Lyrics
(Your laminate desk at the Dallas Bank building...)
...on a Tuesday that smells like old rain and paper.
You thumb through the pages, a life filed in beige,
ask for a name my own mother won't use at this age.
You trace all the seams of my story like they're loose,
a thread that you're looking to pull as an excuse.
[Chorus]
But you can't have this smile, it's an unfading colour,
woven from a different sun, tailored for another.
No, you can't have this smile, it's an unfading colour,
my joy is not a passport stamp for you to discover.
[Verse 2]
The ticket machine spits out number three-oh-eight.
I see my father's hands, how he taught them to wait.
He learned the weight of these halls, the chill in the air.
You purse your lips, ask, "Just to be clear, love, where...?"
as if my whole postcode is something to wear.
[Chorus]
But you can't have this smile, it's an unfading colour,
woven from a different sun, tailored for another.
No, you can't have this smile, it's an unfading colour,
my joy is not a passport stamp for you to discover.
[Bridge]
This pattern's older than your red brick walls,
it remembers the heat, it survives the squalls.
It's the stitch of my grandmother's hand in the dark,
the ink on a letter that left its own mark.
[Chorus]
But you can't have this smile, it's an unfading colour,
woven from a different sun, tailored for another!
No, you can't have this smile, it's an unfading colour,
my joy is not a passport stamp for you to discover!
[Outro]
Unfading.
Yeah, this colour's unfading...
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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