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NOVA REIGN

CLOCK OUT

A former competitive swimmer who writes about discipline disguised as pleasure

style

  • dance pop
  • four-on-the-floor
  • disco-inflected bassline
  • polished female vocal
  • huge euphoric chorus
  • nu-disco strings
  • british accent
  • glossy and joyful
  • british accent
  • euphoric

the numbers

bpm
129
key
B minor
energy
0.69
dance
0.95
valence
0.67
vocal at
7.6s
length
2:43
language
En

lyrics

(a time clock punches — ka-chunk)
Last shift. Watch me.
(watch me, watch me)

My apron's hanging on the hook
Six years of gravy on the hem
The fry lights hum — I take one look
Then blow a kiss to all of them
(bye, table five!)

I flip the sign to CLOSED — no, DONE
Tonight the dance floor is the one
(one, one, one)

Clock out! (clock out) I'm never going back
Clock out! (clock out) The bassline's got my back
Clock out! (clock out) Punch it one last time
Clock out! (clock out) The rest of my life's mine
(ka-chunk!)

I fed the jukebox my last dime
Picked something with a pulse this time
Deb from the kitchen grabbed my hand
We conga'd past the pancake stand
(go, Deb, go!)

Monday, some new girl gets my hook
Good luck, honey — keep the look
(keys jangle onto the counter)
(keep the look, keep the look)

Clock out! (clock out) I'm never going back
Clock out! (clock out) The bassline's got my back
Clock out! (clock out) Punch it one last time
Clock out! (clock out) The rest of my life's mine
(shine, shine, shine)

(the door chime rings one last time)
Clock out... clock out...
(watch me, watch me)