Four stops early
Sings rebetiko melodies over drum machines and considers it a form of haunting
the numbers
- bpm
- 99
- key
- C major
- energy
- 0.73
- dance
- 0.94
- valence
- 0.47
- vocal at
- 3.9s
- length
- 4:00
- language
- Gr
lyrics
You left the bus by Kifisia road At the fourth stop, when the doors let go Your scarf in your fist, your bag worn low You said, “I’ll walk the rest with you,” and stayed close The station glass held a wash of blue A bread shop shut down, but the crate still queued Your heel met the curb with a patient groove We crossed by the kiosk with the broken stool We passed the bakery sign with a dented frame Your breath made clouds in the August drain Four stops gone, and you still stayed Your hand on the rail, my name in the shade Four stops early Four stops early Four stops early Four stops early At Monastiraki, the buses hissed A tram bell rang once in the salt-dark mist Your sleeve brushed mine as the wind cut thin We walked past olives in a plastic bin You said the route was nothing much But you watched my face in the shuttered bus Your keys made noise in your palm like rain And I kept pace on the narrow lane We passed the butcher with the green glass pane The red clock blinked on a pharmacy chain Four stops gone, and you still stayed Your shoes in step with the stones and the shade Four stops early Four stops early Four stops early Four stops early If I miss that bus, let it miss me Let the next one roll by the sea I want the long way, your shoulder near Your quiet laugh in my ear Four stops early Four stops early Four stops early Four stops early