Kilovolt Scar

[Verse 1]
Chioma, I trace the silver line on my left palm
The one from the genny box, third week of August, after the calm
You said, "Kobi, this city runs on borrowed power anyway"
Now I just study the faded blueprint of that day

[Pre-Chorus]
E dey shock my body, but no be voltage
Just a memory living in this small, small space

[Chorus]
This kilovolt scar, e no dey fade
The faulty wiring of the thing we made
Omo, the silence pass the sound
When NEPA bring the light back to this town

[Verse 2]
I saw your brother driving down Admiralty Way
In that same Corolla, the bumper peeling grey
Felt the air-con chill from two lanes across the heat
Is it grief if it feels like an incomplete schematic?

[Pre-Chorus]
E dey shock my body, but no be voltage
Just your ghost still living on this single page

[Chorus]
This kilovolt scar, e no dey fade
The faulty wiring of the thing we made
Omo, the silence pass the sound
When NEPA bring the light back to this town

[Bridge]
The architects we swore we would be
Drew foundations on napkins, wild and free
Now just this one permanent design
This silver, crescent, voltage line

[Chorus]
(Key change up a whole step)
This kilovolt scar, e no dey fade!
The faulty wiring of the thing we made!
Omo, the silence pass the sound
When NEPA bring the light back to this town

[Outro]
Still tracing… still tracing…
The current is gone but the line remains.