Lyrics
The Sohmer upright in the parish hall
Has got a key that sticks on G since fall.
Your knuckles white against the yellowed bone,
A low C humming like a dial tone.
[Chorus]
The Sohmer's Thumb, a little copper lie,
Trace the gilt 'S' before the dice can fly.
They say a gear strips somewhere in the night,
But the odds shift just a little in your light.
[Verse 2]
"It's just for fun," I say, "a little rust-belt lore,"
The smell of felt and polish on the floor.
We got the rent riding on the nine-o-five,
Let's put our faith in something half-alive.
[Instrumental Break]
[Bridge]
Later on, I'm listening for the sound,
A loose spoke rattling on the frozen ground.
Did a *sprocket* slip? Did a spring come *loose*?
Just a little payment for the truce.
[Outro]
The kitchen clock is ticking out of phase.
Did we win? I can't remember these days.
About Vaughn Kiln
Vaughn Kiln was born in the shadow of Pittsburgh's defunct steel mills, and his music still carries their metallic ring. His father was an ironworker, and Vaughn’s wiry, jagged guitar lines are built on a similar logic of stress and tension. He writes songs in the basement of the row house he shares with his partner of seven years, the metalsmith Elara. These are taut, anxious anthems about…
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Sohmer's Thumb is Rock.
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