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HIGHWAY MOTEL

Sings like a woman narrating her own film, and the film does not end well

vex on it

after hours

Honest use case: People who appreciate a defiant, self-aware narrative of unconventional choices, wrapped in a specific aesthetic.

Exhibit: “I chose every single part of this and I would choose it again.”

style

cinematic americana
slow orchestral swell
reverbed breathy female vocal
tremolo guitar
strings and brass
sad glamour
sixties film-score production
american accent
languid and devastating
american accent

the numbers

bpm: 144
key: E major
energy: 0.72
dance: 0.94
valence: 0.37
vocal at: 3.7s
length: 3:32
words: 171
clichés: 0
language: En

most sung: “motel” ×10 · “highway” ×9 · “would” ×4

shared with the crate: 37 other songs use “car” · 90 other songs use “light”

lyrics

(highway motel)

He has a nice car and a wife in a different state
And he calls me baby like it costs him nothing to say
And there is a motel on the 10 with a sign that only half works
And I know the woman on the desk by her first name now

And my mother would die
And my mother did worse at my age
And nobody ever wrote a song about her, which is the difference

Highway motel, highway motel
I look so good in a room I would never live in
Highway motel, highway motel
And the light through those curtains is the prettiest thing I own

I am not sad about it. That is what nobody believes.
I chose every single part of this and I would choose it again.

Highway motel, highway motel
I look so good in a room I would never live in
Highway motel, highway motel
And the light through those curtains is the prettiest thing I own

(the prettiest thing I own)