Your Closed Heart

from Relics by Matthew James Lyons

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Been riding out another storm
I’d been pushing away since the day I was born
It’s an endless road just to rattle your door
But I couldn’t stay in that town
Where they’re withholding your name now that your not around
I couldn’t bare it anymore

And I’ll never say I’ll ever let the truth get in the way
But until that day
It seems that I’ll always be chasing your closed heart
Until I fall apart all over again

So I got myself a room
Where the neighbouring building was my only view
And a split in the skyline gave a glimpse of the moon
But all my leads brought me nowhere
Closer to you and all your doctrinaires
Hiding behind ideals that I cannot share

And I’ll never say I’ll ever let the truth get in the way
But until that day
It seems that I’ll always be chasing your closed heart
Until I fall apart all over again

And no, it wouldn’t be true
If I told you I was coping
With all these cracks in this city
There’s none that I can pry open
To reveal the pearl I’m searching for within
They’ll only draw me into the darkness
And hold me within

All that’s left is to head back west
Feel the dirt in my boots and the dust in my chest
In the hope someday you will feel dispossessed

‘Cause I’ll never say I’ll ever let the truth get in the way
And until that day
It seems that I’ll always be chasing your closed heart
Until I fall apart all over again

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from Relics, released February 12, 2021
Drums: Lee Carey
Pedal Steel: Jy-Perry Banks
Keys: Andrew Peacock
Organ: Matt Drurey

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Matthew James Lyons Sydney, Australia

MATTHEW JAMES LYONS is a Sydney based singer-songwriter. His tender vocal tones and intricate guitar stylings are a perfect framework for his engaging songs.

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