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Otto Lindqvist

Last one out

Trained as a cellist and plays guitar like one; talks less than anyone in the studio

the numbers

bpm
117
key
A# minor
energy
0.72
dance
0.94
valence
0.48
vocal at
6.1s
length
4:54
language
Fi

lyrics

You left your wool coat on the chair

At Kallio Bar when closing came

The bartender wiped the brass edge clean

I counted chairs in the window frame

I kept my glass by the chipped blue tile

Past midnight frost on the bus stop sign

Your spoon was warm in the sugar tin

I knew the line where the rest were done

The floor got slick with melted salt

The mop bucket sat by the frozen door

I heard the last train drag through Pasila

And still I stayed on your side of the floor

Last one out

Last one out

Last one out

Last one out

When the room went cold

I held your coat

At Hakaniemi, the fruit stand shut

A crate of pears by the loading bay

Your scarf hung stiff on the café hook

Like it had learned to wait

The dawn came thin over Kruununhaka

Grey in the panes and sharp on the glass

I watched the cups and the wet umbrellas

And all the ones who let you pass

The neon hum from the corner store

Fell on the snow like a tired sigh

I heard your keys in my jacket seam

And knew you’d gone, but I stayed behind

Last one out

Last one out

Last one out

Last one out

When the room went cold

I held your coat

You said, “Leave it”

At the rail by the harbor steps

But I watched your breath go thin and white

Then I watched the door shut hard

Last one out

Last one out

Last one out

Last one out

When the room went cold

I held your coat