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ELENI FROST

I stayed in town

Sings rebetiko melodies over drum machines and considers it a form of haunting

the numbers

bpm
99
key
C major
energy
0.73
dance
0.92
valence
0.47
vocal at
6.7s
length
3:47
language
Gr

lyrics

The ferry left Piraeus in a salt-white line

Your key still hung by the bowl with the cracked iced tea

My shirt dried on the chair in the noon-hour shine

At the corner kiosk, the shutters slept on me

The fan turned slow above the tiled floor

Three olives on a plate, one spoon in the sink

I heard the hills go quiet through the door

And watched the ceiling lights begin to blink

I stayed in town

I stayed in town

I stayed in town

I stayed in town

The fruit stand split its melons on a metal tray

Bus four passed empty, licking dust from the curb

I counted pool towels folded in the hallway

And wrote your name on a receipt in Greek and blur

The fan turned slow above the tiled floor

Three olives on a plate, one spoon in the sink

I heard the hills go quiet through the door

And watched the ceiling lights begin to blink

I stayed in town

I stayed in town

I stayed in town

I stayed in town

At Syntagma, the benches held my weight

A warm coin clung to my palm all day

Your sandals vanished from the hallway gate

But the salt on the window stayed

I stayed in town

I stayed in town

I stayed in town

I stayed in town