Lyrics
The brick dust from Michigan Central settled on the sill.
You were tracing the condensation, holding yourself that still.
That Tuesday in October, the wind had a different bite.
He was talking over you, bathed in that faded dashboard light.
[Pre-Chorus]
And the heel of your boot caught the verdigris on the grate,
A tiny, sudden shift in the architecture of fate.
[Chorus]
Oh, that's the cambium scar, the line that proves the mend.
Where the body kept the score, where a story found its end.
[Verse 2]
The shock of the cold pavement, a gasp against your teeth.
The smell of burning rubber and the crush of a fallen leaf.
He said, "Hold still, for God's sake, you're bleeding on the good towels."
A joke so wrong it's perfect, pulled from his bourbon vowels.
[Bridge]
All that dormant tissue, learning how to thaw.
A silver, faded map drawn against nature's law.
Just a little line of dust on the skin that holds you in.
[Outro]
Yeah, the cambium scar.
Where the real growth can begin.
About Marvin Gates
Born in Detroit to a UAW worker and a librarian, Marvin Gates was a soul prodigy who nearly lost it all. At 28, he hit a quiet rock bottom, pawning the vintage Fender Rhodes his grandfather had given him. Getting sober wasn't just about putting down the bottle; it was about rebuilding a life from the ground up. Now, seven years clean and working part-time in a plant nursery, his sensual soul-funk…
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