There's a fault in my structure It's always you and never me I threw the blame and it shattered And now there's broken glass praying to be healed You struck a chord and I listened You damn near broke all the strings When you get close, I get distant Instead I'll drive away to a place surreal And tell me how that feels Took the break pads out the car And I flew I smashed this window in my heart And I blamed you This anger's taking me apart Explosive truths Except this time I went too far And I hurt you I wish I could take it back right now Where's that smile when it matters? Where was I when you called? I shot the blame and it scattered Now there's bullet holes spread across the walls I took the shape of a letter Slipped myself underneath your door In this red room we develop An understanding of all our wrongs Now can we move along? Took the break pads out the car And I flew I smashed this window in my heart And I blamed you This anger's it's taking me apart Explosive truths Except this time I went too far And I hurt you I wish I could take it back right
How does this have only 89 comments in 2024! Sampha is amazing! What a striking song! I’ve been listening to this since the day it dropped and I know it embodies almost every relationship. Maybe it’s that rare to have this insight. Wow 😮
Valentine's Day 2020. On the way home from Shanghai to Chicago. In Tokyo Narita airport on a 15-hour layover listening to this song on repeat for most of it. A perfect, emotive soundtrack.
Traveling in Japan always has it's own unique soundtrack to every person. I was there in 2004, heard random music playing from a music store in a back alley in Osaka. Walked in, asked who was playing, bought the CD, popped it in my Walkman, and played the whole album on repeat for the rest of my trip.
That move from adolescence to adulthood is something else. Most won't appreciate it because it's such a sudden thing, but those that do are lucky to see it.
