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Up To Code

Rhys Meridian
Artist
Rhys Meridian
Pop2:36April 19, 2026
0:00 2:36

Influenced by Shawn Mendes, Ed Sheeran, Taylor Swift, John Mayer, Hozier. Rhys Meridian was supposed to be an engineer, the stable dream of his Filipino immigrant parents. Instead, he dropped out of university and now works as a wood framer in Calgary, writing songs on a beat-up guitar his father gave him as a peace offering. His music is built like the houses he works on: a foundation of acoustic chords, structured with lyrics about the stress fractures in families, and framed by the vast, lonely landscape of the Canadian prairies.

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Saw your hatchback parked outside the Sunterra on Keynote
Sunday, three p.m., that asphalt starting to float
And he's built like a post-and-beam, all shoulder, solid feet
He carried all your groceries across the empty street

[Chorus]
And I ain't even mad, baby, I'm just impressed
Guess my shoddy foundation couldn't pass the test
He's your reinforced concrete, I was plywood and stress
Yeah, you're finally up to code, and I can finally rest

[Verse 2]
Remember that first rental, the walk-up by the Bow?
The draft under the doorframe, that crooked window
My dad took one look, said "Anak, this won't last"
Some things aren't worth fixing when they're built that fast

[Chorus]
And I ain't even mad, baby, I'm just impressed
Guess my shoddy foundation couldn't pass the test
He's your reinforced concrete, I was plywood and stress
Yeah, you're finally up to code, and I can finally rest

[Bridge]
I was trying to translate blueprints I could never read
You needed a finished home, I just planted a weed
It's a different kind of quiet, a different kind of good
Knowing you're on solid ground, understood

[Outro]
A perfect demolition
Yeah, you're finally up to code

About Rhys Meridian

Rhys Meridian was supposed to be an engineer, the stable dream of his Filipino immigrant parents. Instead, he dropped out of university and now works as a wood framer in Calgary, writing songs on a beat-up guitar his father gave him as a peace offering. His music is built like the houses he works on: a foundation of acoustic chords, structured with lyrics about the stress fractures in families…

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