The Tape That Shows

The Tape That Shows

Verse 1

Blue cloth beside the break, rain on the concrete stair. You held it with both thumbs down like somebody ought to care. Traffic kept its iron word, morning took the road. I had tape in my coat from a parcel I never posted.

Pre-Chorus

Don't cover it over. Don't make it clean. Leave the line showing what the wall has seen.

Chorus

Tie it beside the break. Press it until it holds. Not every wound is asking to be hidden under gold. Let the tape show. Let the cloth stay blue. The crack is not lonely when somebody stands there too.

Verse 2

Swimming notice, lost bank card, dog walk, Tuesday night. Your mother's name in biro leaning toward the light. Three cars shook the bridge. One bus hissed and slowed. You said it won't last long. I said most things don't.

Chorus 2

Tie it beside the break. Press it until it holds. Not every wound is asking to be hidden under gold. Let the tape show. Let the cloth stay blue. The crack is not lonely when somebody stands there too.

Bridge

The council called it signage. The rain called it a wall. Your hands called it something worth stopping for at all.

Final Chorus

Tie it beside the break. Press it until it holds. Not every wound is asking to be hidden under gold. Let the tape show. Let the cloth stay blue. The crack is not lonely when somebody stands there too.

Outro

Leave the old line showing. Leave the blue cloth there. If the tape gives way by morning, morning knows we cared.