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Nadia Hamdi

I press play, and I press play

Started making beats on a cracked laptop

the numbers

bpm
108
key
A# minor
energy
0.69
dance
0.95
valence
0.61
vocal at
1.9s
length
2:42
language
Ar

lyrics

I saved your voice in my phone by the sink

Next to a blue tea glass and a cracked sink

Nine missed calls, then your laugh in the rain

I tap your name again to feel the same pain

Your voice says my name in a tiny room

My thumb stays still, like it’s waiting on you

The battery drops, but I let it stay

One more small second, then you go away

Keep your voicemail, keep your voicemail

Keep your voicemail, keep your voicemail

I press play, and I press play

Don’t let your voice get far away

On the tram home, I hold my phone tight

Past Zamalek windows in the hard white light

Your message plays over a broken tune

I hear your breathing like a small balloon

Keep your voicemail, keep your voicemail

Keep your voicemail, keep your voicemail

I press play, and I press play

Don’t let your voice get far away

At two twelve, I heard your keys on the line

Then the signal cut clean right through the time

I put your message in a hidden place

Under my scarves in the drawer by the lace

Keep your voicemail, keep your voicemail

Keep your voicemail, keep your voicemail

I press play, and I press play

Don’t let your voice get far away
I press play, and I press play — Nadia Hamdi · FERAL