Lyrics
Kymani lean 'pon di new bus shelter, Tuesday just after four.
Got a white plaster smile where a smile was before.
Him smooth down di collar of a shirt too bright,
Like him plan fi paint di whole city wid him own likkle light.
[Chorus]
Look like a straight line from a distance, yuh see?
But di whole foundation set... off-kilter.
Him buildin' a mansion pon a memory,
An' di rain soon wash weh di mortar.
[Verse 2]
One red rose sweat inna him trembling hand,
Watchin' every minibus weh brake across di land.
Mi see him from di scaffolding, di sun burnin' mi skin,
An' mi know dat kinda hope is a beautiful sin.
[Bridge]
Di spirit level drop, di bubble floatin' sideways in him eye.
Hear him whisper, "Zoe seh she woulda try..."
But di six-o'clock bus pull weh, leavin' dust and a lie.
[Outro]
Off-kilter stone.
Just sit an' wait alone.
About Robert Markel
Robert Markel learned his first chords on a beat-up guitar in a Trench Town yard, taught by the same hands that his mother, Deloris, worked to the bone at two jobs to support him. He became a mason to pay the bills, learning to build walls that were straight and true, a philosophy he pours into his roots reggae anthems. The songs are for his community, for the struggle, and for the one promise he…
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