Lyrics
It's 3:47, the green glass lorry
Is singing its breaking song down on North Street.
Sorry, it's me. I was just, um, unspooling a worry
And thought I'd leave it here at your feet.
[Chorus]
And this is a clumsy repair
A single stitch in the Bristol air
Just patching the silence we both seem to wear.
[Verse 2]
My breath is a ghost on the cold window glass
Where the lights of the harbour smear into a seam.
I remember you said “some threads just break clean.”
It's a memory I can't let pass.
[Chorus]
And this is a clumsy repair
A single stitch in the Bristol air
Just patching the silence we both seem to wear.
[Bridge]
Does the chalk on my boots from the island still show?
Is that why I'm always a guest here? I don't know.
But the distance between us feels woven and grown.
[Outro]
Anyway. I hope this finds you alone.
About Cat Steven
Cat Steven was raised on the Isle of Wight, splitting his weeks between two homes after his parents' divorce: a boat-builder's cottage by the sea and a gardener's house inland. He learned to play on his father's old nylon-string guitar, writing songs to map the emotional distance between his two lives. Now based in Bristol, his music untangles the threads of a life spent in-between, searching for…
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