Lyrics
The ice melts in the Picon Bière you didn't touch.
Just after two on a Thursday night in June.
Your knuckles were white on the rim of the glass.
The whole bar held its breath inside that room.
[Chorus]
You drew the chalk line, you won the war.
It's the floorplan for a victory you can't live in anymore.
[Verse 2]
The sound of one glass set hard on the wood.
The silence when the door to the Rue des Dames clicked shut.
"It's over," you said, to the empty chair.
A building condemned with a single cut.
[Chorus]
You drew the chalk line, you won the war.
It's the scaffolding for a victory you can't live in anymore.
[Bridge]
And the tide goes out past the city walls.
Leaves the stone cold, leaves the sand scarred.
[Chorus]
You drew the chalk line, you won the war.
It's the demolition key for a place you can't live in anymore.
[Outro]
One glass on the bar.
The streetlights in the beer.
About Cyril Craie
Cyril Craie was raised in the walled, tidal city of Saint-Malo, where he learned the piano against the constant roar of the Atlantic. At 19, he left to study architecture in Paris but dropped out, finding the blueprints for his sound not in lecture halls but in the city's legendary nightclubs. His euphoric anthems are built on a foundation of filter-house and pop, but they carry the salt and…
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