Patches
An R&B Ballad about Holding It Together.
by manyface music
Patches was written the night before I moved out of the apartment where my wife left me.
There’s a very specific kind of quiet that happens when you’re leaving a place that used to feel like your life.
Not just packing boxes, but walking through rooms that still remember everything.
Patches didn’t just refer to the walls I had literally just patched, it referred to the resurfaced feeling that my life was just barely holding together.
See, I filled the holes, smoothed everything out, made it look like nothing had ever happened there.
But that’s the thing.
Just because something looks fixed…it doesn’t mean it is.
I remember sitting there, surrounded by everything I had tried to hold together, and feeling this flood of emotion coming in. I didn’t think it would feel like that. I felt like I was well past all the bullshit, and I knew I had people there to support me, but sometimes support can feel like it’s on the other side of the wall – close, but just out of reach when you’re inside your own head.
"I've tried like mad to fix, every single crack that I could reach. I've tried to wear a smile, through all my leaks, but the water's growin' loud, and I can't breathe."
R&B
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Patches Lyrics - Manyface Music
[Verse 1]
These walls are patched,
like every single scar,
she left for me.
Life moves too fast,
and all the walls I built are,
still surrounding me.
[Chorus]
I hear the water swelling,
right outside of me.
And I wonder if she'll ever come for me.
I don't know if these patches -
can hold back a dam this deep.
And it's been ages -
since I got an unbroken night of sleep,
cuz the waters loud,
and I'm scared I'll drown,
despite all the friends and family,
right outside of me.
[Verse 2]
These walls are patched,
I've tried like mad to fix,
every single crack that I could reach.
I've tried to wear a smile,
through all my leaks,
but the water's growin' loud,
and I can't breathe.
[Chorus]
I hear the water swelling,
just outside of me.
I wonder if I'll ever feel relief.
I don't know if these patches -
can hold back a dam this deep.
And it's been ages -
since I got an unbroken night of sleep,
cuz the waters loud,
and I'm scared I'll drown,
despite all the ones who've left,
cheering for me.
[Bridge]
I look down,
this waters rising,
see it's at my knees.
My waist,
and then I think,
how walkin' out,
of this town,
might be the end of me.
[Outro]
I start to sink,
into this abyss,
and then I blink.
Blink.
Blink.
Blink.