Lyrics
The saw whine from the high-rise on Filbert Street
cuts the Tuesday fog at a quarter past eight.
He watches her trace the new crack in the glass,
a hairline fracture running west, moving too fast.
[Chorus]
And if you change the wiring, change the locks on the door,
is it still the same shelter you were looking for?
Yeah, the beat just remembers the shape of the floor.
[Verse 2]
Her student loan bill used as a coaster for tea.
A ticket stub from the Grand Lake, summer '23.
His father’s old schematic for a shortwave radio.
And Larry the ficus, with nowhere left to grow.
[Chorus]
And if you change the memories, change the fights from before,
is it still the same shelter you were fighting for?
Yeah, the beat just remembers the shape of the floor.
[Bridge]
"Feels like we're just renters in our own zip code," she said.
He just kissed the power-line scar right above her head.
[Chorus]
And if you change the future, change the name on the door,
it’s a brand new shelter, worth more than before.
'Cause the beat’s in the building, not the shape of the floor.
[Outro]
The beat in the building. Building.
About Sly Stoney
Sly Stoney was named after a funk legend by his parents, a fact that has haunted him ever since. After dropping out of an Urban Planning program at UC Davis, he moved back to his native West Oakland with a mountain of student debt, a 1972 fuzz bass, and an oversized houseplant named Larry. His music is the sound of that decision: paranoid, joyful, deeply funky, and wrestling with the feeling of…
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