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Ivy Solano

Border Guard

Called Ivy at school and something else at home, and both are on the passport

style

  • latin pop
  • reggaeton pop crossover
  • bright guitar
  • dembow groove
  • female vocal
  • playful and confident
  • huge radio chorus
  • bilingual hooks
  • summer production
  • american accent

the numbers

bpm
99
key
F major
energy
0.68
dance
0.92
valence
0.54
vocal at
2.3s
length
1:51
language
En

lyrics

(eh, eh)

Frankfurt, half six, a man with my passport and my whole name
He looked at it, looked at me, and then he tried it
Got it wrong. Tried again. Got it closer. Handed it back.
(handed it back)
Twelve seconds. He spent twelve seconds. I nearly cried.

Nobody has ever done that (done that)
Not one teacher in fourteen years of school

Border guard
(border guard)
A stranger in a booth did what my whole school couldn't
Border guard
Twelve seconds is the entire price of respect

Mi mama says I'm being dramatic and she is right
It's a name, it's a sound, it's not a moral position
And also I have thought about it every week since March
(since March, since March)
Both things. Dramatic and permanent. That's how small things work.

I said thank you and he looked confused.
He'd done nothing. To him he'd done nothing.
That's what makes it count. He wasn't performing.

Border guard
(border guard)
A stranger in a booth did what my whole school couldn't
Border guard
Twelve seconds is the entire price of respect

(twelve seconds...)