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Vincent van Gogh passed away July 29th, 1890,
“Vincent’s Letter” was released July 29th, 2020
I figured there’s no better time than 130 years later…
When I was very young, I had dreams about his paintings.
His paintings inspired a deep love in me for art at an early age, and I wanted to be a painter like him
Music won me over, but I remember being about 10 or so - when I first started playing music a lot - and I promised this self-portrait painting of Van Gogh that I’d write a song (or several) for him that a lot of people would hear. Yea I made a verbal promise to a painting.
It wasn’t the first or last time... I was a weird kid.
The funny thing is? This isn't even Van Gogh, as I much later found out. It's "Dr. Gatchet", who was a physician who was treating Van Gogh. Vincent painted him, and they actually look a lot alike! But I made the promise to this painting, so here it is
I hope you enjoy it
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Vincent’s Letter
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home, it’s a little loud
a love breaks me down every day
a little more, she comes & slips away
my love hurts me now
a little more every day
love simply breaks me down,
a little more every day
I’m hearing you crying inside,
why don’t you look outside and find yourself?
I’m trying every day, a little more in every way
my heart, my hands are sleepy
my foot is stomping on the paint
a little love, colors break my heart
a little more every day,
a little love, comes in breaks my heart
a little more every day
a little love, cousin, breaks my heart
a little more every day
my home, will you break me down?
a little more every day
our love, cousin, breaks me too
a little more every day…
a little home, my!…
crazies out of the sky!
it’s a yellow one!
I’m wondering why?
I got my heart beating still
mixed together with the colors that spill
I got my heart cousin
a little more every day
heavens harps, cousin, come to break me down
a little more every day