Should I release this song? Let me know what you think! (Don’t miss the twist at the end)

[@marimullan4012]

As a survivor, please release this song. It might save a life. It takes so much strength to leave the person you swore to love and the life you have built together. You pray when he promises as he cries that it will never happen again. Then it does & even worse. It takes a doctor seeing his boot print in your pregnant stomach, threatening to take your kids from you to wake you up. His father was very wealthy & threatened me constantly because I dared to make his family name look bad. I not only had my ex but his father to fight. When you live in a small town and get no help from the people who are supposed to help you, it is even worse. I know now that police are not always safe and that judges are not always for the truth & justice. Hard lesson to learn when you are an innocent young woman with no life experience. I AM A SURVIVOR!

[@skyler1559]

@@marimullan4012 totally understand this. Unfortunately both my boy's went to heaven at a early age. Fourteen year's later I'm still living in his HELL!? JUSTICE SYSTEM IS A JOKE

[@wunderinwyndfeatherakaskje8872]

Me to...hand prints around my neck...😢🤗♥️🇨🇦

[@mascot426]

I'm so glad you survived honey, but terribly sorry you had to go through it . There is nothing good about DV

[@Veda-l4e]

​@@skyler1559you will see your boys in heaven. But for now. God is going to deal with him. Get on the right road. . Move n change your identity. There is help out there!! Pray n God will help you!!

[@Pinecones199]

Well GOD HAS BLESSED YOU. KEEP WALKING WITH JESUS. He is the ONLY way.

[@julieshanks8154]

It took me 30 years to leave, he was powerless all along 😢 We don't know until we go, until we talk, until people know our truth, that we not only can survive without them, but thrive! Release it!

[@mattmccluremusic]

I love this. Thank you!

[@johannamitchell4788]

Love it❤ ❤

[@michelleawe1899]

omg i stayed married 30 years . I left 2 years ago

[@billindawatts5502]

Yes, you should release this hauntingly ,truthful and beautiful song. Very refectful.

[@faithsweeney2981]

Please release this song. A tear comes to my eye when I heard it. I stayed for way too long.. now I am trying to start a new life at 58. My youth is gone, my hopes and dreams are gone. Nothing changed but the clock on the wall. This song is so great.

[@kelleyzelek2128]

Same for me too..

[@theresajohnson8696]

Totally with you on this! I’m 61 and I also stayed way too long. I’ve been alone since 2005 and never remarried. He did. And she left him yesterday. Time moves on whether or not we are part of it or not and then one day I wake up and realize I have less time here than the yrs I’ve already been here and it’s a heartbreaking realization. Maybe someday I can feel something again for someone.. I’ve been so numb so long I don’t know where to begin. I stayed in a state of constant survival mode, fight or flight and self-preservation that it took years for me to realize this… God bless you on your jour bet! 🙏🏼🩷

[@mamaj6028]

No, no, no, your hopes and dreams are NOT gone !! Find something you love, I have gardening, houseplants, learning propagation. I have my pets, I have peace ! You did not leave to be in despair, you left to fly, fly, fly. Find peace and don't let him take from you any longer !! Meals on wheels, blood drives, children in the hospital, find it and please FLY, because your wings are no longer broken ! I love you, we are survivors and survivors do not give up !! 😍

[@Alyrayray777]

Such a beautiful voice and song~ to give hope to someone who needs it@ that point~~

[@halliemccartygiza5215]

I'm 51 and starting over as well 🤗

[@t.wesenberg4554]

I, too, am a survivor. I had my face slammed through a plate glass wall and all the police asked for was an autograph from my athlete abuser. After a years’ worth of surgeries, my mouth being wired shut, I found out I was pregnant and I refused, REFUSED to allow a little one to live that way. I won’t say what I did here but I can say that my daughter is now grown with kids of her own and a REAL man to call dad. I have issues to this day with the wires and screws in my head and face but the surgeons did a wonderful job. I’m happy having survived him and cancer and even happier that we found this wonderful man who loves us. Please release this song. Your voice is our pain! Please tell this story for us.

[@Beth98756]

@@t.wesenberg4554 Bless you and all the others that have responded. I am 80 and also am a survivor. I became an advocate for women of domestic violence.for 11 years I heard stories like yours over and over. A leopard does’t Change its spots. For those still in their relationship GET OUT. The average times a women leaves and goes back is 9 times. Please don’t believe the honeymoon phase when he convinces you it will never happen again. It may just Be the last time before you leave this world. Mine went to anger management. They called me from the group To tell me to take the kids and run because he was on his way home.He left their parking lot digging holes in the gravel. The most important thing I can leave you with is:: after you leave you think you miss him and that pulls you back in. You are NOT missing him, you are missing the adrenaline. Adrenaline is addictive and if you can remember How far apart your abuse happened,know that is when you will feel the pull to go back. Find a constructive way To produce your own adrenaline and stay away from him. The book that brought my self worth up was. “Women Who Run with the Wolves” stories that will help you see the different personalities of the Abuser. I may have been able to get free but the result of being in that relationship followed me for years. Breaking the control even when he wasn’t there. The fear of being found. Thank you for this song and please release it as It is profound.

[@nancysian318]

Absolutely 😢 you shouldn't even have to ask should you do YES DO IT !!!!!!!

[@CarolSue-k2c]

Please release this song, if it changes one life it is worth it!

[@Songoftiffany]

Absolutely! It’s been over 20 years since I packed my 4 kids in the car and drove away for the last time and made it count. It’s hard to leave someone you love and have made a life with . It’s hard to take your kids away from their daddy . There are tears and guilt and pain . But down the road there is a new life waiting to begin . I didn’t make it out of town 3 out of 4 times . Don’t give up . ❤ Keep them coming Matt . Thank you ❤

[@nancygood9238]

You have a beautiful voice, it’s a great sad song.

[@rosewaller3415]

Absolutely beautiful!!!

[@kathleenkaufman4241]

Yes!

[@remnantresurrected8684]

I did the exact same thing in 2017. They no longer have anything to do with him. He chose that. We had to flee for our lives. I've spent the last five years being sick because of all of the stress of the 12 years with him. Just starting to come out of it. Had cancer and was diagnosed with crohn's. It does get better. Just keep speaking life into everything that you do. Keep your eyes on the sunlight

[@wolfmare50]

@@remnantresurrected8684speak life into everything that you do. That feels so powerful. I think I needed that. Different situation, niggling depression and have so much constant tension in my body. Those are words I can fight for. 🙏💜

[@brendagibson3813]

Such a haunting melody. The lyrics…painful but truthful. ♥️

[@bonniegallant6256]

The answer is YES, please release this song. I have been living these words for years now. Why do I stay? I can't seem to find the answer to this question. I guess when I discover why I can't leave I will then be able to not turn my car around and finally leave for good. Thanks for sharing this song.

[@randaperry3610]

If your a Christian maybe you have FAITH in JESUS. You can only fix yourself. You cannot fix them. Maybe your married & believe the words in sickness & in health, for richer or poorer, etc. You don't have to get a divorce. You can split up & let the Lord assist you in getting you back together. If he decides to Take the road of Jesus Christ, you will see the change. Only then will you return. Jesus does not expect you to sit back & be a punching bag, physical or mentally. He loves you.

[@justice8563]

Yes please release this song. A victim of domestic violence I can attest that it’s the loneliness feeling in the world and wanting to just disappear is all that we can think about. Your voice is beautiful.

[@trudyatherton1743]

Yes! Sadly this happens way too often ! We all need happiness

[@nanalefevre3670]

YES sir....put this song out there !! There is someone else that needs to hear this too. Please.

[@lindastout9962]

Absolutely, many women feel this way. Nothing ever changes.

[@wyldchyld1166]

Please release this. As a survivor, this would have helped me. You could save someone’s life with this song. ❤

[@Kim-c7p]

The first One hurt me, The second One will NOT. Yes, please release it.

[@b.tilson5198]

Dear Lord this is profound and beautiful! I pray that victims of domestic abuse will hear this and see the truth and have courage. Please help them if you knew them❤

[@sherrylewis2721]

I love this song. It takes so much courage to walk away.. But once you’re free and get through your breakdown you will find yourself again.

[@jbeatty1006]

Someone needs to hear this ...please release ...it has the ability to push a women to finally seek healing ....please release

[@joysmith1213]

Yes, so many women's story...stuck between fear and lack of confidence...it's a song needed to encourage women to leave an abusive relationship.

[@shadowdancer2131]

Brought tears to my eyes. Don't stop singing. Just wish every woman could find a man with a sensitive soul like yours.

[@Justsobyjan]

You are a gifted story teller . Yes, release your beautiful soulful song!

[@Jezzybel-fn]

Great song. Great voice with loads of emotion. RELEASE THIS!

[@mweatherby2968]

Simply.....yes please release this song. This ending, it happens more than you know.

[@angelhart1111]

I believe this song is way more important than you can imagine. Please release it because there are many of us needing some comfort & strength. Beautiful song 🎵❤️🎶❤️🎵

[@karenmorelli258]

Please release this song, Matt! It's a wake-up call for women to not stay in an abusive relationship! She deserves to be treated with love & respect from any man! ❤

[@andrijanamandlin2634]

❤

[@tammyjones2129]

I'm in agreement 💯

[@albertmack8459]

How do I get out with no place to go, no that gives a shit about what happens to me! I have no money, no vehicle in just my name. I’m 60 yrs old.

[@karenmorelli258]

@@albertmack8459 GO to a Safehouse, they will relocate & they will get you on your feet if your being abused! Or a Shelter, check in your town or next town for a shelter, etc. There are programs that assist you. Stay strong through the whole process, I've been there in 2013.

[@carollennon8286]

A better ending would have been for her to keep going and the last line of the song to be, "And there's more changing than the clock on the wall".

[@dianelegault1690]

This song is written for me and every women that is dealing with this life. Yes you should release it please 🙏 ❤

[@PurpleQueenBatz]

I'm a survivor of domestic abuse. He nearly beat me to death. I was lucky, I found the strength to leave, it saved my life ... He'll never change, but I did. I found me in the end. Wow, what a journey. Now I'm grey and have 2 cats, as it should be. I'm waiting for your album, Matt. Stunning track. Yes, they all need to hear this, please release it, for all us survivors 😊

[@TeresaWagstaff]

Yes, release it. I’d love to have the honour of singing it at Women’s Healing Camps. It’s truly beautiful ❤

[@natasaseslija4310]

Many women will see themselves through this song❣️

[@katportlance9394]

I can’t listen without crying at my age of 61. I could fill an album record for you with my journals from a young child until now. Never been able to tell my story. But this song is a beginning AND and ending. Thank you for these lyrics, song and compassion. 🎀

[@marybethhudson3242]

Please, please release this! Someone out there needs to hear it! Just beautiful!!

[@mamabear6770]

Please release it. Every woman in this situation needs to hear this.

[@brendalayton8561]

You are singing about thousands of silent people. Men are abused too...Absolutely publish this song.100% True words❤

[@cynthiamorris4886]

ABSOLUTELY, PLEASE release this song!! You're singing my story & the stories of soo many women who have been there. Also, for the ones who haven't left yet. WE ARE SURVIVORS!! 💯%

[@juliehagan3853]

Wow, please share!

[@gaylesmarjesse9075]

❤ Yes! It’s sad, but it may help someone to stop forgetting who they are. Relationships should never lessen your worth….if anything they should be a reminder of how important you are, whether in a couple or standing alone. Your worth isn’t measured by what others think of you…it’s measured by what you think of yourself, by the way you look in the mirror and see kindness radiating from your soul. I love your voice Matt…best wishes in your career.

[@okydoughky]

Oh, yes, you must release it. I'm in tears. It's as if I had shared my secret with you and you sang it back to me. You have a gift. Thank you for sharing it with us all.

[@cherisebowers2839]

I feel the same 😢

[@barbarakallstrom9499]

While listening to this for the first time i thought you wrote this song snot and for me. I definitely cried and related 100 per cent. That's why i love your music as well as your voice!

[@trstandridge6502]

Yes please release this beautiful song. It will give someone the power & strength to change their lives & get out of an abusive relationship. 🙏🙏🙏

[@karenmilton1764]

Yes! Release it. Such a well written song, sung beautifully by you. Life is too short to stay. I stayed for 20 years. But thankfully, I did find myself again in the end. As the song highlights...the clock keeps ticking.

[@janetallen5393]

A beautiful song. Domestic violence looks like so many different experiences. It would help so many women to release it.

[@mitchellmays5482]

Definitely RELEASE this song. It will become a classic one day.

[@BettinaDavis-uv9bt]

Yes, please release this song which tells a story to whom so many women can relate to! So please release this beautiful song! ❤

[@nanamonster9233]

Beautiful. I've been through a lot in my 70 years on earth and sometimes this is exactly what it feels like, the clock is the only thing that changes!

[@lianavanderwesthuizen8702]

Sept 2024, yes please We need all the voices we can have to speak up about this.....

[@ohqhcowboy]

You have appeared when people needed you the most. You are spreading healing so hauntingly and tenderly. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for sharing your voice

[@jeanbudgell7015]

Yes please Matt release this song❤ women needs to be respected these days and yes it is a wake - up call for sure. An awesome song and you sing beautiful 👍🌟👏👏👏👏👏🙏

[@nashmanger8668]

Yes indeed. Please release this song; so appropriate. I needed to hear this.

[@davidwilliams2682]

This song needs to be released now. Had it been written and released in 1958 it would have helped my Mom.

[@Naturebug12]

Beautiful. I support those experiencing IPV, mental health, substance use struggles. This could save a life. Powerful. Please release! ❤

[@kgarland861]

Absolutely ! I stayed 37 years . Should've left 1 month in.

[@desireemarion6310]

Please release this. Everyone needs to hear this. From the age of 20-30 I was in an abusive relationship he tried many times to kill me. In front of our kids. My second husband was the same. He almost succeeded but put me in a coma for 7 days. Then he set my house on fire. I just thank God I didn’t go to sleep. That my kids weren’t home. I’ve been dedicated to finding myself, my voice and really knowing that I am enough and i deserve happiness and how to truly love and be loved. 2 marriages separated by 10 years. Both 10 years. 7 years since my second divorce.

[@velenabarr5325]

As a 67 year old female I lived this for over 40 years He passed a few years ago finally got me back this song is my life please put it out and you ladies who feel this way it is aright to leave and get back that girl of yesterday love you all

[@hopeabshire1564]

Wow Matt !!! Yes please you must release this song. How many of us .. women and men feel this way. I am sure the number would be way up there. Love love this song and the way you sing it I feel it will definitely be a hit. Best of luck to ya and God bless. ❤❤

[@sabrinaryan3475]

You've wrote a song for Me & so many Women who Love's the Man who took Her Mental health away. Life to Us are just the Clock on the Wall ! Please release this

[@jorojinnomad549]

Matt... Release!!! everything you put out or bring forth has impact and truth that should relate to millions if not billions of people needing to hear it. May they all ve reached. May you be heard!!! ENORMOUS RESPECT FOR EVERYTHING YOU'RE TRYING TO DO!!!

[@kenkubiak9036]

Please release this song. I have many friends and some are ladies that went through this and survived. This song hits home!

[@melissadavis8346]

This made me start bawling 😭…I left back in 1998 for the last time after 13 years of being destroyed…I lost the girl I was and have spent the last 26 years rebuilding my life, learning to love and finding myself…definitely need to release this everywhere 💜🐝🌻

[@ednamartinez4668]

😢😢😢😢 Me too!!😢😢

[@marimullan4012]

You did it! You deserve love & to feel safe every second of every day. You are truly incredible.

[@ChristineJoyMusic-Art]

Yes, you should release it with a label. It's a terrific song and beautifully sung. I went through life for years with a grandiose narcissist. Domestic violence just about every day we were together, until I escaped. Young women need to hear this to get the message home to them ... those types never change, they don't know how and as in my ex's case, don't want to.

[@sillililli01]

Simply, hauntingly beautiful.

[@chrissyosborne3879]

PLEASE release this song! I am also a survivor. This song is amazing.

[@GretchenNGould]

Please release this song! Im a survivor. This song is deep and hit me hard! The world needs to hear this!

[@carmenayer5994]

I’m a survivor with residual damage, but thanks to God above I’m come a long way 🙏🏻♥️. It’s not just a great song , but so powerful, especially for the ones who survived & stand tall today through it all. ❤

[@darlenebassett-perry5201]

A definite yes, please release this song. There is far too much domestic violence in the world yet most that are abused don't come forward or ask for help. I have a daughter that is living this life & afraid to leave due to being with this man for 9 years. Even with the amount of physical threats, she will not leave him. It has impacted my life tremendously for fear she'll end up coming home in a body bag. I'm so lost & continually wonder where I went wrong raising her on my own. I get that she still loves him, just not the reason why. Definitely not the life I wished for her to have.

[@mommom6637]

I do understand your situation..... really I do. Tears on my face, tears on my cellphone..... My Adult Girl, will Not Change, what's in it For Her????? Buying Her Liquor, maybe a Sandwich or something like that.... She's Mine To Have and To Hold,I Wish I could sit down with you and say just the right things to tell you will Help Her but I never knew what to say to anyone, they looked the other way.....I am Sorry,My Beautiful Daughter.....is really close to me. A Box Full of Ashes,a few pretty cards.... tissues Left Near My Bed.

[@mommom6637]

So,so, Sorry unspoken Life unspoken Love.....A Box Full Of Ashes ⚱️.....that won't grow up 😢

[@janeyjoseph1847]

Yes this should be released, I have lived it and l'm sure many others can relate to it.

[@glenmitchell5982]

You need to let the whole world hear this my brother that was so deep

[@bonniebusby2819]

Please release this song it could help someone going through a difficult situation.

[@loriebrown3222]

Beautiful! I have never heard you before. Yes please do more. 😊

[@AzellLadouceur-dn7vi]

So many of us can relate....I'm grateful through it all that I choose to be better and not bitter. A heartfelt thank you for sharing your soul gifts to all who need to hear it. May it bring healing and courage beyond measure ♥️ .

[@starangel3606]

Yes, definitely! Finally, a song that is spot on with relationship i was once in. Beautiful song, brought the tears to my eyes

[@annenorris1442]

Absolutely soul shattering but beautiful, inspiring words that speak deep in your heart.... Thank you Matt🙏😍

[@barrettemonique9070]

Love it. Great song that needs to be heard.

[@suzannewilliams759]

Please release this song. 💯. This is my story. Married 37 yrs & learned 2 yrs ago of his consistent lying & interractions with other women. I feel used, neglected, lied to, & excluded From the man I rescued, but chose to betray me. Some say I gave too much. I just know my heart is shattered & your song speaks my pain in a therapeutic & very healing way. THANK YOU. 💔

[@JanisStadelbacher-gp8uh]

Yes release it. A lot of women need to hear this it will go crazy in views

[@youcaregifts]

Beautiful voice but sad ending. Hope it helps encourage people to leave abusive relationships.

[@ChadLetourneaurhavoc]

I am with a survivor, and I have lifted her every day of my life with love, respect, and loyalty. We have been together for 35 years, and we are soul mates till death due us part. Love you, Rose. I shall always

[@glendashine9468]

This breaks my heart because it is so true for so many of us.

[@anitaharris9095]

You sing this song with so much sole and emotion in it. Definitely release it.

[@nikkicole2149]

Wow!! Absolutely!! Beautiful melody and haunting lyrics. I've been there as so many of us. Great talent!!!! ❤

[@rayhetherington7989]

Yah cried from start to end with all my heart. The song is so beautiful Yahweh 🎉❤🙏

[@karir7946]

Very beautiful and full of emotion. LOVE IT. Release it. But follow up with a song she leaves. A ballad of strength and overcoming emotional abuse. Spoken by someone who's been there. ❤

[@aundrieamay2836]

I agree this song will help so many still out there in abusive relationships

[@tammyhightower8594]

WOW IF YOU ONLY KNEW HOW TRUE THIS SONG IS FOR ME 😮😮😮😮

[@JanineMcnay]

Beautiful heart felt words been through 4 half yrs this but Glory be to God today I am free Thankyou Jesus Christ 🙏🏼 💖

[@ladypyro68]

❤ absolutely release this perhaps it’ll give more women the strength they need and deserve

[@brendadunham6890]

Please release this song ❤

[@PamelaMegill]

So true please release the song .no relationship with violence do we need to stay in it

[@MariafatimaGomes-nx2dz]

Its a beautiful song that needs to be out there for women to know that they deserve a better life...

[@marlenekondolojy8042]

Yes please release this song I survived, maybe you can save so many people going through it if they hear your song...live it keep up the incredible work you do

[@susanmcpherson9583]

I feel like you looked into my life and just sang my story. I love you for that. Definitely record that. You will touch so many lives and hearts. Thank you.

[@candywilkins386]

I was married for 31 years to an abusive man!!! Thank you jesus for saving my life and my kids!!!❤❤❤ The trauma bond is real , that's why you stay so long!!!

[@maureengallagher3254]

Definitely release this song it may save lives

[@visionsofjesus]

If it can bring tears to my eyes, then it's a blessed song.

[@cath3638]

The story of many. Thank you- yes please release.

[@CarolSwitzer-d2u]

I have lived through both physical and verbal abuse and I can tell you first hand verbal for me was worse. Broken bones and bruises go away but the mental damage verbal abuse causes is real. I will be 60 this year .i have felt this way. I still have not found my true self but i can say i am a survivor. I even lived in my car for almost 2 yrs . Love this song.

[@inezjones7461]

From all of us survivers out here, please release your beautiful song Matt. The world is listening.

[@terrybest1582]

You have a beautiful voice. That song is right. They don't change. It might help someone

[@tammyscraftspace]

Beautiful voice, beautiful song, yes, please release the song. ❤❤❤❤❤

[@sandrabosley8616]

You honestly should release this song. We never know if it will reach someone who needs to hear it, but there may be that one person that it does and may be a form of self discovery that changes someone’s life for the better. Thank You for using your God given talent to touch those who need it most. God Bless, Sandy B. 🙏🎼💞

[@SallyeNail-do7id]

Love this beautiful song. Hopefully, it will help and encourage those who should make the change to save their lives.

[@Janet-ce1ep]

All his music tells my story 1:53 si