AND SHE LEADS ANYWAY

style

• gnawa fusion
• moroccan trance
• guembri bass
• qraqeb castanets
• female alto
• incantatory and powerful
• hypnotic repetition
• spiritual
• arabic accent
• hypnotic

the numbers

bpm

144

key

A# minor

energy

0.73

dance

0.95

valence

0.45

vocal at

2.3s

length

3:55

language

Ar

lyrics

(anyway)

Sabaa qurun wa rijal faqat yaqudun
Al-layla kulluha, al-guembri, al-hadra
Wa ana amsiku al-guembri fi yadi
Wa al-ghurfa mumtali'a wa la ahad yughadir

And she leads anyway (anyway)
They said no, anyway
Seven centuries, anyway
Anyway

Anyway, anyway, anyway, anyway
The room does not empty and that is the whole argument
Anyway, anyway, anyway, anyway
They can say what they like, the room does not empty

An old maalem came in October. Sat at the back. All night.
Everyone waited for him to walk out and he did not walk out.
At four he said "your grandmother taught you the third one wrong."
(GUEMBRI AND QRAQEB RETURN, HYPNOTIC BUILD)

Anyway, anyway, anyway, anyway
The room does not empty and that is the whole argument
Anyway, anyway, anyway, anyway
They can say what they like, the room does not empty

(anyway...)