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Nils Haugen

I stayed

Teaches primary school and his students do not know

the numbers

bpm
152
key
D major
energy
0.75
dance
0.95
valence
0.54
vocal at
1.8s
length
4:17
language
En

lyrics

The fish crates baked by noon on the pier

Your boots on tile, my room stayed here

Ferris wheel rusted above the fairground gate

I counted ferry horns and learned to wait

The bakery shut at half past four

Tomato plants leaned through the wire screen door

Your train left south with the June dust raised

I nailed the map to the wall and stayed

I stayed

I stayed

I stayed

I stayed

With the peeled wall and the sink full of rain

July emptied out past the bus depot bend

Blue towels hung still on the hostel fence

The harbor stones held heat till night

I ate cold cod by the yard lamp light

The arcade went dark by the third of August

Kerosene in the shed, and the hinges rusted

Your names were chalk on the station board

I locked the gate and took one more chore

I stayed

I stayed

I stayed

I stayed

With the peeled wall and the sink full of rain

When the last boat cut its wake at dawn

I heard the gulls over empty lawns

No map, no van, no breath in the hall

Just my hand on the latch, and the tide on the wall

I stayed

I stayed

I stayed

I stayed

With the peeled wall and the sink full of rain