[Intro] [river hush wire tense] Mmm Lord How mi fi wear it [Verse] [close mic low worn] Cold inna mi shoulder first light Jaw still tight from a old rough night Slow by di rail where di river breathe Try get di blood where di blood sit right [small bends] Neck ease down and di back unknot Knee wake up and di chest draw full Ain no peace just handed to me Just di crooked part less pulled [Verse] [brush snare wire looping] Den di day put weight inna hand Board and burden and heat and sun Carry it straight dont waste di motion Do what fi do till di work get done [plain] Learn where fi press and where not to Learn what sting can open true Learn what pain is only trouble Learn what shift change how it move [Chorus] [open but held back] How mi fi wear it Same world same ache same skin Just a likkle turn in how mi hold it And di whole day settle different How mi fi wear it When di old smoke call mi name Not fi change di world around me Just not wear it quite di same [Post Chorus] [wire loosens slightly] Same load Same hand Same evening comin down Just a different kind a sight now And di weight dont grind so hard [Verse] [closer lower] Easy when di thing not near me Harder when di ghost have scent and skin Dry brown comfort from long road follow Fore any little fire begin [under breath] Mi know dat leaf and mi know dat ease Mi know how soft it make di frame But sometimes all dat really change Is how mi see di very same [Verse] [late light boards] Come late light pon di high seat boards River turn gold den let it thin Day sit down all round mi shoulder And mi try fi sit right in it [plain honest] Not fi be cured and not fi be holy Not fi come empty and not brand new Just fi be what mi can be for a likkle Same soul only lighter through [Chorus] [fuller but human] How mi fi wear it Same world same ache same skin Just a likkle turn in how mi hold it And di whole day settle different How mi fi wear it When di old want come walkin through Not fi change miself to nothin Just fi let di real thing fit more true [Bridge] [drop drums low organ wire thread] Maybe nothin ever shifted Cept di angle of mi eye Maybe dat enough fi change a man Without a grand reason why Maybe I no need new weather Maybe I no need new name Maybe one small turn in how mi bear it Make di whole road sit less strange [Build] [snare wires whisper] Morning loosen what it could Daytime keep mi body tied Evening show me for a moment How di same self sit more right [Final Chorus] [wider dusk glow wire steadier] How mi fi wear it With di river dark and wide Be what mi can be for a likkle Same man just a little more light How mi fi wear it When tomorrow still may bite Just a small shift in how mi see it And tonight can sit more right [Outro] [river hush wire tender] Same world Same bones Same want somewhere inside Just a likkle different wear now And enough of me alive
