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Ravi Chandran

Easy now, easy now

Wedding singer for a decade who knows exactly when a room is about to turn

the numbers

bpm
129
key
F major
energy
0.71
dance
0.94
valence
0.56
vocal at
3.2s
length
2:56
language
Si

lyrics

You showed me the cup in your left hand, then spilled tea on the mat

At Wellawatte, by the fan, I copied you just like that

You said, “Press here, press there,” while the kettle started to sing

I pressed the wrong silver switch, and the whole room went ping

Your fingers moved slow on the spoon, by the cracked blue plate

You smiled at my clumsy reply and said, “Wait, wait, wait”

From Galle Face wind to the rice pot, you kept my hands in line

One small step, then another step, till the mess fell into time

Easy now, easy now

Easy now, easy now

Easy now, easy now

You taught me wrong, but you stayed

On the 138 at dusk, you pointed at the stop sign light

I missed the turn by two whole blocks, you laughed and said it’s alright

At Pettah, with a bag of limes, you showed me how to cut the skin

I split the fruit too deep, and juice ran down my wrist and chin

You tapped the table with your ring, like a tiny metal beat

Then you fixed my grip on the knife, and moved my thumb a seat

Through the open window, curry smoke curled past the balcony rail

You kept on saying, “Slow, slow, slow,” like that was part of the trail

Easy now, easy now

Easy now, easy now

Easy now, easy now

You taught me wrong, but you stayed

At nine-fifteen, the ceiling hummed, and the spoon hit the glass

You made me try it one more time, then let the bad one pass

I learned from your patient hands, from the burn and the stain

From the wet dish towel on the hook, from the salt on the pane

Easy now, easy now

Easy now, easy now

Easy now, easy now

You taught me wrong, but you stayed