Lyrics
The polyester weave of this rental-house curtain,
The sour-milk smell when the power goes out for certain.
The weight of the quarters for the laundromat dryer,
That last Tuesday in May, when you called me a liar.
[Chorus]
You see the grand pattern, the historical sweep,
I see the raw selvage, the secrets to keep.
You sold off the gospel, I'm stitching the proof.
This is the unravelling you call the truth.
[Verse 2]
The give in the heel of a twice-mended shoe,
The price of the gas for this drive back to you.
The phone ringing once, then the silence it holds,
"They belong to history now," as the story unfolds.
[Chorus]
You see the grand pattern, the historical sweep,
I see the raw selvage, the secrets to keep.
You sold off the gospel, I'm stitching the proof.
This is the unravelling you call the truth.
[Bridge]
The warp and the weft of a sweetgrass design,
You taught me the knot, so I know it was mine.
Now I'm pulling the loose ends, watching it fray,
Weaving a hymn from what you threw away.
[Chorus]
You see the grand pattern, the historical sweep,
I see the raw selvage, a promise to keep.
You sold off the gospel, I'm living the proof.
This is the unravelling. This is my truth.
[Outro]
Yeah, the roots are uncuttable.
But the cloth can be torn.
About Nina Simons
Nina Simons was raised on St. Helena Island, in the heart of Gullah Geechee country, learning Bach from her professor father and the art of storytelling from her basket-weaving mother. Six years ago, her father sold their ancestral heirlooms to a museum for academic prestige, and she hasn't spoken to him since. Now, from a small stage in Beaufort, South Carolina, she turns that silence into…
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