Lyrics
The screen-glow on the Formica says it's 3:47 AM.
(deep breath) Elara, it's me. I'm calling again.
Just to say… sorry. The rumble from the passing freight
Shook the whole damn row house, I just… I couldn't wait.
[Chorus]
We built this argument with girder and bone.
I guess some foundations you just leave alone.
[Verse 2]
There's a hum in the wiring, a pressure in the cold.
The same story we printed, then re-sold.
You said, "That's not a crack, it's just breathing room."
A hairline fracture blooming in the gloom.
[Chorus]
We built this argument with girder and bone.
I guess some foundations you just leave alone.
[Bridge]
(Sound of a distant train horn)
No blame runs through these conduits, no breaker's blown.
Just the static hiss of the dial tone.
[Chorus]
We built this argument with girder and bone.
And some foundations… you just leave alone.
[Outro]
Yeah. Okay. I'm hanging up now.
(click)
About Vaughn Kiln
Vaughn Kiln was born in the shadow of Pittsburgh's defunct steel mills, and his music still carries their metallic ring. His father was an ironworker, and Vaughn’s wiry, jagged guitar lines are built on a similar logic of stress and tension. He writes songs in the basement of the row house he shares with his partner of seven years, the metalsmith Elara. These are taut, anxious anthems about…
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