Lyrics
The spare Peugeot key on the bent brass hook
Hasn't caught the light since the afternoon you took
The last ferry out. I watch you trace the lion's head
With your thumb, unwriting every word we said.
[Chorus]
It isn't letting go, is it now?
It's just weaving the silence into the house.
[Verse 2]
"It's only a bit of metal," you say, your voice is frayed,
"A promise the rust has already unmade."
The kitchen smells of damp wool and old tea from the pot,
A tangled knot of every battle we fought.
[Chorus]
It isn't letting go, is it now?
It's just weaving the silence into the house.
[Bridge]
So take it down, go on, unhook the ghost,
We'll darn this quiet, you and I, at most.
[Outro]
The clink in the drawer, a final, soft seam.
Just that.
About Cat Steven
Cat Steven was raised on the Isle of Wight, splitting his weeks between two homes after his parents' divorce: a boat-builder's cottage by the sea and a gardener's house inland. He learned to play on his father's old nylon-string guitar, writing songs to map the emotional distance between his two lives. Now based in Bristol, his music untangles the threads of a life spent in-between, searching for…
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