Thimble and Law

Verse 1

Silver shears

Snip the heavy velvet of the past

Loose threads

Tangled in the benches and the woolsack

Dusty wigs

Dusty minds

I see the gaps

I feel the fraying edge

My shopfront window shows the street

They want a change

They want it now

They want a seat

Chorus

Cut the pattern for a new day

Measure up the halls of power

I am waiting for the hour

Make it fit the common man

Tear the seam and start again

Start again

Start again

Post-Chorus

Oh oh oh

Fix the law

Oh oh oh

Open the door

Verse 2

I worked sixty years in steam and soot

Built this name

From a needle and a dream

Iron gates

Tall and heavy

Keep the poor out in the cold

Sixty years

I have watched the rot

Old men

Talking in a circle

Talking bout the gold

Write it plain

Let the people read the fine print

Let them see

Simple words

Strong and steady

Change the style

Chorus

Cut the pattern for a new day

Measure up the halls of power

I am waiting for the hour

Make it fit the common man

Tear the seam and start again

Start again

Start again

Post-Chorus

Oh oh oh

Fix the law

Oh oh oh

Open the door

Bridge

Two thousand and twenty six

Check the stitch

Two thousand and twenty six

Fix the glitch

Better ways

Brighter days

Bold and brave

Chorus

Cut the pattern for a new day

Measure up the halls of power

I am waiting for the hour

Make it fit the common man

Tear the seam and start again

Start again

Start again

Outro

The tailor knows

The tailor sees

New design

For you and me

Final press

Let it breathe

Let it breathe

Let it breathe