Jewel Kilcher, born May 23rd 1974 is an American Grammy Award-nominated singer, songwriter, actress, poet and philanthropist, generally known just by her first name, "Jewel". Jewel was born in Payson, Utah, to Atz Kilcher, whose parents were German-speaking immigrants from Switzerland and Lenedra Carroll. She and her father sometimes earned a living by singing in bars and taverns. It was from these experiences she learned to yodel, a quality demonstrated in many of her songs. Jewel learned to play the guitar while on scholarship at the prestigious Interlochen Arts Academy in Interlochen, Michigan, where she majored in operatic voice.
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Jewel

Listen, heart
Listen close-listen
2 the melancholy
Melody of your own voice
I am weary of my own dreaming
I am tired of waiting
So this time, I'm leaping

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I reach-beyond myself 2 see
What I find, beyond my mind, there is no time
In this place beyond my sight
My heart knows what is not yet seen
I'm witnessing my own becoming

Lash myself 2 the
Mantle of my desire-I will
Turn from its temptations
But the wanting takes me higher

I am hurting
Oh, I am not yet born
I am the mother and the father
Of what is not yet known

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Darkness surrounds me
I scratch, I struggle, I breathe

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