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NIGHT BUS ORACLE

Learned to mix on a pirate radio station that broadcast from a tower block for eleven years

style

  • drum and bass
  • rolling breakbeat
  • deep sub bass
  • liquid rolling groove
  • MC vocal chops
  • jungle heritage
  • british accent
  • fast and euphoric
  • british accent
  • rowdy

the numbers

bpm
117
key
F minor
energy
0.73
dance
0.94
valence
0.60
vocal at
8.4s
length
3:02
words
254
clichés
0
language
En

most sung: “knows” ×15 · “night” ×12 · “bus” ×12

shared with the crate: 71 other songs use “night” · 34 other songs use “phone”

lyrics

(oi oi! top deck!)
(the doors hiss open)

Two AM, I'm on the twenty-nine
Chicken box balanced on my knee
Windows steamed like a crystal ball, mate
And the glass is showing me
(what's it showing? what's it showing?)

The man up back's asleep on my shoulder (my shoulder)
The driver's seen the future and it's cold (so cold)
(hold tight, hold tight)

The night bus knows! (it knows!)
The night bus knows!
Where you've been and how it goes
The night bus knows! (say it!)
The night bus knows!
Every secret London holds
(brap! brap! hold tight!)

Girl by the stairs is crying happy
Just got a text saying come round
Man in a suit lost his big deal
And his kebab's the only thing he found
(scenes! absolute scenes!)
I dropped my phone between the seats
Retrieved it with a borrowed comb
The whole top deck gave a cheer like
We were all just rolling home
(we are! we are!)

The night bus knows! (it knows!)
The night bus knows!
Where you've been and how it goes
The night bus knows! (wheel it!)
The night bus knows!
(wheel up! run it back!)

Every stop's a little chapter
Every bell ding writes a line
(ding! next stop)
If you want to know your future
Ride the twenty-nine

The night bus knows! (it knows!)
The night bus knows!
Where you've been and how it goes
The night bus knows!
The night bus knows!

(this is the last stop, yeah?)
(safe, driver! legend!)
NIGHT BUS ORACLE — PIRATE FM · FERAL