I kept the speech

the numbers

bpm

99

key

E major

energy

0.70

dance

0.89

valence

0.40

vocal at

5.9s

length

3:30

language

En

lyrics

I wrote your name on a Target receipt

Folded it up in the glove box heat

Three weeks straight, I picked the exact words

Then watched them stay blank, like a mouth full of birds

On the 10 at dusk, I gripped the wheel

Said it in my head till it felt real

But your keys in the bowl made the whole room small

And my tongue stayed parked by the coat closet wall

I kept the speech

I kept the speech

I kept the speech

I kept the speech

Now it just leaks through me

Your blue mug sat by the sink all week

I stared at the chip and the sugar streak

I had the whole case, line by line

But you said, “Want tea?” and I lost my mind

At the laundromat, shirts turned slow

I rehearsed your face in the fluorescent glow

Then your hand on the door, and the words went thin

Like tape on the floor where the argument should’ve been

I kept the speech

I kept the speech

I kept the speech

I kept the speech

Now it just leaks through me

Paper in my coat pocket, creased and torn

Saturday heat on a laundromat floor

I practiced goodbye in the rearview frame

But your voicemail rang, and I stayed the same

I kept the speech

I kept the speech

I kept the speech

I kept the speech

Now it just leaks through me