Lyrics
The blue Clipper lighter from the shop on Platt Lane
Still smells of your roll-ups and the November rain.
I keep it in the drawer with the spare fuses.
Don't know what the use is.
[Chorus]
This is the counterpunch, David, the final round.
I'm not throwing another, my hands are down.
[Verse 2]
Remember the kitchen, 4am, the week it all broke,
You said, "You always lead with your chin, love," like it was a joke.
I learned to read the telegraph in the set of your jaw,
Learned to weave 'til my own knuckles were raw.
[Chorus]
This is the counterpunch, David, the final round.
I'm not throwing another, my hands are down.
[Instrumental Breakdown]
[Bridge]
No rope-a-dope, no shadow fight.
Just the weight of this plastic in the empty ring light.
[Outro]
My thumb on the flint.
No spark left in it.
About Adaeze Umbra
Adaeze Umbra was raised in Manchester's Moss Side, translating council forms for her Nigerian parents by day and memorizing their Stax records by night. She found her voice somewhere between the post-industrial grey of the North and the vibrant Igbo culture of her home. After dropping out of a literature degree, she began writing songs while working in a fabric shop, turning the textures of her…
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