Lyrics
The cypress knees on the banks of the Ashley are holding their breath for me.
It's 2:14 AM, Tuesday. I parked the car, I killed the brights, you see...
I wrote a whole script down, perfect syntax, just to get this right.
But every time I dial, the line just goes pressure-tight.
[Chorus]
'Cause your name is a cathedral in my mouth.
A true north cardinal point that's aimed due south.
It's a sound I can't translate, just bow down to now.
[Verse 2]
This is the ritual, I make this drive to recalibrate.
Down the old causeway where the power lines draw their figure eights.
Trying to find the signal in the noise of my own head.
The salt marsh air feels like a pardon for the words I haven't said.
[Interlude]
(Phone recording, a saved voicemail plays—her voice, warm and staticky)
"Hey, just calling to say I saw that weird heron again by the Piggly Wiggly on Folly. You know the one. Anyway. Call me back."
[Chorus]
Your name is a cathedral in my mouth.
A true north cardinal point that's aimed due south.
It's a sound I can't translate, just bow down to now.
[Bridge]
All my life I've been decoding ghosts inside the wire.
But with you, the static is the choir.
Yeah, with you, the static is the choir.
[Outro]
Okay, I'm... I'm just gonna send this now.
Call me when you... yeah.
About Lyle Vandros
For six years, Lyle Vandros's job as an Air Force Cryptologic Linguist was to listen to secrets in a language not his own. Now, the Charleston native translates that experience into a precise, deeply felt brand of quiet-storm soul. His silky tenor and lush arrangements, reminiscent of Luther Vandross, map the uncharted territory of the human heart with the meticulous focus of a cartographer.…
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