Carrier Wave

from For Everybody And No One by Matt Midgley

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Decided to write you a letter
But I tore it up
I might understand, but I don't comprehend
Why you never stopped

Bought a new bag to go with your shoes
And I filled it up
With sincerities, gratuities, and apologies
But it wasn't enough

No it wasn't enough

If I don't call you, know it's not because
And if say that I love you, know that it's not false
And if I seem distant, know you can't have done more
If I seem like I'm coping, know it's just because

You are my carrier
A carrier wave keeping me afloat
And I know that you walk just behind
Maybe out of touch, but never out of mind

Alone one night I took a drink from the bottle
You never told me off
You took a swig yourself and asked me up to dance
"So sorry! It's over!"

AndiIf I don't call you, know it's not because
And if say that I love you, know that it's not false
And if I seem distant, know you can't have done more
If I seem like I'm coping, know it's just because

Know it's just because

When I lost my mind
When my body fell apart
When the bank got broke
When I broke my heart
When I missed my train
Had to sleep outside
Battered by the rocks and
Scattered by the tide
When I lost job
Couldn't pay my way
When I paced through the night
And I slept through the day
When I lost the roof from over my head
When my face got bloody falling down, you said:

I'll be you carrier
I'll carry you 'til you can find your feet
And when you do, know I'll be just behind
Maybe out of touch, but never out of mind
Maybe out of touch, but never out of mind

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from For Everybody And No One, released April 22, 2018

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Matt Midgley UK

Matt Midgley is a Scottish solo-acoustic musician currently based in Oxfordshire. Some people have said the following nice things about him and his music:

“Matt is a one man sledgehammer of in your face emotion and raw talent”
Mike Dawes, 2014

"highly-skilled, compellingly entertaining"
Guardian Music, 2012

"outstanding guitar virtuoso; excellent voice"
Icarus Club London, 2011 ... more

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