Matthew Maruna

(Music and Lyrics: Matthew Maruna) 

I've been traveling on this sea of love for so long 

I Don't know if the turns I take are right or wrong 

But when I see you 

I will pour my heart out 

52 hurts is the song that I sing 

52 hurts that won't mean a thing 

Cause you'll never hear the song I sing only for you 

And so we drift apart 

I'll keep on trying everyday 

I'll keep on trying in every way 

And one day you'll hear me 

And it will be love 

52 hurts is the song that I sing 

52 hurts that won't mean a thing 

Cause you'll never hear the song I sing only for you 

And so we drift apart 

I can feel the pull of the universe 

Bringing us together 

If only you could hear the words I sing so clear 

We could share forever 

So let's fall in love 

Let's fall in love 

52 hurts is the song that I sing 

52 hurts that meant everything 

Cause you finally heard the song I sang only for you 

As we swim away together

(Music and Lyrics: Matthew Maruna) 

And so another chance has come and passed 

The opportunity could be the last 

You'd talk yourself out of a room of gold 

The reasons why I do not seem to hold 

Just take the chance that stands before you now 

Don't let yourself get lost inside your mind 

Every horse you're gifted you look it right in the mouth 

You search, you strive, you try to find anyway out 

Instead of taking things they way that they are 

You stop yourself before you get too far 

Just take the chance that stands before you now 

Don't let yourself get lost inside your mind 

In the daylight you can't hide away 

From all the indecisions you have made 

When the twilight comes and you look upon your day 

I hope you took the chances that were placed upon your plate 

Cause you don't know when their coming round again 

And I will hope you start to live again 

In the daylight 

You sit and listen to the raven quoth nevermore 

Instead of getting up and walking right out the door 

Don't let the fear take over yourself 

Just let the light shine through everyday 

Don't hold yourself back from the things you are afraid 

Embrace your life don't let it pass away 

Just take the chance you are given everyday 

It's time to change your ways 

It's time to start again 

When the twilight comes and you look upon your day 

I hope you took the chances that were placed upon your plate 

Cause you don't know when their coming round again 

And I will hope you start to live again 

In the daylight

(Music and Lyrics: Matthew Maruna) 

For years I've been afraid of letting go 

Thinking that you loved me so 

But now I see the truth so clear 

It has been you who's kept me low to the ground 

It's time 

For me to break away 

From all the lies and webs you spin 

That you have kept me in for so long 

So go far away from me 

Let me free so I can be 

The truest form of me I've ever known 

And now it's anchors away 

Breaking free from all chains 

That bind me to the ground 

It's you who's kept me down for so long 

And when I'm finally free 

No one's going to stop 

The heights I can achieve 

It's so hard to believe 

I was so blind 

I don't know how I could not see 

The fool that you had molded me into now 

The wool so thick over my eyes 

I'd follow blindly everywhere you'd show 

It's time 

For me to break away 

From all the lies and webs you spin 

That you have kept me in for so long 

So go far away from me 

Let me free so I can be 

The truest form of me I've ever known 

And now it's anchors away 

Breaking free from all chains 

That bind me to the ground 

It's you who's kept me down for so long 

And when I'm finally free 

No one's going to stop 

The heights I can achieve 

It's so hard to believe 

I was so blind 

You don't know how much it means 

To have clear sight of everything before 

And now that I can see the truth 

The games you played were just a ruse 

To make me your pawn 

Just go far away from me 

I don't need you

(Music and Lyrics: Matthew Maruna) 

Hello little Winston 

Welcome to this world 

There's no need to cry

 It's gonna be alright 

You know little Winston 

Your eyes so big and brown 

Let them always see the good around 

And there will come a time

 When life gets you down so low 

That you want to give up and you want to give in 

Just know.....That you are not alone 

My friend little Winston 

This life is yours to live 

So take it by the hand 

And don't look back 

And there will come a time 

When life gets you down so low 

That you want to give up

You want to give in 

Just know

That you are not alone 

So don't hold back 

Goodnight little Winston 

On your first day in this world 

The full moon's shining bright 

As I'm sure you will

(Music and Lyrics: Matthew Maruna) 

I don't know where, or how, or when 

I don't even know where to begin 

All that I know is in my heart 

And you are the place where it all starts 

I often make a mess of things 

I get in the way more than I should 

If somehow the stars align for me 

Please let me know the words to say 

I've got to tell you everything I feel 

Before the moment's gone 

I've got to show you this is something real 

Before the moment's gone 

Cause time is short

 And if I don't move fast 

I'll lose my chance

 At love that always lasts 

The time has come 

To tell you how I feel 

Back when I was but just a child 

I dreamt of love so pure and wild 

My broken heat gave up the fight 

Until there was you and I saw the light 

With you I saw the light 

I've got to tell you everything I feel 

Before the moment's gone 

I've got to show you this is something real 

Before the moment's gone 

Cause time is short 

And if I don't move fast 

I'll lose my chance 

At love that always lasts 

The time has come to tell you how I feel 

I can't explain this yearning in my heart 

I don't know what I am to do 

The strongest feeling that I've ever known 

I don't know how to get to you 

If you could give me a sign something 

To show me that I'm not crazy 

I've got to know if this is something real 

It's been some time since I was born 

And before too long I will have died 

Whatever time left on earth that's mine 

I need it with you here by my side

With you here by my side

(Music and Lyrics: Matthew Maruna) 

Sitting underneath the summer sun 

Staring up at the clear blue sky 

Everyone left to see the cool new band 

But we stayed and we watched 

As The Tragically Hip poured out their souls 

They played hard and they kept on growing 

Those who stayed we saw them glowing 

And in this moment I realized 

Not to give up the fight 

When the sun won't shine and there's no light left to guide 

You've got to keep pushing and find a brand new sky 

When the moon won't glow 

And the tide stays low 

You've got to keep pushing 

until the seas do rise 

No ones gonna tell you what is right 

You've got to follow your own soul 

On the stage I sing my song for you 

Emotions pour from the deepest part of my bones 

But you and I we know that your not listening 

I'm just some background noise that keeps on getting in your way 

But I believe in what I'm doing 

That it is just and it is right 

One day I know you will be listening 

As I play on into the night 

When the sun won't shine and there's no light left to guide 

You've got to keep pushing and find a brand new sky 

When the moon won't glow 

And the tide stays low 

You've got to keep pushing 

Until the seas do rise 

No ones gonna tell you what is right 

You've got to follow your own soul 

And when you feel like giving up 

And it seems all hope is lost 

You've got to keep on chasing your biggest dreams 

And bring those dreams to life 

Let the sun shine 

Let the sun shine 

Let the sun shine down on me 

When the solstice brings you light 

You've got to follow where it goes 

And when there's darkness all around 

You've got to follow your own soul

(Music and Lyrics: Matthew Maruna) 

Got the news today

That your time on Earth was through 

The memories play through my mind 

As I remember you 

It's so hard to believe 

That your story's at an end 

So I raise my glass up high 

And toast to you my friend 

Here's to hoping that you're in a better place 

Here's to hoping one day again I'll see your face 

When they write down the words of the history before 

They will not write your name, your tales, or your lore 

And they will never know how much you truly meant to me 

And everyone you touched 

You were a special being 

And I know they'll never be......be another you 

A week's gone by and still I try 

To make some sense of this 

The questions come like, why you now 

With so much more to give? 

Thinking back on good times 

When we laughed the days away 

And thinking about tomorrow 

And how everything has changed 

When they write down the words of the history before 

They will not write your name or tales of your lore 

They will never know how much you truly meant to me 

And everyone you touched 

You were a special being 

And I know they'll never be......be another you 

It's hard to write these words down 

It's hard to let you go 

It's hard to go on knowing 

That our time can be no more​ 

I'll think about you often 

All the things you should have been 

The stamp you made in my life 

Like a blessing in the wind 

And I know they'll never be....another you 

When they write down the words of the history before 

They will not write your name or tales of your lore 

They will never know how much you truly meant to me 

And everyone you touched 

You were a special being 

And I know they'll never be......be another you