Lyrics
(A cappella)
Your house smells of linen and money, so quiet.
Mine smells of the harbour when the tide goes out.
(Music enters)
Polished the silver salt shakers on the big glass table.
Tuesday, four PM, the air is thick and viscous.
[Chorus]
And I hold my breath, just below the surface.
So still for you, like the water's nervous.
The current is heavy, the current is cold.
A story the deep keeps that you'll never be told.
[Verse 2]
You left your mother's pearls out on the counter.
"'Don't you worry,' you said, 'the help is honest here.'"
And the little conch shell from your trip to Bali
Sits cool in my pocket, a silent souvenir.
[Chorus]
And I hold my breath, just below the surface.
So still for you, like the water's nervous.
The current is heavy, the current is cold.
A story the deep keeps that you'll never be told.
[Bridge]
They say from the Bluff you can see the ships for miles.
I watch them from my window, just waiting.
You see a perfect sunset, I see a coming squall.
[Outro]
The little shell sings me the sound of a different ocean.
A different ocean.
About Nomvula Haze
Nomvula Haze was raised in the Bluff, a Durban suburb where the air tastes of sea salt and diesel from the nearby port. She learned to sing by humming melodies to her younger brother while their father, a long-haul truck driver, was away on the road. Her music is steeped in that specific atmosphere of waiting: for a person to return, for a coastal storm to break. Her downtempo amapiano tracks…
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