Lyrics
I'm the west-facing wall, just a skeleton of pine,
Your blue chalk line is fading on my second stud line.
It's Tuesday, past seven, the tree frogs are a choir,
And Sam’s framing hammer is resting on a sawhorse near the fire.
[Verse 2]
The air still holds the echo of a word you didn't choose,
Just the scrape of his boot heel, an unspoken truce.
"The joint's not square," he muttered, thumbing at the grain,
A small lie to cover the sound of the coming rain.
[Verse 3]
You ran your palm across my wood, feeling for a splinter's bite,
As the last of the sun bled out, a weak and rusty light.
Now the moonvine is crawling up the sill where I will be,
And I'm holding the distance between the nail, the wood, and you.
[Verse 4]
I'll learn to bear the weight of glass, the winter's heavy hand,
I'll learn the subtle shift and groan of this stubborn piece of land.
And I'll hold this quiet afternoon, a secret in my frame,
The day the water on the sill knew both your goddamn names.
About Kara Dalton
Kara Dalton was born in the Arkansas Ozarks and never saw a reason to leave. She plays the same cracked 1950s 12-string guitar her grandfather taught her on, its sound as raw and resonant as the hollows she calls home. She and her partner Sam, a stonemason, are slowly rebuilding an old cabin by hand on a piece of land backing up to the national forest. These songs are written on the porch after…
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