Lyrics
And for a second, I forget the strain
The rust, the river, the Tuesday rain
I am the joint that holds you two again
I am the joint that holds
[Verse 1]
I wear the grit of the 4 AM shift
A dusting of salt on a steel rivet
The gulls all scream when the fish trucks lift
And your boots leave a mark where the boards have split
The heat from the fryer, the diesel perfume
Another departure cuts through the gloom
[Chorus]
And for a second, I forget the strain
The rust, the river, the Tuesday rain
I am the joint that holds you two again
I am the joint that holds
[Verse 2]
She says, "Don't wait up," her voice is low
But her fingers trace the grain of your palm, so slow
Like sanding down a future you don't know
A quiet pressure before she has to go
Two sets of hands, calloused and worn
A silent promise on the Altona dawn
[Bridge]
The 06:09 ferry moans its part
A steady rhythm for a breaking heart
The tide pulls out, the tide returns
[Outro]
I hold the weight.
I am the joint that holds.
About Søren Strand
Søren Strand was raised in the port district of Hamburg-Altona by his single mother, a Filipina nurse who worked double shifts. He learned to play on his grandmother's old upright piano, writing melodies to match the rhythm of the cargo cranes outside his window. His music, a unique blend of tropical-pop and North Sea melancholy, is shaped by a decade-long, on-and-off love with a maritime…
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