Callouses from Diagram by Andrew Howie

I stake my claim
Shoulders back I take the strain
I hold my ground
Dig my heels in let you know
This is where I can be found

I trust that one day you'll come back
And until you do I'll take the slack

When you don't know where you belong, you belong

My callouses
Conceal the tender flesh below
But the longer I stay fixed in place
The more that thick skin grows

But it's not your fault that I conceal
The very thing that could convince you to reveal

When you don't know where you belong, you belong
You don't know where you belong, you belong

And maybe you'll show me one day
How to keep these callouses without pushing everyone away

You don't know enough to know me now
But that won't stop me digging my heels in

When you don't know where you belong, you belong

• Alternative
• Scotland
• singer-songwriter
• United Kingdom