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ASH HALLORAN

I WAS THERE

Managed her ex's career for four years and is credited on nothing he released

style

  • dark pop R&B
  • trap-influenced drums
  • sparse piano
  • wounded powerhouse female vocal
  • huge accusatory chorus
  • layered harmonies
  • american accent
  • betrayed and commanding
  • american accent
  • wounded

the numbers

bpm
136
key
A# minor
energy
0.67
dance
0.94
valence
0.43
vocal at
8.5s
length
2:02
words
137
clichés
0
language
En

most sung: “i'm” ×3 · “three” ×2 · “years” ×2

lyrics

Three years, and I'm a rumor now
You cropped me out of New Year's Eve
You tell our story anyhow
With me deleted — they believe

But check the shadow on the wall
That's my shape behind it all

I was there, I was there
In every photo that you tear
I was there, I was there
You crop the frame, I'm still the air
I was there, I was there

You changed the ending, changed the start
You gave my jacket to your friend
But I'm the watermark on your heart
Faint, but I don't end

Who drove you to the ER at three?
Who learned your mother's recipe?
Go on and tell it wrong for years
The truth still rings in both your ears

I was there, I was there
I was there, I was there