Lyrics
The nightstand lamp you bought from Target finally burned out.
5:12 AM, the first time you ain't turned 'bout.
I watch your chest rise slow, a dormant corm in fall.
The water line is gone from the glass beside the bed, that's all.
[Chorus]
Oh, the quiet takes root in the drywall seams.
Let it grow, let it grow past these half-woke dreams.
[Verse 2]
The air here used to taste of rubbing alcohol and prayer.
Your shadow on the ceiling, a rhizome of despair.
Now the dust motes dance like spores on a sunbeam knife.
Last night, you told the empty space, "'Guess this is my life."
[Chorus]
Oh, the quiet takes root in the drywall seams.
Let it grow, let it grow past these half-woke dreams.
[Bridge]
The grain in the pine floor holds the weight of every spill.
You're breathing like you mean it, on this quiet Savannah hill.
[Outro]
(Past these half-woke dreams...)
Let it grow.
About Solomon Vereen
Solomon Vereen's music is steeped in the humidity of his native Savannah, Georgia. After dropping out of art school to become a full-time caregiver for his mother, an experience that fundamentally reshaped him, he began writing songs on his grandfather's vintage Wurlitzer. He now works at a local plant nursery, and his intimate, atmospheric R&B chronicles the quiet aftermath of loss, using the…
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