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The Shade of Your Skin

from Leaving a Memory by Sawdust & Rust

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THE SHADE OF YOUR SKIN
(Klaus Caprani/Patrick Rydman)

The shade of your skin has faded
Summer is gone and I’m feeling tired
Work must begin, we’re jaded
Sooner or later someone will get fired

Here we are, two boxers in the ring
The title won’t amount to anything
You dance around the punches
that I swing
’til I can’t see who’s hiding there within

The sound of the bell means resting
Soon we will need to go
another round
It’s my iron will you’re testing
Bending me slowly
closer to the ground

Here we are, two sluggers in a clinch
Bruised and battered,
bleeding hearts, unhinged
But this is one I’m never gonna win
if I can’t see who’s hiding there within

Leaves are softly falling
Sun’s behind the clouds
I cannot hear you calling
Through all these rising doubts
Seems like we are stalling
The inevitable outcome

The shade of your skin, like china
I wouldn’t break you even if I could
Your outline grows ever finer
Your every perfect step misunderstood

Here we go, committing every sin
Forgetting the predicament we’re in
Our gloves are getting old
and wearing thin
I’m looking at the shade of your skin
But I’ll never know
who’s hiding there within
The shade of your skin

credits

from Leaving a Memory, released March 20, 2018
Patrick Rydman – lead and backing vocals, acoustic guitars, percussion, additional keys

Benjamin Petersen – electric guitars

Per I. Højgaard Petersen – drums

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Sawdust & Rust Gothenburg, Sweden

Sawdust & Rust was born after a chance meeting on Greenland in 2015 between Swedish singer-songwriter Patrick Rydman (pic) and Faroese singer-songwriter Benjamin Petersen, Melodic and accessible, this is poetic, catchy songwriting with lots of rootsy, folky elements and a touch of Nordic blues thrown into a mix that also features a heap of memorable choruses. ... more

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