The Frayed Cord - Posy Calloway (Official Audio)
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The Frayed Cord - Posy Calloway (Official Audio)
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a thumb on the frayed lamp cord, warm light fading, and one choice left 🌷
Warm tropical-house with plucked synths, soft mallets and rolling bass at 116 bpm, for the moment you decide whether to keep or let go.
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for the loose thread...
your thumb is tracing the frayed fabric on an old bedside lamp cord and you still haven't decided.
you're staring at the outlet just inches away, wondering what it would take to stay.
it's the ache of knowing something was warm once and the copper is showing now.
you and someone you loved pulled at the edges until it gave, and now it's quiet.
you keep counting the words you both left unsaid.
the frayed cord hangs between stay and go, and so do you.
for anyone sorting through what to keep and what to throw away for good.
play it while you tidy a room that still holds every spark you threw.
if you like melodic house and sunny pop, this sits right beside them.
plucked synths, soft mallets and a round kick keep the heartbreak bright and fizzy-sweet.
do you plug it back in and warm the room, or let the dust settle?
you're up in the fading light, guessing through half the night about one small decision.
just a frayed cord resting on the floor, and a light clap keeping time.
Lyrics
The frayed cord waits beside the wooden frame
I reach in the shadow and find the wire
That once kept us warm by a steady fire
The woven fabric is pulling apart
Right where we started to lose our heart
You wrapped it around your fingers twice
Before you delivered your quiet ice
The copper is peeking right through the seam
Just marking the end of a long routine
And my thumb runs over the loose spun thread
Counting the words that we left unsaid
And the frayed cord hangs between stay and go
While the shadows stretch on the floor below
It’s a tangled thread in the fading light
Leaving us guessing through half the night
Oh, the frayed cord holds every spark we threw
Before I decided to turn from you
I stare at the outlet just inches away
Wondering what it would take to stay
To push it back in and restore the lamp
And warm up a room that is turning damp
The plastic is cracked where you pulled it tight
In the heavy air of that sudden fight
And my thumb runs over the loose spun thread
Counting the words that we left unsaid
And the frayed cord hangs between stay and go
While the shadows stretch on the floor below
It’s a tangled thread in the fading light
Leaving us guessing through half the night
Oh, the frayed cord holds every spark we threw
Before I decided to turn from you
We pulled at the edges until it gave
Trying to salvage what we could save
Just a twist of copper in settling dust
With all of the waiting we couldn't trust
And the frayed cord hangs between stay and go
While the shadows stretch on the floor below
It’s a tangled thread in the fading light
Leaving us guessing through half the night
Oh, the frayed cord holds every spark we threw
Before I decided to turn from you
Just a frayed cord
Resting on the floor
Posy Calloway is a virtual artist. This song and visual were created with AI.
#tropicalhouse #melodicpop #warmpop