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VELVET GUILLOTINE

Can't delete it

Trained in opera, thrown out for improvising, and has never once sung a song the same way twice

the numbers

bpm
103
key
D major
energy
0.68
dance
0.91
valence
0.49
vocal at
3.0s
length
3:19
language
En

lyrics

On rue des Rosiers, ten past eight

Your face is fixed in a cheap gold frame

The lamp by the sink casts a pale square

My thumb stops short when I pass by there

The coffee ring dries on the saucer blue

A torn cab ticket still folds in two

I set down the frame by the red brass tray

Then turn my eyes to the wall all day

I hear the shutter click in the hall

I grip the phone and watch it fall

One small file, one thin cold line

I know it's there, but it's not mine

Can't delete it

Can't delete it

Can't delete it

Can't delete it

I leave it sleeping in the dark

I do not touch that silver mark

At Gare de Lyon, half past nine

Your coat on a chair, my red wine

The mirror holds a hard-lit scene

My fingers brush the screen between

The album waits in the drawer below

Under a scarf and a snapped black bow

I hear the fridge and the kettle hiss

And still I dodge that frozen kiss

I hear the shutter click in the hall

I grip the phone and watch it fall

One small file, one thin cold line

I know it's there, but it's not mine

Can't delete it

Can't delete it

Can't delete it

Can't delete it

I leave it sleeping in the dark

I do not touch that silver mark

If I open it, I lose my breath

If I keep it shut, it learns me less

So I stand by the blue-lit sink

And let that tiny machine think

Can't delete it

Can't delete it

Can't delete it

Can't delete it

I leave it sleeping in the dark

I do not touch that silver mark
Can't delete it — VELVET GUILLOTINE · FERAL