Lyrics
If I swap out every plank on this ship of ours
Does the Solent still know you by the same old stars?
If we mend the whole body, but forget the first seam
Are you still the person from my first-light dream?
[Verse 1]
The Ventnor ferry horn cuts through the grey
You're darning the elbow of my jumper from Bray
We've gotten so good at the quiet repair
At weaving a silence from cold-bitten air
[Verse 2]
Remember last winter, the frost on the gorse
You said, "we can't keep patching this, we'll run a new course"
And we did, we unspooled it, the anger and salt
Replaced every misstep, every stumble and fault
[Chorus]
If I swap out every plank on this ship of ours
Does the Solent still know you by the same old stars?
If we mend the whole body, but forget the first seam
Are you still the person from my first-light dream?
[Bridge]
We've unpicked the fighting words, the knots of first doubt
I'm just not sure who's left now the old stitching's out
[Outro]
Just one last plank to go, worn thin by the brine
Is it your hand I'm holding, or is it just mine?
About Cat Steven
Cat Steven was raised on the Isle of Wight, splitting his weeks between two homes after his parents' divorce: a boat-builder's cottage by the sea and a gardener's house inland. He learned to play on his father's old nylon-string guitar, writing songs to map the emotional distance between his two lives. Now based in Bristol, his music untangles the threads of a life spent in-between, searching for…
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