Lyrics
The Kensington Weld is a zipper of skin
Just south of my fourth rib, where the doubt gets in.
Three fifty-one on the clock, the radiator hums a tune,
Tracin' the pale line underneath a chemical moon.
And tonight, it gets a brand new name.
[Chorus]
We're gonna be brilliant, we're gonna be loud.
Carve our initials in a passing cloud.
We're gonna be voltage, a holy mistake.
For every damn promise the city can break.
[Verse 2]
"Hold still," the medic said, "or this is gonna slip."
Smell of peroxide and the BQE's iron grip.
He stitched me up good under a buzzing fluorescent light,
But the sun's comin' up on the Jersey side, and it looks too bright.
[Spoken Word Interlude]
(A woman's voice, distorted, like a worn cassette tape)
"File number is 7-3-4-B. Subject is… prone to what we call 'aspirational defiance'. He still thinks there's a key for every door."
[Chorus]
We're gonna be brilliant, we're gonna be loud.
Carve our initials in a passing cloud.
We're gonna be voltage, a holy mistake.
For every damn promise the city can break.
[Bridge]
They map the city in scar tissue and rust.
Every locked gate is a lesson in trust.
This one's from Baltimore, a souvenir I keep.
It hums a new song when the borough's asleep.
[Outro]
The Kensington Weld.
Still warm to the touch.
About Lou Reid
Lou Reid spent eleven years in the Baltimore foster care system before aging out with a bus pass and a handful of guitar chords taught to him by a longshoreman. Now based in New York City, he writes stark, literary rock songs about the city's ghosts and overlooked survivors, filtering the raw spirit of the Velvet Underground through a modern, street-level lens. His third-person narratives are…
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