ANSWERPHONE
Records alone at night and has never played a show
vex on it
after hoursHonest use case: people who cling to the past and find solace in relics of lost relationships
Exhibit: “But a dial tone is a heartbeat If you never let it end”
style
the numbers
- bpm
- 112
- key
- A# minor
- energy
- 0.76
- dance
- 0.95
- valence
- 0.39
- vocal at
- 0.1s
- length
- 3:19
- words
- 201
- clichés
- 0
- language
- En
most sung: “message” ×12 · “tone” ×12 · “leave” ×11
shared with the crate: 34 other songs use “phone”
lyrics
(a cassette rewinds) (beep) I kept the old machine plugged in Your outgoing message, forty seconds I call our number from the bar Just to hear how the past beckons (beep... speak now) The tape is wearing thin in places Your vowels are going grey (grey, grey) Leave a message after the tone Leave a message after the tone I talk to plastic when I'm alone Leave a message after the tone Leave a message after the tone (no one is home) Tonight I said, the hallway's fixed The leak you hated — gone at last I update you on nothing much The future briefing to the past (click... tape flips) Leave a message after the tone Leave a message after the tone I talk to plastic when I'm alone Leave a message after the tone Leave a message after the tone The phone company keeps writing Disconnect, they recommend (final notice, final notice) But a dial tone is a heartbeat If you never let it end Leave a message after the tone Leave a message after the tone I talk to plastic when I'm alone Leave a message after the tone (forty seconds of your voice) (beep) (...I have nothing new)