Name: How Much Sadness Can You Swallow?
Duration: P00H02M58S
Description: I wrote "How Much Sadness Can You Swallow?" in response to a particularly disturbing nightmare I had of “a vision of hell” 8 years ago. After sitting with the song for so long it’s taken on new meanings for me as I’ve gotten older; loss, self-blame, grief, new beginnings, self-love and power. I hope it does the same for you.

How Much Sadness Can You Swallow?

by Maya Yenn

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I wrote "How Much Sadness Can You Swallow?" in response to a particularly disturbing nightmare I had of “a vision of hell” 8 years ago. After sitting with the song for so long it’s taken on new meanings for me as I’ve gotten older; loss, self-blame, grief, new beginnings, self-love and power. I hope it does the same for you.

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There's a humming when the dying lamp fades
And the sky burns on a sallow blistered blaze
I woke up alone in a darkened hall
Filthy fingers followed out until the call

And before me a demon rearranging
Like a part of me emptied out in a painting
And I know this man half-lit like a warrior god

But the king is dead
Long live the king
And I know he wants to burn my skin
But how much sadness can you swallow
Before you get a stomach ache?
(Stomach ache, stomach ache
(Stomach ache, stomach ache)
You get a stomach ache
(Stomach ache, stomach ache
(Stomach ache, stomach ache)

Fevered fumbling I grope to grasp glass
Sullied figures gather round in a mass
He slips away and there's blood on my hands
All the doors are locked and then I understand

This is hell and we're haunted by our sins
And again, again and again it begins
Like a nightmare only remembered when it's too late

But the king is dead
Long live the king
And I know he wants to burn my skin
But how much sadness can you swallow?
You get a stomach ache
(Stomach ache, stomach ache)
(Stomach ache, stomach ache)
You get a stomach ache
(Stomach ache, stomach ache)
(Stomach ache, stomach ache)

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released August 13, 2021
Written by Maya Yenn
Produced by Maya Yenn and Michelangelo Dousis
Mixed by Michelangelo Dousis
Mastered by Oli Morgan, Abbey Road Studios

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Independent artist, singer, songwriter and producer, Maya Yenn’s irresistible cocktail of melodic pop and charismatic weirdness combine to produce a truly unique sound with eccentric but accessible appeal; this is the sound of an artist pushing the boundaries of pop. ... more

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