Box by box
21, music student, recovering from burnout; quiet and hard to read offstage, larger than life on it
the numbers
- bpm
- 96
- key
- G minor
- energy
- 0.69
- dance
- 0.91
- valence
- 0.50
- vocal at
- 6.8s
- length
- 3:08
- language
- En
lyrics
At the door in Västerås, I froze with the key Cardboard towers by the sink, taped up in blue Your winter coats still hanging, stiff and thin A train ticket from Ostersund fell out of your shoe I pulled the lids apart The air was dry and sharp A teaspoon, a receipt And your old phone in parts Box by box Box by box Box by box Box by box In Kungsholmen, the bins were full by eight I found a Polaroid under jam jars and pins A bank book, June tenth, with your neat black date And a postcard from your sister tucked under the tins I held the frame so tight The glass had little cracks Your handwriting was light Then all at once came back Box by box Box by box Box by box Box by box In the hall, by the radiator, I sat on the floor With one broken mug and the brass key chain I kept the things that spoke And left the rest with the rain Box by box Box by box Box by box Box by box