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Holding It Together

from Bullies In The Backyard by Matt North

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Right below the surface
Where a land mine sits
One wrong move
And I’ll blow us all to bits
I’ve been bumping into things
I’ve been spilling all my drinks
My gutter’s overflowing
And I watch while the foundation sinks

I’ve been laying low
I blame it on the weather
I don’t want anyone to know
I’m over here trying to hold it together

I kill them all with kindness
Somehow they come back from the dead
So I keep killing them with kindness
It’s better for my head
I reinvented reinventing
But I still have the same face
My hindsight is fifty-fifty
And I always end up back in the same place

I’ve been laying low
This spell is going on forever
I don’t want anyone to know
I’m over here trying to hold it together

I’ve been turned down, turned away
Turned off and turned blue
Held it together too long
Until it broke off and shattered in two

Man, I’ve had it with this scene
Where all the insults are hurled
I think I’m cutting out on this circus
I think I’ll run off and join the world

I’ve been laying low
But nothing lasts forever
And when I’ve got nowhere to go
I’ll be over here…trying to hold…
Before I get too old…
I’m over here, here, here…
Holding it all together

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from Bullies In The Backyard, released February 11, 2022
Matt North - vocals, drums
Jesse DeNatale - vocals
Stuart Mathis - guitars
Chris Donohue - bass
Michael Webb - wurlitzer

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Matt North Nashville, Tennessee

“I started writing songs in my 30's and started finishing them in my 40's.” – Matt North

Raised on equal doses of Hee-Haw and Soul Train in Champaign, IL, North began as a neighborhood drummer jamming to Devo and Kiss albums in his garage. His father’s family were Scotch-Irish coal miners in Harlan County, KY. At 15, he worked at Farm Aid I picking up trash. He blames that day for pursuing music.
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