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The Curse and the Gift

from the nuclear family by Matt Collaborate

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the curse and the gift was written and recored in May of 2020 and finished January 2021.

lyrics

is this what happens when you're old
still not doing what I'm told
a melody I wrote a long time ago

try so hard to be sincere
proliferate year after year
said this was a curse a long rhyme ago

the reasons we can't stop this feeling
wrenching, honing, this things owns me

you could say that it was fate
growing up on my street
I was just 14

you could chalk it up to luck
but it doesn't give it a fuck
it haunts me

it says "Matt, you have to create or else you are finished"
it's just not fair

some may say that it is a gift
a curse that can lift you
out of despair

the reasons we can't stop this feeling
wrenching
honing
this thing
owns me

credits

from the nuclear family, released April 10, 2021
Audio from Bukowski on Philadelphia.
-The Bukowski Tapes (1987)

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Matt Collaborate Evesham Township, New Jersey

A solo project where I do a lot of covers, and originals that I write or collaborate with people.

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