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Put My Heart to Sleep

by The Portingales

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This single was recorded in spring of 2022. It is about the contrast of ones romantic ideals with reality, and the resolution that sometimes it is simply too late to start over.

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My soul in a paper bag
On the corner of the street in winter time
In Michigan at the part of year
When the slush on the road is all gray

Can you pick it up, will you breathe it in?
Let me be the blood inside your veins
Or the gleam in your eye when you think about
How we found each other in so big a world

But I've run too far to get back in the car

So it's best to put my heart to sleep
Inject it while I watch TV
And drift away

I survived the hurricane unscathed
But I'll break down at a whisper from your lips
Rosy as the dawn; full to look upon
It's a weakness that I cannot overcome

But have I run too far to get back in the car?

So it's best to put my heart to sleep so I
Don't delude myself no more
The things I think of when I sleep
They've wandered out the open door
And the paper bag that holds my soul
Is blowing down a country road
And nobody is going to pick it up

So it's best to put my heart to sleep
It is best to put my heart to sleep
It is best to put my heart to sleep
So it's best to put my heart to sleep
It is best to put my heart to sleep
It is best to put my heart to sleep
So it's best to put my heart to sleep
It is best to put my heart to sleep
It is best to put my heart to sleep

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released September 9, 2022
P. Campbell & V. Rose Cieri

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The Portingales are an indie rock band out of southeastern Michigan. Combining stylistic elements as diverse as 1960's British rock, folk, and grunge, the melodic tunes of The Portingales strive to capture both the energy and melancholy of life's most meaningful experiences. ... more

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