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Nocturnal

from okie dokie? by Mathew Kerry

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I wrote this song when I was 16 give me a break.

lyrics

I feel your heartbeat shake my bedsheets
Regardless of whose bed I'm sleeping in,

And even when I shed the sheets that shroud me
You show your face in the darkness that surrounds me

Your features perceivable on the crumpled black canvas,
I can't stand this.

If I'm left to illustrate the dark of the room
Then the pictures I make are bound to be you.

If I open my window to release my inability to sleep
I can just about, above the asthmatic air of the streets,
Perceive you breathing in and out.

And how can I respire when I'm forced to
Seal the room in order to escape the sounds of you?

And it hurts my head to get back into bed
With sheets that are colder than you,
And it makes me wheeze to go over these
Words and know that they won't change a thing.

Our death hath murdered sleep.

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from okie dokie?, released October 23, 2019
Mathew Kerry - Music & Lyrics
Robin Melinda Koob - Violin, Arrangement & Performance

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Mathew Kerry Manchester, UK

Heart on sleeve and tongue in cheek, candid and silly, Mathew Kerry is a bespectacled singer-songwriter from Leeds currently based in Manchester. He is always writing and performing, and often forgets to eat.

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