Lyrics
Hey, Sarah. It's me. I know it's almost three AM.
Saw that kudzu vine finally ate the fence on Ashby Street, and I thought of you then.
Funny how something can strangle slow, you barely see it grow.
This phone is cold against my cheek, figured you should know.
[Chorus]
Our thread just went slack, didn't it?
No big storm, no hurricane wind.
Just a quiet unplaiting, the kind that never mends.
[Verse 2]
Remember you said my heart was "a lowcountry marsh, too much damn tide"?
Heh. Well, you weren't wrong. I'm taking the long way home tonight.
I still keep that mixtape you made for the move to the city,
For when the silence on the Connector gets too heavy for me.
[Instrumental Breakdown]
[Bridge]
David's gone. Atlanta's just... Atlanta now.
The sweetgrass basket on my dresser holds a ring instead of vows.
All the roots we braided together, I had to cut them clean.
[Chorus]
Our thread just went slack, didn't it?
No big storm, no hurricane wind.
Just a quiet unplaiting... and I guess this is the end.
[Outro]
Anyway. I should go. Call me if you get this. Or don't.
About Witney Hooston
Witney Hooston was raised on St. Helena Island, learning melody from the Gullah spirituals sung on her grandmother's porch. She moved to Atlanta for love and music, building a life and career with her husband, David, before the partnership unraveled. Now, two years after their divorce, she writes and sings from a small bungalow in the West End, rediscovering her own voice. Her wedding ring is…
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