Lyrics
(Sound of a phone ringing, then a voicemail beep)
Hey, it's me. It's… uh, just after three on Tuesday.
The chipped yunomi on the sill is holding yesterday's rain,
And I think I finally see the grain in its hairline stain.
It's the same one Obaachan had, right? The one she'd never use.
Just a fine crack held together by the memory of misuse.
[Chorus]
And we walk the chalk line ghost,
From the front door to the coast.
It's not a choice, just a joint that's planed too close,
And the sawdust settles most on the ones who feel it most.
[Verse 2]
The new high-rise on 82nd Avenue is blocking out the sun.
They painted over the dragon mural, the good one.
You remember Mom said, "Never point your chopsticks at the rice"?
It wasn't a warning, it was just… inherited advice.
A superstition's just a knot in a long-forgotten thread.
[Chorus]
And we walk the chalk line ghost,
From the front door to the coast.
It's not a choice, just a joint that's planed too close,
And the sawdust settles most on the ones who feel it most.
[Bridge]
(Sound of a sigh, a pause)
Sorry, I'm rambling. It's just… I'm looking at this cup,
And I can feel this whole block packing up.
This nostalgia is a burr, I swear, it's catching on my sleeve.
How can you miss a thing you haven't even had to leave?
[Chorus]
(Key change up)
Yeah, we walk the chalk line ghost,
From the front door to the coast.
It's not a choice, just a mortise cut too close,
And the sawdust settles most on the ones who feel it most.
[Outro]
(Hesitates)
Anyway. Call me back when you get this.
(Click)
About Elliott Smyth
Elliott Smyth's childhood was split between two postcodes: weekdays in his mother's quiet Portland apartment, and weekends in his father's boat-building workshop on the Oregon coast. The divorce made him a quiet diplomat, an expert in the art of observation. He still writes his songs on the battered Yamaha acoustic his father gave him, turning the sawdust and silence of his past into intricate…
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