Splinters in the Sun
v4
@Светлана Лабановская
Splinters in the Sun
v4
@Светлана Лабановская
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Coffee’s gone cold
Ash in the sink
Rust on the faucet
Mold on the brink
Calendar curling
From a year I forgot
I’m chewing on hours
That sour on the spot
[Chorus]
I keep coming back to the same old stain
Same four walls
Same hallway vein
If this is growing up
It comes undone
I’m cracking like splinters in the sun
[Verse 2]
Keys on the counter
I still never leave
Shoelaces knotted
In knots I believe
TV on static
A talk show with ghosts
I laugh at the punchlines
Then blame all the hosts
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
You said I’d feel different
Once I “found my place”
I found a crooked mirror
Wearing my own face
[low vocal register] I’m fine
I’m fine [/low vocal register]
Till someone asks me twice
I live on swallowed words
And chewed-up advice
[Chorus]
Coffee’s gone cold
Ash in the sink
Rust on the faucet
Mold on the brink
Calendar curling
From a year I forgot
I’m chewing on hours
That sour on the spot
[Chorus]
I keep coming back to the same old stain
Same four walls
Same hallway vein
If this is growing up
It comes undone
I’m cracking like splinters in the sun
[Verse 2]
Keys on the counter
I still never leave
Shoelaces knotted
In knots I believe
TV on static
A talk show with ghosts
I laugh at the punchlines
Then blame all the hosts
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
You said I’d feel different
Once I “found my place”
I found a crooked mirror
Wearing my own face
[low vocal register] I’m fine
I’m fine [/low vocal register]
Till someone asks me twice
I live on swallowed words
And chewed-up advice
[Chorus]
Style of Music
rock, Mid-tempo 90s grunge with male vocals: dry, slightly overdriven guitars panned wide, one clean arpeggiated line against a dirtier rhythm. Drums feel roomy and unhurried, kick and snare loose but heavy. Bass moves melodically under the chords, sometimes pushing against the vocal line. Verses stay hushed and claustrophobic; chorus widens with doubled vocals, subtle harmony, and more aggressive strums. Light tape saturation on the mix, vocal right in front, with occasional dissonant guitar embellishments at section turns., male vocals, grunge
