Name: The Laughing Heart
Duration: P00H05M34S
Description: the laughing heart was written and recorded in May of 2020 and finished in January of 2021.

The Laughing Heart

from the nuclear family by Matt Collaborate

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the laughing heart was written and recorded in May of 2020 and finished in January of 2021.

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underwater in the night
you'll be gone before it comes

lamb to slaughter
you're the first one in the line
you'll be gone before it comes

Cain and Abel
don't hurt The Baby
they were only having fun

we're mature now
out of the house
we can be like everyone

suffocated
breath is bated
you had better watch your tongue

underwater in the night
I'll be gone before it comes

there's no turning back
i'm on the attack
I'm stretching my neck
I've got to keep breathing

I don't want to drown
I want to be found
I can't just lie down
I've got to keep screaming

deep in my gut
I want to give up
I know that I'm stuck
and no one believes in me

in this case
I'm in a dark place
I realize my fate:
only I can save me

break the cycle of abuse
block that fist before it comes

i'm nothing like you
that's what I like to tell myself
Time Bomb, here it comes

hold my breath to count to 10
gotta breathe before I drown
keep breathing

I've got to keep breathing
I only know that I can save me

I'll be gone before the dark
off to find my soul and spark
in the morning sings the lark
deep inside my laughing heart

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from the nuclear family, released April 10, 2021
Audio from Tom Waits reading "The Laughing Heart" By Charles Bukowski.

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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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