend Lee Jessurun.
Artwork by Arend Lee Jessurun.

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Arend Lee Jessurun Los Angeles, California

Arend Lee Jessurun (they/them) is a nonbinary singer-songwriter and producer writing sincere, sometimes psychedelic, chamber folk. Their music explores the genderqueer experience and Christian faith through a hopeful lens. Arend's pure singing voice, nimble guitar arrangements, and poetic sensibility have earned them comparisons to Simon & Garfunkel, Iron & Wine, and Nick Drake. ... more

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