Lyrics
You trace the dust on the screen with your thumb, 4:18am.
The group chat, 'Rye Lane Firm,' is a silent museum.
Last message seen, August '19, a plan for the bank holiday.
A whole floor plan for a life you decided not to occupy.
[Chorus]
But you let the light hit your face from the glow.
A beautiful, irrelevant undertow.
You're building a new extension on the quiet.
Happiness as a form of private riot.
[Verse 2]
There's a photo of you all by the old bus depot.
Before they put up the glass façade that steals the echo.
Someone typed, "swear down, we'll be the ones who stay."
Now that postcode is rezoned, a million miles away.
[Chorus]
And you let the light hit your face from the glow.
A beautiful, irrelevant undertow.
You're building a new extension on the quiet.
Happiness as a form of private riot.
[Bridge]
That scaffolding of inside jokes held up the sky.
But you can't live in a blueprint that's built on a lie.
Cecil’s getting new leaves, by the way.
[Outro]
(whispered, stripped back)
A private riot.
Yeah, a private riot.
About Silas Croft
A former architecture student from South London, Silas Croft now builds songs instead of buildings. He uses the worn-down 1978 Fender P-Bass his father gave him to map the emotional blueprints of his life, writing about the ghosts of relationships and the changing face of his city. He still works a day job as a draftsman to pay his rent and talks to 'Cecil,' the overgrown houseplant his…
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