"Next Heartbreak" is about finding out just how much hardship one can get through in life, and appreciating the calm before the inevitable next storm arrives. Fun stuff.
lyrics
written by Slaid Cleaves, Rod Picott
I saw it comin' but it came down hard as a stone
Laid my brother down in his grave
We had one last whiskey over his bones
He was a fighter but he knew he was facing the end
Hope I'm as brave when it comes my time
And we're gathered round the bedside again
I don't wonder 'bout it anymore
Now I know how much a heart can take
I count my blessings and I carry on
Until the next heartbreak
I hold my wife a little closer now in the dark
I say a prayer for the ones I know
Who make it through the night with just one heart
Got through the hard times, boxed 'em up in the past
Back to the living, back to sunny days
But we're old enough to know it won't last
I don't wonder 'bout it anymore
Now I know how much a heart can take
I count my blessings and I carry on
Until the next heartbreak
[instrumental]
You chop wood, carry water, should be simple enough
Till your down on your knees, looking up
At the sky with a fear that you’re not that tough
All is quiet now, but the mind races on
Reach for the bottle on the old nightstand
Good times keep rolling along
I don't wonder 'bout it anymore
Now I know how much a heart can take
I count my blessings and I carry on
I don't wonder 'bout it anymore
Now I know how much a heart can take
I count my blessings and I carry on
Until the next heartbreak
credits
from Together Through the Dark,
track released January 13, 2023
Slaid Cleaves: lead vocals, acoustic guitar and harmonica
Pat Manske: drums and percussion
Scrappy Jud Newcomb: electric and acoustic guitars, bass guitar, and Hammond B-3 organ
Produced by Scrappy Jud Newcomb
Recorded by Pat Manske at The Zone, Dripping Springs, Texas
Mixed by Chaos Theory with Slaid Cleaves
Mastered by Alex McCollough at True East Mastering, Nashville, Tennessee
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1st time i heard DeathWish, i turned it off.
felt rushed, not the Isbell i've come to admire. really grab'd me when i took time to listen on the 2nd try. the writing on these songs stopped me in my tracks more than once. raw talent with just enough polish in the delivery.
thankyou Jason + 400 for another keeper swirlingmadness
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