Tape Machine (feat. Jon Nice)

At the age of just 22

I discovered my calling

Watching streets as they come alive

At five or six in the morning

You can really define a town

By the first light of day

Like a face before the paint goes on

Shadows carved out of grey

I'd been given a tape machine

It lived here in my satchel

I'd sneak it out to a cheap cafe

I'd hide it under the table

From Nagasaki to old Soho

Greetings cast on the rise

Voices hewn in the analogue

And there I severed my ties

In Jeddah I taped the prayer call

In Porto, Christ on the breeze

In Singapore, well I caught them all

Floating in from the seas

From a Tokyo window ledge

I heard the morning begin

Same way it does everyday

From Tokyo to old Medellín

Won't you please take good care of yourself

And without words understand

Because I love every part of you

Because you're all that I am