Lyrics
The rain's slicking Brixton High Street into a dark mirror.
Tuesday, just gone ten, I saw his shape get clearer.
You were back at the flat, telling me about your day on the phone,
While his hand drew a line down the seam of some cheap coat I've never known.
[Chorus]
So do I pull the loose thread now and watch it all unwind?
Or let you wear this crooked line he's stitched into your life?
[Verse 2]
It’s that confidence you love, that made-to-measure charm, innit?
Heard him lean in close and say, "She'll never know a single minute."
The cold from my glass bit my palm, the condensation a blur,
And I'm wearing this silence, this ugly garment, just for her— for you.
[Chorus]
So do I pull the loose thread now and watch it all unwind?
Or let you wear this crooked line he's stitched into your life?
[Bridge]
(Instrumental Break)
[Outro]
The night bus window's fogging up, a grey and hazy pane.
I can't see your stop for the steam and the South London rain.
About Clement Valentine
Clement Valentine’s world was split in two when his parents divorced. He spent weekdays in his mum's Tulse Hill flat listening to Trojan Records, and weekends in his dad's quiet Streatham house, silently learning James Jamerson basslines on headphones. After years bartending at the Hootananny and producing for others, his own music channels that duality. These songs are vibrant, horn-drenched…
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