Shear Line

[Verse 1]
The Kebabish sign paints the wet pavement red.
It's twenty past three and I'm still not in bed.
Saw your man with his hand on her arm tonight,
And a fault line just sheared through the quiet.

[Chorus]
Got this rivet in my throat.
I could grind it all down, or just let the thing rust.
This silence is a heavy coat
And my hands don't know who to trust.

[Verse 2]
I keep seeing his laugh, like a tin-snip noise,
Cutting holes in the promises, shattering poise.
He'll say "Just a mate from the works, it's alright,"
But my hands know a join that's been welded too tight.

[Chorus]
Got this rivet in my throat.
I could grind it all down, or just let the thing rust.
This silence is a heavy coat
And my hands don't know who to trust.

[Bridge]
Every night bus that hisses past my window pane,
Sounds like your name being whispered in the rain.

[Outro]
This rivet.
In my throat.