Lyrics
This is a kind of prayer
In the kitchen's yellow light
The way his fingers find the pair
He’s chosen for you every night
[Verse 1]
In the drawer by the sink on Southeast Belmont
There's a tangle of futures, a ghost of a want
He pulls out the hashi, worn smooth at the tips
A quiet catechism that passes his lips
[Verse 2]
It's just past nine on a Tuesday, the MAX train hums low
She's tracing the rust-stains, a branching rhizome
He asks from the stove, "Did you want some more tea?"
And the sound is the only hymn she'll ever need
[Chorus]
This is a kind of prayer
In the kitchen's yellow light
The way his fingers find the pair
He’s chosen for you every night
[Bridge]
Some bonds are a mortise, a perfect kerf cut
Some are just knowing which doors to keep shut
[Outro]
The click of the wood. The settling dust.
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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