Lyrics
The Bembridge Purl on my left cuff is coming loose.
Since Tuesday week, I've held the shape he used to choose.
The warp is salt, the weft is diesel from the quay;
You pull me on and find a younger ghost in me.
[Chorus]
So pull my collar high against the coming grey,
And don't say you love me. Just wear me anyway.
[Verse 2]
The worn wool's thin across the shoulders, feels like rain.
Last night you traced the darned-in patch to hide a stain.
You said, "It smells of him, but in a good way," then looked down,
And picked a thread like you were lost in your own town.
[Chorus]
So pull my collar high against the coming grey,
And don't say you love me. Just wear me anyway.
[Bridge]
One day my final thread will break under the strain,
And I'll unspool into the cold November gales again.
[Outro]
Just wear me anyway.
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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