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Heart on My Sleeve - Single

by Reuben Walton

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I’m back in town, finally free for the third time Look around and there’s so many cute guys And It’s not what I’m here for But naturally, I’m starved Then came you comin’ through the phone line An invitation for fun and rosé wine I thought it was nothin’ Now you got me buggin’ ‘cause I I wear my heart on my I wear my heart on my I wear my heart on my-y-y I wear my heart, I wear my heart Post Malone got me crying in the rental ‘Cause you can tell I’m tryna break it to you gentle It’s all over your face The innocence has all been erased Then the conversation shifts to when I’ll be back here I can’t say when but maybe next year Or the next year Or the next year I’m fallin’ apart as I drive into the dark I wear my heart on my (maybe I'll be back someday) I wear my heart on my (the heartland is a lonely one) I wear my heart on my-y-y I wear my heart, I wear my heart (Bridge) Baby you were my little cherub I had to take care of Perhaps a projection of myself Guess I had some growing up to do Dysfunctional We were so codependent Breakin’ up was a blessin’ to my health Still I hope everything works out for you (I hope everything works out for you) Let’s not forget I practically invented This whole characteristic it’s more than an accessory for me It's just the way I am and I'm not sorry I wear my heart on my (sleeve for you) I wear my heart on my (can't be removed) I wear my heart on my-y-y ('till I'm in the tomb) I wear my heart, I wear my heart I wear my heart on my (sleeve for you) I wear my heart on my (can't be removed) I wear my heart on my-y-y (no matter what I do) I wear my heart, I wear my heart

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This is a song I wrote during Fall 2020 when I was in the dorms at Musicians Institute. The instrumental started as me practicing a chord progression for my Keyboard Essentials 1 class and then I used it for a project for my The Working Songwriter class. It underwent at least three revisions during the year leading up to its release in Fall 2021. Lyrically it covers my sensitivity and a relationship I got into in 2019 when I was living in LA and working at Whole Foods Market in Brentwood, Los Angeles. The emotional whiplash of coming and going to and from LA, and on top of that having to leave my boyfriend behind when I left in December 2019, being a sensitive person, loving LA while being simultaneously terrified of having to leave it for financial reasons, and unexpectedly getting into my first serious relationship in over five years, are just a few of the events that went into my frame of mind when I was writing this song. It's entirely possible that some of this didn't come across. Very often my songwriting process is as much about the storytelling as it is about the way melodies and words sound over a chord progression. Crafting a concrete, literal narrative for the song was not my intention so much as just following my muse.

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released October 25, 2021

Vocals by Reuben Walton
Vocal production by Reuben Walton
Lyrics by Reuben Walton
Melody by Reuben Walton
Underlying chords by Reuben Walton
Programmed by Reuben Walton
Produced by Reuben Walton
Recorded by Reuben Walton
Mixed by Reuben Walton and Arthur Pingrey
Mastered by Arthur Pingrey
Edited by Reuben Walton
Artwork by Reuben Walton, Jordan Gimenez, and John Keon

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Reuben Walton Falmouth, Massachusetts

Reuben Walton is a singer/songwriter and music producer based in Falmouth, MA. He is a graduate of Musicians Institute in Hollywood's Independent Artist program and their Electronic Music Production program, as well as UMass Lowell’s Music Business undergraduate program.
In 2019 he put out a self-titled EP working with producer AVLI Music and is now regularly releasing new music.
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