Lyrics
(A cappella)
You trace the ink on the Gadsden recipe card.
Sunday, four p.m., the kitchen window is starred
with steam. You measure out the sherry,
the mace, a ghost on your tongue.
[Chorus]
It's a mono flavor
where the full sound used to be.
Just the left channel pressure
of a saltwater memory.
[Verse 2]
Your whole body is listening for a note you can't place.
"Dat ain't right, chile," a voice in the empty space.
You add more salt, but the brackish balance
is gone. It won't resolve.
[Chorus]
It's a mono flavor
where the full sound used to be.
Just the left channel pressure
of a saltwater memory.
[Bridge]
The missing ingredient isn't on the page.
It's the water's grain from a different age.
[Outro]
The steam on the glass clears.
One-sided. Still here.
About Zane Meridian
Charleston's Zane Meridian makes music for the space between headphones. A childhood illness left him completely deaf in his left ear, a reality he explores through asymmetric sound design and deep-house grooves built around his primary instrument, the steel pan. He spent his youth absorbing the Gullah rhythms of the South Carolina Sea Islands and the vibrations of his father’s calypso records…
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