Lyrics
(Acapella) Smell of lemon polish on a Main Line floor…
This polyester jacket cuts me raw.
Watching them move, uncut silk in the light,
Serving hundred-dollar water all damn night.
[Pre-Chorus]
And I can feel your ghost standing right behind me,
Whispering the tired old lies you sold me.
[Chorus]
So this is the pattern you laid out for me?
A life measured out in threadbare dignity?
I'm done praying, Dad. I'm getting off my knees.
[Verse 2]
I remember your hands, the calloused seams,
Working the night shift to mend our busted dreams.
The foreman said, "Just smile, boy, like you belong,"
But every crooked stitch in this room feels wrong.
[Pre-Chorus]
And I can still hear your voice trying to find me,
To wrap this broken inheritance around me.
[Chorus]
So this is the pattern you laid out for me?
A life measured out in threadbare dignity?
I'm done praying, Dad. I'm getting off my knees.
[Bridge]
(Beat switch: aggressive, syncopated, raw)
You traced the chalk lines, told me stay inside 'em.
But the promises you made? There was nothing left inside 'em.
[Outro]
Just a crooked stitch.
That's all you left me.
About Teddy Penderly
Teddy Penderly was supposed to compose symphonies. After a fiery exit from the Curtis Institute of Music, the North Philadelphia native found his real education behind the bar of a downtown cocktail lounge. It's there, listening to the city's late-night confessions, that he crafts his lush, orchestral soul music. These songs, written on a Wurlitzer in his Fishtown basement, are for anyone who's…
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The Pattern is R&B / Soul.
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