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ELENI FROST

Marble on my shoes

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

the numbers

bpm
99
key
B major
energy
0.74
dance
0.92
valence
0.52
vocal at
13.5s
length
4:01
language
Gr

lyrics

I cut through Exarchia with a split red lip

At 2:14, my heel bent in the rain

Your ash on my cuff, and the metro had quit

I carried your key till it bit like a chain

The bakery gate rattled open, then shut

A dog under plastic kept shaking its head

I tasted cheap ouzo, copper, and grit

Each step on the tiles sounded louder than dread

Marble on my shoes

Marble on my shoes

Marble on my shoes

Marble on my shoes

I walked it home with my mouth set hard

By Syntagma square, the buses were thin

A scarf from the curb caught around my knee

Your voice in my coat with the lining worn in

I brushed off the dust from the steps by the sea

At the kiosk, the man rolled down the steel

I bought one cold water in a dented tin cup

The label tore clean and I watched it peel

Like the last of your name when I wouldn't look up

Marble on my shoes

Marble on my shoes

Marble on my shoes

Marble on my shoes

I walked it home with my mouth set hard

At my door, the brass knocker slept in my palm

One white tile cracked where I dropped my ring

The room held its breath like a locked-up storm

I left your jacket on the chair by the sink

Marble on my shoes

Marble on my shoes

Marble on my shoes

Marble on my shoes

I walked it home with my mouth set hard