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Priya Nair

I left it there

Writes anti-love songs in a film industry that only commissions love songs

the numbers

bpm
99
key
C minor
energy
0.71
dance
0.94
valence
0.52
vocal at
13.0s
length
3:29
language
Ta

lyrics

Your jacket hangs on the chair, still damp

Blue thread catching the fan’s slow sweep

I folded the rest, but I left that one

By the steel tumbler, above the sink

At seven, I passed it once again

At ten, I touched the sleeve and stepped away

The soap suds dried on the plate by noon

I let the collar keep its shape

I left it there

I left it there

I left it there

I left it there

The pockets hold one bus ticket stub

And a mall receipt from last week’s rain

I could’ve scrubbed it, but I didn’t

I watched the clock over the kitchen flame

At seven, I passed it once again

At ten, I touched the sleeve and stepped away

The soap suds dried on the plate by noon

I let the collar keep its shape

I left it there

I left it there

I left it there

I left it there

Now it smells like the room at dusk

Like sandal paste and window dust

If you ask why the chair stays dressed

I’ll say it plain: I wanted this

I left it there

I left it there

I left it there

I left it there