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IBD Songs
In this section you will see songs that Jordan wrote about living with Ulcerative Colitis as he shares his story about each song.
The Rain Song- Jordan: "I wrote this song in August of 2006. This was a very low and confusing part in my life. I was still fairly new to the disease, and was having a hard time living a normal life. I was playing in a rock band called, "Sky Walker" at the time. It was very difficult to practice, travel and play shows. I felt like i needed to write a song about being a new 21 year old dealing with a total lifestyle change."
- Is This Over Now?
- Jordan: "This song was fun writing haha. I wrote it in September 2006. At this time I was obviously still flaring up. I was having a hard time explaining my symptoms with my family and friends. To others when they read about UC or Crohn's on the internet, it talks a lot about Diarrhea and having to go the restroom a lot. But that's not it at all. Yes you have to go all the time, but it burns! That's what I was trying to get to in this song. It feels like glass is edging its way out. Your tubes are all swollen and sores and blisters are surrounding the colon wall, as it tries to push it's stool out. Get it?"
- In The Dark
- Jordan: "This song is still hard to listen to. I was very low when I wrote this. Very Confused. This was actually the first song I wrote since I was diagnosed with Ulcerative Colitis. It was the beginning of August of 2006. Our family was on a camping trip up by Mammoth lakes. This was probably the longest three days of my life. The lyrics tell exacully what i was feeling on that trip. It was very dark, long and miserable."
- The Ghost In The Window
- Jordan: "This song was written in October of 2006. I wanted to write a song about how I became to where I am now. With obvious childhood memories to growing up to my health issues. Then there was the woman of my dreams who I met. She is my gem. My reason for living. I do miss growing up playing baseball to making home videos to hanging with my sisters and brother to hanging with the cousins. It's weird how life turns out."
- Deep Traps
- Jordan: "I wrote this song after I was married in September of 2007. I was sitting in the house we were staying at. I was just sitting there with writers block. I was forcing myself to write more music. Then that's when it hit me. My whole honeymoon and my wedding I was flaring. It was like I was trapped. I was so happy to get married to my beautiful wife and yet I was so sick. This song was written for others who have also felt like they have been in deep traps in their life. BUT, I do love my life and love my wife and son. These songs are just a reminder of what people go through EVERY day in the world. I know I write a lot of sad songs, but i really am a happy guy :)"
- An Eagle's Claw
- Jordan: "An eagle's claw? Having trouble understanding some of my lyrics? Haha. As you probably know, I do use a lot of metaphors. It's just my type of songwriting style I have fell into. I love it. I love being able to listen to my songs and go deep into them and understand exactly what I'm feeling at that time. This song was written for my old band, "Sky Walker." It's about the communication process about your issues. In my case this is my disease. How do you tell other people about this? It's such a difficult thing to talk about first of all. Second of all how do you word it with out others getting all grossed out? I don't know..."
- I'm On Fire
- Jordan: "This was a fun song to write. I was in a good mood. Words were just coming out of my mouth. It's about knowing what you have (a chronic illness) and knowing that you cant just get rid of it. You can't "run away." Even though you feel sometimes like your burning inside."
- Blue Tree
- Jordan: "Blue tree is one of my favorite songs. I am so glad on how this one came out. I have this shirt with a blue tree on it. On this tree was little yellow teeth. Yellow teeth? It was just a weird and awkward shirt. When you are stuck in a coma like how we feel when we are flaring, you also feel weird and awkward, I felt like the blue awkward tree on my shirt. I like how it came out. This song means a lot to me."
- Twenty Two
- Jordan: "It's funny that I was just talking about favorite songs. This song is my all time favorite. I think the lyrics explain exactly what I was feeling at this time. I just turned twenty two in September 2007 and i was writing a lot of songs. I was researching a lot of things about UC on the internet. I found this procedure called the "J-Pouch surgery." Everyone who has had it was saying that it's awesome, and they feel normal again. And I was like, "What am I waiting for?" I know that that is the only Cure, but my body just isn't ready for it yet. Since I was diagnosed with my UC, I have felt more mature and my song writing had woken up, and that's what this song is about."
- Rocks
- Jordan: "This was the first song I wrote for the Road to Recovery album. This song is obviously about struggling with my UC and also loving my life as a married man. I have been flare free for a long time now (knock on wood). Since I have been married I have just been so happy. My two favorite days in my life were my wedding day and the birth of Jack, my son. I know God has a place for me down here and I am so blessed to have so much support from my family. This song is about just that. Thank you everyone for relating and listening to my music. It means the world to me knowing that other people like me are rocking out and relating to my music."
About the Recording
Jordan Recorded all of his music in Simi Valley, CA at Studio 201. He plays ALL the instruments, and also does all the singing.Download These Songs
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