I stayed in town
Writes anti-love songs in a film industry that only commissions love songs
the numbers
- bpm
- 103
- key
- D major
- energy
- 0.71
- dance
- 0.95
- valence
- 0.36
- vocal at
- 7.4s
- length
- 3:24
- language
- Ta
lyrics
May sun on the waxed tile floor One steel tumbler, one half-shut door Your suitcase rolled past the guava tree I kept the key under the TV The fan cut air in slow white rings Mango skins and ceiling stains I heard the bus horns fade at noon And counted ants on the windowsill spoon Every lane got lighter by the day Names slipped off the compound gate I watched your train dust settle low Still here, still here, I let it show I stayed in town I stayed in town I stayed in town I stayed in town July rain tapped the frying pan Mom kept salt in a biscuit tin The milk man came with his blue crate He asked where all your cousins went At Big Bazaar, the fan was slow Tomato stacks, red and close I bought two limes and a loaned umbrella Walked home alone through the hot wet weather I stayed in town I stayed in town I stayed in town I stayed in town Now your room has a curled-up mat A poster peeling near the switchboard mat My name still waits on the visitor sheet Like a dried chili on the kitchen seat I stayed in town I stayed in town I stayed in town I stayed in town