Lyrics
They're pulling down the flyover on the Mancunian Way.
That pillar of concrete still holds the shape of a Tuesday.
The steel reinforcement is showing through the grey,
An architect's promise that started to sway.
[Chorus]
It's just an old building, falling to pieces,
But that concrete frame holds all my secrets.
[Verse 2]
Remember that August? The air thick with the heat.
You said, "This thing's forever," right there on the street.
My hand on your jaw, yours on the damp of the concrete pillar.
...It's just a detail. It doesn't make me ill or...
[Chorus]
It's just an old building, falling to pieces,
But that concrete frame holds all my secrets.
[Bridge]
I built my whole world on that hairline crack,
A load-bearing wall I can never take back.
I keep telling myself it's only crumbling concrete,
But it feels like my own two hands admitting defeat.
[Outro]
Just a building. Just concrete.
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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