Lyrics
The crescent moon scar on my right-hand thumb
From a slip of the kanna, the day the silence come
The divot in the drywall behind the kitchen door
The sawdust that outlines where your boots aren't on the floor
[Chorus]
And this is the shape of the winning grain
A hairline fracture in the window pane
I got the last word, and you got the MAX train
Yeah, this is the shape of the winning grain
[Verse 2]
The half-empty bottle of genmaicha tea
The quiet cantilever of the space next to me
The single chopstick in the cutlery drawer
A tenon joint that doesn't fit anymore
[Chorus]
And this is the shape of the winning grain
A hairline fracture in the window pane
I got the last word, and you got the MAX train
Yeah, this is the shape of the winning grain
[Bridge]
You said, "I hope your quiet is worth the cost"
A single chalk line where the whole blueprint got lost
A single chalk line
The cost
[Chorus]
And this is the shape of the winning grain
A hairline fracture in the window pane
I got the last word, and you got the MAX train
Yeah, this is the shape of the winning grain
[Outro]
Just a burr in the palm
And the sawdust settles calm.
About Elliott Smyth
Elliott Smyth's childhood was split between two postcodes: weekdays in his mother's quiet Portland apartment, and weekends in his father's boat-building workshop on the Oregon coast. The divorce made him a quiet diplomat, an expert in the art of observation. He still writes his songs on the battered Yamaha acoustic his father gave him, turning the sawdust and silence of his past into intricate…
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