The Scaffold

Lyrics 👇 I was a hollowed-out frame in the rain Just a sketch of a man, or a ghost of the same You arrived with the steel and the bolts and the time To steady the tremors, to help me to climb We spent months in the grit, in the grey, in the dust Painting over the cracks and the layers of rust You were the only thing keeping the roof from the floor While I figured out what the windows were for. And I’m sorry I’m taking the scaffold down The brickwork is set and the mortar is sound I’m standing alone in the centre of town And I’m terrified now that you’re not around But the structure is finished, the view is so clear I couldn't have built it if you weren't here. It’s a strange kind of cold when the metal departs The silence that follows the work of our hearts I’m looking at joints that you helped me to weld Thinking of all of the weight that you held People walk past and they praise the design They don’t see the marks that you left on the line They see the statue, they don’t see the brace That kept me from falling all over the place. Yeah, I’m sorry I’m taking the scaffold down The brickwork is set and the mortar is sound I’m standing alone in the centre of town And I’m terrified now that you’re not around But the structure is finished, the view is so clear I couldn't have built it if you weren't here. Did I use you? Or did we just build something true? Is the support gone, or is it inside of the flue? I’m shedding the iron, I’m shedding the skin To let all the light and the weather come in! To let all the weather come in! The scaffold is gone... The pavement is bare... But I look at the sky... And I know you were there. Yeah, I know you were there. #music #newrelease #indierock