I had it ready

the numbers

bpm

108

key

G major

energy

0.69

dance

0.91

valence

0.51

vocal at

5.2s

length

2:47

language

Vi

lyrics

I wrote it on the bus

On a pink memo card

Folded in my bag

By the Bình Thạnh mart

I practiced in the mirror

Near the sink after ten

You texted, “Are you home?”

I typed, then typed again

The fan kept turning slow

My tea went cold and thin

I knew every line by heart

Then you walked back in

I had it ready

I had it ready

I had it ready

I had it ready

But my tongue went blank

And the room went still

Three nights, same hard reply

Under the rice cooker light

I held my face so still

I could've sworn it fit right

But you dropped your keys by the bowl

And asked if I was sad

I watched the tiles, not you

Then laughed and said, “I’m glad”

I had it ready

I had it ready

I had it ready

I had it ready

But my tongue went blank

And the room went still

Now the words sit neat

In the notebook seam

Next to the metro card

And the broken zipper dream

You never gave me war

Just your shoes at the door

I wore my anger out

Before it found the floor

I had it ready

I had it ready

I had it ready

I had it ready

But my tongue went blank

And the room went still