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Della Rae Hutchins

Certain

Keeps a notebook of things people said to her and dates them like evidence

style

  • country pop
  • narrative songwriting
  • acoustic guitar
  • subtle banjo
  • warm female vocal
  • clear and storytelling
  • big polished chorus
  • bridge key change
  • radio production
  • southern american drawl

the numbers

bpm
152
key
A# major
energy
0.68
dance
0.94
valence
0.45
vocal at
3.8s
length
3:23
language
En

lyrics

(instrumental)

Twenty-two and certain, which is a state you only get once
I packed a car in an afternoon and I did not cry
That is the part nobody believes when I tell it now
(when I tell it now)
I did not cry. I sang the whole hour. I was so certain.

Certainty is not courage (not courage)
It is just not having enough information yet

Certain
(certain, certain)
The best drug there is and you get one dose
Certain
I spent mine on an interstate in June

Now every decision has nine sides and I can see all of them
Which is wisdom, allegedly, and it is unbelievably slow
I would give a year to be stupid and certain for an afternoon
(an afternoon)
Just once more. Just long enough to pack a car.

(key change up)
My sister is twenty-two next month.
I am not going to say one word to her. Not one.
Let her have it. It only comes once.

Certain
(certain, certain)
The best drug there is and you get one dose
Certain
I spent mine on an interstate in June

(certain...)