Lyrics
Clara counts the seconds by the Sub-Zero's hum
Thursday, 4:17, and her hands are goin' numb
She polishes the dust from a silver-plate frame
Tracin' the face of a man who don't know her name
[Chorus]
This ain't a breakdown, it's just a bend
In the strata of a hurt that refuses to end
Some geology of sorrow, a fault line so deep
It's a promise you're too damn angry to keep
[Verse 2]
The kid's empty bedroom smells of video games
And some laundry soap with a clean-cotton name
She pictures her brother, kickin' boots by the door
"Sis, one day we'll live where we don't have to sweep the floor"
[Chorus]
This ain't a breakdown, it's just a bend
In the strata of a hurt that refuses to end
Some geology of sorrow, a fault line so deep
It's a promise you're too damn angry to keep
[Bridge]
Calle Hidalgo, the heat off the stone
Pan dulce and gasoline, never alone
El rio no es una linea, es una vena abierta
Su abuela cantando, la puerta despierta
[Outro]
Clara counts the seconds by the Sub-Zero's hum
Taps her thumbnail on the glass 'til the feeling comes
About Townes Van Roy
Townes Van Roy was born between two worlds in Del Rio, Texas, to a Border Patrol agent father and a mother from Ciudad Acuña, Mexico. He learned to speak Spanish in his grandmother’s kitchen near a specific panadería on Calle Hidalgo and learned about heartbreak when the border separated his own family. After dropping out of high school, he picked up his father’s old Yamaha nylon-string and…
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