Thumbprint Smear

[Verse 1]
The last delivery done, you park the bike by the Labadi beach road wall.
My battery dey red, but your face catch that full moon glow when you call.
The keypad clicks, a quiet drum against the sound of the sea.
Three dots dey dance for ten minutes straight, just for me to see.

[Chorus]
You type the whole compound house, every single brick you dey explain.
Then your thumb smear the glass, you wash am away like acid rain.
You build a perfect rooftop, with a view of everything.
Then you tear am down to nothing, before the message even sing.

[Verse 2]
I held the words you killed: "Chale, my chest dey burn when you no dey around."
It was a floorplan for a future, rooted deep inside the ground.
Then you send back only this: "Yo. We good?" — a single, lonely stone.
And put me in your pocket, and you start the ride back home.

[Bridge]
All the words you no fit send, dem be empty rooms inside of me.
A whole damn structure no one see...
(Melodica solo: sad, reedy, echoing, with a slight dub delay)

[Chorus]
(Key changes up a whole step, vocals lift with passion and desperation)
You type the whole compound house, every single brick you dey explain!
Then your thumb smear the glass, you wash am away like acid rain!
You build a perfect rooftop, with a view of everything!
Then you tear am down to nothing, before the message even sing!

[Outro]
Screen go black.
One bar of signal... then gone.