Lyrics
Your little green light on the harbourside map went dark at half-past two
And the room filled up with the signal loss, a different kind of truth
The hum from the street-lamp felt miles away, a buoy for someone else
I was adrift on the home screen, talking to myself
[Chorus]
And the silence is an undertow
And I'm caught in your wake of blue
[Verse 2]
I remember the ferrous taste of the rain on the railings that last week in May
You said, "It's only water," and then you looked away
But you can drown in a teacup, you can drown in a glance
You can lose your footing when you're too afraid to dance
[Chorus]
And the silence is an undertow
And I'm caught in your wake of blue
[Bridge]
I typed 'I miss you', then I watched the letters drown
Just three small words going quietly down
[Outro]
Just the tide going out now
Just the low-water mark
About Cat Steven
Cat Steven was raised on the Isle of Wight, splitting his weeks between two homes after his parents' divorce: a boat-builder's cottage by the sea and a gardener's house inland. He learned to play on his father's old nylon-string guitar, writing songs to map the emotional distance between his two lives. Now based in Bristol, his music untangles the threads of a life spent in-between, searching for…
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